Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) is a community-based non-profit arts organization founded in 1976 by muralist Judith F. Baca, filmmaker Donna Deitch and artist Christina Schlesinger. SPARC is dedicated to producing, presenting and preserving public artworks in Los Angeles neighborhoods. The organization is best known for its work in hundreds of Los Angeles neighborhoods at a grassroots level to produce the rich legacy of Los Angeles murals and the ethnic face of our city.
The Digital/Mural Lab Digital Artist provides hands-on support for art projects and public art commissions, located in a community setting at the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC). The DM/L is a unique research and artistic production facility that combines state-of-the-art computer technology with the production of public artworks, curriculum and media. Created in 1996 by UCLA Professor Emeritus Judith F. Baca, the facility focuses its research and teaching on her process of community engagement through the arts developed over a 50-year career as a leader and innovator in the field. The DM/L provides the opportunity to work alongside SPARC artists in a community context toward the production of artworks rooted in social engagement.
We are seeking a Digital Artist, who has traditional/ classical training in fine arts (drawing and painting), who is adept at photoshop for digital composition, digital painting, systems administration, remote desktop IT work, and following the directions of an Artistic Director in the creation of public artworks. The Digital Artist should have strong adobe suite skills and conversant in software related to image and video production including : photoshop, illustrator, corel painter, drawing programs and be able to work on cinitiques for on-screen painting. Conversant in software management and large scale printing. The Digital Artist will work under the artistic director in the creation of digital mural commissions. Digital artists must be available to work in-house in our digital/mural lab facility in compliance with health restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Time commitment 5 days a week, and potentially some weekends for full time employment.
The Digital/Mural Lab is equipped with outstanding tools and technology, collaborative spaces, a mural painting studio, and mural fabrication and prototyping equipment–we work in a creative, stimulating environment. The DM/L is an environment that is highly flexible and customizable for creative projects. Ultimately, the projects that are envisioned in the DM/L endeavor to contribute a body of public imagery that speaks of both beauty and social change in our public spaces.
Project Support
Printing
Instruction/Workshops
Lab Housekeeping
Education
Skills & Experience
Submitting an Application
Please submit a resume and cover letter to jobs@sparcinla.org. Please include a link to your portfolio/website with current work.
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