Social and Public Art Resource Center

Social and Public Art Resource Center
	SPARC building, Venice, California
Abbreviation	SPARC
Formation	1976
Founder	Judy Baca, Donna Deitch and Christina Schlesinger
Type	non-profit
Purpose	Creating and maintaining public art, engaging community collaboration for the arts
Location	685 Venice Blvd., Venice, California 90291;
Website	http://www.sparcinla.org

33°59′30″N 118°27′31″W / 33.991606°N 118.458665°W / 33.991606; -118.458665

The Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC or SPARCinLA) is a non-profit community arts center based in Venice, California. SPARC hosts exhibitions, sponsors workshops and murals, and lobbies for the preservation of Los Angeles area murals and other works of public art. SPARC hosts several community programs and artist spaces, including the UCLA@SPARC Digital Mural Lab, a "comprehensive" archive, printmaking studios, an art gallery and a University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) graduate program.^[1] According to its mission statement, "SPARC espouses public art as an organizing tool for addressing contemporary issues, fostering cross-cultural understanding and promoting civic dialogue."

^ Wasson, Julia; Weiss, Cathy (28 July 2014). "Learning Los Angeles: Debra Padilla, Arts and Activism". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[:0-1] Wasson, Julia; Weiss, Cathy (28 July 2014). "Learning Los Angeles: Debra Padilla, Arts and Activism". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

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