Leadership Houston Class XXVII Mosaic Mural
Leadership Houston, a top organization developing Houston’s civic leaders, and the Museum of Cultural Arts, Houston (MOCAH), the city’s most prominent public art developer, proudly unveiled the first public art project in the city to honor Houston’s broad diversity.
“This is Houston” was created as a unique art concept and community action project designed to beautiful our city and raise awareness of diversity by Leadership Houston Class XXVII. The tile mosaic mural includes images in the categories of art/diversity, education, the environment, healthcare, and leadership. It’s a one-of-a-kind iconic artwork designed to be a legacy and pay homage to our city.
The 6 ft. x 30 ft. custom mosaic mural will be permanently on display as a gift to the community of Montrose and the city of Houston at 2615 Montrose Boulevard at California Street, on the Hubbard Financial Services Building.
The artistic design of this mural was facilitated by MOCAH co-founder and artist, Reginald Adams.
The $25,000+ project was made possible by Class XXVII and community partners: Waste Management, United Way of Greater Houston, Ursula and Angel Jimenez, CenterPoint Energy, AT&T, Chamberlin Roofing and Waterproofing, JE Dunn, Texas Business Alliance, and Hubbard Financial Services. |
High School for Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice Mosaic Mural
Spring typically is the time students spend preparing for standardized tests, spring break and the end of school This was not the case for more than a dozen students from the High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (HSLECJ) who spent the duration of their spring season designing and constructing a tile mosaic mural for their school’s SPARK Park.
The 16 foot-tall by 24 foot-high mural is a visual narrative of the educational offerings and opportunities that their magnet school is renowned for. The brilliantly colored tile mosaic mural is filled with symbols of law and justice and incorporates vignettes of classes that the students take to prepare them for a career in law enforcement or criminal justice.
The students began working on the mural in mid-January and are worked through their spring break to finalize the work of art. “I love art and I really look forward to a career in law so to bring these two passions together in a mural that will be around forever is really cool. What a great gift to leave for my school and community. I feel very lucky to be a part of this program”, says Juan Luera, a senior at the High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice.
The dedication of the mural was held on May 8 at 1:30pm on the school campus, located at 4701 Dickson, Houston TX 77007.
The project is sponsored by the SPARK Park program. SPARK helps public schools develop their playgrounds into community parks. SPARK works with 8 school districts in the Houston / Harris County and have impacted 200+ schools.
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