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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…

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,…

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…

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….

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…

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…

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…

BY ARMANDO PULIDO IN FRIEZE LOS ANGELES , FRIEZE WEEK MAGAZINE | 29 FEB 24 Judy Baca has transformed the Los Angeles County Museum of Art into her studio. In the museum’s Resnick Pavilion, behind a railed platform, a mural is taking shape, accompanied by archival photographs, site plans and a model of the Tujunga Wash in Los Angeles County’s San…

By Jori Finkel | 1 March 2024 A feminist who muscled her way into the Mexican muralist tradition, Judy Baca tends to work outside of museum spaces. She created the celebrated mural known as The Great Wall of Los Angeles on site at the Tujunga Wash, a tributary of the Los Angeles River in North Hollywood, in the 1970s…

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…

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…