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Portraits of Hope "Summer of Color"

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Portraits of Hope's unprecedented Los Angeles coastline public art and civic project involving more than 10,500 kids, adults and volunteers, which visually transformed all 156 Los Angeles County beach lifeguard towers on 31 miles of beach – including Malibu, Will Rogers, Santa Monica, Venice, Marina Del Rey, Playa Del Rey, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance, Palos Verdes, and San Pedro. www.portraitsofhope.org

 

Summer of Color -- A Portraits of Hope Project

Portraits of Hope's LA County Public Art and Civic Project – LA County Lifeguard Towers

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

 

156 Los Angeles County Lifeguard Towers

 

31 Miles of Beach and Coastline

 

10,500 Children and Adults

 

118 Participating Schools, Hospitals, Social Service and Civic Institutions

 

350,000 Sq. Ft of Paintings

 

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

 

6-month program and collaborative

phase

 

5-month Los Angeles County beach public art

exhibition

 

Close Cooperation with LA County Supervisors Zev Yaroslavsky and Don Knabe and the LA County Department of Beaches and Harbors and LA County Lifeguards

 

Special thank you to Image Options, Laird Plastics and Recycling, Ford Motor Company

 

Benjamin Moore Paints, Skinny Cow, Verseidag Seemee US, EFI Vutek, Morley Builders, Vista Paint, The Weingart Foundation, CornerstoneOnDemand, Drumstick, Chris Bonas, Casa Del Mar, Tim Bennett, Andy Boyle, Nazdar Coatings, Adina Beverages, Robert Gore Rifkind

Foundation, Helen and Peter Bing, Loren Philip Photography, Starbucks Volunteer Services,

Subversive Nature Designs, MACtac, The Barnes Family, Hasbro Studios, Wooster Brush, The Bachelor, UCLA, Mark Benjamin, Susan Kohlmann, Tomarco Fastening & Anchoring Solutions, AAA Flag & Banner, Jenner & Block, A.V.I. Construction, The Newberg Family, Debra Ricketts, The Penske Family, The Davidow Charitable Fund. Annie Barnes, UCLA Freshmen and Transfer Students, USC-UNICEF, LMU Students

 

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Uploaded on October 4, 2012
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