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Help SPARC remain responsive to our communities.
ByadminSupport another 40 years of art, political action, and social justice by contributing to SPARC today. SPARC has remained at the forefront of advocacy through the arts since 1976, beginning with our most well known artwork, The Great Wall of Los Angeles. Since then, the organization has been at the forefront of designing and implementing…
Welcome Our New Artist in Residence in the Printmaking Studio: Elsie Dye Sims
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[OPEN CALL | CONVOCATORIA ABIERTA] Día de los Muertos
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Volunteer Spotlight: Gary McKee
ByadminThis month, we shine a spotlight on Gary McKee. SPARC volunteer Gary McKee has guided more than a dozen school groups through visits to the Great Wall mural in the past year, applying his theatrical talents and love for storytelling in his role as tour guide. Gary loves to bring the stories of the mural…