With $5 Million Grant, Judy Baca’s ‘The Great Wall of LA’ Mural Will Grow from 2700 Feet to 1 Mile

"[Judy Baca’s mural The Great Wall of Los Angeles] was finished in 1983 — at 2700 feet long. Now it’ll be expanded into one mile, covering LA history from the 1960s to 2020. That’s thanks to a $5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Monuments Project."

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The Great Wall of Los Angeles

Social and Public Art Resource Center
Venice, CA, United States

Awarded $5,000,000 in December 2020 to support the preservation, activation, and expansion of one of the country’s largest monuments to interracial harmony through civic engagement and muralist training, "The Great Wall of Los Angeles"

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