COLA 2019 Installation image of 5 Seconds of Dreaming by Katie Grinnan for COLA 2019; Installation image of A Legacy of Loss by Jenny Yurshansky, photographs by Jeff McLane, courtesy of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery.

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