The mission of the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture is to advance arts, culture, and creativity throughout LA County. We fulfill our mission by providing services and support in areas including grants and technical assistance for nonprofit organizations; professional development opportunities; commissioning civic artworks and managing the County’s civic art collection; implementing countywide arts education initiatives; research and evaluation; career pathways in the creative economy; free community programs; and cross sector creative strategies that address civic issues. This work is framed by the County’s Cultural Equity and Inclusion Initiative and a longstanding commitment to fostering access to the arts.
Artwork Site:
Hubert H. Humphrey Comprehensive Health Center
Supervisorial District:
2
Location Status:
Permanent
About the Artwork:
The Hubert H. Humphrey Comprehensive Health Center is a full-service hospital. George Peters and Melanie Walker created a lively and colorful polycarbonate suspended sculpture that hangs in the Center’s large open atrium.
About the Artist:
Airworks Studio, Inc., George Peters and Melanie Walker, have worked on a wide range of projects since they began collaborating in 1995. The artists bring their individual visions and histories together to create large scale commissions that enliven and activate the environment in both interior and exterior spaces. Peters has 25-years of experience in making kites, banners and other wind-related sculptures. His sculptural and installation works reflect his fascination with the air as a medium. Walker, a self-described visual satirist, investigates family, home, city and place through various mediums. She credits light, transparency and celebration as the inspiration for her artworks.