Tricia Ward

Tricia Ward
Born1951
Berkeley, California, United States
EducationSan Francisco Art Institute
Known forSocial practice art, environmental art, Installation art, sculpture
AwardsRudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, California Community Foundation
WebsiteTricia Ward

Tricia Ward is a Los Angeles–based artist whose work has included public and environmental art, sculpture, and social practice art.[1][2][3] She emerged in the 1980s, when collaborations with underserved youth and urban groups that bridged art and social change began to gain institutional attention.[4][5] Her work combines collaborative, interdisciplinary approaches that include physical transformations of derelict urban environments into "pocket parks," environmental remediation, cultural and educational programming, public policy and civic engagement.[6][7][8][9]

Tricia Ward/ACLA, La Tierra de la Culebra, 1992–present, Highland Park Neighborhood, Los Angeles.

Ward has created public projects in New York, Houston, Detroit and Buenos Aires.[10][11] However, the majority of her work has been undertaken in Los Angeles, through the nonprofit organization that she founded and led, ACLA (Art Community Land Activism), originally known as ARTScorpsLA.[3][12] The organization's most well-known projects include the art parks La Tierra de la Culebra and Spiraling Orchard,[13][14] and the public, multi-mural project, "Walls of Reclamation."[15][16][17] Ward's work has been recognized by institutions including the National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, California Community Foundation, and Getty Trust, among others.[18][10][16] In 1999, ACLA was awarded a Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence Silver Medal.[3]

  1. ^ Perez, Mary Anne. "Artist's Hopes For A Garden Bear Fruit," Los Angeles Times, January 1, 1995. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  2. ^ Moser, Charlotte. "Artistic cross-currents," Houston Chronicle, June 25, 1978, p. 14.
  3. ^ a b c Shibley, Robert et al. "ARTScorpsLA," Commitment to Place: Urban Excellence & Community, Cambridge, MA: Bruner Foundation, 1999. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  4. ^ Dickerson, Amina and Tricia Ward. "A Co-Meditation on Youth, Art, and Society," Conversations at the Castle: Changing Audiences and Contemporary Art, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  5. ^ Jacob, Mary Jane and Michael Brenson (eds). Conversations at the Castle: Changing Audiences and Contemporary Art, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  6. ^ Goodheart, Jessica. "Serpent Getting a Garden: Art Project Giving Shape to Empty Lot," Los Angeles Times, October 15, 1992. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  7. ^ Perez, Mary Anne. "Recycling Vacant Site Becomes Art Form," Los Angeles Times, December 12, 1993. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  8. ^ Tamaki, Julie. "L.A. Youths Dig Beautifying a Neighborhood," Los Angeles Times, February 1, 2004. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  9. ^ Adamek, Pauline. "Beat the Drum Fest – LA music review," LA Arts Beat, July 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  10. ^ a b California Community Foundation. Tricia Ward, Fellowship for Visual Arts. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  11. ^ Detroit Institute of Arts. "Deborah Grotfeldt, Tricia Ward," Exhibitions. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  12. ^ Ward, Tricia and John Maroney, Cindy Diama, Sal Oseguero and Claudia McDonnell. ARTScorpsLA. Buffalo, NY: University Libraries, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1999. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  13. ^ KCET. "Tierra De La Culebra: Park and Sculpture," November 20, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  14. ^ Ricci, James. "All We Need Is a Little Space to Breathe," Los Angeles Times Magazine, April 1, 2001, p. 5–6.
  15. ^ Blair, James. "It’s Not Just Some Cheesy Mural," Los Angeles Times, April 6, 1996. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  16. ^ a b Briggs, Jack. "The Power of Involvement," Downtown Los Angeles News, August 27, 2001. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  17. ^ Dunitz, Robin J. and James Prigoff. Painting the Town: Murals of California, Los Angeles: R.J.D. Enterprises, 1997, p. 200. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  18. ^ National Endowment for the Arts. 1994 Annual Report, Washington DC: National Endowment for the Arts, 1994, p. 110.