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Judith F. Baca's Memoria De Nuestra

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Judith F. Baca is a muralist, painter, and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Baca is a second generation Chicana born of Mexican parents. Strongly identifying with her roots, Baca’s public art initiatives discuss those populations that have been historically marginalized, such as immigrant communities. The piece above titled Memoria de Nuestra Tierra, is 10 by 50-foot mural located in the Denver International Airport. The mural showcases a Mexican family traveling along the Juarez-El Paso towards the north. Baca states that the mural has sentimental value to her since she created it basing it off of her own background. “My grandparents […] followed the course traveled by thousands of other Mexican families. It’s a story

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