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Desert X (Preview)
The vast, strange, sometimes contradictory world of the urban desert and its people are explored in 11 public art exhibits and their respective locations. Desert X is a site-specific biennial exhibition that first took place in the spring of 2017 where artists from different parts of the world were invited to create work in response to the unique conditions of the Coachella Valley.
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![East West Players: A Home on Stage](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1b50f30/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2Fw8x8jkN-asset-mezzanine-16x9-vwruA8L.jpg)
56:43
Chronicling the 58-year history of the longest running theatre of color in the U.S.
![Angel City Press: L.A. through the Pages](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e35209f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FZP4mmxi-asset-mezzanine-16x9-snGdbPp.jpg)
55:51
Angel City Press has been shaping and influencing public understanding of LA for decades.
![Artists-In-Residence](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fece8a8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FiKskpe6-asset-mezzanine-16x9-Bm9phSq.jpg)
56:39
Artists-In-Residence programs provide artists opportunities to create uninterrupted work.
![L.A. Rebellion: A Cinematic Movement](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1e96af0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FRRgnpMP-asset-mezzanine-16x9-1L6zfCf.jpg)
56:40
Following the Watts Uprising, UCLA increased film program enrollment of students of color.
![América Tropical: The Martyr Mural of Siqueiros](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7eefee0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FfhniQN8-asset-mezzanine-16x9-2J6M5Vg.jpg)
56:43
David Alfaro Siqueiros created Olvera Street’s popular mural with an innovative technique.
![Chinatown Punk Wars](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f0c9a28/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FS1CkG9B-asset-mezzanine-16x9-KvRu1us.png)
56:43
Two Chinese restaurants became the unlikely epicenter of L.A.’s burgeoning punk scene.
![A Rubén Ortiz-Torres Story](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f8f6ab6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FSW4Yav3-asset-mezzanine-16x9-HdP8cfA.jpg)
56:17
Rubén Ortiz-Torres explores his past and present in an uncertain socio-economic future.
![Giant Robot: Asian Pop Culture and Beyond](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4aba52c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FG0Yx0Yt-asset-mezzanine-16x9-WtCU8jG.jpg)
56:28
Giant Robot was a bimonthly magazine that profoundly affected Asian American pop culture.
![A New Deal for Los Angeles](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e51abec/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FWE5Ps24-asset-mezzanine-16x9-LMSLUWl.jpg)
56:43
WPA projects live on in L.A. Explores what effect a similar program might have today.
![Arte Cósmico](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/233b43e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FnJd3886-asset-mezzanine-16x9-XS7WigE.jpg)
56:49
Six Latinx artists in L.A. work to secure their place in American art.
![Duchamp Comes To Pasadena](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cbb0ef4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FTLUPPze-asset-mezzanine-16x9-IOOnP4L.jpg)
56:59
When Marcel Duchamp came to Pasadena in 1963, he sent ripples down L.A.'s art scene.
![Love & Rockets](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ed60ce5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1918x1079+1+0/resize/768x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FGZMZFBi-asset-mezzanine-16x9-hE6o6Dn.jpg)
56:43
A self-published comic book made by brothers from Oxnard, Ca. makes comic book history.