"Artbound" is an Emmy® award-winning arts and culture series that examines the lives, works and creative processes of innovators making an impact in Southern California and beyond. Through broadcast episodes and local journalism, "Artbound" brings to light the region’s rich cultural legacy and diversity.
'Artbound's' second season debut examines SoCal art in a 29 Palms marine base, the San Luis Obipso mission, downtown L.A., and South L.A. hip hop culture.
This episode of Artbound features artist Alexandra Grant and French philosopher Hélène Cixous, plus art inspired by the U.S. prison system, a community radio station in L.A.'s Boyle Heights and a performance by Chicano Batman.
This episode of Artbound features the portrait work of artist Shizu Saldamando and Nery Gabriel Lemus, a history of the Melrose graffiti scene, the mapping of Tijuana's burgeoning arts scene and performance by the folk-country band I See Hawks in L.A.
This episode of 'Artbound' features Danny Heller's modern midcentury paintings, Tanya Aguiñiga's "performance crafting," and Shari Elf's Joshua Tree found art gallery.
This episode features artwork inspired by the life and death of Kelly Thomas and an exhibition of origami influenced by scientific and mathematical techniques.
The series premiere focuses on art in Riverside, San Bernardino, and Orange counties, including a profile on hijabistas who are redefining Muslim-American fashion.
Artbound's one-hour special looks at Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio's "AgH2O" project which connects the elements mined from the Owens Valley, silver and water, to the emergence of the film industry.
'Artbound's' second season debut examines SoCal art in a 29 Palms marine base, the San Luis Obipso mission, downtown L.A., and South L.A. hip hop culture.
This episode of Artbound features artist Alexandra Grant and French philosopher Hélène Cixous, plus art inspired by the U.S. prison system, a community radio station in L.A.'s Boyle Heights and a performance by Chicano Batman.
This episode of Artbound features the portrait work of artist Shizu Saldamando and Nery Gabriel Lemus, a history of the Melrose graffiti scene, the mapping of Tijuana's burgeoning arts scene and performance by the folk-country band I See Hawks in L.A.
This episode of 'Artbound' features Danny Heller's modern midcentury paintings, Tanya Aguiñiga's "performance crafting," and Shari Elf's Joshua Tree found art gallery.
This episode features artwork inspired by the life and death of Kelly Thomas and an exhibition of origami influenced by scientific and mathematical techniques.
The series premiere focuses on art in Riverside, San Bernardino, and Orange counties, including a profile on hijabistas who are redefining Muslim-American fashion.
Artbound's one-hour special looks at Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio's "AgH2O" project which connects the elements mined from the Owens Valley, silver and water, to the emergence of the film industry.
Paul Turounet attempts to document first-hand the undocumented immigrant experience at the U.S.-Mexico border. He snaps pictures of migrants, and affixes their portraits on the border wall.
Midcentury-modern architecture is back in fashion, but what draws the 20- and 30-somethings? Danny Heller, who paints Palm Springs chic in almost photorealistic fashion, explains the attraction.
Marjan K. Vayghan's "Legacy Crates," a series of transformed art shipping crates, symbolizes her journey from Iran, the land of her ancestry, and her transcultural life and identity in the U.S.
Incendiary Traces led a recent draw-in at the 29 Palms Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center where participants used drawing as a tool for connecting the SoCal landscape to foreign battle zones.
In south Orange County, there are few traditions as long running (and spectacularly surreal) as the Pageant of the Masters, a two-month-long display where actors pose as well-known works of art.
Tijuana-born, L.A.-based artist Tanya Aguiñiga, who is known for her felt covered furniture pieces, trades place with her objects, and invites a group of workers to cover her from head-toe.
San Francisco photojournalist Candacy Taylor followed her interest in the social dynamics of traditional female work roles to Twentynine Palms and never looked back.
In this installment, multicultural band Quetzal performs in a downtown bus station where migrant workers and international travelers first experience the sprawling city.
Artists Michelle Dizon and Gina Osterloh both create works based on their Filipino heritage. Artbound explores the nexus of their art, in this poetic rumination on identity, environment, and water.
With an economic output of $93 million in 2013, L.A. and Orange County's galleries are punching far above their weight when it comes to their economic impact.
Between 2012 and 2015, 10-year old Mohammed Qutaish created "Future Aleppo," a colorful, four-by-four foot model of Aleppo that spoke of the boy's hope for peace and prosperity in his war-torn province.
As a major tourist attraction, more than a million people visit Alcatraz Island each year, but it's also the site of many memorable scenes from the 1930s until today — including "Vireo."
Fernando Aceves led the first generation of concert photographers in Mexico. His photographs of David Bowie during his only visit to Mexico 20 years ago reveals “the human Bowie, not the character,” without the outrageous makeup, hair, and costumes.
The San Francisco Girls Chorus is a community-based chorus that offers professional-level training and touring for some 300 young women from 160 schools in 46 Bay Area cities. They've won five Grammy Awards,
When the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) launched the California-Pacific Triennial in 2013, it became the first California museum to survey the work of Pacific Rim artists. Its tradition of highlighting artists in the region continues this year.
Hysteria and surrealism may appear to have little in common, but there was a moment when their paths converged in the life of mental patient Léona Delcourt.
Though the encampments at Standing Rock have gone, the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline continues. And right now, it’s taking place inside an art gallery.
In the late 19th century, opera didn’t have strong a foothold outside a few big cities, but a hunger for opera in Los Angeles sustained the artform in the city, gradually evolving it into a cornerstone of L.A.'s arts and culture scene.
The legendary crew Beat Junkies have made (sound) waves in the hip-hop scene. Now, they've opened a school to break it down for a new generation of DJs.
Jennifer Koh is not like every classical violinist, who plays only Bach, Tchaikovsky, Brahms and the like. Over the years, she has become an advocate for contemporary compositions, premiering more than 50 works written especially for her.
There aren’t too many lyric baritones who can not only sing in a number of Philip Glass operas and work with Björk, but also assume the guise of Desi Arnaz. It seems Gregory Purnhagen can do it all.
Paiute/ Taos Pueblo hoop dancer Sage Romero teaches young Native Americans that dancing isn't just a form of recreation, it is a spiritual exercise that connects them back to their identity.
"Artbound" is an Emmy® award-winning arts and culture series that examines the lives, works and creative processes of innovators making an impact in Southern California and beyond. Through broadcast episodes and local journalism, "Artbound" brings to light the region’s rich cultural legacy and diversity.
'Artbound's' second season debut examines SoCal art in a 29 Palms marine base, the San Luis Obipso mission, downtown L.A., and South L.A. hip hop culture.
This episode of Artbound features artist Alexandra Grant and French philosopher Hélène Cixous, plus art inspired by the U.S. prison system, a community radio station in L.A.'s Boyle Heights and a performance by Chicano Batman.
This episode of Artbound features the portrait work of artist Shizu Saldamando and Nery Gabriel Lemus, a history of the Melrose graffiti scene, the mapping of Tijuana's burgeoning arts scene and performance by the folk-country band I See Hawks in L.A.
This episode of 'Artbound' features Danny Heller's modern midcentury paintings, Tanya Aguiñiga's "performance crafting," and Shari Elf's Joshua Tree found art gallery.
This episode features artwork inspired by the life and death of Kelly Thomas and an exhibition of origami influenced by scientific and mathematical techniques.
The series premiere focuses on art in Riverside, San Bernardino, and Orange counties, including a profile on hijabistas who are redefining Muslim-American fashion.
Artbound's one-hour special looks at Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio's "AgH2O" project which connects the elements mined from the Owens Valley, silver and water, to the emergence of the film industry.
![Left: Cover of the first issue of La Révolution surréaliste, December 1924. (Right: Yvan Goll, Surréalisme, "Manifeste du surréalisme,"[10] Volume 1, Number 1, October 1, 1924, cover by Robert Delaunay | WikiCommons](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9761369/2147483647/strip/true/crop/600x338+0+31/resize/1536x864!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkcet-brightspot.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkl%2Ffiles%2Fthumbnails%2Fimage%2F1924surrealism.jpg)
