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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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Guerrilla Gowns: Orange County's Ghostly Performance Art
A new feminist movement is happening in Orange County. Guerrilla Gowns is a performance series created and enacted by The Nine, an all-women young artist collective based in Santa Ana.
An Artist for President: An Interview with Susanna Bixby Dakin
Working at the nexus of feminism and performance art, Susanna Bixby Dakin ran independently for the presidency of the United States in 1984 during a year-long, durational piece called An Artist for President.
The Naval Gaze: (Sub)tropical Fantasies and Imperial Pacific Landscapes
Hillary Mushkin examines early European representations of the Southern California coast.
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Colectivo Intransigente: The Voice of Poetic Politics in Tijuana
Tijuana-based Colectivo Intransigente is a poetry/performance troupe that believes speech can catalyze change.
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Art Threat: Alex Schaefer's Plein Air Protests
Artist Alex Schaefer paints banks on fire and gets arrested for chalk drawings. He's a multimedia artist whose medium is the media; confronting representation in the age of surveillance.
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Johnston Island Saturday Night
Artist Steve Rowell assembles a video piece documenting Johnston Island's past. Located 800 miles west of Hawaii, the site was transformed after numerous high altitude nuclear test launches during the 1960s and 70s.
Tracing the San Clemente Island Weapons Testing Range
San Clemente Island is the subject of a draw-in on the deck of a sport fishing boat named "The Fury".
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The Legal Street Art of Santa Barbara
A.M.A.S.S (Artists Making a Street Scene) has been bringing a bit of edge and creative culture to Santa Barbara's most distinctly tourist-serving part of town since 2009.
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All Roads Lead to SLO
San Luis Obispo County is a cultural hub with entrepreneurs
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Yo Soy Chicana: A Chicana Feminist Movement
A Chicana feminist movement emerged in reaction to the complexities of Latina empowerment, often facing resistance from male Chicano leaders and organizers.
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And What Day is International Men's Day?
As an American woman I wait for two special days each year: August 26, National Women's Equality Day celebrating the 19th Amendment, and March 8, International Women's Day.
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