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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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San Pedro Harbor

Artist: Leone, Barbara

Object Date: 1976

Medium: Ceramic

Department(s): Aging and Disabilities

Supervisorial District: 4

About the Artwork:

A few years after the San Pedro Service Center was built in 1972, ceramicist Barbara Leone designed this mural for the Center’s lobby. The mural celebrates San Pedro’s active harbor life. It is composed of glazed and unglazed ceramic tiles and depicts the Vincent Thomas Bridge, as well as other San Pedro sites, such as a cargo ship, a tug boat and a fisherman. The mural was fabricated by Barbara Vantrease Beall Studio in Torrance, California.

About the Artist:

Barbara Leone was born in Seattle, Washington in 1952. She received a degree in fine arts (with a focus on ceramics) from USC and soon afterward began designing tile works for homes and commercial properties. She has lived and worked in Southern California since the 1970s and runs her own studio, Chelsea-Arts. Her other public art projects include works for the Sheraton Molokai Hotel in Hawaii and Seacliff Village shopping center in Huntington Beach.

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