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Arts & Culture Collections

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.

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ARTSblock's mission is to provide a cultural presence, educational resource, community center and intellectual meeting ground for the university and the community.
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The Colburn School, located in downtown Los Angeles, provides the highest quality performing arts education at all levels of development in an optimal learning environment.
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The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the Jewish people.
Rafa Esparza performs "building: a simulacrum of power" on the site of Michael Parker's "The Unfinished." | Photo: Dylan Schwartz, courtesy of Clockshop.
"The Unfinished" is an obelisk-shaped excavation located along the banks of the channelized L.A. River.
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Songs in the Key of Los Angeles is a multi-platform collaboration between the Los Angeles Public Library and USC professor Josh Kun that brings to life the Library's extraordinary Southern California Sheet Music Collection.
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To trace the trajectory of Southern California art, Artbound is creating a collective timeline comprised of the decisive events that shaped artists' creative development.
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Arts Shrink is a column designed to answer questions from artists and arts groups related to their arts business and practice.
Annenberg Space for Photography: Beauty Culture
The Annenberg Space for Photography, the only cultural destination in L.A. dedicated to exhibiting digital and print photography, has partnered with Artbound to present five television specials.
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Come one, come all for 51 miles and 51 weeks of play on the mighty LA River starting September 13, 2014. Join Play the LA River to explore, enjoy, reclaim, and reimagine the river as a grand civic space that can green and connect our communities.
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"Love on San Pedro" is inspired by the people who live, love and work in Skid Row, downtown Los Angeles.
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Machine Project recently invited over 20 artists to create performances that respond to notable architectural sites throughout Los Angeles, collectively creating The Machine Project Field Guide to L.A. Architecture.
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Engine30 is an outgrowth of USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism's Master's program in arts journalism that experiments with digital media practices, systems and tools, using L.A. as a living laboratory.
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