I want this mural to continue forever. It was true both of the people we painted about and of ourselves the Mural Makers.”“The restoration of the Great Wall of Los Angeles is a massive undertaking. SPARC defended aerosol art -- and the right for an artist -- to choose the spray can as a medium.It is reminiscent to those who argued that the camera was not a tool for fine art and that photography was not a true art form. A new relief fund is looking to offer a safety net. The mural is no longer peeling and the colors are so solid and vibrant. It is a place of progression and enriching cultures!The Great Wall of Los Angeles is located in the Tujunga Wash Flood Control Channel (LA River) in the San Fernando Valley – Studio City / Valley Glen.North of the Ventura Freeway (101), between the 405 and 170.From the 101, Exit on Coldwater Canyon Ave. and head North.The Great Wall is on Coldwater Canyon Avenue between Burbank Blvd. The feelings of identity and pride came in new ways. In this episode of I WAS THERE, Chris Silva reflects on his brother’s death, today’s police reform movement and what he says is a glaring conflict of interest among local sheriffs throughout California.In his eulogy at the funeral service for Congressmember John Lewis, President Barack Obama said expanded voting rights would be the greatest way to honor the civil rights icon’s legacy.Orange County health officials today reported another 17 COVID-19 fatalities, raising the death toll over 600, along with 506 more coronavirus diagnoses to bring the cumulative case total to 35,778, but hospitalization numbers declined.Zimbabwean volunteers are going online to stop the spread of COVID-19 misinformation.Los Angeles County confirmed more than 50 additional coronavirus deaths today, along with more than 2,700 new cases, as a backlog in testing results from the state slowly began to clear.Experience iconic moments of the Hollywood Bowl summer series with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.“Southland Sessions” connects you to SoCal’s resilient arts scene one session at a time. When Judith Baca organized a small team of East Los Angeles gang members to help paint a mural in Hollenbeck Park in the summer of 1970, it may not have occurred to her that she was quietly launching an artistic revolution. Judith F. Baca . Las Vistas Nuevas Youth Group This argument to limit artist's means of production is reminiscent of a debate, a few years back, which argued that a mural painted with acrylic was not a mural; only murals painted in fresco constituted real murals, said past naysayers, and acrylic murals should not be subject to the protection of the VARA Act.In a 1992 court case on the removal of the Lilli Ann Mural by Chuy Campusano in the Mission District of San Francisco by a billboard company, Independent Conservator and Curator of Contemporary Art William Shank argued that acrylic in public environments was ephemeral and temporary and therefore meant to be removed. Judith F. Baca, painter, muralist, monument builder and scholar, will speak at Washington and Lee University Within the three-month dry season in the Los Angeles River the work must be completed racing against a clock that is determined by the difficult conditions of heat, water flow, rain and other factors of the unique site in the Los Angeles flood control channel. While Lee A. and I walked along the fence, a group of teenagers (looked to be about seniors in high school) were heading in the opposite direction, toward us. He did it surrounded by a storm of naysayers.
"Directed by Grace Lee and Marjan Safinia, “And She Could Be Next” tracks the campaigns of six women of color who sought office as well as the efforts of all the seasoned organizers and ordinary folks who made those campaigns possible.For nearly 30 years, Tom Dwyer worked with North East Trees, the non-profit organization responsible for planting some of the first trees and building some of the first parks along the Los Angeles River.Chick has made a career out of challenging those in power, rooting out waste and fraud, and was never afraid to speak her mind, even if it threatened to offend some of LA’s most powerful forces.