L.A. ON DISPLAY TAFT HIGH MURALS HAVE BEEN DEPICTING CITY SIGHTS SINCE '85.Byline: Mark Kellam Valley News Writer Many of the students at Taft High School in Woodland Hills are bused from a variety of neighborhoods throughout L.A. County. Art teacher Kathi Flood decided in 1985 to create a mural that would make those students feel more at home. Each year, Flood's students create another mural along the main hallway in the school's administrative building. The panels depict locales such as Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large public park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is situated in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,210 acres (17 km²) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. , the Sepulveda Pass Sepulveda Pass (el. 1130 ft. / 334 m.) is a mountain pass through the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles, California. It is often called Poop-Out Pass, a phrase once used by now-deceased traffic reporter Bill Keene. , Miracle Mile on Wilshire Boulevard, Topanga State Park Topanga State Park is a California state park located in Los Angeles County. It is located adjacent to the unincorporated community of Topanga, California, within the city of Los Angeles, California. Covering 11,000 acres (45 km²) it is the largest state park within city limits. , the Sunset Strip and California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an . The panel being painted currently shows Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX . It is the 19th panel in the series. Flood expects all the hallway walls will be painted by the year she plans to retire - 2012. Senior Jonathan Sohn designed the LAX mural and said he's pleased with the way his creation is taking shape. ``I really like the way it's coming together colorwise,'' he said. About 20 students are working on the mural, following Sohn's design. Recently senior Laura Villegas was working on the cars in the mural and senior Santiago Torrecilla was painting the people. ``I like how you can express yourself on a mural,'' Villegas said. Torrecilla said he enjoys bringing the various locations throughout Los Angeles to vibrant life. ``We all get to know where we all live,'' he said. Outside the classroom, Flood, a Sherman Oaks resident, is an artist who has had more than 160 solo and group art exhibitions. She is also a poet. She describes her work as ``guerrilla sociology.'' ``By dictionary definition, a guerrilla is an irregular, independent soldier,'' she said. ``I am entrenched en·trench also in·trench v. en·trenched, en·trench·ing, en·trench·es v.tr. 1. To provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending. 2. in Los Angeles culture, yet I analyze group behavior as an outsider.'' Topics she's tackled include bad drivers, negative repercussions repercussions npl → répercussions fpl repercussions npl → Auswirkungen pl of surveillance, cruising along Ventura Boulevard and the ``mental paralysis we face when we are constantly overstimulated.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Laura Villegas, Santiago Torrecilla and Jonathan Sohn work on a mural at Taft High School depicting LAX. (2 -- color) Art teacher Kathi Flood points to the spot where Taft High is located on the first mural that was painted in 1985 at the school. The first mural showed the neighborhood around Taft. |
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