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Shana Nys Dambrot

Shana Nys Dambrot is an art critic, a curator, and an author based in downtown Los Angeles. Formerly the arts editor at LA Weekly, now a cofounder of 13ThingsLA, she is the recipient of the Rabkin Prize, the Mozaik Future Art Writers Award, and the Los Angeles Press Club’s Critic of the Year award (twice). Her novella, Zen Psychosis, was published in 2020.

artist sonia romero, the swimmer, catalina island

On Catalina, a New Exhibition Draws Locals

At the Catalina Museum, artist Sonia Romero uses paint and tile to render the island’s history.