Hotel Casa del Mar has commissioned celebrated local street artist Jules Muck to create an exclusive, temporary art installation at the center of its grand lobby. This one-of-a-kind art piece, which Muck will create live on-site beginning Tuesday, Dec. 2, is part of a grand transformation project currently underway at Hotel Casa del Mar.
As our iconic property enters the final stage of an exciting Michael S. Smith-led redesign that includes its lobby and bar area, dining destinations, and grand entryway. The lobby’s central bar, slated for completion in early 2015, marks one of the last remaining areas to undergo an update, and Muck will use the bar’s construction façade as her canvas. Guests and locals alike can visit the recently debuted Terrazza Lounge to enjoy cocktails, small plates, and live music, while watching her creative process in action.
The artist will be in residence completing her custom installation from 6 to 9 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 2 through Saturday, Dec. 6. The art will remain until early January 2015, when the bar’s construction completes and the hotel makes her work available for purchase, with a portion of proceeds benefitting the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation; Muck will also host an on-property lecture for local Santa Monica High School art students with her new work as the focal point. The unique piece will feature three Masonite slabs spray painted featuring Muck’s signature green paint and depicting a colorful parade of elephants alongside playful hot air balloons, a theme depicted in many of Muck’s works.
Jules Muck with V.P. & Managing Director Klaus Mennekes
“We’re thrilled to have Jules be a part of this incredibly exciting update at the hotel,” says General Manager James Barela. “With her ties to our local community and vibrant, creative talent, we couldn’t think of a more fitting artist to ring in the last leg of our redesign. We are not exactly sure what she has in store for us but it will certainly be something that no one would have imagined at Hotel Casa del Mar.”
About Jules Muck
Jules Muck forged her artistic path tagging in Europe and Great Britain 20 years ago. She began working in New York in the late 1990s, when she was discovered on a Bronx rooftop by famed graffiti artist Sandra Fabara, aka “Lady Pink.” Muck apprenticed under Fabara for the next four years, during which her work was shown at the Tokyo International Exhibition Center, the Bronx Museum of Art, the Weisman Museum in Minneapolis, and the Fuse Gallery in New York, among others. She has been published in numerous books on graffiti art and culture, including Nicholas Ganz’s Graffiti Women, James and Karla Murray’s Burning New York and Broken Windows, and most recently Xcia by Hank Oneal. In Los Angeles, Muck’s work has been shown at The Pacific Design Center, Lab Art Gallery, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, and Rivera Gallery in Hollywood. Her murals are prominent throughout the Los Angeles area, particularly in Venice Beach where she lives and has her studio. Muck has painted sets for film and television, including “Alcatraz,” “Under the Dome,” and “Californication.” Her works have been featured in Food & Wine, on “Access Hollywood,” and in Newsweek’s The Daily Beast.
About the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation
Established in 1982 in response to devastating federal and state education budget cuts, the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation (SMMEF) was organized by a dedicated group of parents, community leaders, and local business owners to enhance and supplement the curriculum of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. SMMEF’s mission is to engage the community to invest in a vibrant educational experience for all students in the Santa Monica and Malibu public schools. To learn more about the Education Foundation and the critical programs it funds for all students, visit www.smmef.org, follow on Twitter: @smmef or like on Facebook: www.facebook.com/smmef.
