At low tide on Saturday October 15, 2011 the La Jolla High School Interact Club & Bird Rock Artist Guild  created a temporary Labyrinth walking path at Law St. Beach. Members of the community young and old came to  experience this ancient spiral designed walking path & temporary art experience. At sunset they light the path with 300 lumenaria candle bags! Located in the center of the Labyrinth was a no-obligation donation jar of giving to collect for Interact’s fall service project “Project Mercy”– building a home in Mexico for an impoverished family. Interact is an action-oriented community service club of La Jolla High School.  The club is tied to the La Jolla Rotary and fosters ambitious volunteerism as well as active leadership development. They will use the donations to purchase building materials.

Before sunset, Interact members Kaitlin Wheeler and Maddie Bollinger drew an enormous  25ft sand picture of the “Apple” logo  at the beach as a tribute to Steve Jobs – Creative Genius, Visionary and Pioneer. People  were invited to participate and draw their words of tribute to him in the sand…some of the tributes were ” you will be missed”, “ we all love Steve Jobs”, “you were a genius Steve”, and more.

On the other side of the labyrinth, LJHS  Seniors Kevin Riley, Tom Wheeler, & Ryan Mann created a 35 ft . giant lettering message in the sand containing the numbers  “350” ,  an artistic expression to help build awareness for reducing the  global carbon footprint. 350.org is a grass roots global movement to help solve the climate crisis and parent organization of moving-planet.org a global  movement that promotes alternative modes of transportation like riding your bike, walking,& skating to reduce emissions. Ryan Mann, Senior at LJHS  just organized the first in a series of bike rides for awareness  on Sept 24 with LJHS students and the Interact club. This year the senior t-shirt for the class of 2012 states ”The world’s  not ending ……we’re just taking over”.  These teenagers are full of big ideas and  are prepared to take on the next big solutions.

Mark your calendar for Jan 1, 2012 for the annual New Years labyrinth at low tide on Law St. beach. Come write your new years resolution in the sand!

Labyrinth photo ordering link from Pearl Preis

Facebook Link to the labyrinth photos

Birdstock 2011. “Chalk one up for Peace”  Sept 11, 2011 (10 year anniversary of 9/11)

It is Time For Peace …

Principal Dana Shelburne is initiating a creative pilot program at La Jolla High School where students in Mrs. Shamrock’s 5^th period  AP art class are ending the semester by working on a volunteer project designed to help beautify the school.

The girls in class have been collaborating to create an art installation called “Color Theory” that will be installed in an unlikely location – the girls bathroom in the 500 building! Inspired by Frank Stella, the design team (Jade Novarino & Kelsey McLeod) have created a series of colorful geometric patterns on panels that will decorate the interior space. The boys in the class have been busy rolling the walls with a fresh coat of paint to help create the “new look”.

Students and teachers are curious to see what is inside. Several  female  students and teachers have commented that they are grateful for the refresh of the restroom and will help to take care of the interior once finished. The Art History students caught wind of the project and are discussing the works of Frank Stella.

The boys in class have also been inspired and are diligently working on an installation for their restroom titled “My Perspective” . The design team of Tim Machado and Jose Galindo found  inspiration from movies featuring  Deep Space & artist Piet Mondrian. The girls are busy rolling the walls, while the boys create the new designs to be installed before the end of the semester.

Read More in the La Jolla Light.