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Elizabeth LaPensée (Anishinaabe, Métis, and a little Irish) creates video games inspired by her indigenous heritage to help heal intergenerational trauma.
Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles is named for the rainbow flag and the city that makes the group possible.
El director emérito de Smithsonian Folkways comparte historias, fotos y videos de su trabajo de campo en Chile, que coincidió con el golpe de estado de Pinochet.
Smithsonian Folkways director emeritus shares stories, photos, and videos from his field work in Chile, which coincided with Pinochet’s coup d’état.
Now the Workhouse Arts Center, the facility does not stand in spite of its past, but because of it.
At the height of the Silent Intifada in 2014, three Jerusalem performance artists demonstrate how art can pick up where the conversation stops.
What’s in a name? It’s an important part of our identity, our existence, connecting us to our cultural and social realms.
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