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L.A. County’s Civic Art’s Program

Linda Wiley of Los Angeles always enjoys seeing this mural by Ken Gonzales-Day on the Los Angeles County Administration Building in L.A. along Vermont Avenue, between 83rd and 84th streets. "I like it," she says. The artwork is part the county's Civic Art Program.

Linda Wiley of Los Angeles always enjoys seeing this mural by Ken Gonzales-Day on the Los Angeles County Administration Building in L.A. along Vermont Avenue, between 83rd and 84th streets. “I like it,” she says. The artwork is part the county’s Civic Art Program.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

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Linda Wiley, 51, of Los Angeles walks past a digital photograph-tile mural by Ken Gonzales-Day on the Los Angeles County Administration Building in Los Angeles along Vermont Avenue, between 83rd and 84th streets. “I like it,” she said. “I look at it every time I walk past it.” The artwork is part the county’s Civic Art Program.

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Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Alex Fortune works in front of a mural by Ken Gonzales-Day at the county building in South Los Angeles. The building was the first developed under the Civic Art Program, which allots 1% of new county buildings’ construction and design costs for art.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

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Christopher Mendoza, 26, of Apple Valley walks past a mural on the county building as he delivers envelopes.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

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A large digital photograph by Ken Gonzales-Day at the county building in South Los Angeles is an eye-catcher.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

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A huge digital photograph displayed on tile helps sets apart the county social services hub from the squat concrete structures around it.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

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