John Marshall High School's New Look

Acclaimed artist Yuriko Etue is installing a new mosaic at John Marshall High School, in part through a city grant that funds community improvements. The artist, known for the Vine Street Elementary School entrance mural and for her contribution to the Silver Lake mosaic "Art Cans," taught a group of students, city officials and neighbors how to place tiles within the huge mosaic on the corner of Griffith Park Boulevard and St. Georges Street on Thursday. Councilmember LaBonge was the first to participate.
"This mural will add to students' pride in their school and their beautiful campus," the Councilmember said.
The mural, funded by the community, school and city contributions, portrays the school's emblematic "M" in front of blue rolling hills. Students from Dorothy Lee's art class designed different versions of the mural, and the neighborhood council voted on the design. Etue, students and neighborhood volunteers are working to install the mosaic by October.