On Your Mark is a ceramic tile mural by Abilities First / Harry A. Mier Center students with the supervision of an experienced public artist. Lucy Blake-Elahi worked with a group of developmentally disabled children and adults from six to 24 years in age. Silhouettes of active youth leap across the artist’s background, inspired by the drawings and paintings of group members. Four tile portraits show some of the workers.

On Your Mark is one of six murals commissioned through Inglewood Cultural Arts. The non-profit artists’ group hired professional artists to facilitate permanent community art with youth on City facilities.

Lucy Blake-Elahi is a multi-media artist and art activist. Her 30-year public art career includes mosaic, steel, and ceramic works in Pasadena, Long Beach, Culver City, and Los Angeles. Blake-Elahi has long been involved with local community art and environmental concerns. She teaches art education and art history in local colleges and universities. Blake-Elahi earned her MA from Pratt Institute and BFA from State University of New York in New Paltz.

Date: 2000
Collection: City of Inglewood Community-Based Public Art Projects
Medium: Mural
Material: Painted ceramic tiles

Location:
Harry A. Mier Center
3400 West Arbor Vitae Street.
Inglewood, California 90305

Lucy Blake-Elahi Interview

About Inglewood’s Community Murals