Octavia E. Butler Mural
Honoring Pasadena’s Sci-fi Genius...
Washington STEAM Multilingual Academy
renames library, creates mural to honor famous alumna and prolific sci-fi writer!
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The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD)
Board of Education
approved the school's proposal to rename their library in recognition of Octavia E. Butler.
The school commemorated their famous alumna
with a mural in her honor!
Honoring Pasadena’s Sci-fi Genius...
Washington STEAM Multilingual Academy
renames library, creates mural to honor famous alumna and prolific sci-fi writer!
_______________________
The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD)
Board of Education
approved the school's proposal to rename their library in recognition of Octavia E. Butler.
The school commemorated their famous alumna
with a mural in her honor!
"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."
-Dr. Shannon Malone, Principal
Washington STEAM Multilingual Academy
-Dr. Shannon Malone, Principal
Washington STEAM Multilingual Academy
- "You are all invited!!" -
Octavia E. Butler
Science Fiction Festival!
April 22nd, 2022
3 p.m.
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Meet the Mural Artists!
book giveaways - crafts - sci-fi demos & workshops
Side-walk chalk art - face painting
food for purchase - more!
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"Heidi and I had a great time at the Science Fiction Festival!
Thanx to all the students and parents who stopped by, and especially to the Library staff and all the volunteers who made the festival a big hit!" -Roberto Quintana
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------ Also Featured -----
Ibi Zoboi
book signing:
STAR CHILD
a biographical constellation of
Octavia Estelle Butler
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Science Fiction Art Contest
winner announcement & celebration
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details & registration:
gopusd.com/oebscififest
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3 p.m.
______________
Meet the Mural Artists!
book giveaways - crafts - sci-fi demos & workshops
Side-walk chalk art - face painting
food for purchase - more!
_____________________________________
"Heidi and I had a great time at the Science Fiction Festival!
Thanx to all the students and parents who stopped by, and especially to the Library staff and all the volunteers who made the festival a big hit!" -Roberto Quintana
__________________________
------ Also Featured -----
Ibi Zoboi
book signing:
STAR CHILD
a biographical constellation of
Octavia Estelle Butler
___________
Science Fiction Art Contest
winner announcement & celebration
____________
details & registration:
gopusd.com/oebscififest
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The Making of...
"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
"I really love everything Roberto has done at Altadena Arts Magnet." -Shannon Mumolo, Coordinator:
Signature Programs
Pasadena Unified School District
About Octavia Butler
"Pasadena-born science fiction writer Octavia Estelle Butler likely lived the typical writer’s life. She buried herself in books and spent evenings at the library instead of at dances. She was determined to be a writer. As her legend holds, she wrote in her notebooks, “I shall be a bestselling writer…I will find the way to do this. So be it! See to it!” She eventually won more than her share of awards, including prestigious Nebula Awards, the Locus Award, and the Hugo Award, among many others. She was also the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship prize. Born the only child of Octavia Margaret Guy, a housemaid, and Laurice James Butler, a shoeshine man, she grew up in Northwest Pasadena and attended Washington Middle School and John Muir High School, where she nurtured her dreams of being a writer."
-Eddie Rivera, Weekendr Editor
&
David Cross, News Desk Editor
Pasadena Now
https://www.pasadenanow.com/pasadenaschools/honoring-pasadenas-sci-fi-genius-octava-e-butler/