Arts Disciplines
In the 1960s, the Chicano Movement, also known as El Movimiento, advocated for Mexican American empowerment across a broad spectrum of issues — from land reclamation and labor rights, to education reform and cultural identity. Learn about the Chicanos who shaped the movement, their acts of resistance and the lasting legacies they leave behind.
Dive deep into Southern California’s creative consciousness. See how diverse ideas and identities meld, mix and recombine, inspiring revolutions beyond art’s borders. Learn more about the triumphs, struggles and interconnected histories that have fueled this region’s aesthetic fires.
As visual language becomes lingua franca in an image-driven 21st century, explore how California graphic designers have shaped global aesthetics and social movements, from counterculture and the Civil Rights era until today.
Arts education can truly be a transformative journey. By growing social-emotional intelligence, inspiring a sense of belonging and developing creative skills, the arts help us make sense of our past, act powerfully in the present and imagine the future. See how it can build the foundation for an inclusive and economically vibrant society.
Surreal and often shrouded in a certain mysticism, the desert has long provided artists the space and place to think beyond the confines of mainstream society. Discover how the desert gives shape and form to an artist's creativity.
Judy Baca's 2,754-foot long mural along the Tujunga Wash in San Fernando Valley paints a lesser-known history of California from the perspective of the underrepresented. Learn more about the the making of "The History of California" — more popularly known as "The Great Wall of Los Angeles" — and the stories it seeks to tell.
“How to Change” is a limited series for “Southland Sessions” exploring the most critical issues facing Southern California culture makers in this pivotal historical moment. Each column will explore a question posed to a range of artists and culture workers, and include recommendations to address these concerns from a practical, action-oriented perspective.
Break the barriers of physical distance as the arts re-connects the broken lines between us.
Black arts bear witness to centuries of fight not flight. See how their rich legacies continue to rally this nation’s spirit in pursuit of justice and joy.
Linda Ronstadt's music crosses cultures and genres. Hear her music re-interpreted and given new life.
The Northeast L.A. (NELA) Placemaking Design Competition is seeking implementable projects that enhance the neighborhood identity, river revitalization, community health, and public spaces of the NELA river area and its adjacent neighborhoods.
Witchcraft... psychoanalysis… fantasy... for generations, visionary young girls have inspired fascination and fear. Enter the world of Vireo, a gifted teenage girl who finds herself slipping through time between centuries past and present.