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  • CRA/LA’S commitment to public art began over 40 years ago.
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Vicki Scuri
Mesa Street Car Park
1996

Project Area: Beacon Street
Project: Mesa Street and 6th
Project Location: 6th and Mesa Street
Project Type: CRA Initiated

Description:

Artist Vicki Scuri reminds us that this is not a typical park. Through the use of form-liners, Scuri embeds automobile tire tracks on the project's concrete surfaces creating a complex and festive pattern that reinforces the site's identity. The Mesa Street Car Park was developed by the CRA/LA working cooperatively with the Department of Transportation to meet the demand for parking in San Pedro's historic downtown.
Detail Image of Tire Patterns

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Artist Profile

As an artist, Vicki Scuri is interested in how architectural structures reflect our values as a culture.  The artist enjoys manipulating ordinary objects and discovering the interconnectivity of images that over time repeat and acquire new meaning.  She received her MFA in Printmaking from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1980.  Since 1985, the artist has been awarded numerous public art commissions including the Tucson Walls Project for the Santa Cruz River Park; San Francisco Sheriffs Facility; Harbor Freeway Bus Stations (commissioned by the California Art Council and CALTRANS); Socrates Sculpture Park in New York; and the Paradise Valley Gateway Project in Phoenix.  Scuri lives and works in Seattle, Washington.