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Chicana Writing Avatar Sarah Rafael García Moves Forward with Her Rolling Bookstore
Sarah Rafael García, founder of the mobile library LibroMobile, is a familiar face of success in Santa Ana. Yet she attributes her accomplishments in writing, teaching, publishing and more to acknowledging her discomfort as an out-of-place Chicana.
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UC Irvine Art Department: Recontextualizing Instruction During Changing Times
When the statewide shutdown occurred in March, UC Irvine's art departments created new teaching models. Some proved so effective that the school plans to use them in the Fall and into the future.
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Artist Juri Koll: The Power of Authentic Communication
Artist/gallerist/curator Juri Koll reaches out to artists and their supporters, encouraging them to break through the psychological confines of the current pandemic.
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Orange County’s Aviation Heritage Lives On in Art at Orange County Great Park
The legacy has of Marine Corps Air Station El Toro has endured largely through several aviation-related art exhibitions displayed in the Palm Court Arts Complex, which is part of the Orange County Great Park, where the marine base once stood.
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Could There be a Different Future for OC's Great Park?
The Orange County Great Park could have been an idyllic oasis in overbuilt Orange County, CA had its original plans been achieved, but there is still opportunity to turn its fortunes around.
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A Man of Corn Unites Markets in L.A. and Mexico
A seven-foot-tall animastic sculpture made of corn connects the markets of Santa Ana, California and Mexico City.
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Santa Ana’s Artists Village: The Pros and Cons of Gentrification
Arts entrepreneur Cribb intentionally spearheaded the city’s artistic renewal. While gentrification is often controversial, Cribb and his supporters ultimately prevailed, leaving some satisfied and others troubled.
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Pacific Rim Artists Are Given the Limelight at OCMA's California-Pacific Triennial
When the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) launched the California-Pacific Triennial in 2013, it became the first California museum to survey the work of Pacific Rim artists. Its tradition of highlighting artists in the region continues this year.
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Santa Ana Writer Explores Gentrification Through Modern-day Fairy Tales
Writer Sarah Rafael García is a modern-day Brother Grimm, transforming Santa Ana, California's stories into fairy tale format.
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They Made 'the Largest Photo Mural Ever' to Stop the Construction of a Massive Housing Complex
In 1980, an environmental art project inspired residents to take charge of their own destiny and prevent the construction of a 3,200 unit housing community in Laguna Canyon, California.