Vocalist, pianist, artist and filmmaker Samora Pinderhughes’ The Healing Project is a searing examination of the prison industrial complex in the United States, amplifying testimonials of those affected by incarceration and policing by uniting those who have been silenced with deeply affecting storytellers.
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Samora Pinderhughes and Friends The Healing Project
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The Crazy Superhero Vacation
The Crazy Superhero Vacation is a production by Ms. Neate’s class at Vena Avenue Elementary. Animation and editing are by Pieter Hardeman of Toy Story Lab. Southland Sings is a creative organization using the arts to unlock creative potential through live opera, musical theatre production, education assemblies, and music composition for all ages.
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Descanse en Paz: Memorial Paintings from 19th-Century Mexico
This exhibition highlights two popular genres of 19th-century Mexican painting commemorating family members who no longer reside in the household— offering them a lasting presence in the home. The first intimately portrays deceased individuals in likenesses imbued with grief and tender remembrance. The second genre is the uniquely Mexican monja Coronado or “crowned nun” portrait. Images of flowers adorned Brides of Christ were commissioned by the families of women who took Catholic ecclesiastical vows and permanently embarked on cloistered lives.
ARTEONICA*: Art, Science, and Technology in Latin America Today
ARTEONICA* revisits a lesser-known Latin American art movement, initiating a discussion between a group of innovative computer artists from the 1960s and 1970s, and contemporary Latin American artists whose work is influenced by their legacy. Despite the political and social conflicts across Latin America in the ’60s and ’70s, artists in the region explored the interconnectedness of art, science, and technology during that time.
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CELEBRATE LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH WITH BOOKS AND MOVIES ON KANOPY, HOOPLA AND LIBBY
Stream films for free and on-demand on Kanopy and Hoopla, and download e-books and audiobooks on Libby. The services have an extensive library of Latin American and Spanish language books, cinema, and documentaries that are free with your city of Los Angeles or Los Angeles County library card.
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Art and the Internet in L.A.
In the past 50 years, the internet has grown from a military research project to the ubiquitous information backbone of our world. Even as the early web took off, few pundits would have predicted how tightly woven the internet would become into our lives. Art and the Internet in LA invites a roster of contemporary artists living and working in LA to respond to the 50-year history of artists creating work on and with the Internet, often shaping it through…