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Cultural Politics

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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Afrofuturism
56:35
"Artbound" profiles five emerging artists whose work explores the intersection of race, class, identity, and aesthetics.
Fallujah: Art, Healing, and PTSD
51:43
USMC Sergeant Christian Ellis was a machine gunner in Iraq, whose platoon was ambushed, leaving him with a broken back and only one of a few survivors.
Artesanos / Artisans
58:18
The highly skilled labor of artisans migrating from Mexico and Latin America are the backbone of high-end design and retail in Los Angeles.
Teresa Margolles, "A Través," 2011
Current:LA, a new public art biennial, signals a sea change in the way culture is created, disseminated, and experienced in Los Angeles.
Pamela J. Peters at Indian Alley
Multimedia documentarian Pamela J. Peters attempts to deconstruct stereotypical depictions of Native Americans in popular culture.
Art and Protest - Noah Purifoy
54:03
"Artbound" celebrates Black History Month with a special episode featuring the work of African American artists.
Art
58:00
"Artbound" explores art created amidst social upheaval.
Despite dwindling numbers, the Miss Bell Gardens pageant cultivates leadership from woman to woman.
Created by Toronto-based artists Allyson Mitchell and Deirdre Logue, and sponsored by the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, "Killjoy's Kastle" is a lesbian feminist haunted house where herstory and Halloween collide.
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Rockhaven in La Crescenta is unique among other mental institutions of its time largely because of Richards' feminist mission for a sanitarium where female patients would be treated with respect and dignity.
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Petra Cortright was raised in Santa Barbara, but she grew up on the Internet. The artist's work is often typified as "post-Internet art" -- art that uses the Web as its medium, source, context and place where it is performed, all at once.
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WCCW was created to be a place where women could work on their creative endeavors and be around others who would complement and nurture their work.
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