MEET OUR FABULOUS 2010 INTERNS!
About Our Interns [accordiongroup][accordion title=”Merissa Acosta”] [/accordion][accordion title=”Steven Rodriguez”] Growing up on the periphery of Los Angeles County public murals, monumental art and graffiti highlight my earliest memories of traveling in and out of the city. In high school a drive to produce publicly engaging artwork encouraged me to become self-learned in printing and stenciling…
Voices of the Canal 2008
Voices of the Canals Special Gallery Event May 6th, 2008 SPARC hosts local community organizations. The VOICE OF THE CANALS annual meeting was held at the SOCIAL AND PUBLIC ART RESOURCE CENTER with representatives from Councilman Rosenthal office in Attendance. Meeting centered on the canals broken lock system which is causing a reduction of water…
An Evening with Karambu L. Ringera
SPARC Presents an Intimate Evening with Karambu Dear Friends: It is our privilege to host an intimate gathering at SPARC, in Venice, California, where you will have the opportunity to meet Karambu Ringera, hear her speak and ask her questions regarding her work in her homeland of Kenya. She clearly has an impressive command of…
Newspaper: Los Angeles – Times A Patron At The Helm?
A patron at the helm? L.A.’s cultural leaders size up the mayor after 18 months and ask: Is there … By Diane Haithman, Times Staff Writer January 7, 2007 HEY, is that any way to talk about the mayor of Los Angeles? In the play “Water & Power,” written by Richard Montoya for…
En La Memoria de Luis Jimenez
Luis Jimenez 1940 – June 13th 2006 Dear friends and fellow artists, We have lost our companero Luis Jimenez too soon. The great Chicano Sculptor whose work appears in public sites throughout the country was killed in his studio yesterday in a tragic accident involving a hoist and the 28ft mustang in progress for Denver…
Deepest Sympathies
June 7, 2006 Venice, California Letter to Our Community S.P.A.R.C. would like to express a deep concern and regret for the violence that has affected our Venice community, leading to the tragic loss of young Agustin Contreras 16yrs old, a Venice High School student. We extend our deepest sympathies to his family in their time…