‘Summer of Color’ green for Hermosa Beach schools
Last year’s massive “Summer of Color” public art installation, which saw colorfully painted panels covering the walls of 157 lifeguard towers from Zuma Beach to Palos Verdes, turned out to be a gift that kept on giving. After a summer of well-received beach fluorescence, the pop-art panels were removed from the lifeguard towers and given away for the visual and financial benefit of various communities. In Hermosa, “Summer of Color” panels were auctioned off to raise $15,500 for the nonprofit Portraits of Hope organization that launched the project, $9,300 for the Hermosa Beach Education Foundation, which raises money for the city’s public schools, and $6,200 for the Hermosa Arts Foundation. “There were kids running around, free food and wine. It was a festive environment,” said Diana Allen of an auction she spearheaded in February. “We set the panels up like an art gallery in the Community Center.” Families from across the South Bay and beyond came to bid on the panels. Additional panels were given to school campuses throughout the beach cities, and to organizations such as the Hermosa Beach Historical Society, Hermosa Beach Little League and the Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation…
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