The photographic montage stretches for 30 feet, combining images of people, places, ideas and everyday objects from the past 150-plus years that have contributed to the ever-changing, multifaceted ideas of
New mural explores iconic locales, people of Los Altos
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Arts Los Altos members, from left, Mehruss Jon Ahi and Maddy McBirney, stand with artist Martha Sakellariou in front of her mural “200 Main Street [an inventory of time and place].”
A new, large-scale mural, “200 Main Street [an inventory of time and place],” has arrived in downtown Los Altos.
The photographic montage stretches for 30 feet, combining images of people, places, ideas and everyday objects from the past 150-plus years that have contributed to the ever-changing, multifaceted ideas of “home” in Los Altos.
Commissioned by the nonprofit Arts Los Altos and funded by a Rotary Club of Los Altos Legacy Grant, the mural is now permanently installed on the large exterior side wall of Satura Cakes on Third Street.
Arts Los Altos seeks submissions for new public mural downtown
Courtesy of Maddy McBirney
Artist Martha Sakellariou, right, confers on the installation of a “sneak peek” announcement of her new downtown mural.
A new, large-scale mural, titled “200 Main Street [an inventory of time and place],” will grace downtown Los Altos sometime in the spring. The project, commissioned by the nonprofit Arts Los Altos, is funded by the Rotary Club of Los Altos.
The outdoor mural – located on the large exterior wall on Third Street, on the side of Satura Cakes – will incorporate quintessentially Los Altos themes and iconography to explore what it has been like to live at the crossroads of the area’s transformation from the rural Valley of Heart’s Delight into Silicon Valley.
Los Altos Community Foundation awards $177K in grants Written by Special to the Town Crier
Los Altos Community Foundation recently awarded $177,600 in fall grants to 31 local nonprofits and programs based in – or directly serving – the communities of Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View.
LACF provides ongoing unrestricted operating or project support to its nonprofit partners through its Community Impact grants program and its 2020 Nonprofit Relief Fund, which funds organizations assisting those most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The grants support programs such as the Community School of Music & Arts’ subsidized, bilingual preschool music and arts program at target Mountain View schools; MVLA Scholars scholarships for first-generation, low-income students; and Ravenswood Family Health Network’s comprehensive health-care services.