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Artist Denis Richardson was selected to design and execute a stain glass artwork for the newly renovated Lennox Library scheduled for completion in 2009. The Library's entry windows above the doorway offer an ideal location for civic art. In designing his piece, Denis sought community participation through an art-making workshop. Inspired by the library's location, in the flight path of planes arriving and departing the Los Angeles International Airport, the artist's imagery will reflect all things in flight. A storytime reading of books about flight stirred the imagination of over 40 members of the Lennox community who were encouraged to dream of things that do, and even do not, fly and to draw them using oil pastels, markers and pencils. The outcome was a "flock" of colorful artworks depicting fairies, flying pigs and planes which Denis will use to create his artwork design.

About the Artist: Artist Denis Richardson is a Los Angeles-based glass artist who is owner and designer of Catalina Glass Studio. Working in glass for over 35 years, Richardson completed commissions for private homes, libraries, hospitals and schools including the Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Fontana and The Pacific School Library in Manhattan Beach. His predominantly stained-glass pieces demonstrate a range of glass-making processes such as fused and kiln-formed glass.

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