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Judith Baca
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writing on the wall
History & Society
Professor Street Art Takes a Critical Look at Shepard Fairey
Post date:Fairey's use of a street aesthetic and language is not unlike the way Thomas Kinkade utilized the language of high art to sell prints, glorified posters, and reproductions of his paintings.
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writing on the wall
History & Society
L.A. Chicano Mural History Documented Via San Bernardino
Post date:Elliott Barkan's photographs of Los Angeles murals portray the growing self-identity of Chicano culture since the late 1960s.
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writing on the wall
History & Society
SPARC Celebrates 35 Years of Social Movements
Post date:Social Public Art And Resource Center will celebrate 35 years of using murals as a means for social change.
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art
History & Society
Iconic Hispanic Angelenos in History: Judy Baca
Post date:The renouned muralist and educator has created hundreds of murals around the country, using art to bring communities together.
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SPARC
History & Society
'People of the Corn' Mural Rises Up at Downtown L.A. School
Post date:A new mural by SPARC was unveiled at Miguel Contreras Learning Complex in the west edge of downtown Los Angeles.
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SPARC
History & Society
'Calle de la Eternidad' Mural on Broadway is About Moving Inspiration
Post date:"Calle de la Eternidad," the original street name of Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, is also the name of an important mural now undergoing restoration by SPARC.
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History & Society
Venice Field Guides: We Want Your Suggestions
Post date:In preparation for our upcoming Venice Field Guide, we invite Angelenos to submit their suggestions for the guide and we share our own explorations of the area.
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Judith Baca
History & Society
New Ordinance Must Distinguish Between Commercial Sign and Fine Art Mural
Post date:While progress is being made on the City of L.A. sign code, there must be a clear definition whether an image on a wall functions as fine art or a commercial sign.
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muralism
History & Society
'The Great Wall of Los Angeles,' a Documentary by Donna Deitch
Post date:Donna Deitch's stylish 1978 mini-documentary 'The Great Wall of Los Angeles' captures a moment in time when the community came together to create the landmark mural.
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art
SoCal Focus
Media Arts Preview: L.A. in Public
Post date:L.A. continues to be both the site and subject for innumerable artworks across the city, from a large-scale performance and public art festival to screenings featuring films about L.A., by L.A. filmmakers.
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Departures
The Next Chapter for the Great Wall of Los Angeles
Post date:The Great Wall of Los Angeles has been a work in progress since its inception, and plans for its growth include extending the story from the 1950s into the 1990s.
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flood
Departures
Through the Communities Eyes: Perceptions of the Great Wall
Post date:The value of the mural is evident through the eyes of the growingly diverse local community. Neighbors have a personal connection to a particular panel's story or have grown up with it, learning and sharing the lessons the mural has to offer.
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Public Art
Departures
Restoration Of The Great Wall Of Los Angeles
Post date:More than 25 years later, Judith Baca and SPARC returned to the Great Wall, to restore its luster after years of fading in the summer and beaten by the waters of the Tujunga Wash.
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Departures
Building The Great Wall Of Los Angeles
Post date:With over 400 employed youths, and in collaboration with scholars, muralists, and historians, the Great Wall of Los Angeles would be built over the course of 5 summers beginning in 1976.
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tujunga wash
Departures
The Beginning: How The Great Wall Of Los Angeles Was Conceived
Post date:The Great Wall of Los Angeles mural was conceived of in 1974 as a means to revitalize the Tujunga Wash Flood Control Channel. What would unfold, would be more than Judith F. Baca ever imagined.
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History & Society
Departures Standard Time
Post date:After feeling ignored for decades by the more civilized art world, Los Angeles-based and other nearby cultural institutions have embarked on a much-anticipated, monumental, quasi-collaborative sorta self-retrospective.
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muralism
History & Society
The Great Wall Saved History from Eradication, and Now it Survives its Own Erosion
Post date:The hushed history of Los Angeles and the waterways that runs through it share a common experience. They were diverted and drained to a quiet trickle of a previous truth.
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Murals
History & Society
Public Art Replicas on the 101: Mural or not a Mural?
Post date:Are vinyl banners with pictures of murals that once stood over the 101 Freeway still murals?
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Murals
SoCal Focus
New Motion Seeks To Identify L.A.'s Murals As Art, Not Signs
Post date:The art of large-scale storytelling is struggling in the very city that shaped the craft.
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Murals
Departures
5 Sightseeing Spots Along the L.A. River
Post date:Here are 5 of our favorite sightseeing spots along the L.A. River.