AWARDED COMMISSIONS: (Works in Progress)
2006 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Ambassador Hotel Commission
2005 The Dr. Martin Luther King Monument for the City of San Diego
350ft monument consisting of 3 Laser cut steel mural 35ft x30ft each with garden commemorating the achievement of Dr. King. Awarded through a competitive process December 2005.
1986 - 2004 “World Wall: A Vision of the Future Without Fear” Internationally traveling installation mural, comprised of eight 10 ft. x 30 ft. portable mural panels on canvas. Highlighted previous exhibition sites include the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., Joensuu, Finland and Gorky Park in Moscow, Russia. The theme of this piece explores the material and spiritual transformation of a society toward peace. As the World Wall travels, a new panel is added by a native artist from each country the installation visits. The most recent additions to the World Wall include a panel completed by an Israeli-Palestinian team at California State University Monterey Bay in April of 1998 and a panel by the Mexican team in 2002.
1976 - 2005 “The Great Wall of Los Angeles” Extension and RestorationLocated in the Tujunga Wash flood control channel of the LA County Flood Control District in the San Fernando Valley, the “Great Wall,” painted with acrylic paint on cast concrete, stretches 13 ft. high and 2,400 ft. long on the interior of the channel. This mural, already the longest in the world and still growing, is a narrative depicting California’s multicultural history from prehistoric times through the 1950’s, where it now ends. A participatory process directed by Judith F. Baca and involving over 400 youth, 100 scholars and 40 assisting artists on the long mural. Research and design for the 1960’s, 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s sections are in progress on a virtual internet site and UCLA’s ATS Visualization Portal. Proposed designs for the Great Wall extensions are in progress with scholars, UCLA students and community members, and are placed on the site for public review. Consolidation and aesthetic recovery carried out with artist team led by Judith F. Baca summer 2005. Sponsored by the City, County, State and Federal Government, as well as the Jewish Community Foundation, California Council on Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, Animating Democracy: The FORD Foundation Rockefeller PACT Fund and other individual and corporate donors.
2004 Bank of America, Bell Gardens Digital Mural Project
2004-present The Cesar Chavez Monument Plaza at San Jose State University Unveiling and Dedication September 2008
25ft Arch containing six digital murals, plaza with mosaic tiles, and six ‘metate’ benches. To commence production in 2005. Sponsored by San Jose State University Art Committee.
2003 San Jose State University, Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Art Project. Selected as finalist for production of a Cesar Chavez memorial monument.
2003 East LA Civic Center and Rose Garden (awarded and not built by funder)Selected artist for an Abuelitas rose garden for the new East Los Angeles Civic Center. The rose garden design, entitled “El Jardin de Flor y Canto,” is planned alongside a lake and walkways, in the new Civic Center with proposed ceramic birdhouses and “dichos” (Mexican proverbs) throughout the garden.
2003 Avenida Cesar Chavez Beautification Project (awarded and not built by funder)Located in the heart of East Los Angeles, the new street scape project will integrate Prof. Baca’s artworks creatively with the revitalization project providing maximum visual beautification along the corridor on Cesar Chavez Avenue between Ford Boulevard and Mednik Avenue in the unincorporated area of East Los Angeles County. The project includes streetscape changes, pedestrian refuge areas, mosaic treatments, language and mural treatments.
AWARDED COMMISSIONS: (Completed)
2007 Dallas Latino Fine Arts CenterMural Commission for interior of auditorium.
2005/6 Great Wall of Los Angeles Mural restoration summer 2005 and 2006
2004- 50th Anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott Digital Mural Produced in 4 cities; To be installed at schools in Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore and Washington D.C.
2003-04 Hitting the Wall: Women in the Marathon /Restoration
100Ft x 25ft work originally commissioned by the Olympic Organizing Committee for the 110 freeway 4th street exit during the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Selected by a committee of artists and public art specialists for preservation, Spring 2005. Five-month recovery led by Judith F. Baca and artist team.
2003 Central American Resource Center (CARECEN): “Migration of the Golden People” 2002 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.
2001 - 2003 Digital Tile murals on the Venice Boardwalk Commissioned by the Venice Beach Ocean Front Walk Renovation Project and the City of Los Angeles to design and create15 memorial podiums on the history of the region’s murals. Also designed and installed fence treatments along the 750 ft. expanse of Venice Boardwalk, which incorporated the 15 tile murals. The completed public artwork is intended as a self- guided walking tour of the existing and disappearing murals in Venice.
2002 Durango Mural Project: “Recollections”20ft x 30 ft Commissioned by the Latino Education Project for the City of Durango Fine Arts Center, this innovative public art project was the first mural design developed with community by means of the Internet in new processes developed in the Digital Mural Lab. Artist worked with Southern Ute and Chicano Youth of Durango Colorado to create the mural.
2000 “La Memoria De Nuestra Tierra: Colorado" (The Memory of Our Land)10ft x 55ft Hand painted and digitally generated 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, of the artist’s grandparents in the 1919-23 Mexican migration north to Colorado.
1999 L.A. Opera Project: “Corazon” Commission to produce a backdrop for the Los Angeles Opera productions for Los Angeles city school performances.
1998 “Local 11” 31ft x 29ft digital mural on vinyl. Located on the exterior of the Local 11 Chapter Building, the mural represents the union’s members who have dedicated their lives to making the Los Angeles hotel industry successful. The mural showcases chefs, bellmen, washers and waiters, in their working environment, while simultaneously relating their presence and labor to the Los Angeles landscape.
1997 Center Theater Group: Mark Taper Forum and Ahmanson Theater: 30th Anniversary Commemoration Murals. Two digital murals 7ft x 70ft each for Grand and Temple headquarters building. Commissioned to redesign the facade of the Mark Taper including, mural, text and building color treatments.
1996 “La Memoria de Nuestra Tierra: California”10ft x 30ft acrylic on canvas maroflouge application at the University of Southern California for the Norman Topping Student Center. Depicts the history of Chicanos in California.
1995 “Make a You Turn” 12ft x 25ft Department of Health Services project Murals Against Tobacco Project Ten selected high school art contest winners were selected to work with Professor Baca to design and develop a message to Los Angeles youth against drugs, alcohol and tobacco. Reproduced on billboards citywide.
1994 “Raspados Mojados” Mixed media on a street vendor cart. Utilizing the street vendor cart as a medium, the work addresses current immigration issues and the misrepresentation of people of Mexican descent living in the United States. This work was featured in the “Urban Revision: Current Project for the Public Realm” exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, 1994.
1993 “Pancho Trinity” Three 36” x 26” x 18” acrylic paint and mixed media on urethane-coated styrofoam sculptures representing the Chicano experience of family, land and afterlife. The works are based on the kitch border ceramic image of the sleeping “Pancho.”
1994 “Danzas Indigenas” (Indigenous Dances)Artist/designer for the Baldwin Park Metro Rail Station at the Civic Center, City of Baldwin Park, California. The three-dimensional design includes a 400-foot train platform floor design, 25-foot arch, bench designs and kiosk shelters for commuters. Also included are floor designs with brass lettering in five languages. The design is a tribute to the indigenous people of San Gabriel. Collaborating architectural firm, Segal and Diamond.
1995 “Ofrenda to the Domestic Worker” (Homenaje a la Trabajadora Domestica)
14ft high x 6ft wide, acrylic and mixed media. This altar serves as an homage to the domestic worker of Los Angeles, and their representation as a drain on the California economy. Commissioned by the Latino Lab of the Mark Taper Forum for the Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration.
1992 “From Pieces of Stardust” 8ft x 50ft mural, acrylic on canvas, maroflouge application for the 15th floor lobby of the new Southern California Gas Company building located in downtown Los Angeles. This mural depicts the formation of the universe, the discovery of natural gas, its history in the Southern California area, and energy issues of the future.
1990 “Guadalupe Mural Project” A four panel mural 9ft x 9ft each on the history and future of Guadalupe, California. Commissioned by County of Santa Barbara Arts Commission and developed with local participants of the farm working town of Guadalupe, California. Located in Guadalupe City Hall.
1992 “The Gift of Creativity” 8ft x 16ft Acrylic on wood panels. Permanent installation in Los Angeles County USC Women’s Hospital. Seeking to inspire Latino youth to explore the arts, the mural is designed incorporating children’s paintings. Sponsored by Proctor and Gamble.
1986 “The Street Speaks” Two 18ft x 50ft murals. Acrylic on wood panels. Portable murals located on Skid Row in Los Angeles. The two murals on homelessness; include a map to food, shelter and medical care within walking distance of the mural. Sponsored by the Corporate Volunteer Corps, Las Familias de Pueblo and RKO.
1985 “Be Skeptical of the Spectacle” and “Respect your Perspective” Two 9ft x 25ft billboards installed temporarily on Venice Boulevard’s median strip in Venice Beach, California. Warns the viewer of media propaganda and reinforces independent thinking. Sponsored by Pacific Outdoor Advertising Company.
1984 “Hitting the Wall: Women in the Marathon”
20ft x 100ft mural. Acrylic on cast concrete. Located at the 4th Street off-ramp of the Harbor Freeway in Los Angeles. Sponsored by the Olympic Organizing Committee for the 1984 Olympics.
1981 “History of Unitarianism” 20ft x 30ft. Acyrlic on cement. A vaulted ceiling entrance located at the First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles. Sponsored by the First Unitarian Church.
1981 “When God was a Woman” 8ft x 14ft acrylic on wood. A portable mural panel exploring the female gods of the “Third World.” Currenty on long term display at SPARC.
1979 “Uprising of the Mujeres” 8ft x 24ft. acrylic on wood. A portable mural exploring the empowerment and leadership of women. Exhibited at Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, the Hollywood Bowl, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Arizona, Montgomery Gallery Claremont and other sites. Currently on long term display at SPARC. Sponsored by the California Arts Council.
1977 “History of Highland Park” 25ft x 200ft. acrylic on cement. Mural located on the Highland Park Pacific Telephone Building. Sponsored by Pacific Bell.
1976 “Las Tres Marias” Used originally as a performance piece in 1976, each of the three panels is 68”x16” and 2.5” deep, with a red velvet exterior “tuck and rolled” to resemble a low rider car. The center panel, a mirror, creates an optical illusion placing the viewer between two images; the 1940’s “pachuca” and the “chola “of the 1970’s. First exhibited in 1976 at the Women’s Building, then exhibited in the winter of 1990 at UCLA’s Wight Art Gallery, “CARA: Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation.” In 1998, “Las Tres Marias” was added to the permanent collection at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American Art. Currently it is being featured in the internationally traveling exhibit “Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum” 9/00 – 01/03.
1975 “Evolution of a Gang Member” 8ft x 186ft. Acrylic on cement. Mural located at Sunset Boulevard and Coronado Street in Echo Park. Sponsored by the Citywide Mural Program, City of Los Angeles.
1975 “Food” 8ft x 50ft. acrylic on cement Located at Plummer Street Children’s School in San Fernando. Sponsored by the Los Angeles Board of Education.
1974 “Local History”8ft x 400ft. Acrylic on cement Located at the Little Sisters of the Poor Convalescent Home. Sponsored by the Model Cities Program, City of Los Angeles.
1974 “Female Dragon” 8ft x 12ft. Acrylic on cement. Located at the Frontera State Penitentiary Library for Women. Sponsored by California Institute for Women and painted during the course of a six-month workshop conducted for women prisoners.
1973 “Medusa Head” 36ft x 36ft. Acrylic on wooden doors and cement. Located at the Wabash Recreation Center Boyle Heights. Sponsored by the local community and the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks.
1972 “History of Venice”
Thirty-six panels, 15 ft. x 9 ft., and two panels, 30 ft. x 60 ft.. Sponsored by the Venice Community and the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks.
1971 “Untitled” Four panels, 8ft x 9ft. Acrylic on wooden panels. Costello Recreation Center East Los Angeles. Sponsored by the East Los Angeles local community and Summer Programs, City of Los Angeles.
1970 “Mi Abuelita” 20 ft. x 35 ft. Acrylic on cement. Located in Hollenbeck Park band shell. Sponsored by the local community and Summer Programs, City of Los Angeles.
1969 “Untitled” 5 ft. x 35 ft. Interior walls of the Art department. Located at Alemany High School, San Fernando, California. Sponsored by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
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