Artist Robin Murez mentored students to create artworks inspired by the mascot of La Tijera Elementary school, a charter school on the western edge of Inglewood. For Pigmented River and Paw Prints, Murez and her team cast a curved resin path in the concrete to reference the water and springs in the area, and embedded feline pawprints in the pavement. The school’s tiger mascot is reproduced in plant form as Tiger Topiary. Murez led her Otis College of Art and Design’s Creative Action Program students in this unique project.

Robin Murez’s public art is seen across the United States. Her work in California collections includes pieces at the Oakland Zoo. She was Artist in Residence at Laumeier Sculpture Park in Missouri in 1998. She founded the community art project Venice Public Art in 2001. An artist and educator, Murez teaches at Otis College of Art and Design and resides in Venice, California. Murez earner her undergraduate degree in art history from Oberlin College. She received both Law and MFA degrees from Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Date: 2012
Collection: Public Art in Non-City Spaces
Owner: IUSD Charter school

Artwork 1: Pigmented River and Paw Prints
Medium: Treated Pavement
Material: Concrete and resin

Artwork 2: Tiger Topiary
Medium: Topiary
Material: Welded steel with creeping fig vines
Size: 5′ x 6′ x 2′

Location
La Tijera K- 12 Academy of Excellence
1415 N. La Tijera Blvd.
Inglewood, California 90302

Robin Murez on Pigmented River and Paw Prints

Robin Murez on Tiger Topiary