Articles and media coverage of SPARC programs and projects.
By Cerys Davies Staff Writer Feb. 10, 2025 6 AM PT Los Angeles is a city known for its vast Latino population, and its art scene is reflective of the diversity that exists within that community. Some spaces, like the Cheech Marin Center in Riverside, specialize in Chicano art, while others, like the Museum of Latin American Art in Long…
On October 8, SPARC’s Artistic Director Judy Baca unveiled La Salsera, a mural rendered on glass that was originally commissioned by the Getty and will be on view at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes in Downtown Los Angeles for three years. This vibrant mural depicts a dancing woman in front of MacArthur Park, filled…
![[PBS SoCal] Artbound: Judy Baca’s Journey to Chicano Art Advocacy](https://sparcinla.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/artbound_judybaca_2024_PBSsocal.jpg)
![[Los Angeles Times / High School Insider] Seeing ourselves connected: “The Great Wall of Los Angeles” to become one mile long](https://sparcinla.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/20240727_175331.webp)
Annika Petras, August 12, 2024 Began as an effort by artist Judith Baca to bring together neighborhoods and cultures of Los Angeles, “The Great Wall of Los Angeles” mural is to be extended to one mile in length. Already one of the largest murals in the world, “The Great Wall of Los Angeles,” is to be…
Dear Friends of SPARC, We are thrilled to share an exciting milestone in our efforts to enhance the Great Wall of Los Angeles! We are delighted to announce the successful delivery and installation of the new concrete bridge at the Great Wall of Los Angeles! This vital addition connects both sides of the LA River,…
![[The Sun] Pedestrian Bridge Installation Begins at Valley Glen Over the Great Wall of Los Angeles](https://sparcinla.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/452850701_884194926863073_7145577466570696276_n-768x576.webp)
by Gabriel Arizon, San Fernando Valley Sun/El Sol. July 31, 2024 A pedestrian bridge was installed over the Tujunga Flood Control Channel on Thursday, July 25, that once completed, will provide community members a better view of the San Fernando Valley landmark – the Great Wall of Los Angeles. The added pathway on Coldwater Canyon Avenue…
![[LAist] LA’s ‘Great Wall’ mural expansion won’t be done until 2027, but you can take a peek now](https://sparcinla.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/brightspotcdn_-768x512.jpg)
By Caitlin HernándezPublished Jul 25, 2024 9:13 AM The Great Wall of Los Angeles — a historic outdoor mural documenting California’s history — is already one of the largest in the world. Now it’s being expanded. The colorful mural stretches more than a half-mile along the L.A. River network on the Tujunga Wash, depicting scenes from prehistoric times to the 1950s….
![[Spectrum News] Judy Baca’s ‘Great Wall of Los Angeles’ project continues](https://sparcinla.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/spaectrum_news_LACMA_Judy_BACA_GWLA-768x432.jpg)
By Kristopher Gee Los Angeles PUBLISHED 6:00 AM PT Jul. 23, 2024 LOS ANGELES — Artist Judy Baca and a team of artists from the Social and Public Art Resource Center, also known as SPARC, have been working inside LACMA’s gallery space to create an expansion of “The Great Wall of Los Angeles,” a large-scale public art…
![[NPR] A half-mile long mural in Los Angeles celebrates the history of California (podcast)](https://sparcinla.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-05-at-4.23.43-PM-768x511.jpg)
NATIONAL 1:30PM JULY 04, 2024 by A Martínez Listen to the audio clip here: 0:00/7:17: https://www.wfdd.org/story/half-mile-long-mural-los-angeles-celebrates-history-california Transcript A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: On this Fourth of July, we bring you a story about a celebration of American history. One of the world’s largest murals is painted on the side of a concrete-lined river running right through the…
![[MOLAA] Exploring Queer Art History Through a Latin American Canvas: with Ignacio Darnaude](https://sparcinla.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/MOLAA_Ignacio-Darnaude_1-768x434.jpg)
A lecture by Ignacio Darnaude at the Museum of Latin American Art highlighted how renowned Latin American artists, such as Frida Kahlo and Claudio Bravo, as well as Chicanx artists like Carlos Almaraz and Joey Terrill, created astonishing queer imagery that often hid in plain sight. Their coded images allowed them to express taboos and…
![[LACMA Unframed] New Acquisition: Judy Baca’s “Hitting the Wall: Women in the Marathon”](https://sparcinla.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Baca-cropped.jpg)
May 2, 2024, Deliasofia Zacarias, Director’s Office Executive Assistant and Fellow, Acquisitions One of America’s leading visual artists and LACMA’s 2023 Art+Film Honoree, Los Angeles–based Chicana muralist Dr. Judith F. Baca has been creating public art for over five decades. Striking in size and subject matter, Baca’s murals bring art to where people live and work. In 1974,…
![[LACMA Unframed] Judy Baca, César Chávez, and The Great Wall of Los Angeles](https://sparcinla.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/RSSF3660_20-768x512.jpg)
March 29, 2024 Dhyandra Lawson, Andy Song Assistant Curator, Contemporary Art, Alexander Schneider, Associate Editor, Deliasofia Zacarias, Executive Assistant and Fellow, Director’s Office “Hi, César,” Judy Baca said as she began to paint on top of a sketch of César Chávez, inaugurating the exhibition Painting in the River of Angels: Judy Baca and the Great Wall last October. “Welcome to LACMA.” These…
