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An artist’s rendition of the completed art project on the Pacific Beach Rec Center’s north wall.
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Colorful makeover planned for Pacific Beach Rec Center SURFBOARD DONATIONS NEEDED FOR MAJOR ART PROJECT IN PB
‘Our Rec Center, which has been used for 65 years, needs some love. It’s been a huge part of the fabric of PB’ CATHIE JOLLEY, PAST PRESIDENT OF PB TOWN COUNCIL
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he surf is going to hit the turf soon in Pacific Beach. As in a community-driven surfboard garden mosaic mural being created to invigorate the look and appeal of Pacific Beach Rec Center at 1405 Diamond St. “We’re calling it the Pacific Beach Community Surf Garden,” said Brian Curry, owner of Fitness West, who has been spearheading the public art project. Now is the time to do the community mural project, and the Rec Center is the proper place, said Curry.
“Next door to the Rec Center is PB Middle School, which is completely being rehabilitated, and there’s a YMCA being developed nearby on the corner of Ingraham and Felspar,” he pointed out. “You drive by the Rec Center and it’s really in need of repair. It just shouldn’t be left behind.” “We tend to pick a project a year, and this is an extraordinarily important project,” Marcella Bothwell, president of Pacific Beach Town Council, told the group on May 19. “It’s not just temporary. It’s going to be a permanent part of the Pacific Art Collection
for the entire City. This is our project. And we’re going to be fundraising all year for it. This is all of us as a community putting together a mural on a public building.” “This really is a community-based process,” agreed Cathie Jolley, past PBTC president who presented to the group on the mural project. “Our Rec Center, which has been used for 65 years, needs some love. It’s been a huge part of the fabric of PB.” Muralist Rob Tobin has agreed to do the high-profile community artwork. “They approached me, someone on the
PBTC was familiar with my work: That’s how it got started,” said Tobin. “We weren’t sure what we wanted to do in the beginning. Then I came up with the idea of the surfboard re-purposing. I like to use old materials, give new life to stuff. I also do a lot of mosaics. I thought, if we put those two together, it would be a good way to involve the community.” There are numerous advantages to using mosaics to embellish the surfboards, which will be used to create several “flowers,” with mosaic surfboards forming the petals. “It’s going to be a lot of sparkle,” enthused Tobin adding, “Mosaics last a long time. They look beautiful. The community can help put tiles down. It’s very participatory.” See REC CENTER, Page 9
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