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Octavia E. Butler Mural Honoring Sci-fi Genius...

11/28/2022

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"A Lot has been going on over at the Washington STEAM Multilingual Academy since I painted their Octavia E. Butler mural for their Library in 2020! " -RQ
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"Octavia E. Butler is one of the first African American women to be recognized in the science fiction genre. 
She also exemplifies the integration of science with the arts and humanities, and the expression of STEAM-integrated learning. This mural makes someone with her genius relatable.
Middle school students (and really most people) can relate to the idea of feeling insecure or unmotivated when faced a large task, but you don’t have to be perfect to be great. Octavia Butler is proof that you can always get better, learn more, and achieve great things. She set a goal for herself and who she was going to become very early in her writing career, so we included statements from her notebooks in our mural to inspire our kids. You can set your sights on something and work towards it and actually realize it."
-Dr. Shannon Malone, Principal, Washington STEAM Multilingual Academy

First...

Their Library was named for their famous alumnus on September 8, 2022.

Washington STEAM Multilingual Academy renames library, 
creates mural to honor famous alumna and prolific sci-fi writer!

​​Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD)
Board of Education
approved the school's proposal to rename their library in recognition of Octavia E. Butler.

Then...

​on Augest 8, they had a Science fiction Festival
AND
​Renamed the whole school
for Octavia E. Butler!
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The Washington Steam Multilingual Academy will now be known as:
The Octavia E. Butler Magnet

(following the Board of Education’s unanimous approval in February 2022.)
Octavia E. Butler Magnet
(formerly Washington STEAM Multilingual Academy)
is a middle school serving students in grades 6-8.

Certified by the National Institute for STEM Education.
We provide a rigorous Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics integrated curriculum which helps our students to become technologically literate problem solvers, logical thinkers, and innovators. 
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The school is located at:
1505 North Marengo Avenue,
Pasadena, CA 91103.

And now!...

​ The New York Times has just printed an excellent article on the school, it’s renaming, my mural, and on
Octavia E. Butler's story. 
​

‘The Visions of Octavia Butler’
​By Lynell George 
a Los Angeles-based journalist, essayist and author.
Her latest book, “A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler,” was a 2020 finalist for the Hugo Award.

The visuals for this New York Times article and on-line project were created by converting scanned real-life objects, spaces and video footage into 3-D point clouds
by Ainslee Alem Robson
​Director/Writer/Media Artist,
https://www.ainsleealemrobson.com/
https://www.ainsleealemrobson.com/about

Octavia E. Butler mural courtesy Roberto Quintana
and the Octavia E. Butler Magnet School.

http://www.artandsoulproductions.com/octavia-e-butler-mural.html

"I really love everything Roberto has done at
​Altadena Arts Magnet / 
Octavia E. Butler Magnet School." 
-Shannon Mumolo, Coordinator:
Signature Programs, Pasadena Unified School District



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​Special ‘THANX’ To:

Head Librarian:
​Natalie Daily 

(daily.natalie@pusd.us)
Octavia E. Butler Library
Octavia E. Butler Magnet 
(formerly Washington STEAM Multilingual Academy)
  
And to:

Marcelle Hopkins
(marcelle.hopkins@nytimes.com)
Visual Editor, Special Projects
The New York Times



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Quadrature Illusionism

11/14/2022

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    "In fine art, the term quadratura describes a form of   illusionistic mural painting in which images of architectural features are painted onto walls or ceilings so that they seem to extend the real architecture of the room into an imaginary space beyond the confines of the actual wall or ceiling. The term can also apply to the illusionistic "opening up" of walls."
(From: http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/painting/quadratura.htm)
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“Der Plessurfischer” by Fabian Bane Florin in Chur, Switzerland 
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Street Art by Edgar Müller
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Tracy Lee Stum
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Tracy Lee Stum

"Quadrature Illusionism is mainly associated with
Italian church 
fresco painting, notably that of the Baroque era. 
A particularly inspiring form of Christian art - and a key feature
of
Catholic Counter-Reformation Art (c.1560-1700) - this pure type of quadratura relies heavily on 17th-century theories of linear perspective but produces a more complete form uniting
architecture, painting and sculpture."

From: http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/
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St. Maron’s prayer niche ceiling oculus: Our Lady of Mt. Lebanon / St. Peter’s Cathedral
“Oculus del Dio” by Roberto Quintana

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“The Threshold” by Roberto Quintana / Church of Religious Science, upper lobby landing.


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“Heimark Hacienda” by Laurence ‘Link” Linkus
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“The Mural Artist’s Handbook” by Morgan Bricca

11/7/2022

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Here is another one of my favorite books from my library:

“The Mural Artist’s Handbook”
by Morgan Bricca
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Are you ready to try your hand at painting a mural?
Have you wondered how to find clients who will pay you to paint?
In Morgan's handbook you will learn how to b
uild an art business
that is sustainable and fun!  


• Find clients
• Develop a site-specific design
• Select the right materials
• Block in a mural


"Morgan has done a great job of showing how she has created
a thriving business from her passion for painting murals!

 She gives excellent advise on the ins and outs of working by commission and maintaining your own creative vision at the same time." -Roberto
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I particularly like her
“Nature is Home”
Native Bird Murals
series

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Morgan has painted fifteen flower and bird murals
throughout Ilha das Flores in the Azores, Portugal
in the summer of 2017.

These murals were mainly hand painted on public buildings and ruins, most near the main town of Santa Cruz,
a town of about 900 residents.

(Read about her adventures with this project HERE !)
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​In addition to sharing her mural painting expertise
and talent through her “Handbook”
Morgan has an excellent
​ BLOG
on her website

https://muralartistshandbook.com/blog/


...and a fantastic PODCAST!
“If These Walls Could Talk”
  promoting the art of mural making and exploring
best practices for creating successful mural projects!
-Great Job Morgan-
(Check it Out!)

https://muralartistshandbook.com/podcast/

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"I really enjoy following this generous and talented Muralista as she shares her creativity and vision for a better world
through mural painting!" -Roberto
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       ...to Roberto's Blog!

      "Duit-On-Mon-Dai"
     
        Roberto has been pestering the ‘Marketing’ staff here at Art and Soul for some time now to get together with ‘Research and Development’ to come up with a fun way for him to share all the great work out there of all the many other talented muralists and artists he's been "influenced by" over the years. ‘Sales’ was totally against the idea! ("How could that possibly improve the bottom-line?!"). ‘Marketing’ remains split, as usual ("We need more data"). ‘R&D’ thought it might be a fun way to "show off a little", and to showcase all those great ideas they keep finding out there on the internet. ‘HR’ said it might be a good way to keep 'The Crew' distracted ("Since they are all so bored since Covid hit, and Roberto is spending more and more time in his studio working on all those silly little easel paintings").
    'The Crew' said: ’'Sure, We've got nothing else going on …but only if we get to share stuff about technique, materials, and equipment." ‘Receivables’ said: "It obviously won’t make more work for us, so why not!". 'Legal' said: "No Way! You are NOT going to reveal where you steal all your ideas from!" (Although Roberto values their legal advice, He rarely listen’s  to their hysterics anyway). So... here we are! Welcome to Roberto’s new blog:
     
     "Duit-On-Mon-Dai"
    ​
         "As the title implies, I will post once a week (on Monday, more or less). Feel free to leave a family friendly comment. Dialogue and praise is encouraged. Creativity, passion and wonder should be expected. Politics and personal grievances hopefully kept to private emails. And please… no Whining! and no sales pitches either (you can make your own damn blog for that).
       I expect to start becoming a little more savvy with all this social media stuff, but for now ‘Bookmark’ my website and check back every once in a while. I hope you will find it interesting. Don’t be too persnickety over my whimsical spelling and creative punctuations either, my
    Editorial Department is not what it used to be… I am seriously understaffed these days."   
     Peace and Love...
    ​     -Roberto Quintana, WFA

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