Judith Baca was raised in a strong, all-female household, Baca was especially influenced by the values of her grandmother, a Mexican herbal healer. She is currently one of America’s leading muralists.
Her work The Great Wall of Los Angeles* is ‘tattooed’ along a flood control channel in the San Fernando Valley. It is currently the world’s longest mural, at 2,700 feet long. The Great Wall depicts a multi-cultural history of California from pre-history through the 1950’s. It was begun in 1976 and plans are underway for its next four decades of evolution.
She said Break the mold! Have the biggest vision you can! If you can’t dream it, it cannot occur.”
“We Latinos must see ourselves as connected to the generations that preceded us and fought for us, and to those who are behind us, struggling in poverty, fear, and lack of opportunity. We must see ourselves as part of the whole.” This can be said of any people who came into this country willingly or by force.
Read more about her at http://latino.si.edu/virtualgallery/OJOS/bios/bios_Baca.htm and http://www.judybaca.com/now/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=27
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