Student art mural unveiled in Sam Hicks Monument Park celebrating National Women’s Equality Day
Submitted by: City of Temecula
TEMECULA, Calif., ─ The City of Temecula, Community Services Department and the Temecula Valley Museum announce a new Student Art Mural in Sam Hicks Monument Park (28300 Mercedes Street) celebrating National Women’s Equality Day. The Student Art Mural Project seeks to support emerging artists by providing a space to showcase their craft. Each month, student artists have the opportunity, facilitated by Bigfoot Graphics, to paint a mural on varying topics.
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This month, in celebration of the National Women’s Equality Day (AUG 26), this mural has a Women’s Equality theme and was created by Bigfoot Graphics art instructor Katinka Clementsmith, and art students, Margaret and Sarah Ozolins, Aja Pederson (age 11), and Reese Lockerman (age 11).
Their collective goal was to inspire young girls to follow their dreams and encourage other role models to be their inspiration. These artists painted a variety of girls dreaming of reaching goals that are either not yet afforded to women, or that are uncommon for women today. Said the team “We hope to inspire a new generation of girls to continue changing our world in a direction of equality for all.”
In celebration of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution on AUG 26, 1920, and to remind us of the struggles of the past, present, and future, United States Congress designated AUG 26 as Women’s Equality Day in 1971. Women’s Equality Day commemorates the passage of women’s suffrage in the U.S. and reminds us of the hurdles overcome by the heroic women who faced violence and discrimination to gain the right to vote.
Temecula Mayor Maryann Edwards commented, “The City of Temecula honors the legacy of those who fought for women’s right to vote by providing this opportunity for art instructors and students to display their mural on Women’s Equality today. This mural is not only colorful and inspiring for young girls, but also seeks to inspire all of us to be role models in our quest for equality for all.”
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The mural is currently on display in Sam Hicks Monument Park and will be officially unveiled by on TUE, AUG 10, 2021 at 3:00 pm. All are welcome to attend the unveiling. The museum also celebrates Women’s Equality Day through facts and free crafts in the Temecula Valley Woman’s Club Art and Education Room. The Student Art Mural Project is organized by Temecula Valley Museum. Local art students are invited to paint murals on canvas that will be displayed in Sam Hicks
Monument Park monthly. For more information, please contact us at (951) 694-6450.
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Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back, and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)
During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations; including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center, and Lake Elsinore Station; along with other locations.
Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team, and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.
Trevor has been married for more than 30 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 18 grandchildren.