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The arts have always been used to tackle difficult issues on a wide scale. From poetry that ignites millions to photography that captures injustices, artists are using their creativity to make space for the marginalized and give light to untold stories.

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Uncle Van Huynh's mother sews masks for the Auntie Sewing Squad. | Courtesy of Van Huynh
The Auntie Sewing Squad is a multi-generational network of 800-plus home sewers making face masks for vulnerable populations without access to them.
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Need a laugh? Watch Episode 2 of Culture Clash’s Totally Fake Latino News, featuring Speedy Gonzales, La Vacuna Azul and the Barrio Logan homies. 
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Need a laugh? Watch Episode 1 of Culture Clash’s Totally Fake Latino News, featuring Speedy Gonzales, Dolores Huerta, Nacho Libre, Coyote Barney, luchadores battling coronavirus and much more.
Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange, Los Angeles | Denys Nevozhai/Unsplash
The efforts of the creative community point to the importance of the arts. First responders save people from immediate situations. Second responders like those in the creative community save lives after, or during, a crisis in sometimes immeasurable ways.
 ICE Not Welcome poster | Audrey Chan, ACLU SoCal
Amid the pandemic, ACLU SoCal's first resident artist has been responding creatively in support of civil rights.
transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project  | Courtesy of California Arts Council
The California Arts Council released its strategic framework this year. It outlines a forward-thinking approach that hopes to break down barriers in the arts for all living in California.
“Beneath the Date Palms” by Michael Rakowitz  2019 | Panic Studio LA, Courtesy of City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs, Current:LA Food
Michael Rakowitz, the internationally-acclaimed Iraqi American artist reconstructs Room F in Iraq’s Northwest Palace of Nimrud, and tackles a history of migration and displacement that has been going on for hundreds of years.
Ry Rocklen's Food Group | Courtesy of Ry Rocklen
As a sculptural artist, Ry Rocklen endorses the hyper familiar in a whimsical, surreal fashion. He turns Palms Park into a veritable digestive system and peoples it with... life-sized, dancing fast food.
Barnsdall Art Park hosting Current:LA Food's "New Shores" by Max La Rivière-Hedrick and Julio César Morales | Courtesy of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles
“New Shores: The Future Dialogue Between Two Homelands,” is a Current:LA event series highlighting the cuisine of nearby neighborhoods and the immigrant stories that thread them together.
Jazmin Urrea working on "Imperishable," 8-foot tall Cheetos sculptures for Current:LA Food | Courtesy of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles
“Imperishable,” a public art installation boasting 8-foot-tall towers full of Cheetos, focuses on food accessibility and equity and how this impacts Los Angeles’s diverse communities.
A map of all the 15 council districts in the city of LA  | Still from "Artbound" Current LA
Celebrate L.A.'s vibrant food culture and reflect on consumption and the environment as you witness works from some of today's most fascinating artists in a monthlong series of free installations and events.  
A styled photo of hamburgers, fries, popcorn and tacos | Image from "Artbound" Current:LA
Meet Current: L.A.'s artists and learn how their installations are changing the city's landscape.
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