Soft Opening for Northridge’s Own Painted Horse

Horses Across the San Fernando Valley, a public art project developed by the Museum of the San Fernando Valley, has had the first successful placement of one of its painted horses, funded by the Northridge South Neighborhood Council, at the corner of Reseda and Rayen, in Northridge Village.HATV’s public art installations of painted fiberglass horses in various locales across the valley is intended to raise awareness of the historical, cultural & artistic heritage of the San Fernando Valley.

>Like the decorative cows in Chicago, angels in LA for the city bicentennial, or pigs in Seattle, the first life-size horse painted by local artist Ingrid Elburg, member of the museum’s Public Art Initiative, has been placed in an idyllic garden corral setting in front of Stereo1, at 8901 Reseda Blvd.

The soft opening on Sunday, March 19^th was celebrated with Champaign and cupcakes, lots of toasts and a special visit from some of our local fireman, shiny red firetruck and all. Lee Davis and Jackie Langa, of the Museum of the San Fernando, as well as Jim Ashjian, President of the Northridge South NC and Glenn Bailey, President of Northridge East NC were in attendance for the casual unveiling. Stephanie Schwinn, new president of the Northridge Chamber of Commerce, was also in attendance.

Don Larson, co-director of the Northridge Beautification Foundation (formerly Northridge Sparkle) was responsible for the creation of the corral space and for the engineering of the painted horse at the site. The concept for the placement of the painted horse, a meadow with a white picket fence, honors the history of Northridge and it’s many ranches were horses were bred and raised in the 1930s and 1940s. Along with co-director Andrea Alvarado, our local 501.c3 group has taken responsibility for the maintenance and security of Northridge’s first painted horse.

The project is indebted to the hard work of Council District 12, the Museum/SFV, Northridge South Neighborhood Council and Northridge Beautification. These groups have played a part in the success of this project.

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