SPARC’s Executive Director Debra J.T. Padilla honored by City of LA Councilmember Mike Bonin
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SPARC Celebrating 50 years
Image: SPARC Opening Day 1976, Venice, California. Image courtesy of the SPARC Archives. As we cross the threshold of our 50th year, our 2025 Impact Report serves as more than just a year-end review—it is a testament to five decades of sustained vision. This past year, we didn’t just meet our mission, we showed that…
A Necessary Reflection: The Responsibility of Public Art Toward the Legacy of Social Movements
We at SPARC take the reporting regarding Cesar Chavez seriously and hold in our hearts the women who have come forward; Dolores Huerta, Ana Murguia, Debra Rojas. Their voices deserve to be heard with deep attention, respect, and most of all, compassion for them and what women endure daily in our increasingly misogynistic society. There…
In memoriam: Kent Wong
With great sadness, SPARC mourns the passing of Kent Wong, a visionary leader, educator, and unwavering advocate for labor and immigrant rights. As a key founder of the UCLA Labor Center and a beloved professor for over two decades, Kent shaped generations of students and movements with his dedication, compassion, and deep belief in justice. His influence extended…
[OPEN CALL | CONVOCATORIA ABIERTA] Día de los Muertos
SPARC INVITES YOU TO PROPOSE A “SHOEBOX OFRENDA” This year, SPARC is dedicating our annual Día de los Muertos celebration to honoring members of our community who have been disappeared from Los Angeles homes, workplaces, schools, and streets due to ICE raids and anti-immigrant actions. Together, we will remember, resist, and celebrate life through art,…
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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