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  • Healers of the Central Valley Murals
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  • Hitting the Wall: A Historic Mural Will Return to LA
  • MuralShield by SPARC for the Mural Rescue Program
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    • Change = Action/Time: Generational Activism in Chicanx and Latinx Art

      The Monterey Museum of Art presents the 3rd Annual Art of the State Symposium. ​​​​​​​Join Latinx and Chicanx artists and scholars including MacArther Fellow Amalia Mesa-Bains, renowned collector Armando Duran, and internationally recognized Chicana artist Judith Baca Ph.D. ​​​​​​​and others for personal accounts, live Q & A, and a live panel discussion with presenters, moderated […]

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    • The Art of Transforming Loss

      Join us for a conversation with renowned artists, Judith F. Baca and Amalia Mesa-Bains, as they discuss the experience of processing loss through artistic practices that are grounded in cultural traditions. In connection with the process of building altars during Día de los Muertos, this talk considers the relationship between artmaking, healing, and memory. Artist […]

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    • Día de los Muertos 2020

      Join us for our 18th annual Día de los Muertos celebration and ritual on Monday, November 2nd at 6:00 PM PST. This year, SPARC is inviting the public to join us virtually to see a collection of altars from previous years as well as a community altar that honors the memories of your loved ones […]

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    • Signs from the Heart: California’s Chicano Murals

      SPARC is proud to invite you to a special exhibition on Chicano murals in California. The resistance, resilience, and cultural pride of Chicano murals continues to empower generations and to influence public art in our cities. SPARC maintains the largest archive on public art and muralism in Los Angeles, and we are pleased to bring […]

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    • The Patchwork Healing Circle

      Create a patchwork that speaks out against gender-based violence and the destruction of Mother Earth for The Patchwork Healing Blanket, an ongoing project that currently includes 600 patchworks by women and children from 10 countries. The Patchwork Healing Blanket is currently on view through a virtual exhibition presented by SPARC. Join textile artists from The […]

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    • The Patchwork Healing Blanket – Virtual Exhibition

      The Patchwork Healing Blanket: Piece-by-Piece and Country-by-Country is an international textile art project that unites generations of women in a global movement against gender-based violence and the destruction of Mother Earth. In 2019 a group of women artists from Oaxaca and Mexico City, led by Founder/Director Marietta Bernstorff, started working together to develop the Patchwork Healing Blanket/La Manta […]

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