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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.

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Reflections of a Community

Artist: Blake-Elahi, Lucy

Object Date: 2011

Medium: Powdercoated steel

Imperial Dims: Overall: 42 x 31200 in.

County Department: Public Works

Address Name: Firestone Boulevard

Supervisorial District: 2

About the Artwork:

Artist Lucy Blake-Elahi designed a median fence along a half mile length of Firestone Boulevard between Hooper and Compton Avenues. The fence meanders in a ribbon-like form down Firestone Boulevard. The fence incoporates images of Florence-Firestone's history and surrounding community. The fence is constructed out of punch-out steel and was completed in collaboration with the Department of Public Works.

About the Artist:

Lucy Blake-Elahi is a Los Angeles-based artist. She is a graduate of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn and State University of New York, New Paltz. She has been an art & art history instructor at UCLA’s Graduate Art Education Department, West Los Angeles College, Culver City, and was artist-in-residence in Yellowstone National Park. As a public artist, Blake-Elahi has permanent artwork in LA County, Long Beach, Culver City, Pasadena and Inglewood, CA.

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