Art now for the future
Monica Rodriguez, Staff Writer

Artists, downtown business people and others gathered at Thomas Plaza on Saturday afternoon for the unveiling of a plaque for the mural titled "Envisioning the Future."

The mural is one example of various art pieces produced as part of the Envisioning the Future Project, an effort that kicked off in September 2003 that drew more than 80 artists and resulted in the creation of art pieces in different media, said Cheryl Bookout, a Pomona resident who was part of the project.

The mural, on the west side of the Union Block building in the Pomona Arts Colony, was one of those works. Some of the artists who created the mural returned this summer to clean the art piece, add some missing details and give it a protective coating, a project paid for with financial assistance of the city's Board of Parking Place Commissioners.

With the help of the Downtown Pomona Owners Association a plaque was purchased with the names of the artists who worked on the mural, said Bookout, who headed the mural's restoration effort.