Join us in the Durón Gallery on Saturday, October 12th from 5-7 PM for a lecture and conversation with Mercedes Gertz, the artist behind our current exhibition, Down the Rabbit Hole. She will discuss the works on view and her approach to art-making and collaboration. Mercedes Gertz works in Mexico City, California, and Switzerland. Her...
On October 27th, 2019 SPARC held its 17th annual Día de los Muertos celebration and ritual. SPARC partners with Professor Martha Ramirez-Oropeza and over 100 UCLA students every year to honor the memories of those who have passed on. Students built intricate altars that represented Día de los Muertos traditions of various regions of Mexico...
Venice, CA, October 30th, 2021 - Join SPARC on Saturday, October 29th for our 19th annual every year to honor the memories of those who have passed on. Guests are invited to contribute to our community altar that represents Día de los Muertos traditions from regions across Mexico and Central America. Professor Ramirez-Oropeza will lead...
Join us on Saturday, November 9th in our Durón Gallery from 5-8 PM for the opening reception The Box Project Exhibition. The Box Project features the work of three women’s collectives located in Paris, Mexico City, and L.A., who began exchanging small artworks with each other. In the vein of Mail Art of the 1960s and women’s art...
A holiday night market featuring artisanal goods by local artists and makers! #ShopLocal Mercado at SPARC is a premier holiday night market during the Venice Art Crawl on Friday, December 6th from 6-10 PM. Shop local this season and discover unique artworks and handmade goods by local artists and makers! In addition to our artisan marketplace,...
Please join us at SPARC on January 4th from 2:30-4:30 PM for "Meeting the Witch: An Archetypal Examination of the Emergent Feminine," a lecture by Heidi Mezzatesta, MA LMFT, PhD(c). "Over the course of the last eight years or so, I have engaged the archetype of the witch. The accusation and persecution of women as...
Please join us for Feminist Networks of Creativity and Solidarity, a closing panel and reception for The Box Project exhibition. This panel will focus on the dynamics of women’s groups, which for many decades have been an important way to seek support and recognition, and their continued pertinence today as a way of creating networks of creativity...
In this 6-week course, dancers of all ages and levels will create Tik Tok videos, creating their own contemporary interpretation of “LA Danza de Los Viejitos,” a typical folkloric dance from the state of Michoacán, Mexico that honors our elders—in hopes of honoring your ancestors during these unprecedented times when our elderly population is most...
by Stacy TenHouten and Mercedes Gertz Watch a full recording of this event below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PX_apsINKE Dreams to Stories presents a reading of The House with Two Stories by Stacy TenHouten and invites you to participate in a lively conversation with Stacy and Mercedes Gertz. The House With Two Stories was birthed from the Yoga &...
Click to Watch! SPARC is excited to be a part of Reimagine, a virtual music & arts festival on June 6, 2020 from 2 - 10 PM, brought to you by Venice-Mar Vista Arts Coalition benefitting West Side Food Bank. Venice-Mar Vista Arts Coalition is a joint effort of Mar Vista Music & Art Walk,...
A Discussion With Rayven Armijo, Cici Girod, and Gabriel Avila Watch a full recording of this event below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN4rIS5gegY Chicano Folklórico connects a tradition of Mexican folklórico with Chicano culture in LA. SPARC artists Rayven Armijo and Cici Girod led a 6-week Chicano Folklórico course online, engaging dancers of all ages in learning "La Danza...
Join us on for an artist talk with Andrea Hall as she speaks about the process of transforming her dreams into artworks through Yoga + Dream Lab, a weekly practice in healing and creative expression led by Mercedes Gertz and Stacy TenHouten on Zoom for the past four months. We invite you to see new...
The Patchwork Healing Blanket: Piece-by-Piece and Country-by-Country is an international textile art project that unites generations of women in a global movement against gender-based violence and the destruction of Mother Earth. In 2019 a group of women artists from Oaxaca and Mexico City, led by Founder/Director Marietta Bernstorff, started working together to develop the Patchwork Healing Blanket/La Manta...
SPARC is proud to host Virtual Yoga + Dream Lab with Stacy TenHouten and Mercedes Gertz on Wednesdays from 5:30-6:45 PM PST on Zoom. Open Zoom Link Here OR use Meeting ID 534 363 5121 Please be sure to register online below or email events@sparcinla.org to receive the password for Zoom! August/September 2020: Wednesday, August 12th | 9:00 - 10:15...
Create a patchwork that speaks out against gender-based violence and the destruction of Mother Earth for The Patchwork Healing Blanket, an ongoing project that currently includes 600 patchworks by women and children from 10 countries. The Patchwork Healing Blanket is currently on view through a virtual exhibition presented by SPARC. Join textile artists from The...
Chicano Murals from Archive to Gallery! Join us for Signs from the Heart: California's Chicano Murals SPARC is proud to invite you to a special exhibition on Chicano murals in California. The resistance, resilience, and cultural pride of Chicano murals continues to empower generations and to influence public art in our cities. SPARC maintains the largest...
Join us for our 18th annual Día de los Muertos celebration and ritual on Monday, November 2nd at 6:00 PM PST. This year, SPARC is inviting the public to join us virtually to see a collection of altars from previous years as well as a community altar that honors the memories of your loved ones...
Join us for a conversation with renowned artists, Judith F. Baca and Amalia Mesa-Bains, as they discuss the experience of processing loss through artistic practices that are grounded in cultural traditions. In connection with the process of building altars during Día de los Muertos, this talk considers the relationship between artmaking, healing, and memory. Artist...
The Monterey Museum of Art presents the 3rd Annual Art of the State Symposium. Join Latinx and Chicanx artists and scholars including MacArther Fellow Amalia Mesa-Bains, renowned collector Armando Duran, and internationally recognized Chicana artist Judith Baca Ph.D. and others for personal accounts, live Q & A, and a live panel discussion with presenters, moderated...
Co-Curated by Guest Curator Alessandra Moctezuma and MOLAA Chief Curator Gabriela Urtiaga July 2021 – January 2022 Judy Baca: Memorias de Nuestra Tierra, a Retrospective is the first comprehensive retrospective of the work of the internationally renowned Chicana muralist, public intellectual and community activist, Judy Baca. Baca is a painter and muralist, community arts pioneer, and...
