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Jackie Amézquita (Quetzaltengo, Guatemala, b.1985) lives and works in Los Angeles, California. She is an artist with a multidisciplinary practice. Her research is articulated through the use of biomaterials and forms associated with pre-Columbian cultures. Amézquita creates public performances, installations, and objects that fuse indigenous mythologies with contemporary community engagement. Amézquita received her M.F.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2022 and her B.F.A. from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, in 2018. She has exhibited with The Hammer Museum, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) CA, LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division) CA, 18th St Art Center CA, The Armory Center of the Arts CA, Vincent Price Art Museum CA, The Annenberg Space for Photography CA, Human Resources Los Angeles CA, MAD (Museum of Art and Design) NY. Amézquita is the recipient of the Mohn Public Recognition Award (2023), Mohn Land Award (2022), Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts Los Angeles Art Fund (2022), and National Performance Network Fund (2022). Amézquita has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, ARTnews, and The Art Newspaper, LA. Weekly, hyperallergic, Walker Art Center magazine. Jackie Amézquita on Instagram

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Saturday, April 11 at 6 p.m. on KPBS TV. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family secrets of actor Danielle Deadwyler and musician Rhiannon Giddens—two artists who are both deeply tied to their Southern heritage.

Join Museum educators in a paper folding activity using repurposed book jackets. Using folding methods, create a beautiful paper fortune teller from repurposed children’s book jackets. This workshop is inspired and led by artist Cat Chiu whose artwork "Booked," is featured in the "Conversations in Art: Dignity" exhibition on view in the Dammeyer Gallery at MOPA@SDMA through January 4, 2026. No reservation is required. All materials are provided Great for artists of all ages. Community Art Workshops invite artists to enjoy hands-on art making experiences inspired by the thinking and creating processes of artists on view at the Museum. Artists under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the workshop. Museum of Photographic Arts at The San Diego Museum of Art on Instagram

Speaker: Meher McArthur, Curator, East Asian Art at Pacific Asia Museum; Creative Director, Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden Meher McArthur was born in India to a Scottish father and Persian mother and grew up in Scotland, Canada, and England feeling very out of place. Hoping to go into international business, she studied Japanese at college and lived in Japan for two years but fell in love with Japanese art and took a new direction. She became a Japanese art historian and has been passionately curating Japanese art exhibitions in museums and galleries and for national tour for over 25 years. This lecture is a sneak preview of her new memoir (October 2025) and will highlight some of the most significant art works in her life and career and show how Japanese art helped her find her place in the world. Speaker bio: Meher McArthur is an Asian art historian specializing in Japanese art. She worked as a curator of East Asian Art at Pacific Asia Museum and Creative Director for the Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden, both in Pasadena and was Academic Curator for Scripps College in Claremont and Art and Cultural Director for Japan House, Los Angeles. She curates traveling exhibitions for International Arts & Artists (IA&A), currently "Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper" and upcoming "KIMONO: Garment, Canvas, and Artistic Muse." Her publications include "Gods and Goblins: Folk Paintings from Otsu" (PAM, 1999), "Reading Buddhist Art" (Thames & Hudson, 2002), "The Arts of Asia" (Thames & Hudson, 2005), "An ABC of What Art Can Be" (Getty Museum, 2010), "New Expressions in Origami Art" (Tuttle, 2017), and "Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper" (IA&A, 2021). She lives in Pasadena, California. Please note, this session will be conducted virtually via Zoom. Save your spot by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link via confirmation email with instructions once you secure your place. The San Diego Museum of Art on Facebook / Instagram

A federal judge on Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing President Donald Trump's immigration agenda another legal setback.

Schauffele missed last year's Farmers Insurance Open after withdrawing before the start of the previous week's The American Express in La Quinta for what was only described as "medical'' reasons.

UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies and the Burke Lectureship on Religion & Society, in partnership with Digital Gym Cinema, proudly announce the third season of the Burke Revival Film & Discussion Series. Returning to UC San Diego Park & Market’s Digital Gym Cinema, the acclaimed series continues its mission to explore profound ethical, spiritual, and societal questions through powerful works of cinema. Season 3, titled “Authoritarianism in Full Cinematic View,” confronts themes of control, propaganda, and resistance through three visionary films:" Pan’s Labyrinth" (Guillermo del Toro), "The Master" (Paul Thomas Anderson), and "Brazil" (Terry Gilliam). Each screening includes a guided post-film discussion led by Rev. Scott Young, spiritual advisor and film scholar, who curates the series and fosters community dialogue that connects the films to our shared contemporary struggles. Synopsis: Set in Spain during World War II. This is the story of a young girl named Ofelia. She is a girl who has a passion for fairy tales, which causes her to see one during her trip in the forest that is not quiet. She goes to her stepfather’s home in the country along with her pregnant but sickly mother, he is the sadistic Captain Vidal. Ofelia creates an imaginary world of her own to escape the cruel and harsh realities of the world. When she encounters a faun, she must complete three tasks in order to obtain immortality according to the legend of a princess. Notes From Guest Speaker Rev. Scott Young: "Pan’s Labyrinth" (2006) is a cinematic portrayal of the authoritarian realities in family, country, and fantasies. It’s multi-form, moving image beauty contrasts with the brutal ugliness of authoritarian cruelty and pervasiveness. Through the layering of vital cinematic themes, director Guillermo del Toro creatively locates authoritarian impulses in the classic fairy tale. This is a genre-bending production, and it’s cinematic brilliance was rewarded with several film awards at the time of it’s release. "Pan’s Labyrinth" is the first film in the 3rd season of the UCSD/Burke Lectureship: Religion & Society Revival Film Screening and Discussion Project. Our theme in this 3rd iteration is: "Authoritarianism in Full Cinematic View." del Toro’s film will guide us into this dark theme searching for understanding of the dynamics of authoritarianism and issuing in resilient resistance! It should be noted that 2006 witnessed the arrival in Hollywood of the “Tres Amigos” Directors: Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro, and Alejandro Inarritu. We inaugurated our series with a screening of Cuaron’s, Children of Men. Now from del Toro, Pan’s Labyrinth. Future screenings will likely include an Inarritu film. Collectively, they have garnered numerous Academy Awards. One additional mention is that 2 Spanish philosophers Jose Ortega y Gasset and Miguel De Unamuno, writing as critics of the Franco dictatorship, share many similar thoughts on authoritarianism with del Toro’s insightful movie. Reading books & watching films are the cultural roadblocks to authoritarianism in its several manifestations. Lights, Camera, Action Resistance! Digital Gym Cinema on Facebook / Instagram

Easier than a blood test, saliva tests have the potential to detect cavities, infections and even cancer. But a lack of insurance coverage and other obstacles stand in the way of wider use.

Teachers and students say the Grossmont Union High School District board’s recent decisions to eliminate school librarian positions limit students’ access to libraries and further exacerbate concerns of censorship.

Hundreds of dogs competed for the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show this week. Penny the Doberman pinscher was named best in show.