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portraits
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film and media arts
Artbound
Portraits Document Women and the Grains Tied to Their Ancestral Homeland
Post date:Photographer Jaydee Dizon takes the portraits of women from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, their faces sprinkled with a grain (or other staple food) that is part of their cultural identity.
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film and media arts
Artbound
Cindy Sherman's Cinematic Cosmos
Post date:In her movie-like photographs, Cindy Sherman seems to be able to transform into any character. Though she’s a New Yorker, the artist's work has had a consistent basis in Hollywood film.
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film and media arts
Artbound
Through the Lens of Charles Fletcher Lummis
Post date:An avid explorer, Charles Lummis produced thousands of images during his travels in the Southwest.
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Performance
Artbound
Urban Rez: Voices of Native American Actors
Post date:Cast members of Native American play “Urban Rez” share their stories and experiences of community.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
The Wild Style: JUCO's Playful Photography
Post date:Photography duo JUCO, comprised of Julia Galdo and Cody Cloud, is best known for capturing images filled with bold patterns, vivid colors and bright light.
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film and media arts
Artbound
Gary Leonard's Photographic Amber
Post date:Photographer Gary Leonard reflects on his career of capturing what makes Los Angeles the palm-tree-paradise-with-a-noir bent city that it is.
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visual art
Artbound
Blake Little: Sweet Translucence, Living Abstraction
Post date:In "Preservation," portrait photographer Blake Little captures subjects as they are covered in gallons of honey.
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film and media arts
Artbound
Melancholy-Pop: 'Big Eyes' Screenwriters Discuss Art, Commerce, and Margaret Keane
Post date:"Big Eyes," a new film by Tim Burton, celebrates artist Margaret Keane and her famous style of painting portraits of sad-eyed waifs.
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film and media arts
Artbound
Pamela Littky: Documenting the Gateway to Death Valley
Post date:Pamela Littky photographed the townspeople and places of Baker, California and Beatty, Nevada, two towns that lay claim to the title "Gateway to Death Valley."
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Poster Artist Robbie Conal's Nelson Mandela Memorials
Post date:Artist Robbie Conal paid a poetic public tribute to Nelson Mandela in the form of portraits of Mandela that sprang up across Los Angeles.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
American Expansion Reflected Through Artwork
Post date:Today, we delve into history and present articles that examine American industrialization, expansion, and social perceptions, and how those are reflected in different artforms.
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film and media arts
Artbound
Zoe Crosher and the Michelle duBois Project
Post date:L.A.-based artist Zoe Crosher's newest exhibition features an extensive body of work in which the artist re-imagines the seemingly endless personal archive of one woman -- the pseudonymous "duBois."
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film and media arts
Artbound
Stripping Away Artifice with Photographer Christofer Dierdorff
Post date:Capturing some of the world's most celebrated people, photographer Christofer Dierdorff calls his portraits "confrontational" due to their uncomfortable size and perspective.
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army corps of engineers
History & Society
Why Buildings Turn Their Backs on The L.A. River
Post date:Thanks to a a 75 year old law, the mighty Los Angeles River is an exception to the-let's-look-at-our-waterways-rule.
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celebrity
History & Society
Iconic Hispanic Angelenos in History: Danny Trejo
Post date:Growing up in Pacoima, Trejo seemed poised for a career in boxing.
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History & Society
Iconic Hispanic Angelenos in History: Mia Lehrer
Post date:Her commitment to sustainable design and community empowerment has made her a powerful force in the architectural community and in Los Angeles.
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art
History & Society
Iconic Hispanic Angelenos in History: Judy Baca
Post date:The renouned muralist and educator has created hundreds of murals around the country, using art to bring communities together.
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chicano moratorium
History & Society
Iconic Hispanic Angelenos in History: Oscar Zeta Acosta
Post date:Famously depicted as Dr. Gonzo in Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," he was a lawyer, activist and writer who played an important role in the Chicano Movement in East L.A.
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Avila Adobe
History & Society
Iconic Hispanic Angelenos in History: Francisco Ramirez
Post date:As editor of the first Spanish-language newspaper in Los Angeles, he highlighted the discrimination and injustice faced by Mexican-Americans, Californios, Chinese, and Blacks.
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History & Society
Iconic Hispanic Angelenos in History: Alice Bag
Post date:She brought a strong Chicana sensibility to Hollywood clubs, often with a bag on her head.