This show was exhibited last year and early this year, though no longer on view, Bermuda Projects says: November 11 through December 30, 2017 Extended through January 27, 2018 Opening Reception: Saturday, November 11, 7-10PM Bermudez Projects, in partnership with … Read More
By Mike Sonksen “This is art that is coming to the people,” declared California state senator Maria Elena Durazo minutes after Judy Baca’s new nearly 78-foot mural was unveiled on April 1, 2022, at UCLA in honor of the school’s … Read More
SAAM talks with the artist about her inspirations and the process of creating a portable mural by Wendy Rose and Claudia Judith Baca is a painter, muralist, and scholar who works collaboratively within communities to create sites of public memory. … Read More
by Howard Kaplan In 2021, SAAM proudly introduced Drawn to Art: Ten Tales of Inspiring Women Artists, featuring web comics that illustrated the stories of rule-breaking, visionary artists in the hopes of inspiring young people. The inaugural digital-first series featured … Read More
By Matt Pawlik You’ve heard of the great outdoors, but what about the great artdoors? We all know Los Angeles is a hiking haven — coastal, desert and mountain habitats are all easily accessible by trail — but our urban … Read More
Mary Daily | Photo by David Esquivel Judith Baca has come home. The renowned muralist’s latest monumental work celebrates the campus where she spent her career. The nearly 80-foot mural, titled La Memoria de la Tierra: UCLA (or The Memory … Read More
Hailed for her rich depictions of California history and social struggle, the Chicana artist says the attention, after decades of being overlooked, surprises her. By Adam Nagourney LOS ANGELES — It has never been easy to see a Judith Baca … Read More
The second edition of the digital art partnership features Snapchat lenses by artists Judy Baca, Kang Seung Lee and Sandra de la Loza by Scarlet Cheng The second round of augmented reality (AR) projects organised by the Los Angeles County … Read More
Decades after she created one of the longest murals in the world, the Chicana artist and scholar is receiving long overdue mainstream recognition by Sam Levin Judy Baca still recalls the day in the 1970s when the curator of an … Read More
by Philip Kennicott LOS ANGELES — When Judy Baca and a team of 80 kids began painting “The History of California” in 1976, almost no one considered the 1,000-foot-long mural project a monument. Since then, the painting has grown to … Read More