Successful Chicana/o Studies Eight Year Review Committee Visits the Digital Mural Lab
Chicana/o Studies Eight Year Review Committee Visits the Digital Mural Lab for a Closing Reception.
Finding musical common ground BY ADAM POCKROSS What’s in a name? In the case of Planet Siqueiros Pe“a — an evening of socially conscious traditional world music, contemporary musical styles and spoken word at the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) in Venice — a name tells a whole lot. Planet Siqueiros Pe“a is…
Taken from ABC 7 website: THE GREAT WALL OF L.A. The Great Wall of Los Angeles is a cultural landmark and the longest mural in the world at 2,754 feet long. It is located in the San Fernando Valley, north of the Ventura Freeway, between the 405 and 170. It was produced under the direction…
The Save LA Murals Presentation An Audio Slideshow by Prof. Judith F. Baca – Presented to the City of Los Angeles Arts Commission on April 2nd 2009
Los Angeles mural artist Judith Baca was named Tuesday as the first muralist to win a grant from United States Artists since the nonprofit group began giving the $50,000 awards in 2006. Baca was the only Southern California winner this year among 36 United States Artists prize recipients in the nine categories: architecture and design,…
“There has been a long history of social, racial, economic and political injustices for African American communities in Los Angeles. Fifty years ago, in the neighborhood of Watts—on August 11, 1965—these injustices erupted into the six-day Watts Riots/Rebellion. The Riots/Rebellion served as a crucial turning point in LA’s Civil Rights Movement and is now…