On June 5th, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy was shot and assassinated in
the food-service pantry next to the ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel
after having won the California Primary. The Ambassador Hotel, located
on Wilshire Boulevard at mid-city, is being converted into the new RFK
LEARNING CENTER for K-12. The school’s media center, formerly the
ballroom, will be the sight of Judy Baca’s latest work: a two-mural
memorial to RFK, a Senator who was revered as a leader of the ideals of
hope and compassion and an advocate for the equality of all people.
The two murals will be unveiled in September 2010.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 01 September 2010 22:36 )
The exterior niches that now stand at San Jose University are
now being created into mosaics in the SPARC gallery. A ton of glass
(500 lbs) has been specially ordered from Cuernavaca, Mexico, the
original factory that produced Siqueiros's mosaic tile. Each exterior
niche stands 4ft X 9ft tall and is a representation of Dolores Huerta,
Gandhi, and a female and male farm worker from Salinas Valley. The
mosaics will be completed this year. For more information on visiting
the SPARC gallery as the mosaic production progresses please contact us
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In this
project we make use of the transformative experience of storytelling
and coordinated forms of artistic expression to create a greater
awareness of empathy, with the goal of fostering a deeper sense of
connection and inclusivity among citizens of the East Bay, in Northern California. The purpose
is to reduce our society’s empathy deficit by collecting
and then sharing stories about the place of empathy in the lives of
ordinary citizens - citizens whose backgrounds may be wildly diverse,
but who share a common humanity and common citizenry.
The Public Art Network is pleased to recognize Judy Baca, founder and
artistic director of SPARC: Social & Public Art Resource Center, as
the recipient of the 2010 Public Art Network Award. After accepting her
award, Ms. Baca will also make a keynote presentation.
