Social and Public Art Resource Center
SPARC's mission is to produce, preserve, and promote activist and socially relevant artwork; to devise and innovate excellent art pieces through community participatory processes; and to foster artistic collaborations that empower communities who face marginalization or discrimination.
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CREATE ·2025 Grants ChallengeGreat Wall of Los Angeles: Expanding Opportunities for Emerging Artists
SPARC is creating a pipeline for the next generation of Los Angeles muralists through mentoring, training, and educational workshops in connection with the expansion of the Great Wall of Los Angeles mural, with most participants coming from communities directly represented in the mural. The project also provides educational programming and physical improvements to the Great Wall park site in the San Fernando Valley which will increase public access to and enjoyment of the mural and surrounding open green space.
PLAY ·2023 Grants ChallengeGreat Wall of Los Angeles Expansion
The Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) will utilize LA2050 grant funds to expand the Great Wall of Los Angeles, one of the largest murals in the world depicting historical figures and events of culturally diverse and marginalized communities. The Great Wall is currently a half-mile long, public art work, located in the Tujunga Flood Control Channel in North Hollywood. Artists and students will add a half-mile length to the wall with images of the ongoing struggles and achievements of BIPOC communities from the 1960s through 2020.