I WAS on campus (Irvine Valley College) today for my Friday morning class (3 hrs. of philosophical yammering!), and, for once, I brought my camera to take some pics after class.
Yesterday, the School of Fine Arts installed some new sculptures on campus, and that was a big hit. It was part of BOSI: the Bi-Annual Outdoor Sculpture Invitational. Lisa Davis Allen and Co. presented the latest participating artists, who hailed from all over the country: Oregon, New York, etc. LDA gave a tour of the installations. (Video)
This piece (at left) stands outside the entrance of the new Chem Lab building. ("The Column")
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This one's out in front of the PE building. I can just see those PE kids puzzling over it. ("It's Not About the Scrolls")
That's IVC's Performing Arts Center in the background. In between the sculpture and the PAC is another construction project: an outside amphitheater (or some such thing). Right now, it's just lots of dirt, fenced off.
CARE
I came across a lunch for participants in the CARE program, which is under EOPS (Extended Opportunity Program and Services). CARE (the Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education program) provides services for single parents on government assistance.
A good time was had by all, it seems. I grabbed a veggie sandwich.
The view from this part of campus is fine. A bit o' old Irvine. They're growin' strawberries or something. Who knows.
The Student Services Building gets pretty quiet on Fridays.
The Library. Check out the artwork in the foreground. ("Compression")
This piece at right ("Elements in Motion"), like the yellow one above, has been on campus for a year or two (BOSI). I do believe that both of these have been purchased by the college.
This one's hard to miss, now towering above the lawn area in front of the Student Services Center. ("Stack")
This, too, is situated in the vast area in front of the Student Services Bldg., near B100. Very cool. ("An Incomplete Life")
This replaced a work that had been sitting in the middle of the A Quad. (I think this one's called "Balance.")
EL TORO
On my way home, I looked for old buildings in what used to be El Toro. This one is very near El Toro Rd. and the railroad tracks. It's ensconced among towing and other businesses. A bit of a rough part of town.
From the overpass over the railroad tracks.
I took this as I drove past Cook's Corner, four or five miles up the road.
Near the entrance of Lambrose Canyon Road, on Live Oak Canyon Road. That's where I live.
