Teena Apeles
Author and book editor Teena Apeles writes about art, culture, design, activism, and history, and edits books on an even wider range of subjects. She is the founder of the creative collective Narrated Objects, which produces books and events to showcase the diverse voices of the city of Los Angeles. Her latest book, "52 Things to Do in Los Angeles," will be available from Moon Travel Guides in early 2023.
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The exhibition, "Voice a Wild Dream: Moments in Asian American Art and Activism, 1968-2022" dives deep into the art and activism of several Asian American publications and collectives from today and yesterday.
El conocimiento de la comunidad científica sobre la naturaleza urbana es mínimo debido a su incapacidad de acceder a áreas urbanas tan vastas como Los Ángeles. ¡Aquí es donde usted y su familia pueden ayudar!
Las matemáticas realmente están en todas partes. Vea cómo dos trabajadores locales de transporte escolar las usan para todo, desde calcular el tiempo de cada parada y la cantidad de aire que pierden los frenos hasta saber cuántos autobuses necesita una escuela.
Math truly is everywhere. Learn how two local school transportation workers use it for everything, from tracking the time spent on each stop, to how much air the breaks lose, to how many buses a school even needs.
Tagumpay Mendoza De Leon is a master teacher and performer of rondalla, a traditional Spanish-influenced form of music from the Philippines. De Leon, a 2021 NEA National Heritage Fellow, has spent his decades-long career promoting and preserving Philippine culture through the tradition of rondalla.
Issues of accessibility have long been woven through all facets of graphic design and can especially be seen in Los Angeles during the late 1960s and early '70s.
Committed to teaching and celebrating her ancestors' history, stories, language, sites and traditions, longtime activist and educator Julia Bogany leaves behind a legacy of raising awareness of the original inhabitants of what is now Los Angeles.
A prominent advocate for the arts, BIPOC and LGBTQ causes, Larry Baza served on San Diego's Commission for Arts and Culture and was later appointed to the California Arts Council in 2016.
On a triangle-shaped lot near the historic Watts Towers and the beloved Watts Towers Arts Center, a new mixed-use project is underway to draw people from all over the city and beyond to experience the Black aesthetic through architecture.
Linda Ronstadt is an icon in music, and she continues to use her fame to open doors for generations of musicians of Mexican American heritage and beyond.
These activists are part of a long history in America, stretching back as far back as the 1830s (and likely beyond), of youth challenging and transforming our democracy. Here is a look at some of those movements.
Without in-person events to launch their new books, authors are touring virtually.