Inglewood Public Library
101 West Manchester Boulevard
Inglewood, California
Inglewood Public Library
101 West Manchester Boulevard
Inglewood, California
Inglewood Genesis is a mosaic tile mural based on drawings made by youth at the Lockhaven Community Center, a city recreational facility. The mural is comprised of thousands of tiny Venetian glass tiles set into mortar. The artist assembled the diverse youths' drawings into a coherent whole and taught them how to work with the mosaic tiles.
Inglewood Genesis was one of the first Venetian glass mosaics created by June Edmonds. Since then, she has gone on to create many more mosaics.
The mural was created over the summer of 2000 and stored in pieces until summer 2012. In 2013 it was assembled on an aluminum support by an expert art conservator, it was installed on the Library's first floor.