A new mural on the Pacific Beach Rec Center, complementing the building’s large-scale mosaic art installation made using repurposed surfboards, has been unveiled.Both the surfboard mosaic art and its new mural enhance the aesthetics of the center. The pieces of public art were created by muralist Rob Tobin. He has created several large-scale mosaic murals around San Diego with thousands of people participating in the process.The first phase of Pacific Beach Rec Center’s upgrade to the north-facing exterior wall of the building involved Tobin’s fashioning surfboards into “flower petals,” aided by nearly 300 community volunteers and 64 donated surfboards.Pacific Beach business owner and community activist Brian Curry spearheaded the community volunteer effort sponsored by the Pacific Beach Town Council. He invited the community to come see the rec center’s newest mural.“The north wall had been done, and the plan was to hang a smaller version of Rob Tobin’s beautiful design on the south wall, but the engineers told us it was just too heavy and they couldn’t risk it,” said Curry. “What we pivoted to was a painted mural incorporating Rob’s surfboard design with his garden theme, with surfboards still in the middle. Now, it’s done, and we’ve closed the chapter on the surf garden for now.”Curry added that there have been other improvements to the Pacific Beach Rec Center. “Now we have a boulder-seating area, ground cover, and new lighting,” he noted. “This was funded by the community and known as Phase II of the surf garden.”The new enhancements are spectacular, especially at night. “When the lights are on, it just sparkles,” said Curry.Further Pacific Beach Rec Center enhancement is just one example of an artistic renaissance in the beach community. There is an ever-expanding array of more than 50 pieces of public art community-wide.Also in the works is a plan to rehabilitate the old Pacific Beach Library building on the southeast corner of the Pacific Beach Middle School campus, turning it into a future community arts center. A recent fundraiser garnered nearly $185,000 to support the renovation effort.The community’s artistic blossoming includes a dynamic collection of large-scale wall murals, painted utility boxes, sculptures, and historic landmarks curated and mapped through neighborhood groups like beautifulPB.“We recently received a $25,000 grant from the San Diego Foundation to install a pavement mural and new Pacific Beach pathways signage to welcome folks into Pacific Beach and direct them toward our active transportation pathways,” said beautifulPB spokesperson Katie Matchett.“The Coastal Gateway mural, the main element of this project, will be located on the east side of the Mike Gotch Bridge, right at the end of N. Mission Bay Drive. It’s an important junction where the Rose Creek bike path meets the bridge and the newly-opened public access around Point De Anza.”Plans are to include elements in the Gotch Bridge design that highlight the habitat and wildlife of Mission Bay, as well as the Kumeyaay people who originally occupied the area.
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