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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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Bestowal

Artist: Gohill, Maya

Object Date: 2003

Medium: Acrylic on canvas

Imperial Dims: Overall: 360 x 1128 in.

Department(s): Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles

Supervisorial District: 5

About the Artwork:

Bestowal occupies a ribbon of wall above the Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse’s entryway. It was created in 2003 by Antelope Valley College art instructor Maya Gohill with assistance from five of her students. The mural depicts a stylized Antelope Valley landscape from dawn to dusk. Images include the Valley’s surrounding mountains, red poppy fields, and yucca cactus blossoms. The mural was initiated and funded by the Fifth Supervisorial District.

About the Artist:

Born in Calgary, Canada in 1974, Maya Gohill grew up in Canada and received her BFA from the University of Calgary in 1997. She later traveled abroad and received her MFA in illustration from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco. She taught fine art for several years at Antelope Valley College before relocating back to Calgary where she now currently lives and works. Gohill has won two awards from the New York Society of Illustrators for her work.

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