PACIFIC BEACH \u2013 Never underestimate the amount of work you can get done with just a few dozen dedicated people. <\/p>\n
A mural painting event was held by beautifulPB<\/a> at the new Pacific Beach Arts Center<\/a> outside the YMCA building at 4606 Ingraham St. on Saturday, Nov. 22, which was accomplished with the help of about 60 volunteers.<\/p>\n It was the first community mural project at the old YMCA site, which is being repurposed as a new community hub and arts center.<\/p>\n The effort, sandwiched in between rainstorms, was organized, designed, and led by PB native and professional artist Hilary Dufour. <\/p>\n Dufour described the effort as \u201can opportunity to bring creativity and community together, transform a shipping container into a work of art, and raise awareness for the PB Arts Center.\u201d<\/p>\n Chris Olson, another longtime beautifulPB member, noted the mural painting was a three-step process. He said it involved a Sunday afternoon preparation of the container with sanding and primer paint. Dufour and friends projected the image on the container walls and outlined the image with a marker before the community \u201cpaint by numbers\u201d day.<\/p>\n Added Olson: \u201cIt was an amazing scene with all ages and all skill levels painting around the container. There were shifts of about 15-20 people painting.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cCurrently, we are holding events and activating the parking lot area while we continue with our capital fundraising campaign. The funds will be used for \u2018refreshing and re-imagining\u2019 the building and establishing a solid basis for operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe are so thankful for the large founding donation from the PB Woman\u2019s Club and the unbelievable volunteers and community enthusiasm. The PB Arts Center will be a community asset for all for many years to come.\u00a0We appreciate all the community support,\u201d Olson said.<\/p>\n Also participating in the mural-painting event were different local businesses, including Coffee Cycle Roasting, Linda\u2019s Donut Shop, Sandbox Pizza, Mr. Frostie\u2019s, Mission Bagels, and the Local H2O Store.<\/p>\n District 1 Councilmember and City Council President Joe LaCava, who represents PB, also stopped by to show his support and picked up a paintbrush. <\/p>\n A grant was provided by SDG&E on behalf of Dufour\u2019s efforts, who is an employee of the company. <\/p>\n READ NEXT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PACIFIC BEACH \u2013 Never underestimate the amount of work you can get done with just a few dozen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[44030,45357,12258,45358,45359,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-78722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-beautifulpb","tag-hilary-dufour","tag-pacific-beach","tag-pacific-beach-arts-center","tag-pb-womans-club","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}