Community Murals Final Presentations

David Velazquez (Chican@ Studies Major)

David Velazquez presentation by farhadsparc

Chris Cerda (Art Major)

Chris Cerda Presentation by farhadsparc

Noe Lopez (World Arts and Cultures Major)

Noe L Presentation by farhadsparc

Miranda Rivera (Art History Major)

Miranda Rivera presentation by farhadsparc

Mildred Morales (Sociology Major)

Mildred Morales by farhadsparc

Jennifer Liu (Gender Studies Major)

Jennifer Liu Presentation by farhadsparc

Greta Fuentes (World Arts and Cultures Major)

Adrian Alfaro (Art Major)

Jocelyn Pineda (History Major)

The UCLA@SPARC Digital/Mural Lab led by UCLA Professor Judith F. Baca is the leading research, teaching and production facility in the country devoted to the creation of large-scale digitally generated murals, public art productions, and community cultural development practices.

The Lab is located in a community setting (the Old Venice Police Station) at the non-profit, Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) founded in 1976. (SPARCinLA.org)

In a sequence of 8 courses offered in three departments at undergraduate and graduate levels, students work in community settings with local community members on important issues engaging their imagination and academic research to produce permanent public artworks that tell the stories of diverse communities.

While dreaming hopeful solutions, these public artworks articulate solutions to difficult problems such as low achievement in the LAUSD schools, immigration, dropout rates, racial violence, substance abuse and economic disparity in Los Angeles neighborhoods.