From South LA to Venice Beach, SPARC is restoring history…

From South LA to Venice Beach, SPARC is restoring history…

Help SPARC restore all Neighborhood Pride Mural Program murals (1988-2003), representing some of the most iconic murals in Los Angeles. Consider supporting our continued efforts to restore history. The funding SPARC has been awarded from DCA covers 20% of the Neighborhood Pride murals that need restoration. SPARC’s CityWide Mural Program has been in full swing.  An amazing cadre of young, committed…

Alice Patrick Mural Fully Restored!

Funding from Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas’ for SPARC’s Mural rescue Program made it possible for Alice Patrick’s mural “Women Do Get Weary But They Don’t Give Up” to be fully restored, completed with an anti-graffiti coating, it will remain for another generation to come. But the story of how this mural came to be restored started last year.

Mural Ordinance: Why VARA? Why Digital Murals? Suzanne Lacy’s Digital Mural as a Case Study

“Three Weeks in January” Suzanne Lacy’s Digital Mural A Case Study for the New LA Mural Ordinance DIGITAL MURAL Suzanne Lacy’s “Three Weeks in January” is an 8’ x 32’ evolving Digital Mural fabricated in the UCLA@SPARC César Chávez Digital/Mural Lab facility. The digitally produced mural is printed directly on an aluminum substrate, and was…

SPARC Official Mural Ordinance Documents Submitted to City of LA Department of Planning

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD ANY OF THE DOCUMENTS HERE: Document 1: SPARC’s Precepts and Recommendations in Drafting a Mural Ordinance Document 2: SPARC’s Key Points and Response to Mural Ordinance Draft Document 3: CAPA Document 4: VARA Document 5: Attorney Brooke Oliver’s notes from November 2011 Meeting Document 6: Attorney Brooke Oliver’s “Art on the Walls”…