Venice/Hope Park, (sculpture).

Venice/Hope Park, (sculpture).

Dreager, Jacqueline, sculptor.

Smith, Pat, landscape architect.

Venice/Hope Park, (sculpture).

Steel, paving tiles, cast resin.

Urban park with sculptual elements including, painted steel fence cut-outs of stylized ancient insects, lizards, worms and serpents; paving mosaic based on "Patolli", an Aztec game of chance; tortoise-shaped topiary; and cast resin insets in the concrete benches.

Animal -- Insect

Animal -- Reptile -- Snake

Animal -- Reptile -- Lizard

Ethnic -- Indian -- Aztec

Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles

Venice/Hope Park, northwest corner of Venice Boulevard and Hope Street, Los Angeles, California

Developed as part of the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles' percent-for-art program. Collaborative project between the sculptor, Jacqueline Dreager, and Pat Smith, landscape architect. Jose Antonio and members of the Wasco State Prison made the paving mosaic. Cast resin insets in the concrete benches were created with the assitance of area youth.

Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles, 2008.

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