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L.A.'s NEWEST MURALS COLUMN
compiled by Robin Dunitz
| The following new murals were completed through June, 2002. If you want your public to know about your newest mural, please send the information, along with a picture if possible, to: MCLA, New Murals, PO Box 50440, Los Angeles 90050. Or call (323) 512-5697, fax (323) 512-8200, or e-mail, mcla@lamurals.org |
| Charles Freeman, assisted by Noni Olabisi and Sarika, “Education in Our Interest,” Jefferson Middle School, 644 East 56th St. (at Paloma Ave.), South Los Angeles. Acrylic paint, 2001 Alfredo Diaz Flores, “Untitled,” Laundromat, Seville and Santa Ana, South Gate, 2001. Five interior landscapes of Arizona and New Mexico featuring people washing clothes. Janet Wallace, assisted by the art teacher and students, “Follow Your Dream,” John Adams Middle School, 151 West 30th Street, South Los Angeles. Acrylic paint, 16' x 20', 2001. Janet Wallace, assisted by students, “Athletes in Motion,” Foshay Learning Center, 3751 Harvard Blvd., Mid-City. Acrylic paint, 25' x 12', 45' x 12', 60' x 12', 60' x 12', 2001. Athletes involved in basketball, soccer, and volleyball. Janet Wallace, assisted by Debby Crooks, “The Patriots,” John Adams Middle School, 151 West 30th Street, South Los Angeles. Acrylic paint, 20' x 100', 2001. Portraits of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. and others. |
 Charles Freeman, “Education in Our Interest,” mural at 644 East 56th St., acrylic, 2001.  Janet Wallace, “The Patriots,” mural at 151 W. 30th St., acrylic, 20 x 100”, 2001. |
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KENT TWITCHELL’S LATEST IN PROGRESS
Located at the Hillside Memorial Park at 6001 W. Centinela Ave. in Culver City, the above nearly completed image of a Jewish wedding is the first of a triptych that Twitchell has been working on in his Northern California studio during the last two years. |
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1989/90
Mark Bowerman, "Running", Hollywood Freeway at the Western Ave. bus turnout. East Los Streetscapers, "El Corrido de Boyle Heights", East L.A. at Soto St. and Brooklyn Ave. Kent Twitchell, "Seventh Street Altarpiece: Jim Morphesis", Harbor Freeway, 7th St. underpass. Kent Twitchell, "Seventh Street Altarpiece: Lita Albuquerque", Harbor Freeway, 7th St. underpass. 1991 Chicana Center Artists, "Tree of Knowledge", East L.A. at Brooklyn and Hazard. Frank Romero, "Going to the Olympics", Hollywood Freeway west of Alameda St. underpass. 1992 Alonzo Davis, "Eye on '84", Harbor Freeway, at 3rd St. ramp. Margaret Garcia, "Two Blue Whales", Venice at 12901 Venice Bl. 1993 David Botello, "Read Between the Lines", East L.A. at Olympic Blvd. and Ford. Kent Twitchell, "Strother Martin", East Hollywood at Kingsley Dr. and Fountain Ave. 1994 Noa Bornstein, "Magritte in Los Angeles", Inglewood at Imperial Hwy and La Cienega Blvd. Judith von Euer, "Flow Inversion", 100 N. Fremont, east facing outer wall of the Harbor Freeway at First St. Annie Sperling, "Mural for Peace", Silverlake at Hyperion St. and Sunset Blvd. 1995 Russell Carlton, "Heavenly Garden of Knowlege", Santa Monica Freeway west of the National Blvd. exit. Thomas Suriya, "You Are the Star", downtown Hollywood on Wilcox, south of Hollywood Blvd. John Wehrle, "Galileo, Jupiter, Apollo", downtown L.A., on the Hollywood Freeway slot, at Spring St. 1996/97 Rip Cronk, "Venice Reconstituted", Venice, 25 Windward Ave. Mario Torero, Rocky, El Lton and Zade, "We Are Not a Minority", East L.A. at 3217 E. Olympic Blvd. Wayne Healy, "Ghosts of the Barrio", Ramona Gardens, East L.A. at Building 2731-37 Lancaster Ave. near Murchison. Rueben Brucelyn, “Eyes”, Glendale Blvd. at the Sunset Blvd. underpass, Echo Park. |
MCLA'S MURAL RESCUE PROGRAM
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If you are an artist who has created a public mural, or if you know and love a public mural that needs protection, the Mural Rescue Program provides important services for a select group of murals based on the following criteria:
• Aesthetic merit • Geographic and cultural diversity • Feasibility • Public Access To order an application please contact the Mural Conservancy: MCLA, Mural Rescue Program, PO Box 50440, Los Angeles 90050. Tel (323) 512-5697, fax (323) 512-8200 E-mail, mcla@lamurals.org Or, print out the application form directly from the Web site. |
