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| The following new murals were completed through June. If you want your public to know about your newest mural, please send the information, along with a picture if possible, to Robin Dunitz, PO Box 64668, Los Angeles 90064. Or you can call (310) 470-8864. |
| Judith Baca, Patrick Blasa, and the SPARC Digital Mural Lab, "Our Victories, Our Future," Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Union Local 11, exterior, 321 South Bixel St. (near 3rd St.), Downtown L.A., digital collage on vinyl, 39' x 20'. Portraits of a chef and a bellhop in combination with historical photographs from labor marches.
Art students under the supervision of artist Tim Fields, "Life's an Open Book," Los Angeles High School, exterior above football bleachers, 4650 West Olympic Blvd., Mid-City L.A., acrylic, 200 feet long. Elizabeth Eve and the children of the Esperanza Community Housing community, "Picture Me!: Kids' Self Portraits in Hollywood," Hollywood Galaxy Complex, Hollywood Blvd. at Sycamore Ave., Hollywood, acrylic, 6' x 30'. Life-sized portraits in a land of trees and imagination. Sponsored by Esperanza, the Museum, and Dunn-Edwards Paints. |
| UTI, Asylum, Vyal with COI, Untitled, Brooklyn House, exterior, Spaulding Ave. at Melrose Ave., West Hollywood, aerosol, approximately 15' x 75'. Awesome piece with snowboarding and skateboarding theme.
Bill Madrid assisted by art students, "Mike Haynes," John Marshall High School, interior boys' gym, 3939 Tracy St. (near Griffith Park Blvd.), Los Feliz, acrylic, 10' x 12'. Portrait of recent Football Hall of Fame inductee, Oakland Raiders' defensive back Mike Haynes. Both he and artist Bill Madrid are alumni of the school. |
 UTI/Asylum/Vyal/COI, Untitled, Spaulding Ave. at Melrose Ave., Brooklyn House, West Hollywood, 1998. |
| Louis Cameron and David Burke, with 4th and 5th graders, Untitled, Glassell Park Elementary School, exterior front, 2211 West Ave. 30 (at Cazador St.), Glassell Park, acrylic, approximately 4' x 150'. Space scene with cartoon characters. Inspired by the school-sponsored 1997 trip to Space Camp in San Jose by the school's 115 5th graders.
Terry Schoonhoven, "Police and Fire Opera," Burbank Police and Fire Facility, interior lobby, 200 North 3rd St. (between Orange Grove and Palm Aves.), Burbank, acrylic on applied canvas, several walls with varied dimensions. Historical and contemporary images of police and firefighters in action. Gary Palmer, Untitled, Bloomoon Graphics, interior ceiling, 3595 Wonder View Dr. (near Cahuenga Blvd. East), Universal City,acrylic, 10' x 22'. Trompe l'oeil designed to appear as if the ceiling were removed and we can see into an imaginary world beyond. There's a man riding a horse to the moon, an impish character floating among the stars while another peers over a mushroom, and a dreamy couple lives contendly between blades of grass. Dr. Seuss once lived in this building. |
Alfredo Diaz Flores, "Indy 500 (Carrea |
Alfredo Diaz Flores,"Indy 500 (Carrea Grande)," Golden Brothers Auto Repair, exterior, 7125 Remmet Ave. (between Gault St. and Sherman Way), Canoga Park, acrylic, 12' x 65'. Four race cars whiz past a blur of fans.
East Los Streetscapers, "Mission Statement in Action" (interior lobby) and "Training for Tradition" (hallway), L.A.P.D. Recruit Training Center, 5651 Manchester Ave. (at Aviation Blvd.), Westchester, acrylic. Part of a larger project that also includes a sculpture court with a bronze sculpture, 14 medal of valor columns, benches and lighting. The mural imagery is of the past and present goals of the L.A.P.D. Elizabeth Eve supervising children from Budlong Apartments and Villa Esperanza, "No Killing," Budlong Apts., Budlong Ave. near 27th St., South L.A., acrylic, 20' x 16'. Bucolic scene in which animals frolic and the earth is happy. |
| Tim Fields with students, "Get Into Those Books, the Cheese Stands Alone," John Adams Middle School, exterior, 151 West 30th St., South L.A., acrylic.
Theresa Powers, "Planting Seeds," Blazer's House, 1517 West 48th St. (between Denker and Halldale Aves.), South L.A., acrylic, 30' x 6'. Blazer's House is a community safe-haven and an after-school program Alma Lopez and Noni Olabisi, "Education is a Basic Human Right," Angeles Mesa Library, West 54th Street at Harcourt Ave., South Los Angeles, acrylic, 11' x 25'. Showcases two important desegregation cases featuring African American and Latino families. Paul Tzanetopoulos, Untitled, Manhattan Beach Pier, shower area and seawall, Manhattan Beach, mosaic tile and cement tile, 2 panels (cement one is 600 feet long). Decorative, abstract design. Roy Herweck, "Sixty Years of Coast Cadillac," Coast Cadillac, interior lobby, 3399 East Willow St. (between Temple and Redondo Aves.), Long Beach, acrylic, 2 panels (28' x 7' each). Over a dozen classic Cadillacs from the past 60 years cruise on Ocean Blvd. along the coast route in an imaginary Long Beach landscape. Peter Quezada, assisted by Memphis P., "Year of the Tiger," North Broadway near Elysian Park Dr., Elysian Park, acrylic, approximately 8' x 20'. Designed and painted by 18 students under the direction of lead artist, Eliseo Art Silva, project coordinator Luis Amador, and instructor Jaiming Liu, "Journey into the Heart of America: the Asian Pacific American Experience," API Student Center, interior, California State Polytechnic University, 3801 West Temple Ave., Pomona, acrylic, 8' x 20'. This project was done in conjunction with an Ethnic and Women's Studies class entitled "Ethnicity and the Arts: Mural Art in Asia America." Terry Schoonhoven, "Poets' Table," Huntington Beach Pier Plaza, Huntington Beach (Orange County), ceramic tile, 9' x 38. |
