California State University Northridge (CSUN) The Great Wall of Los Angeles: Judith F. Baca’s Experimentations in Collaboration and Concrete The Great Wall of Los Angeles is a 2,754 feet long mural that runs along the concrete wall of the Tujunga Flood … Read More
Judith F. Baca, Photograph of The Great Wall of Los Angeles A view of Judy Baca and mural-makers meeting at the 1940’s section titled “David Gonzalez” in progress. Photograph courtesy of SPARC Archive. ©1976 Judith F. Baca The Great Wall … Read More
SPARC lifts its paintbrush to the 400+ kids who painted The Great Wall of Los Angeles by Judy Baca because today, 40 years later, the mural has officially received the nomination as a National Historic Site from the California State … Read More
Concrete History: Chicana Muralist Judith F. Baca Goes from the Great Wall to the Museum Wall by Maximilíano Durón Detail of the Great Wall of Los Angeles (1976–), by Judith F. Baca, showing 500,00 Mexican Americans Deported. COURTESY THE ARTIST … Read More
A portion of The Great Wall of Los Angeles © Robin Dunitz Many surveys of iconic L.A. artists might name a few familiar greats: Ed Ruscha, Chris Burden, Ken Price … the list goes on. While these men are important … Read More
Los Angeles is a city of a thousand murals. Our endless sprawl creates the perfect canvas, and our art world is heavily influenced by Chicano muralists. In the 1960s and ’70s the Southland was even known as “the mural capital … Read More
Judith F. Baca, painter, muralist, monument builder and scholar, will speak at Washington and Lee University on Nov. 29 at 5:30 p.m. in Wilson Hall Concert Hall. The title of her talk is “Imagining America: Sites of Public Memory.” It is … Read More
BY The Editors of ARTnews POSTED 11/02/16 6:02 PM Vincent Valdez, Kill the Pachuco Bastard, 2001, oil on canvas. COURTESY CHEECH MARIN COLLECTION Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday. Today’s show: “Tastemakers & Earthshakers: … Read More
This year marks the 16th anniversary of the NALAC Leadership Institute (NLI). The institute marches into this new chapter of leadership development by tipping the scales with an alumni network that is now over 300 strong. Collectively, alumni have come … Read More
THESE WALLS CAN TALK: The Living Art of Judy Baca The first pieces of art Judy Baca ever saw were in a church in Watts she attended as a little girl. She would sit in the pew and marvel at … Read More