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Arts Commission approves sidewalk-poetry selections for Ketchum Leibold Park, including youth and translated options

Costa Mesa Arts Commission · May 8, 2026
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Summary

The commission approved selections from a 21-entry review panel for sidewalk poems at Ketchum Leibold Park and asked staff to explore translated displays and alternate placements such as utility boxes; the motion passed 6–0.

The Arts Commission approved the panel’s selections for the Ketchum Leibold Park sidewalk-poetry project on May 7, endorsing poems chosen from 21 submissions.

Art specialist Loretta Garner told the commission the panel included Chief Lapointe and local commissioners, and that one selected poem came…

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