Artist-designed bench dedicated at Crescent Bay Point Park

City officials celebrated a new artist-designed bench during a dedication last week at Crescent Bay Point Park in north Laguna.

Laguna Beach arts commissioners, Mayor Pro Tem Toni Iseman and Norman Powell, who funded the installation, joined artist Rude Calderon, one of two artists on the project, for the ceremony.

Calderon and artist Roberto Delgado created a travertine and tile bench titled, “The Love that Binds,” which celebrates “50 years of love” Powell shared with his late wife Armena, according to a news release.

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Powell was part of the city’s open space committee that zoned the area as the site for a potential public park in the 1970s.

Calderon is known for his stone carvings and Delgado for his hand-painted tile and silk-screening techniques, the release said.

“The city of Laguna Beach has a broad public art collection,” arts commission Chairwoman Donna Ballard said in the release. “It is these special installations that allow us to appreciate and value members of the community who express themselves through adding to the public art collection.”

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Bryce Alderton, bryce.alderton@latimes.com

Twitter: @AldertonBryce