New installation for Murals of La Jolla honors local Black pioneers
Artist June Edmonds designed the new Murals of La Jolla work, “Ebony on Draper and Girard.”
(Chris Wormald / Courtesy of June Edmonds)
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For Los Angeles-based artist June Edmonds, the in-production “Ebony on Draper and Girard” mural is about more than making a three-story statement on the alley-facing side of 7724 Girard Ave. in La Jolla.
It’s a salute to Black women and their role in La Jolla’s development.
After completing a mural inspired by Maria Valdez, the first Afro-Latina woman to own property in Beverly Hills, Edmonds was invited to create a piece for the Murals of La Jolla public art program. She researched names such as Henrietta VanHorn-DeBose and Carrie Coleman, who were among the first to own property on Girard and Draper avenues.
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