SPARC Welcomes Mayra Islas, Winner of the LA City Latino Heritage Month Poetry Contest
Judy Baca speaks about art and public space in Los Angeles at the Hammer Museum. Public art has long been a site for negotiating community and contesting urban territories. Using the mural as a jumping off point, panelists will engage in a discussion about public art, community identity, art and activism, and new models for…
The LAUSD Robert F. Kennedy Community of Schools K-12 Murals designed by Professor Judy Baca Coordinated by the UCLA/SPARC Cesar Chavez Digital Mural Lab Seeing Through Others Eyes (Final Version) Tiny Ripples of Hope (Final Version) On June 5th, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy was shot and assassinated in the food-service pantry next to the ballroom…
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is an art and design college in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It was founded in 1826 as the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, making it one of the first and oldest art colleges in the United States. In 2008, MICA was tied for #4 in the…
The art department of GCSU invited Judy Baca to hold a day-long workshop for Advanced Painting Students on March 5, 2009 to learn the techniques, practice and theory that she has cultivated over her 30+ years as an artist and teaches her UCLA class, Beyond the Mexican Mural. Though it would be impossible for a…
The restoration of the Great Wall of los Angeles is a massive undertaking. Every segment of the 2,750ft is cleaned, examined and treated to bring it back to its original state of brilliant color. Within the three month dry season in the Los Angeles River the work must be completed racing against a clock that…