Judy Baca

The Great Wall of Los Angeles runs for about half a mile along the concrete flood channel of the Tujunga Wash, and Baca painted it over five summers from 1976 to 1983 with more than 400 young people, many referred from the juvenile justice system, alongside historians and community members. Its scenes tell California's history from the viewpoint of Indigenous, Mexican American, Black and Asian American communities. Through SPARC, the arts centre she co-founded, the mural has been restored and extended, and the riverside site is being turned into a walkable park around it.