{"id":1702,"date":"2016-10-28T18:06:25","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T18:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/arts-culture\/october-arts-month-of-murals-education\/"},"modified":"2016-10-28T18:06:25","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T18:06:25","slug":"october-arts-month-of-murals-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/art\/october-arts-month-of-murals-education","title":{"rendered":"October Arts Month of Murals: Shedding Light on the Importance of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Murals are all tributes in a way, representing a slice of culture important to a business, a community, an entire city and so much more. So, in the spirit of Arts Month, we at the <\/em>Post have partnered with the Arts Council for Long Beach to bring you our <\/em>October Arts Month of Murals.<\/em><\/p>\n

Using the Arts Council\u2019s working database of the wide array of murals located throughout the city, once a week during the month of October we\u2019ll bring to your attention five murals that you may have never heard of or had a chance to visit yet, grouped under one cohesive theme and plotted on a comprehensive map. So, whether you choose to visit each one or just read about them, you can find out where they are, who they were painted by and when they were completed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Read below to learn about five education-related murals in Long Beach and thank you for reading our October Arts Months of Murals<\/em> series.<\/p>\n

Education<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Images courtesy of the Arts Council for Long Beach.<\/em><\/p>\n

Education by Georgia-born artist Elliott Pinkney was completed in 1990 with the help of assistant George LeChevallier and a group of woodshop students from Hughes Middle School.<\/p>\n

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Located at the Educational Partnership High School, the mural depicts the \u201cwonders of education,\u201d according to the Arts Council, and shows flags of different countries, silhouetted images of children and proud fists holding diplomas thrust upward. A dove hovers over the composition, signifying world peace.<\/p>\n

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The vibrant mural by local artist Elliot Pinkney illustrates the wonders of education. The powerful message that education is universal is clearly depicted by the many flags of different countries and the different colored silhouetted images of children. Illustrated are fists rising in the air holding diplomas and a peaceful dove hovering over the composition, suggesting world peace.<\/p>\n

Pinkney\u2019s myriad murals throughout Los Angeles, especially Compton, depicting people enacting social change, were influenced by Mexican muralists in how they illustrate social statements, the artist told the Los Angeles Times<\/a>\u00a0for an article published in 1989.<\/p>\n

Armonia<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Created by Bolivian-born, local artist Ramon Rodriguez and Patrick Henry Elementary School\u2019s graduating class of 2015, Armonia, which translates to \u201cHarmony\u201d from Spanish, shows Earth as a home with a front door entrance and a roof, according to the Arts Council.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Completed in June 2015, the \u201centrance\u201d to the planet leads to a staircase made of books and a community gathering atop the largest book. Earth stands a symbol of \u201chumanity\u2019s home\u201d while the books are symbolic of knowledge, according to the Arts Council.<\/p>\n