There is Healing for Us (Forthcoming)

There is Healing for Us, 2024. Hand-painted acrylic latex on stucco, 20’H x 45’L Commissioned by Council District 7 in partnership with Arts Council for Long Beach
Location: Long Beach Multi-Resource Center, 1301 W 12th St, Long Beach, CA 90813
Commencement date: December 2024
Meet the Artist: to be announced

A prayer for our neighbors who seek home and healing

The Long Beach Multi-Service Center rests at the point where the Los Angeles River converges with Anaheim Street, one of the oldest and longest streets in southern Los Angeles County. Anaheim Street connected the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers after Long Beach was incorporated as a city in 1888, and was an important transportation route for early settlers throughout southern California. Today, these rivers continue serving as bridge and as a source of life and nourishment. We too have inherited these riches.

The sacred datura–a plant that finds its home along the Los Angeles River and is used by Indigenous peoples as medicine—welcomes the entry to the Multi-Service Center, further pronouncing a shared mission to foster health and healing.

Taking a pause from the day’s good work, the barn swallow perches in a halo of hope, greeting all who arrive with neighborly love. She, too, has found a home along the Los Angeles River. She stands in mutual support for the progress toward self-sufficiency for the ones who gather here to seek home.