Noted local artist Luis Ituarte will soon transform a blank wall on Orange Grove Boulevard in Pasadena into a garden of succulent delights.
At a community meeting last August, Pasadena residents chose an abstract “cool succulents” theme for a mural to be painted on the west side of Pasadena Fish Market and Restaurant.
The mural by Ituarte will be unveiled Saturday, March 6, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Pasadena City Councilman Chris Holden will lead the free public ceremony at 181 E. Orange Grove Blvd. between Marengo Street and Fair Oaks Avenue.
Ituarte received a $2,500 grant from the Pasadena Arts and Culture Commission to create a mural in partnership with a local business owner. The Neighborhood Enhancement Mural Program, a creation of the Cultural Affairs Division of the Pasadena Planning and Development Department, is aimed at enhancing urban neighborhoods with eye-catching murals.
The artist collaborated with Clifford Douglas, owner of the Pasadena Fish Market and Restaurant. Ituarte’s design will complement its surroundings. The 880-square-foot mural on weather-resistant canvas will be in place for five years.
Ituarte is known for his "Poly-Paint" murals for the Pasadena Boys and Girls Club, Scott McKenzie Child Care Center and Art Center College of Design. He has exhibited work in the California, Washington, D.C., Canada, Italy and Mexico over a 38-year period. Some of his mural work is included in the University of Southern California Library, Los Angeles and California Mural Collection and the University of California Santa Barbara Self-Help Graphics! Archive, California Ethnic and Multicultural Collection.
AT&T Pasadena contributed additional funds to defray the cost of the project.
For more information call (626) 744-7062.
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