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Samo Vikings

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Students from Santa Monica High school run laps on the field passing David Legaspi's mural of a Viking on Monday March 6, 2006
Posted on Monday, March 6, 2006 at 11:25AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

A family affair

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Jim McBride and his son James, 8, paint inside boys restroom on Sunday.

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James McBride,8, (Right) and Jordan Attwater, 10, paint inside boys restroom

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McBride (right) and fourth grader Kyle McCreight paint inside boys restroom

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Doug Reed, (left) and Nino Fanali, Parents of students, paint inside girls restroom.

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Fifth grader from Roosevelt Elementry School, Tommy Townsend, paints inside boys restroom.
Community art: The  Roosevelt Elementary  school PTA, with the help from artist David Legaspi, (known for painting most the community murals in Santa Monica) painted four murals inside of the boys and  girls restrooms over the weekend. It was a project of the school community where the kids, teachers and parents helped paint the murals. Some 70 parents of the school  painted  alongside of Legaspi,  on four simultaneous murals in the four main kids bathroom of the school. "It's a great experience seeing the school community pulling together to create an art project for the school children. It just shows that arts is very much alive in our schools, and this is what I support in all my community art endeavors." commented Legaspi. This 4-bathroom murals were sponsored by the Roosevelt school PTA  for the school beautification project, the goal of which is to inspire the children to help keep their bathrooms beautiful and clean. Legaspi designed the themes for all four murals: Boy BR 1- knights and dragons; Boys BR 2- Pirates and Underwater treasures:;Girls BR 1- Mermaids and marine life; Girls BR 4- Fairies and butterflies, all based on ideas and instructions by the school PTA and administration. Legaspi sketched all the images and simply directed the talented parent painter/volunteers of the school who did most of the job over the weekend.
Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 at 09:33PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Community mural

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After a two years of closure, Virginia Avenue Park re-opened on Saturday, November 12, 2005. Many people helped paint the community mural of Felix Escobar, by artist Peter Tigler, at the event. This mural was done in a "Paint by Numbers" method.

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The Cruz Hernandez Mariachi band from Guadalajara performed at the opening of the Farmers Market at Virginia Avenue Park.

Posted on Saturday, November 12, 2005 at 04:48PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Jack-O'-Graffiti

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Graffiti artist "Snowski" paints this Halloween-thymed mural  in Venice beach on Friday
Posted on Friday, October 14, 2005 at 03:32PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Whale of a Mural, 1983

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Daniel Alonzo
Whale of a Mural, 1983
Ocean Park Boulevard at Fourth Street
The crew from the Rainer Zebala Partners, a conservation company, works on restoring the mural "Whale of a Mural," 1983 by artist Daniel Alonzo on Tuesday October 4, 2005 on Ocean Park Blvd. and Fourth. They have been working on it for a week and should take about 5 more weeks to complete.
Artists from left to right: Vito Wojcik, Suzanne Morris, Debra May and Sibylla Tringham
Posted on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 at 05:40PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Community mural

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First grader Morgan Gerlach  paints the community mural during the 21 St Annual Abbot Kinney Festival in Venice on Sunday September 25, 2005.

Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at 02:36PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Thanks mom

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Beth Judge holds on to her 4 years old son Matthew, as paints the community mural during the 21 St Annual Abbot Kinney Festival at Venice on Sunday September 25, 2005. The community mural was sponsored by Inside Out, an after school art program.

Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at 02:32PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint
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