Artist Judy Baca is pushing back against allegations from former employees who claim she improperly benefited from a $5 million grant tied to the expansion of her landmark mural, *The Great Wall of Los Angeles*, according to a report in the *Los Angeles Times*. The accusations come from 10 former employees of the Social and Public Art Resource Center, or SPARC, the Venice-based nonprofit Baca co-founded in 1976. Several former staff members, including two managers, told the *Times* that Baca blurred the line between SPARC and her private business, Judy Baca Inc., and personally profited from grant funds intended for the mural’s expansion. Baca, 79, strongly denied the allegations. In interviews with the *Times*, she and SPARC board chair Zojeila Flores said the funds were used appropriately and that any compensation Baca received was consistent with established arrangements between the artist and the nonprofit. At the center of the dispute is a $5 million grant awarded in 2021 by the Andrew W.…