Judith Baca is the first muralist to win a grant from United States Artists since the nonprofit group began giving the $50,000 awards in 2006.
She is the co-founder and artistic director of the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC),a community arts center, and is best known as the director of the mural project that created one of the largest murals in the world, the Great Wall of Los Angeles.
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