Schools have taught alternative versions of United States history for decades — a fact that continues to be the source of controversy. Hundreds of books have been devoted to reviewing and reinterpreting the country’s founding. Political discourse has changed too, incorporating new points of view. In Los Angeles, Judy Baca chose to tell her version…
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BY THE EDITORS OF ARTNEWS Chicana artist Judith F. Baca first conceived of what would become the half-mile-long Great Wall of Los Angeles in 1974, with the first stretch of it being painted in 1976. Beginning in prehistoric time and extending into the 1950s, the now iconic mural presents a retelling of the history from the perspectives of…
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LOS ANGELES (KABC) — One of California’s most prominent artists has been working on her masterpiece since the 1970s. Dr. Judy Baca continues her work at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and that’s where you can see her in action, creating stroke by stroke, depicting the rich history of the Golden State. “Painting in…
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Los Angeles is Fashioning a “Tattoo on the Scar” Where Its River Once RanGrantmaking areaArts and CultureAuthorAnthony BalasPhotographyEmily Shur for Mellon Foundation Judy Baca co-founded the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC), and starting in 1974, over five summers, employed 35 artists and over 400 socially and economically diverse youth and their families to…
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Excerpt from the article by Chadd Scott on Forbes.com Visitors to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will see history in the making as Judy Baca and artists from the Social and Public Art Resource Center work on new panel sections for The Great Wall of Los Angeles mural inside the museum during public hours weekdays through June 2, 2024. Focusing…
Excerpt of article By DAVID CRANE on Los Angeles Daily News. Read the full article here. Walking with a cane due to a recent knee replacement, Judy Baca entered the Resnick Pavilion at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art wearing paint-splattered white overalls and colorful Vans sneakers — ready to work on the latest installment of the…
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A behind-the-scenes look at how 3D imaging helps a mural conservator preserve Judy Baca’s “Uprising of the Mujeres” Wendy Rose, October 14, 2022 In the fall of 2021, I joined the conservators in SAAM’s Lunder Conservation Center to work on an incredible mural painting, Uprising of the Mujeres, by the Chicana artist Judith F. Baca. Baca…
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September 15, 2022 By Matt Pawlik You’ve heard of the great outdoors, but what about the great artdoors? We all know Los Angeles is a hiking haven — coastal, desert and mountain habitats are all easily accessible by trail — but our urban landscapes provide for some truly beautiful scenery too. My favorite? “The Great…
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April 18, 2022 The second edition of the digital art partnership features Snapchat lenses by artists Judy Baca, Kang Seung Lee and Sandra de la Loza by Scarlet Cheng The second round of augmented reality (AR) projects organised by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) and Snapchat, titled Monumental Perspectives, launches today (18 April)….
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January 22, 2022 Decades after she created one of the longest murals in the world, the Chicana artist and scholar is receiving long overdue mainstream recognition by Sam Levin Judy Baca still recalls the day in the 1970s when the curator of an exhibit showcasing the work of emerging Los Angeles artists told her she couldn’t possibly include…
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January 20, 2022 by Philip Kennicott LOS ANGELES — When Judy Baca and a team of 80 kids began painting “The History of California” in 1976, almost no one considered the 1,000-foot-long mural project a monument. Since then, the painting has grown to more than 2,750 feet, and is known as the Great Wall of Los Angeles….
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December 9, 2021 By Shana Nys Dambrot The first clue you’re in for something special with Judy Baca: Memorias de Nuestra Tierra, a Retrospective at the Museum of Latin American Art, is the color. Emanating from the work and radiating from the walls, a supercharged, warm and vibrating palette scheme takes over every bit of wall and…
