You're Invited: Mindful Art Making with Carolina Huerto at SPARC at Bergamot Station Join us for a calming and creative afternoon of Mindful Art Making on November 16 at 2 PM at the SPARC’s gallery at the Bergamot Station Arts Center. Led by Carolina Huerto, this meditative art session will blend mindfulness, meditation, and creative...
We invite you to SPARC’s 22nd annual Día de los Muertos celebration on Sunday, November 3, at SPARC in Venice! Following our tradition, the event, led by UCLA Professor Martha Ramirez-Oropeza and with the participation of over 197 of her students, will be a vibrant and heartfelt tribute to our ancestors and loved ones. The...
Join SPARC on Saturday November 2nd from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. for a guided workshop where attendees will learn the craft of making paper cempasuchil flowers, an important aspect of Dia de los Muertos said to guide our loved one's souls back to their home. These flowers will be used to decorate for SPARC's...
Join us for a healing and immersive sound bath experience on October 19 at 2 PM, hosted by Carolina Huerto at the SPARC's gallery at Bergamot Station Arts Center. Set against the Great Wall of Los Angeles mural, this session offers a unique opportunity to unwind and reconnect in a space surrounded with history and...
We are excited to invite you to an unforgettable evening with Judy Baca as she reflects on her work and its impact, marking the closing of Painting in the River of Angels: Judy Baca and the Great Wall. Following this closing, enjoy an engaging conversation and reflection on art with Judy Baca, Ed Ruscha, and...
Join us for the opening reception of “Exploring Metaphors: The Creative Process of the Great Wall of LA” on June 29, 2024 from 6 pm to 8pm. The exhibition presents an exclusive behind-the-scenes view of the collaborative process that is extending the iconic Great Wall of Los Angeles mural from the 1960s to the present. Artistic Director...
Join us for 'Reflections on the Wall,' a series of dialogues between Judy Baca and her team of artists involved in extending the Great Wall of Los Angeles mural. This series features two influential figures in the mural art world sharing their experiences and discussing the importance of their collaboration. Judy Baca and Kim Martinez...
Hear from artists Tania Godoroja Pearse, Johanna Poethig, and Kim Martinez from The Great Wall of Los Angeles team as they explore techniques, the artistic process, and collaborative approaches to mural making, furthering the legacy of The Great Wall in conjunction with Painting in the River of Angels: Judy Baca and The Great Wall. Tania Godoroja Pearse is an art educator...
Join us for an exclusive presentation and book signing event celebrating "Judy Baca: Memorias de Nuestra Tierra, a Retrospective" exhibition catalog at the Museum of Latin American Art! Date: Friday, March 29, 2024 Time: 4:00 - 6:00 pm Location: Museum of Latin American Art Renowned artist Judy Baca will be gracing us with...
To celebrate Painting in the River of Angels: Judy Baca and The Great Wall, join us for a screening of Agnès Varda's Mur Murs (1981) at 6 pm, followed by a conversation between renowned artist Judy Baca; Pilar Tompkins Rivas, Chief Curator and Deputy Director of Curatorial and Collections at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art; and Michael...
We’re thrilled to announce our new gallery-production space at the Bergamot Station Art Center. A significant expansion of SPARC, this space embodies our commitment to art, community, and social change. We eagerly present to you our inaugural exhibition: FROM THE LOCAL TO THE GLOBAL: GREAT WALL AND WORLD WALL brings together two monumental mural projects...
SPARC will host its 21st annual Día de los Muertos celebration in collaboration with UCLA Professor Martha Ramirez-Oropeza and more than 230 students! Professor Ramirez-Oropeza will lead a traditional invocation ritual in Nahuatl, Spanish and English at sunset, calling the spirits to join the celebration.⠀ We will be building a community altar and everyone is...
SPARC will host its 21st annual Día de los Muertos celebration in collaboration with UCLA Professor Martha Ramirez-Oropeza and more than 220 students! Professor Ramirez-Oropeza will lead a traditional invocation ritual in Nahuatl, Spanish, and English at sunset, calling the spirits to join the celebration. We will be building a community altar, and everyone is...
For the first time in her practice, Judy Baca transforms a museum into a studio. She and artists from the Social and Public Art Resource Center expand The Great Wall of Los Angeles into the 21st century, painting two sections of the mural at LACMA. LACMA’s exhibition presents murals from the 1960s depicting the Chicano Movement, Watts Renaissance, and archival materials...
Over the course of six blistering summers starting in the late 1970s, Judith F. Baca recruited a small team of artists and over four hundred at-risk youth to create the most significant public art monument of her native city, The Great Wall of Los Angeles. Stretching along the walls of the Tujunga Wash, the landmark mural...
Welcome to our free two-hour knitting circle workshop! Whether you're a beginner or looking to enhance your knitting skills, this session is designed to cater to all levels. Throughout the workshop, we will not only guide you through the basics of knitting but also encourage dialogue and exploration of how this beautiful craft can serve...
Updates 2023/08/18: CANCELLED due to forecast weather Welcome to our free two-hour knitting circle workshop! Whether you're a beginner or looking to enhance your knitting skills, this session is designed to cater to all levels. Throughout the workshop, we will not only guide you through the basics of knitting but also encourage dialogue and exploration...
Join us for a free transformative workshop led by artist and Jungian psychologist, Mercedes Gertz. In this unique experience, we invite you to explore the depths of your subconscious and your dreams to life. Through the power of externalizing dreams that are ready to be told, we will embark on a journey of self-discovery and...
SPARC Unveils Mercedes Gertz’s Captivating Exhibition Showcasing the Power of Dreams at the Duron Gallery! Mexican conceptual artist, Mercedes Gertz, takes center stage once again with her latest exhibition, designed to ignite the creative potential that resides within our dreams. The exhibition, accompanied by a series of empowering workshops, promises to immerse attendees in a...
June 17 – July 8, 2023 Artist’s Reception: June 17, 2023, 6pm – 8pm In this series of digital photo-montages, the feminist artist invades iconic works of western art and gazes back, sending up masterpieces with scintillating satire. Each piece delivers a blow to patriarchal canonical scenes through a sparkling and mischievous feminist lens. Open...
