Venice : Muralist Winners Named

The Social and Public Art Resource Center has announced the winners of its muralist competition for 1991-1992.

Each will create a large-scale public artwork in Los Angeles.

Chosen from more than 100 applicants, the eight winners are: Jill Ansell, Barbara Benish, Eva Cockcroft, Earth Crew, East Los Streetscapers, Bernard Heloua, Noni Olabisi, Xiao Hui-Xiang and George Yepes.

The artists work with neighborhood youths hired by the center from the communities where the murals are painted. Artists receive paint and other materials and a commission fee of $8,000.