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Eliot Arts Magnet Academy / Art Deco Foyer

2/5/2024

Hey! There’s a new BOSS in town!
A new Boss Graphics boss that is.
The ‘old’ Boss, Larry Lousen has retired,
just in ‘time’ for the new-Boss, Trinidad Marin, to take over!
Larry is finally going to have all the time he needs
to keep all those CooCoo’s and Banjo’s
running smoothly!
And Trinidad has some BIG shoes to fill!
And as many Re-Paints and Gym Interiors as he can handle!

So here’s the first project I got to work on
with Trinidad and The Crew.
I think The Crew did a great job scaling-up the designs!
And many Thanks to the principal: Benita Scheckel and the amazing Staff at:
Eliot Arts Magnet School!

Here’s the Art Deco Foyer project before:

Foyer entrance to main hallway.

Foyer north wall.

South wall staircase and west exit door.

Here’s the project in progress:

Foyer entrance to main hallway.

Foyer entrance to main hallway and north wall, from staircase.

Foyer from main hall towards exit.

North wall/stairway.

Foyer from main hall towards west exit.

Foyer from main hall towards west exit and north wall.

Foyer entrance to main hallway and north wall, from staircase.

And here’s the finished
Art Deco Foyer!

Foyer entrance to main hallway and north wall, from staircase.

North wall towards exit.

Foyer west wall exit.

Foyer from main hall towards exit.

North wall/stairway.

Charles W. Eliot Arts Magnet Academy!
2184 N Lake Avenue Altadena, CA 91001

Mariachi Band, Costume Design, Ceramics Studio,
Stop Motion Animation and Hollywood Makeup Design
are just a few of the course offerings at PUSD’s first-ever
Arts Conservatory for students at Eliot Arts Magnet middle school. Eliot’s conservatory program currently affords all students in grades 6-8 the opportunity to select
from over 20 courses in the four major arts categories:
Visual Art, Dance, Theatre, and Music.

Here are a few of the other projects I worked on with Benita:

Altadena Arts Magnet Elementary School Library
French Impressionist Murals

Altadena Arts Magnet Elementary School
Dance Room Murals

A message from Benita Scheckel:

Hi Roberto!!!
This is absolutely fabulous. Thank you, my friend.
You are a true artistic genius and I have loved working with you on all the projects.
I recently was promoted to Coordinator of Visual and Performing Arts in Hacienda La Puente USD. I love it so much but miss all my Pasadena friends and students. Here's a photo of me with part of the mural.
Please keep in touch and being your amazing self
xoxo Benita

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