Documented artwork / community mural
The Great Wall of Los Angeles
Credit as documented: Judith Baca with SPARC and the Great Wall mural-making teams
The Great Wall of Los Angeles presents California history through communities often missing from conventional accounts. Judith Baca conceived SPARC's first public art undertaking. More than 400 young people and their families worked with artists, oral historians, ethnologists, scholars and community members. The initial narrative moves from prehistory to the 1950s, developed in successive summer campaigns.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- Begun 1974; initial narrative developed over five summers
- Materials
- Not documented
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- 2,754-foot historical mural extent described by the artist.
- Dimensions apply to
- Published historical extent, not a surveyed measurement of all subsequent expansion.
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
Begun 1974; initial narrative developed over five summers
Tujunga Flood Control Channel, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California
Materials and construction
Baca's account acknowledges 35 other artists on her team. The artist page describes restoration and extension as continuing SPARC programs, so its historical length cannot be treated as a current measurement of every added panel.
Presentation and site context
The mural occupies the Tujunga Flood Control Channel in the San Fernando Valley, beside a park and bicycle trail. Its flood-control setting shapes the practical conditions of restoration.
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Sources
- www.judybaca.com ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17