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Portraits of Hope "Ice at Santa Monica"

Portraits of Hope, “Ice at Santa Monica” – Los Angeles Outdoor Ice Skating Facility

 

Photo: Wire Image

 

Portraits of Hope teamed with Proctor & Gamble - Herbal Essences and worked closely with Santa Monica’s Bayside Business District to transform Santa Monica’s seasonal and traditionally monochromatic recreational ice facility into a lush, festive, brightly colored, and fully operational one-of-a-kind ice skating facility and public artwork. This Portraits of Hope public art and civic project involved hundreds of youth participants in schools, hospitals, and social service programs, college volunteers, and community groups. As part of the civic leadership and creative therapy sessions and activities, participants painted spheres, discs, and panels which could be seen from outside, inside, and above the rink facility. Artwork elements and installations included: the ice, protective skate walls, adjoining building walls, giant spheres, hanging discs, full inside and street facing perimeter enclosure, tents, and ice clearing vehicle. www.portraitsofhope.org

 

Ice at Santa Monica -- A Portraits of Hope Project

 

Portraits of Hope's Santa Monica Public Art and Civic Project – Seasonal Outdoor Ice Facility

 

Conceived and Developed by Ed Massey and Bernie Massey, Founders of Portraits of Hope

 

Visual Transformation of Public Space

Youth and Program Sessions in Greater LA

 

Project-based learning: interdisciplinary contemporary issues and civic

education and leadership sessions for schools, grades 2 -12

 

Creative therapy sessions for

hospitalized children and persons with

disabilities; including cancer, orthopedic ailments, burn trauma, brain and neck injuries, visual impairments, and other serious conditions

 

3-month program and collaborative

phase

 

4-month Santa Monica public art

exhibition

 

Leighton Meester joined a Portraits of Hope session for Braille Institute youth and helped in painting textured art elements with the kids before joining them for a skate around the rink

 

Special thank you to Proctor & Gamble – Herbal Essences , Johannes Van Tilburg, Loren Philip Photography

Close Cooperation with Proctor & Gamble – Herbal Essences, Santa Monica Bayside Business District, Liquid Thread, Marina Maher Communications, SMG United, Arc Worldwide, Santa Monica Corporation

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Uploaded on October 2, 2012
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