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Active ProjectsLancaster Animal ShelterArtist:
José Antonio Aguirre
Date:
2010
Region:
Santa Clarita/Antelope Valley
District:
Fifth
Location:
Lancaster Animal Shelter
5210 W. Avenue I Lancaster, CA 93536 Department:
Animal Care and Control
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Project DescriptionThe Lancaster Animal Shelter is undergoing renovations which will be complete in the fall of 2010. The renovations include construction of a new 3,200 square foot kennel building, a 900 square foot cat holding facility and a 2,400 square foot barn. Artist Jose Antonio Aguirre has designed artwork for the exterior of several buildings on the campus. The artwork, to be fabricated in Venetian glass mosaic, is inspired by former shelter animals that have had successful adoptions and intends to promote the philosophies of the Department of Animal Care and Control. The Department of Animal Care and Control is one of the largest and most progressive animal control agencies in the United States. It serves more than 3,200 square miles of cities, deserts, beaches and mountains and provides animal control and rescue services 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Lancaster Animal Shelter serves a large geographical area that includes the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, as well as the unincorporated areas of Lake Los Angeles, Lake Elizabeth, Lake Hughes, Llano, Leona Valley, Pearblossom, Valyermo and Quartz Hill. The shelter provides many services including low-cost spaying and neutering, free veterinary check-ups, vaccinations, licensing, emergency rescues and humane investigations. The renovations will allow the shelter to better provide these services for this rapidly growing service area. See José Antonio Aguirre, East Los Angeles Civic Center, About the ArtistBi-national artist José Antonio Aguirre earned a MFA from the California Institute of the Arts and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. As a studio artist, he has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions. As a public artist, he has executed nearly 30 works in California, Illinois, Texas and Mexico City. Throughout his art career, he has been active as an installation artist, visual arts educator and cultural journalist for Spanish publications in Chicago, Los Angeles, Texas and Mexico. In March 2010 José was awarded the prestigious J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Award to Mexico. Fulbright is the most widely recognized and prestigious international exchange program in the world, supported for more than half a century by the American people through an annual appropriation from the U.S. Congress and by the people of partner nations. José Antonio Aguirre resides in Pasadena, California. |
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