| | LA County Arts Commission - Civic Art Active Projects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | Aguirre's vibrant and bold four-cycle mural covers more than 2,000 square feet of wall space with Byzantine and Venetian glass mosaic with carved limestone on interior, as well exterior, of the West and East towers of the library's main entrance. |
 | | The mural is articulated in four movements: "The Gift to Humanity"; "Arrival"; "The Heart of the People"; and "Departure." Throughout each cycle, iconic images representing significant East Los Angeles public leaders, social and political figures, actors, artists, and athletes are depicted. |
 | | About the Artist: Bi-national artist Jose Antonio Aguirre earned an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. |
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