Join us on Sunday, September 8th from 10 AM -12:30 PM for a yoga and art event held in conjunction with our Down the Rabbit Hole Exhibition. Yoga, Art, and Imagination will be hosted by Mercedes Gertz and Stacy Tenhouten. In this event, participants will uncover their embodied myths through movement, ritual, and imagination. Bring your yoga...
Join us on Saturday, July 27th from 5-7pm for “Big Brothers at SPARC,” an evening of poetry, music, and drinks in celebration of historic gay bars in Los Angeles! This event is inspired by our current gallery exhibition: Tomboys by Christina Schlesinger. Tomboys features a vibrant collection of artworks that examine intersections between gender,...
Mercado at SPARC is a premier outdoor marketplace during the Get Around, a 3.5 mile art walk between Venice and Mar Vista on Saturday, July 13th from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Mercado at SPARC will feature local vendors, artists, and makers all day! Join us to shop local and discover artisanal goods and crafts....
Tomboys Christina Schlesinger June 8th –August 16th, 2019 Opening reception: June 8th, 7-9:30pm Opening June 8 through August 16, SPARC will present Christina Schlesinger in the Durón Gallery . Tomboys features a vibrant collection of artworks by Christina Schlesinger that examines the intersections between gender, identity, fashion, sex, and representation. The exhibition includes...
Join us on Monday April 29th, 2019 at 8pm in the Duron Gallery for a special event artist talk with Hugo Hopping–The Unlimited Present. The event is free and open to the public. For Directions: 685 Venice Blvd., Venice CA 90291 Or call 310-822-9560
SPARC is excited to announce that a new digital mural will be unveiled on April 27th, 2019 in Lamont, California. This is the first of eight 'Healers of the Central Valley' murals that SPARC will be installing in the Central Valley in the coming months. This mural was created in partnership with Dolores Huerta Foundation and tells the story...
Support the makers not the corporate takers! Saturday December 15th from 1pm to 6pm 685 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291 SPARC will be hosting its annual anti-corporate Art Sale on Saturday December 15, 2018. Support local artists, selling a variety of arts, crafts, fine art posters, jewelry, glassware, ceramics and much more! Come by and...
Sip & Sketch: A makeART@SPARC Series October and November, 2018 Join us for Sip & Sketch, a night of wine, music, and drawing live models at SPARC! Spend your Friday night creating art among friends. This event is BYOB friendly. All ages and levels of experience are welcome. Bring your own drawing materials, or purchase a kit at the SPARC Shop!...
"When She Rises" An Artist Talk and Pop-upSeptember 15th | 2PM-5PM Artist talk and pop-up with Jeaneen Carlino and Noelle Reyes of Shop Mia Vida. This event will center around the journey, inspirations and path to launching and becoming a product-based business. Jeaneen will be releasing an Art Print series (38 prints), along with some fun products!
When She Rises: Banner Disruption Members of the Trust Your Struggle Collective: Erin Yoshi and Nisha Sembi, along side of Gloria Muriel creating 5ft x 13ft hand painted banners to transform the exterior of SPARC. In partnership with SPARC's Digital Mural Lab, When She Rises produced banner works by Favianna Rodriguez of Culture Strike and...
"Trayvon Martin. Michael Brown. Sandra Bland. Eric Garner. Freddie Gray. In recent years, alleged police brutality has been at the heart of several high-profile cases both in the news and on social media. The Black Lives Matter and Hands Up United movements began in direct response to it. It made an unlikely icon out of...
On Sunday, October 29th at SPARC’s historic headquarters since 1977 (Old Venice Police Station), SPARC-UCLA presents their annual:“Día de los Muertos / Day of the Dead” ceremony to honor the dearly departed with the annual ritual of The Calling of the Spirits. 4:30PM-8:00PM The traditional ceremony will start at 5:30PM, guided by UCLA instructor and...
The Great Wall of Los Angeles: Judith F. Baca’s Experimentations in Collaboration and Concrete October 14 – December 16, 2017 Reception: Saturday, October 14 | 4-7pm Curated by Mario Ontiveros As part of the Getty’s initiative Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, the University Art Galleries at California State University Northridge (CSUN) presents Judith F. Baca’s Experiments...
Unveiling of Canada’s contribution, “The Inuit Send the World a Canary,” to The World Wall: A Vision of the Future Without Fear. The World Wall: A Vision of the Future Without Fear is a traveling installation mural, conceived by artist, Judy Baca. It examines contemporary issues of global importance: war, peace, cooperation, environment, interdependence and...
On Sunday, October 30th at SPARC’s historic headquarters since 1977 (Old Venice Police Station), UCLA@SPARC presented our annual “Día de los Muertos / Day of the Dead” ceremony to honor the dearly departed with the annual ritual of The Calling of the Spirits. The traditional ceremony guided by UCLA instructor and SPARC’s Artist in Residence, Martha Ramirez-Oropeza, and...
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