{"id":61589,"date":"2023-12-07T19:29:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T03:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=61589"},"modified":"2023-12-07T19:29:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T03:29:27","slug":"l-a-county-supervisors-honor-legacy-of-pioneering-altadena-artist-charles-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=61589","title":{"rendered":"L.A. County Supervisors Honor Legacy of Pioneering Altadena Artist Charles White"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">This week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vZmlsZS5sYWNvdW50eS5nb3YvU0RTSW50ZXIvYm9zL3N1cGRvY3MvMTg2Mjk3LnBkZj91dG1fY29udGVudD0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fbmFtZT0mdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSZ1dG1fdGVybT0iLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjMxMjA3Ljg2NzkzNTcxIn0.5eD3550Hb1We-TmUeWoBqf_N--qGyyPtx4iojlv_3qY\/s\/1372357670\/br\/232532185096-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vZmlsZS5sYWNvdW50eS5nb3YvU0RTSW50ZXIvYm9zL3N1cGRvY3MvMTg2Mjk3LnBkZj91dG1fY29udGVudD0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fbmFtZT0mdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSZ1dG1fdGVybT0iLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjMxMjA3Ljg2NzkzNTcxIn0.5eD3550Hb1We-TmUeWoBqf_N--qGyyPtx4iojlv_3qY\/s\/1372357670\/br\/232532185096-l&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1702087381565000&amp;usg=AOvVaw049zosYgVwpDMVpPLLifOh\">motion<\/a>\u00a0introduced by Supervisor Kathryn Barger to honor the legacy of pioneering artist and Altadena resident Charles White.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The motion directs the County\u2019s Department of Arts and Culture to contract the artist\u2019s son, Ian White, to design and create civic art that will be displayed at the soon to be renovated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vcGFya3MubGFjb3VudHkuZ292L2NoYXJsZXMtd2hpdGUtcGFyaz91dG1fY29udGVudD0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fbmFtZT0mdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSZ1dG1fdGVybT0iLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjMxMjA3Ljg2NzkzNTcxIn0.iIooWPxL3tFCTqOiX0mrVxhJoWr5yu0d2gAOrQadNTc\/s\/1372357670\/br\/232532185096-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vcGFya3MubGFjb3VudHkuZ292L2NoYXJsZXMtd2hpdGUtcGFyaz91dG1fY29udGVudD0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fbmFtZT0mdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSZ1dG1fdGVybT0iLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjMxMjA3Ljg2NzkzNTcxIn0.iIooWPxL3tFCTqOiX0mrVxhJoWr5yu0d2gAOrQadNTc\/s\/1372357670\/br\/232532185096-l&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1702087381565000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0GndLLbrbUHIQL8YntMo8U\">Charles White Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u201cI\u2019m proud our County will tangibly honor the life and work of Charles White,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Supervisor Kathryn Barger<\/strong>. \u201cHe was a true master of his craft and a visionary for what is possible when art, social commentary, advocacy, and community come together. He has undoubtedly influenced generations of artists. I look forward to his talented son creating something special in his memory. It\u2019s exciting to see his legacy continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Born in 1918, Charles White is renowned for highlighting African American related subjects in paintings, drawings, lithographs, and murals. He was a distinguished professor at several institutions of higher education, including Dillard University, George Washington Carver School in New York, and the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">His work is included in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others. Mr. White lived in Altadena in his later years and his son is actively involved in the community today.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The County\u2019s Civic Art Policy \u2013 first adopted by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 2004 \u2013 will fund this $100,000 project. The policy has created a special public fund to create civic artworks in unincorporated areas of the County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the Los Angeles County&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61590,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61589\/revisions\/61590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}