Mindful Art Making with Carolina Huerto

SPARC at Bergamot Station 2525 Michigan Ave Unit B1, Santa Monica, United States

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...

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Día de los Muertos 2024

Social and Public Art Resource Center 685 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA, United States

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...

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Día de los Muertos 2024: Flower Making Workshop

Social and Public Art Resource Center 685 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA, United States

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...

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Sound Bath with Carolina Huerto

SPARC at Bergamot Station 2525 Michigan Ave Unit B1, Santa Monica, United States

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...

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The Closing Events of Painting in the River of Angels: Judy Baca and The Great Wall

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States

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...

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[Opening Reception] Exploring Metaphors: The Creative Process of the Great Wall of Los Angeles

Durón Gallery at SPARC 685 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA, United States

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...

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Exploring Metaphors: The Creative Process of the Great Wall of Los Angeles

Durón Gallery at SPARC 685 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA, United States

“Exploring Metaphors: The Creative Process of the Great Wall of LA” 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 Judy Baca leads a diverse team of researchers, muralists, digital artists, and technical specialists to expand on this...

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From the Local to the Global: Great Wall and World Wall

SPARC at Bergamot Station 2525 Michigan Ave Unit B1, Santa Monica, United States

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...

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Painting in the River of Angels: Judy Baca and the Great Wall

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States

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...

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The Great Wall of Los Angeles

Durón Gallery at SPARC 685 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA, United States

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...

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