A Visual Narrative of Chicano/Latino Stanford , will explore the collective process of mural-making, and especially digital murals, as a form of community based public art. While sharing the connections between Mexico's rich mural heritage and community based murals within the Chicano community, Baca will work with students to uncover the collective story of the development of Casa Zapata residence, El Centro Chicano, and the key people and places that have contributed to the Chicano community of Stanford.
Baca will use a narrative process to examine this history, beginning with participants' personal and specific stories and expanding to encompass a wide array of voices. Building from this history, students will cultivate images that can share these stories through a visual narrative. Students will explore digital techniques and begin the designs for a mural that will eventually be displayed outside of El Centro Chicano, facing White Plaza.
Students will use skills in Photoshop (what other programs, techniques) to contribute to the mural designs. Interested students who are not familiar with these programs can participate in a training sessions, which will be conducted at the beginning of the Winter quarter.
Teaching Assistants: Ernesto Colin & Ariana Milman
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Judy Baca
As a visual artist, Judy Baca is best known for her large-scale murals, which involve extensive community organization and participation and address multicultural audiences. In the internationally known Great Wall of Los Angeles in the Tujunga Wash Flood Control Channel, Baca designed a work which incorporated 40 ethnic scholars, over 400 multicultural neighborhood youth, 40 assisting artists, and over 100 support staff to paint a half-mile long pictorial representation of the ethnic history of California. Along with many other mural projects, Baca has employed her community organizing techniques to make the World Wall: A Vision of the Future without Fear , seven dual-sided 10 x 30 foot portable mural panels on canvas. The 210-foot mural in seven parts addresses contemporary issues of global importance: war, peace, cooperation, interdependence, and spiritual growth. As the World Wall tours the world, additional panels by artist from seven countries will be added to complete this visual tribute to the "Global Village."
She earned Bachelors and Masters degrees in art from California State University, Northridge in 1969 and 1979 respectively. She participated in an intensive course in mural techniques at the Taller Siqueiros in Cuernavaca, Mexico in 1977. Baca has been on the faculties of the University of California, Irvine and California State University, Monterey Bay. She is a founding faculty member of the César E. Chávez Center at the University of California at Los Angeles where she still holds a teaching position. Relevant Links:
www.judybaca.com
http://cronicas.stanford.edu |
