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Venice Boardwalk Mural ‘Endangered Species’ by Emily Winters to Receive Needed Restoration
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Venice Boardwalk Mural ‘Endangered Species’ by Emily Winters to Receive Needed Restoration

Emily Winters’ iconic mural on the Venice Beach Boardwalk at Ocean Front Walk and Park Ave, ‘Endangered Species’ will be restored next week by SPARC’s Mural Rescue team with support from the Venice Arts Council Endangered Art Fund, local Park Place residences, and the W. S. Scharff Foundation. Muralist and activist Emily Winters painted the…

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Summer 2019 Internship at SPARC! In partnership with the Getty Foundation.

Apply to be the Summer 2019 Public Art Administration Assistant at SPARC  through the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship Program!  SPARC has partnered with the Getty Foundation’s Undergraduate Internship Program since 2010: Aiming to increase diversity in and provide support for Los Angeles-area museums and visual arts organizations, the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship program has funded substantive, full-time…

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California Endowment: Central Valley Mural Project

Central Valley Mural Project Last Fall (2018), SPARC began the installation of eight murals throughout the Central Valley on health, wellness and social justice in immigrant and agricultural communities. Sponsored by the California Endowment, the SPARC team will be completing murals in Bakersfield, Lamont, Merced, Fresno, Armona, Tulare, Modesto, and Stockton. Partners include the United Farm Workers, ACT for…

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Conversations with Judy Baca & Anna Indych-López at the Hammer Museum

  The Hammer Museum says of Judy Baca and Anna Indych-Lopez, author of Judith F. Baca, “Artist Judy Baca is best known for The Great Wall of Los Angeles (1976–83), a mural that presents a multiracial history of California. The project—involving hundreds of community youth and artists in its conception, realization, and recent restoration—exemplifies Baca’s…

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MuralShield™

MuralShield™is able to restore pigments back to their original vibrancy on weathered murals. Use MuralShield™on murals with damaged binders where pigments cannot hold up to water washing.     “Home is Little Tokyo” is a community mural, located on the Japanese Village Plaza on Central Avenue, that depicts the rich history of Little Tokyo over the…

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Visit SPARC during the Venice Art Crawl

  Thursday, September 20th SPARC will be participating in this month’s Venice Art Crawl. The VAC’s mission is to preserve the arts in Venice, a place that has historically been known as a vibrant and dynamic art community. Their goal is to share, inspire and promote collaboration within the Venice community through mixers and art events….

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SPARC Launches New Online Store!

 shop.sparcinla.org The new and improved online store features multiple collections: The Duron Gallery (currently When She Rises) The Gift Shop Sugar Press Limited Edition Prints Nisha K. Sethi Artist Merchandise  NenaSoulfly Artist Merchandise  When She Rises Merchandise  You can now purchase original works of art from the When She Rises exhibition, WSR merchandise (jackets, pins, stickers, etc),…

Undocumented Stories: A Multimedia Exhibit
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Undocumented Stories: A Multimedia Exhibit

Exhibit Description: The Dream Resource Center (DRC) launched Undocumented Stories, an exhibit curated by UCLA students, DRC staff, and SolArt on January 24, 2017. Undocumented Stories utilizes storytelling to uplift the lived experiences of the undocumented immigrant community and highlight how they have built a movement to change policies impacting higher education, access to healthcare, and deportation proceedings. Undocumented Stories also include stories…

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JUDY BACA BOOK BY ANNA INDYCH LOPEZ IS NOW AVAILABLE!

This is a stunning new book on Judy Baca written by Anna Indych-Lopez from the A Ver Series: UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.  “This book, long overdue, gives us insight into how Baca’s traits of curiosity, problem solving, and passionate inquiry have served her goal of justice through the arts.” It is now available for purchase, so make sure…

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Hot off the presses!

BACA: Art, Collaboration & Mural Making by Mario Ontiveros essays by Anna Indych-López, Andrea Lepage, Amalia Mesa-Bains, and Carlos Rogel foreword by Judith F. Baca   For the first time in one volume, scholars from across America write about Judith F. Baca and The Great Wall of Los Angeles. Their captivating text explores the “why” of the world’s longest…

SPARC Selected as an Arts Community Partner of  LAUSD Arts Education Branch!
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SPARC Selected as an Arts Community Partner of LAUSD Arts Education Branch!

  Through the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Art Education Branch’s Arts Community Network (ACN) Program led by Executive Director Rory Pullens, SPARC has been awarded a contract to work in the most underserved schools on the arts equity index to provide after-school and in-school art workshops. This Spring, the Watts students of the…

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Culminating Performances and Exhibition at JB Arts: Spring 2017

Earlier this year, SPARC was selected to be an Arts Community Partner through LAUSD Arts Education Branch’s Arts Community Network (ACN) Program led by Executive Director, Rory Pullens. The Arts Community partnership allows SPARC to bring arts education programming to the most underserved schools on the arts equity index. This Spring semester, SPARC served 353…