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Featuring Artists and Advocates L. Frank Manriquez and Sipu Whittle
Material arts and storytelling
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Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation
Safeguarding and passing on knowledge
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Richard Bugbee
Waw'kish, A Southern California Tribal Sport
Site Visits with ACTA's 2019 Apprenticeship Cohort
Celebrating the Cultural Treasures of Los Angeles
NEA National Heritage Fellow and California Master Artist
Inside the WasabiKai Studio
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Ysamur Flores Peña
Orisha practitioners throughout the Yoruba diaspora have prepared special foods for ceremony and offerings to the Orishas. This tradition, cooking for the Orisha and ancestors, is based on utilizing specific ingredients and ways of preparing foods and meals, which has been passed on from generation to generation. The Alashe is…
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Arash Shirinbab
Thuluth, the most important script in traditional Arabic calligraphy (Islamic calligraphy), was developed in the 11th century. It is a large and elegant, cursive script, used in medieval times as architectural adornment, as well as for inscribing various texts and manuscripts. The unique capacity of the Thuluth style in creating…