Privately Owned, Publicly Accessible Art

The artwork on this page is installed on private property and is not part of the City of Lafayette's official Public Art Collection but is nonetheless notable artwork in Lafayette and demonstrates the community interest in art. 

Unity in Diversity mural located at Mt. Diablo Blvd. and Oak Hill Rd.

Here is a fun video of the process: 

LAFAYETTE DEI MURAL 2021 on Vimeo

On Sunday, August 1, 2021 the public came out to enjoy music and activities and to celebrate the new mural in town at 3654 Mt. Diablo Blvd. The colorful and culturally distinct mural promotes a message of unity and inclusion, a public policy goal of the City Council.  Featuring flowers, monarch butterflies, a panther and dragon, and incorporating existing landscaping and trees into its design, the mural is located on the eastern wall of a privately-owned building located at the northwest corner of Mt. Diablo Blvd. and Oak Hill Road in the downtown.    

This private project was a collaboration between Three Thirty Three Arts, a local non-profit and Lafayette-based artist and architect Lara Dutto. The mural was created by a coalition of young artists from Lamorinda and around the Bay Area working with muralists Pancho Pescador, Denis Dukhvalov, and Callan Romero.

The work has become a symbol of the City’s commitment to making Lafayette a more inclusive city and was featured in the logo for the Chamber of Commerce’s Lafayette Res Run for Education in October.

Lafayette Hillside Memorial located on Deer Hill Rd. between Thompson Rd. and Oak Hill Rd.

Formerly The Crosses of Lafayette (2006 - present), wood and mixed media 

A Place for Remembering
The Lafayette Hillside Memorial is a unique landmark.

It is a sacred place of reflection and remembrance; a protest against forgetting. It is a place to recognize, honor, and commemorate individual national service contributions. The memorial is also a place that encourages individual and public reflection on those contributions, and the otherwise unintended, unseen, and unexamined costs of war.