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| Trace Fukuhara�s �Peace Flora� At the California National Guard Armory, 854 E. Seventh St, near Seventh Street & Martin Luther King Peace Flora�a symbol of peace, noble in height and beautiful in color�projecting harmony and crossing all barriers of ethnic and cultural differences. |
| The East Village Association is in the news again The Press Telegram, August 8th edition on page 3. There are the color photos the dedication of the "Peace Flora" sculpture. The East Village Association is very proud to complete yet another public art project. Thank you PCA (Public Corporation for the Arts) for financing and partnering with us! Thank you all those who worked on the project: Larry Bott, Tom Hayashi, Shelly Ruggthorpe, Pat Paris, Trace Fukuhara, Bonnie Lowenthal, Gina Macias Overholt, Joan Van Hooten, and Vita Brown. We thank The City of Long Beach for helping get permits for this project to be installed. We thank Major Vavrosky and his staff at The California National Guard for hosting our dedication. Thank you to all those we forgot to mention!!! This neighborhood has a lot of positive energy as seen by this project. ~Casey Carver, President, East Village Association PUBLIC CORPORATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE EAST VILLAGE ASSOCIATION TO DEDICATE TRACE FUKUHARA�S �PEACE FLORA� �Peace Flora� represents a collaborative effort involving the Public Corporation for the Arts (PCA), the East Village Association (EVA), and the artist, Trace Fukuhara. In 2002, EVA was awarded a PCA Model Projects grant to support the design and installation of Fukuhara�s �Peace Flora,� which was endorsed by the Armory as part of ongoing efforts to beautify the Seventh Street corridor. �Peace Flora� distinguishes itself as an eleven-foot sculpture that is �directly involved� in the urban environment because its location�on the sidewalk in the public right-of-way. The tall, graceful sculpture is covered in its entirety with hand-painted and fired tiles. Fukuhara worked with students from Constellation Middle School to design and paint the tiles. Selected students also had the opportunity to assist with installing the tiles on site. Fukuhara envisioned �Peace Flora,� �as a symbol of peace, noble in height and beautiful in color� that projects �harmony� and �crosses all barriers of ethnic and cultural differences.� |
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