Category Archive: 'Public Art'
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Click here to see The City Project’s policy report and maps on Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Riverside County in English. Síga este enlace para ver el reporte y mapas del City Project de Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el Condado de Riverside en Español. [...]
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus, Employment Opportunities, Fun in the Park, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Infrastructure Justice, Map Justice, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Public Art, Schools and Communities, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Click here to see The City Project’s policy report and maps on Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Riverside County in English. Síga este enlace para ver el reporte y mapas del City Project de Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el Condado de Riverside en Español. [...]
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus, Employment Opportunities, Fun in the Park, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, Infrastructure Justice, Map Justice, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Public Art, Schools and Communities, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
Pacific Standard Time unprecedented collaboration of cultural institutions across Southern California coming together to celebrate the birth of the L.A. art scene See the revitalization of the Great Wall of Los Angeles
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Public Art, The City Project
Monday, January 9th, 2012
The Chicano Park Mural Restoration project will restore 18 of the murals painted on the columns and retaining walls that are part of the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge. The murals have deep transcending values and are recognized at the local, state and national levels as historical, cultural and socio-political public art. (Source: http://www.chicano-park.org/)
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Public Art
Friday, January 6th, 2012
Children in support of Alternative D at an NPS public hearing in El Monte. The National Park Service (NPS) is currently accepting public comments about creating a National Recreation Area in the San Gabriel Mountains and Watershed. Based on previous public comments, NPS developed four alternative scenarios. Alternative D most closely resembles our vision for [...]
Posted in Biking, Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus, Employment Opportunities, Fun in the Park, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, Infrastructure Justice, Map Justice, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Olmsted Vision, Public Art, San Gabriel Mountains Forever, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Click on the text or images for more information. Save Watts Towers! LACMA New York Times Why Didn’t They Just Stop? Public Outcry Stops Excavation at El Pueblo Campo Santo Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Orange County Policy Report / Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Employment Opportunities, Everyday Heroes, Free the Beach!, Fun in the Park, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, L.A. River, Olmsted Vision, Public Art, Save Panhe and San Onofre, Schools and Communities, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros began the mural era in Los Angeles in 1932 with his painting of “America Tropical” on the south façade of the second story of the Italian Hall in El Pueblo. The mural depicts a native crucified on a double cross, with what the artist called an “American imperialist eagle” stretching out its talons above [...]
Posted in Heritage Parkscape, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Public Art
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
The Great Wall of Los Angeles is the largest monument to inter-racial harmony in the United States. The Great Wall was created and directed by Judy Baca, California Chicana muralist and the Founder and Artistic Director of SPARC (Social and Public Art Resource Center, Debra J.T. Padilla, Executive Director). The Great Wall is a half-mile [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, L.A. River, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Public Art
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Click here to learn more about The City Project’s work on Watts Towers
Posted in Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Public Art
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Haga click aquí para ver el sumario Parques para Todos en Español. Click here to read the summary report Parks for Everyone report in English. Click here to read the complete Policy Report Healthy Parks Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for the San Diego Region.
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Employment Opportunities, Fun in the Park, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, Public Art, Urban Parks Movement