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Chicano Batman | Photo: Rafael Cardenas

Chicano Batman

Season 3 Episode 3
21:52
Gary Baseman and Watts Towers

Gary Baseman and Watts Towers

Season 3 Episode 4
56:19
Salon of Beauty and Scar Printing

Salon of Beauty and Scar Printing

Season 3 Episode 5
54:40
"Invisible Cities" by The Industry. | Photo: Courtesy of The Industry

Invisible Cities

Season 3 Episode 6
57:46
Masters of Modern Design

Masters of Modern Design

Season 10 Episode 1
56:06
Woman in calavera face paint during Día de los Muertos | Photo from "Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead" ABs10

Dia de Los Muertos / Day of the Dead

Season 10 Episode 3
56:18
Jeffrey Deitch at his desk | Still from "Artbound" Jeffrey Deitch's Los Angeles

Jeffrey Deitch's Los Angeles

Season 10 Episode 5
54:08
A large-scale Light and Space artwork from Robert Irwin called "untitled (dawn to dusk.)" | Still from Artbound "Light & Space" ab s11

Light & Space

Season 11 Episode 1
56:43
Participants play a tug of war during the Watts Cookbook © event initiated by ToroLab 2019 | Panic Studio LA, Courtesy of City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs, CURRENT:LA Food© ab s11 episode image

CURRENT:LA FOOD

Season 11 Episode 3
52:45
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Artbound

Songs in the Key of L.A.

Season 3 Episode 2

Songs in the Key of L.A. is a multi-platform collaboration between the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Public Library, and USC professor Josh Kun that brings to life the Library's extraordinary Southern California Sheet Music Collection. Consisting of sheet music pieces that range from the 1840s through the 1950s, the Collection offers a singular portrait of Los Angeles history and culture rendered in music and visual art. The motto of the project: archives should not just be preserved and maintained. Archives should come back to life. Featuring performances of "When The Girl You Love Lives in California"erformed by Aloe Blacc, Piano by Peter Dyer; "In the Valley of the San Joaquin" Performed by I See Hawks in L.A; "Where The Mission Bells Are Chiming (Down Beside The Sea)" Performed by Julia Holter Drums by Corey Fogel; "Chiapanecas" Performed by La Santa Cecilia; "Strolling 'Neath the California Moon" Performed by The Petrojvic Blasting Company.