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Rosie the Riveter Memorial

Outdoor Sculpture

A utility box mural depicting a person from behind wearing an orange shirt and blue jeans, carrying a bucket in a cherry orchard. A wooden sign in the foreground reads "U-PICK CHERRIES" in red lettering, and the side of the box features a black and white scrolled vine pattern.

U-Pick Cherries

Painting ; Utility Box

Black Diamond

Outdoor Sculpture

A colorful outdoor mural on a low concrete wall in front of a school building. It features stylized figures of children and adults reading, playing music, and participating in a "Maker Fair."

The Harding Elementary Mural

Mural ; Painting

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Birds of Beauty Sculptures

Category: Mosaic/Relief ; Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Ceramic ; Clay ; Concrete ; Glass ; Metal ; Paint ; Stone

In 2025, Liberty High School’s Public Art and Design Academy (PADA) created Birds of Beauty in Brentwood, California. The work is a multi-sculpture installation of native bird species found in the local ecosystem, including the golden eagle,...

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La Course Camarquaise

Category: Mosaic/Relief ; Mural ; Painting

Medium(s): Ceramic ; Tile

City of Orinda: “The Orinda Arts in Public Places Committee (APPC) is proud to announce the recent installation of the City’s latest ‘on-loan’ art piece, La Course Camarguaise or The Death of James Merry, by artist Jos Sances. The piece, a mural,...

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Niloticus

Date created: 2019

Category: Mosaic/Relief ; Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Cement ; Ceramic ; Glass ; Steel

Niloticus is a 40 foot long mosaic crocodile is one of the largest mosaic sculptures created by artist Peter Hazel. The color scheme of the project is a celebration of color on the Playa — cobalt, Caribbean blue, and emerald green are the...

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Pinole Library Mural

Category: Mosaic/Relief

Medium(s): Ceramic ; Stained Glass

This abstract mosaic tile mural is located on the Pinole Library exterior wall. The work is a ceramic tile mural that shows stylized, interconnected symbols. These patterns consist of blue, red, orange, and white tiles arranged across the wall.

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Sunflowers Soundwall Mural

Category: Architectural Detailing ; Hand Lettered/Signage ; Mosaic/Relief ; Mural

Medium(s): Ceramic ; Glass ; Tile

In 2014, Liberty HS (PADA) Public Art Design Academy created the Sunflowers Soundwall Mural at the Liberty Adult Education building. The artwork is a glass and tile mosaic mural of the words HERITAGE, VISION, and OPPORTUNITY surrounded by colorful...

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Torque

Category: Mosaic/Relief ; Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Ceramic ; Concrete ; Metal ; Tile

In 1982, Jacques Overhoff created Torque at the Hilltop Auto Plaza in Richmond. The work is a reinforced cement sculpture of twelve panels held together with steel cable and includes tile insets. Source: https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/608/Torque

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Unity in Alliums

Category: Mosaic/Relief

At Liberty High School, the Public Art and Design Academy (PADA) promotes visual arts as a hobby, lifestyle, and/or career pathway for aspiring high school students. PADA’s goal is to help students study and practice ways to express their creativity...

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Untitled

Category: Mosaic/Relief

Millard Sheets studied art in California and became one of the state’s foremost artists and architects during his lifetime. He worked hard to make a name for himself early in his career, and by 1935 he had already shown his work in twenty-seven...

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