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Thursday, January 28, 2016

Saying goodbye to the 6th Street Bridge with artist Susan Silton's 'Sublime Madness' opera by Carolina A. Miranda

For several months, Los Angeles has been bidding goodbye to the 6th Street Bridge. There have been street parties, art exhibitions and cruising flotillas of custom cars, all in advance of …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:44AM

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Five totally immoral books besides 'Fun Home' Duke University students should also skip by Carolina A. Miranda

A group of Duke University students made headlines after announcing they wouldn't read Alison Bechdel's 2006 graphic novel memoir, "Fun Home," because of its "graphic visual depictions…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:46PM

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

The myth of L.A. as a 'creatives' paradise -- and why loving the city means seeing its flaws by Carolina A. Miranda

In the last several months, a wondrous mythology has emerged about Los Angeles in cultural circles. A steady drip of articles - in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and other outl…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:06PM

Monday, May 18, 2015

Roundup: USC students boycott graduation; Fox station censors Picasso by Carolina A. Miranda

The announced withdrawal of an entire MFA class from USC's Roski School of Art and Design continues to make news. Historic ruins are threatened in Syria. A Picasso inspires talk of inequi…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:08PM

Friday, May 15, 2015

Behind the impasse that led USC's 2016 MFA students to withdraw in protest by Carolina A. Miranda

The graduate class of 2016 at USC’s Roski School of Art and Design withdrew in protest Friday from the visual arts program over administration and curriculum changes.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:40PM

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Performance art meets comedy: Casey Jane Ellison's 'Touching the Art' by Carolina A. Miranda

The first time Casey Jane Ellison took the stage as a stand-up comedian, things didn't go well.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:41PM

Friday, September 19, 2014

What Rick Lowe's MacArthur Grant win means for art and social practice by Carolina A. Miranda

In 1993, artist Rick Lowe took over nearly two dozen derelict shotgun houses in Houston's Third Ward and, over the course of 20 years, turned them into a thriving cultural center that offers…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:46PM

Friday, August 8, 2014

Stop what you're doing and go see an opera about human trafficking by Carolina A. Miranda

It's not every day that someone tells you, "Drop whatever you're doing and go see an opera about human trafficking." But today is one of those days: So drop whatever you're doing this evenin…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:30PM

Friday, August 1, 2014

Marina Abramovic Institute responds to critics of unpaid positions by Carolina A. Miranda

Art blogger Jillian Steinhauer of Hyperallergic picked up on an intriguing series of job postings Thursday on the website for the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). The not-for-profit …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:26PM

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