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University of California, Los Angeles Full Professor VII, Faculty Member, Cesar E. Chavez Center, 1996 - present World Arts & Culture Department, 2002 - present Vice-Chair, Cesar E. Chavez Center, 1996 - 1998
Full Professor, and one of 13 Founding/Planner Faculty Members, 1994-1996 Designed and provided oversight for conversion of Military Tank Buildings into mural studios. Developed the Visual and Public Art Program currently implemented at CSUMB, 1994
Professor Studio Arts Department, 1981-1994
Artistic Director, 1981-present Artistic Director/Initiator of Neighborhood Pride Great Walls Unlimited Mural Program, 1988 – 2003 Model citywide program for integrating 95 artists and the community; responsible for the production of over 105 murals citywide. Three Year Mural Training Program : Fipse Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education/ U.S. Department of Education, 1984-1987 (Conducted with 5 art schools and universities at SPARC) Muralist/Director “Great Wall of Los Angeles`” summers of 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1/2 Mile long mural Developed participatory public monument and public education project on ethnic history of the United States focusing on California, incorporating over 400 youth, 100 scholars, and 100 artist assistants. Founder/Executive Director of SPARC, a leading Los Angeles community based arts organization since 1976
Recent Awards and AchievementsAWARDED COMMISSIONS (Works in Progress) 2009 Latino Fine Arts Cultural Center – Dallas. TX. Digital Mural 2008 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, New RFK Learning Center K-12 (Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel) two 55ft murals, Kennedy Commission and LAUSD. 2005 Martin Luther King Memorial, San Diego, CA. 320ft Steel Core Sculpture on 91 freeway. 1986 ongoing “World Wall: A Vision of the Future Without Fear” Seven 10 ft x 30 ft. portable mural panels on canvas exhibited at the Smithsonian and other locations in the United States, in Joensuu, Finland and Gorky Park, Moscow, in Russia. The theme of the piece explores the material and spiritual transformation of a society toward peace. A new panel is added by a native artist from each country to which the Wall travels. A new 10 ft. x 30 ft. panel as unveiled by an Israeli-Palestinian team at California State University Monterey Bay in April of 1998, and a panel by he Mexican team has recently been completed 1976 ongoing “The Great Wall of Los Angeles” The longest mural in the world at half-mile, depicts the contributions made by ethnic and diverse people to the history of America, focused on California from pre-historic time through the 1950’s. This mural is still growing, with designs in process for the 1960’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. A new Interpretive “Green” Bridge is being designed at the Great Wall site to serve as a conduit of the interchange between environmental and ethnic history. The bridge will be made out of rammed earth, recycled shopping carts, glass, plastic, etc. all debris from the LA River. The Great Wall is located in the San Fernando Valley Tujunga Wash, a flood control channel built in the 1930’s. AWARDED COMMISSIONS: 2008 Visual Presentation @ Walt Disney Concert Hall – Mexico City’s Philharmonic Orchestra. Premiere of composer Steve Loza’s piece inspired by David Alfaro Siqueiros “America Tropical.” 2004 The Cesar Chavez Monument Plaza at San Jose State University 25ft Arch containing six digital murals, plaza with mosaic tiles, and six ‘metate’ benches. In production as of 2005 Sponsored by San Jose State University Art Committee. 2004 50th Anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott Digital Mural Produced in 4 cities; Installed at schools in Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore and Washington D.C. 2004 “Hitting the Wall: Women in the Marathon” (Restoration) A mural sponsored by the Olympic Organizing Committee for the 1984 Olympics. Located at the 4th Street off-ramp on the Harbor Freeway North. 20’ x 100’ acrylic on cast concrete. 2003 Central American Resource & Education Center (CARECEN): “Migration of the Golden People” Digital Mural 37ft x 14ft digital mural on the migration of Central Americans to Los Angeles’ Pico Union district located at CARECEN on Hoover and 7th St. Created as one of the final Neighborhood Pride Murals in collaboration with SPARC and participants from the Central American community including youth, scholars, and their families. 2002 Durango Mural Project: “La Memoria De Nuestra Tierra” Commissioned by the Latin Education Project for the City of Durango Fine Arts Center and currently being built over the Internet, this work with Southern Ute and Chicano Youth of Durango Colorado will be a new mural for the exterior of the city's art center. This work will be produced on enamel tiles for the exterior of the building. 2001 Digital Tile murals on the Venice Boardwalk Sponsored by the City of Los Angeles – Lead artist for 15 podiums commissioned by the Venice Beach Ocean Front Walk Renovation Project. Designed and installed fence treatments along the 750 ft. expanse of Venice Boardwalk including 15 tile murals on the history of the region’s murals. The public artwork is intended as a self-guided walking tour of existing and disappearing murals in Venice. Completed January, 2001. 2000 “La Memoria De Nuestra Tierra: Colorado” (The Memory of Our Land) 10ft.x 55ft. digital mural on aluminum substrate. Situated in Denver International Airport’s central terminal. “The Memory of Our Land” explores Chicano/Mexicano history of the southwest, in particular the passage through El Paso, the “Ellis Island” of the Southwest, in the 1919-23 migration north to Colorado. 1998 “La Memoria De Nuestra Tierra: California” (The Memory of Our Land) USC Student Topping Center 9ft x 23ft painted mural depicting Latino California SAMPLE of AWARDS and ACHIEVEMENTS InnerCity Struggle "Elizabeth “Betita” Martinez Activist Scholar Award", October 2009 6th Annual Awards Dinner and Celebration “15 Years of Community Organizing in the Eastside.” The Center at Cathedral Plaza in Downtown Los Angeles. Judy Chicago’s “Through the Flower” Award for contributions to feminist art movement – September 2009 Corky Gonzalez's Escuela Tlatelolco Centro de Estudios & Champions of Change Award, Denver - May 2009 Senator Jenny Oropeza Artist of Distinction Award - 2009 Invited to the White House for Arts, Community, Social Justice and National Recovery Briefing - May 2009 Notre Dame Lecture – April 2009 Georgia College State University Residency – March 2009 UCLA Chancellor Gene Block visit to the UCLA/SPARC Cesar Chavez Digital Mural Lab - 2009 Self Help Graphics Master Artist Series - 2008 Imagining America – Keynote Address – September 2008 Dedication of Cesar E. Chavez Monument Arch of Dignity, Equality and Justice @ San Jose State University – September 2008 UCLA Latino Alumni Association “Madrina Award,” October 2007 Los Angeles, CA The Brian P. Copenhaver Award, Innovation in Teaching with Technology, May 2007 College of Letters and Science, UCLA Stanford Diversity in the Arts Program, winter 2006. Residency at Stanford Univ. will include a commission to produce a new mural for the Chicano Center on Campus. KCET “Women’s History Month,” March 23, 2006 Los Angeles, CAAwarded the 2006 Local Hero of the Year. Hispanic Business Magazine, October 2005 Issue Featured as one of the “100 Most Influential Hispanics” City of Baldwin Park, May-July 2005 Victory for the retention of the 13 year old Baldwin Park Monument, attacked by Save Our State. City council proclamation for retention of the monument. Commission for Arts and Culture, Winter 2004 San Diego, CA Finalist, Martin Luther King Monument Antioch University, 2004 Los Angeles, CA Scholarship established with Antioch University in honor of Judith F. Baca. Featured in May 24th issue of People Magazine, 2004 “Back to the Wall, Artist Judith F. Baca“ San Jose State University, 2003 San Jose, California Winner of the Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Art Project John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2003 New York, New York Fellowship Term, September 1, 2003 – June 30, 2004 Medal of Honor given by Veteran Feminists of America, 2003 New York, New York Honored for work to advance feminist ideals as a pioneering women artist between 1966-1980. Additionally included in invitational exhibit of honorary artists at The National Arts Club. Latino Museum of Art, 2003 Los Angeles, California Major artwork acquisition for the museum’s permanent collection of Latino art. Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College 2002 Distinguished scholars/artists reside on campus to convene with faculty and students. Recognition for “Hijas de Juarez” Exhibition, 2002 Certificate of Recognition presented by Nick Pacheco, Councilmember 14th Dist., L.A., CA. Certificate of Commendation, 2002 Presented by Alex Padilla, Councilmember 7th District, Los Angeles, CA., upon being honored as Community Public Art Director at the SPARC dedication ceremony. Commission on the Status of Women, 2002 Award recipient of the County of Santa Clara’s Commission on the Status of Women’s Award for Outstanding Female Role Model for 2002, given each year to women making a positive difference in the quality of life for many. Hispanic Heritage Awards, 2001 Education Award at the JFK Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Precita Eyes Muralists Assoc., Inc., 2001 Master Muralist Award at 11th Annual SF/Ba y Area Mural Awareness Month Awards Liberty Hill Foundation, 2001 Creative Vision Award recipient at annual Upton Sinclair Dinner California Community Foundation, 2001 Selected as one of 85 Unsung Heroes of nonprofit community and featured in the Foundation’s annual report Women’s Museum, 2000 Honored in “Unforgettable Women” exhibition in museum in association with the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, 1998 Washington D.C., Major artwork acquisition by museum. Harvard University, Boston MA, 1998 Master Artist and Senior Scholar for the “Institute on the Role of the Arts & Civic Dialogue” Women Caucus for the Arts, 1998 Recipient of the Influential Woman Artist Award, awarded at Annual National Conference
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