Costa Mesa murals draw national spotlight as city is named top destination for outdoor art Shepard Fairey’s “Welcome Home” mural at Costa Mesa’s Baker Block apartments is one of many pieces listed in a recent Men’s Journal article that named the city a top destination for outdoor art.
(Don Leach / Times Community News)
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The national Men’s Journal magazine recently listed the city of Costa Mesa among its “top destinations for outdoor art,” alongside well-known metropolitan areas Chicago, Houston and Philadelphia and some under-the-radar spots, where murals encourage art appreciation al fresco.
“Nicknamed the ‘City of the Arts,’ it appears no canvas is off limits,” writer Ian Centrone surmises in the spring installment of the journal’s travel section. “From storefronts and restaurant exteriors to paint-covered utility boxes, the vibrant works are omnipresent.”
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Brock Wetzel was taking a walk with his grandfather, brother and sister around some rocky cliffs near San Onofre surf beach on Presidents Day when he noticed a small sea lion lying on a sandy berm.
“We thought it was just fine at first,” the 12-year-old San Clemente resident said. “Then it turned around, and we saw it had a cut on it.”
They reached out to Wetzel’s aunt, Candice Appleby, a professional paddleboarder whose affinity for pinnipeds is so well-known her friends jokingly refer to her as the fairy godmother of sea lions.
She knew just who to call.
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Some of Orange County’s hopes and desires for the year are hanging inside a 2-acre beachside patch of greenery in Corona del Mar for all to see.
Sherman Library & Gardens set up its annual Wishing Tree, and members of the public about 4,000 of them have responded, providing a unique snapshot of the times.
What are people wishing for in 2021?
There are an overwhelming amount of wishes for the coronavirus pandemic to end, a vaccine to become widely available and for the nation to come together.
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The Wishing Tree started seven years ago along with Sherman Library’s