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Scape Martinez Piece Installed in San Jose Roosevelt Community Center

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On December 13, 2008, the City of San Jose celebrated the grand opening of the renovated Roosevelt Community Center. The center commissioned artist Scape Martinez to create the majority of its interior and exterior artwork. Over the one and one-half years it took Martinez to complete the project, he was assisted by the UCLA SPARC…

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The Digital Mural Lab Hosts International Visitors

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Artistic Representatives from Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and Morocco Visit the Digital Mural Lab   INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM ART AS SOCIAL AND POLITICAL COMMENTARY A Regional Project for North Africa These visitors are invited to the United States under the auspices of the Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program. Primary Program Contact: Ms. Kim…

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2010 Public Art Network Award and Keynote Presentation by Judy Baca

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  Thursday, June 24, 9:15 am – 10:15 am   The Public Art Network is pleased to recognize Judy Baca, founder and artistic director of SPARC: Social & Public Art Resource Center, as the recipient of the 2010 Public Art Network Award. After accepting her award, Ms. Baca will also make a keynote presentation.   Building a…

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SPARC initiates campaign to save its mural heritage (From The Argonaut)

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BY GARY WALKER The mural community received what many feel was a bittersweet victory on February 19th, when the Los Angeles Planning Commission voted to view murals and signs as separate objects, a position that artists have been arguing for nearly a decade. But their hopes that these artistic expressions would be incorporated into a…

JUDY BACA AT THE 2014 LAUSD ASPEN CHALLENGE
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JUDY BACA AT THE 2014 LAUSD ASPEN CHALLENGE

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Distinguished UCLA Chicana/o Studies/World Arts and Cultures Professor and Artistic Director of SPARC, Judith Baca, issued her challenge to LAUSD students from over 17 high schools at the second annual Aspen Challenge this last Saturday, February 8th, 2014. Each school contributed eight students, one teacher, and one principal. The 17 teams are expected toto choose…