The great wall of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1976-1983

The great wall of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1976-1983. Tujunga Wash drainage canal, Coldwater Canyon Avenue (between Burbank Boulevard and Oxnard Street), Van Nuys/North Hollywood border. A. 1976. Supervising artists: Judith Baca, Charles Brown, Isabel Castro, Donna Deitch, Judithe Hernandez, Ulysses Jenkins, Luis Lopez, Kristina Lucas, Olga Muniz, Bernardo Muniz, Arnold Ramirez, Christina Schlesinger, Gary Tokumoto, Linda Eber. Plus 59 "mural makers." 9 panels: 20,000 B.C., pre-historical California; 1000 A.D., Early California; 1522, Spanish arrival; 1822, Mexican rule; 1848, Bandaide; 1868, Sojourners; 1880, Frontier California; 1890, Los Angeles mountains to the shore; 1900, Immigrant California. Co-sponsored by CMP, SPARC, and Project Heavy-San Fernando Valley. B. 1978. Supervising artists: Diane Ferrari, Leo Jauregui, Andrew Manning, Bea Plessner. Plus 34 "mural makers." Four panels: William Hart; Tomas Alva Edison; Charlie Chaplin, World War I doughboys. Sponsored by SPARC, Judith Baca, director. C. 1980. Artist supervisors: Carlos Calleja, Yreina Cervantez, Jan Cook, Fernando Jauregui, Jr., Alfredo Lascano, Jane Van Loon, Nancy Perez, Bea Plessner, Julie Ruelas, Rodney Saksi. Seven panels: Japanese internment, Dustbowl refugees; 350,000 Mexican Americans deported; Unsigned Indian Treaties; Strikes; Crash and depression; Illusion of prosperity. Sponsored by SPARC, Judith Baca, artistic director. D. 1981. Artist supervisors: Jan Cook, Teresa Chacon, Karen Guyot, Alfredo Lascano, Pat Millar, Bea Plessner, Julie Ruelas. Plus 32 "mural makers." 9 panels: Jewish refugees; Luisa Moreno: Zoot Suit riots L.A. 1943; David Gonzalez Pacoima CA.; Dr. Charles Drew; World War II; California aqueduct; Jewish Americans; 442nd Japanese Americans. Sponsored by SPARC, Judith Baca, artistic director. E. 1983. Artist supervisors: Eric Alcarez, Eva Cockroft, Mary-Linn Hughes, Patssi Valdez, Matthew Wuerker. Plus 30 "mural makers." 11 panels: Olympic champions breaking barriers 1948-1964; Asians gain citizenship and prosperity; Indian assimilation; Jewish arts and sciences; The origins of gay rights; Forebearers of civil rights; The birth of Rock and Roll; Division of the barrios and Chavez Ravine; The red scare of McCarthyism; Development of suburbia; Farewellt to Rosie the riveter. Sponsored by SPARC, Judith Baca, artistic director. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, p. 140, #26.