Final artists invited to submit ideas for Artesia Boulevard in Redondo Beach
by Garth Meyer A list of artists have been named as finalists to submit ideas for installations on Artesia Boulevard. Phase One of the city project, with a budget of $485,000, consists of two street median sculptures, two monuments, one decorative crosswalk, five concrete bench enhancements and an LGBTQ+-themed work in front of the North Branch Library – the former site of the “South Bay LGBT Center.” The Redondo Beach city council approved the Artesia Boulevard Strategic Art Plan last December. Further phases are not yet funded. To gather artists, first came analysis, then a community panel was created, followed by a request for proposals. The city received responses from almost 200 artists; reviewed by the community panel. The Redondo Beach Cultural Arts Commission decided the finalists. “(You have) a very good selection of artists to choose from,” city consultant Beau Basse told councilmembers. For the median, four sculptors were chosen as finalists; based in Florida, North Carolina, Los Angeles and Culver City. For the two monuments, one to mark each end of Artesia Blvd., three artists were named finalists. Four were chosen to submit ideas for the crosswalk, and five for the…
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