Thank you Rebecca, Adam, & Letitia for an inspirational day of shooting!
Video: Rebecca Mendez Photo Shoot-April 10th, 2013
Slideshow of student work from photo shoot
Rebecca Mendez Photo Shoot: Wednesday, April 10th
Show, Tell and Shoot
Artist Rebeca Mendez will present her art practice and design for the civic artwork at the new Pico Rivera Library to art students of El Rancho High School under the leadership of Mr. Paul Zeko. Following the presentation, up to 15 students will walk/drive to the Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds for a photo shoot at dusk with the artist.
WHEN: April 10, 2013
Presentation: 4 – 4:45 p.m.
Photo shoot: 5 – 6:30 p.m.
More information about the project:
Los Angeles County and the City of Pico Rivera have partnered to fund a new Pico Rivera Library with a site-specific civic artwork. The new building promises to be a focal point for the community, an architectural beacon for the City and a destination in the San Gabriel Valley. Similarly ambitious, the artworks by Rebeca Méndez celebrate the Library’s role as a vehicle for exploration and discovery that lead to a journey into knowledge.
Commissioned artist, Rebeca Méndez, selects bird migration as a metaphor to represent the spirit of a wide open world available for all to explore and experience. She is inspired by Pico Rivera’s Rio Hondo Coastal Basin Spreading Grounds, which offer a resting spot for a diverse range of migratory birds passing through, returning season after season. On the north wall of the Library, a photographic mural of over 100 feet length depicts (from left to right) our planet from 90° North to 90° South, and the different land- and seascapes one encounters in between. TitledCircum/bi/polar, Migration 1, the artwork is dedicated to the Arctic Tern, the world champion in long-distance migration, who migrates from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back again each year, always heading toward the 24 hour daylight of the polar summer. In her outdoor sculpture, Observation Post 1, the artist invites the viewer to take a seat and watch the world anew, to look through other people’s eyes, to observe from a different perspective, and take a moment of respite to nurture their dreams.
The artist’s intent is “to inspire the Pico Rivera community to learn and to imagine through exploration and discovery; to see that the world of knowledge is infinite and has no boundaries; to feel connected to their community and to the planet as a whole.”
Artist Rebeca Mendez will present her art practice and design for the civic artwork at the new Pico Rivera Library to art students of El Rancho High School under the leadership of Mr. Paul Zeko. Following the presentation, up to 15 students will walk/drive to the Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds for a photo shoot at dusk with the artist.
WHEN: April 10, 2013
Presentation: 4 – 4:45 p.m.
Photo shoot: 5 – 6:30 p.m.
More information about the project:
Los Angeles County and the City of Pico Rivera have partnered to fund a new Pico Rivera Library with a site-specific civic artwork. The new building promises to be a focal point for the community, an architectural beacon for the City and a destination in the San Gabriel Valley. Similarly ambitious, the artworks by Rebeca Méndez celebrate the Library’s role as a vehicle for exploration and discovery that lead to a journey into knowledge.
Commissioned artist, Rebeca Méndez, selects bird migration as a metaphor to represent the spirit of a wide open world available for all to explore and experience. She is inspired by Pico Rivera’s Rio Hondo Coastal Basin Spreading Grounds, which offer a resting spot for a diverse range of migratory birds passing through, returning season after season. On the north wall of the Library, a photographic mural of over 100 feet length depicts (from left to right) our planet from 90° North to 90° South, and the different land- and seascapes one encounters in between. TitledCircum/bi/polar, Migration 1, the artwork is dedicated to the Arctic Tern, the world champion in long-distance migration, who migrates from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back again each year, always heading toward the 24 hour daylight of the polar summer. In her outdoor sculpture, Observation Post 1, the artist invites the viewer to take a seat and watch the world anew, to look through other people’s eyes, to observe from a different perspective, and take a moment of respite to nurture their dreams.
The artist’s intent is “to inspire the Pico Rivera community to learn and to imagine through exploration and discovery; to see that the world of knowledge is infinite and has no boundaries; to feel connected to their community and to the planet as a whole.”