The Creativity Network, in partnership with the Museum of Latin American Art, is presenting a first ever Community Television Special and Town Hall Meeting, Re-Imagining the Arts in Long Beach on Saturday, November 3rd, from 2 – 4 pm. Produced by Really Big Boom Productions in association with Charter Communications, the goals of this two [...]
from Antonio Pedro Ruiz Co-Founder of The Creativity Network Graffiti has been with us since the Romans. Today’s graffiti is a representation of contemporary urban hip-hop culture, often practiced by people who know no other form of artistic expression. When a spray can is used to scribble gang symbols on a wall it is called [...]
Please attend the 2nd District Forum focused on The 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness Wednesday, November 15 6:00-8:00 PM Bixby Park 130 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach The 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness has developed a cohesive series of plans to end homelessness in Long Beach. For the past year and a half, 10-year plan subcommittees [...]
Lots of folks teamed up to change the status of the Art Park on Elm, just South of Broadway, from being in a constant state of lock-down to now having regular hours. In order for this to continue, however, we need to encourage its regular use. A great way to encourage residential use of the [...]
The Press Telegram covered the meeting between Phil Hester, Director of the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department, and the community served by the Homeland Cultural Center. Orlando Greenhill, who teaches an improvised music class at the center, speaks passionately about the impact Zoot Velasco has had on every person at the center. I’m not sure, [...]
Yesterday, I received this e-mail from Zoot Velasco, the soon to be ex-Cultural Program Supervisor at the Homeland Cultural Center at McArthur Park. During the past 16 months that I have visited Homeland, I have witnessed a scene unlike any other in a neighborhood and city that is often fractured by racial and ethnic tensions [...]
Aleks Figuroa has an admirable goal: To bring an ancient art form to the East Village Arts District. Once viewed as low-brow and unsavory, tattoo art has become part of the zeitgeist, part of popular culture, and has developed a decidedly upscale clientele. Like many Cities, Long Beach has rather strict laws that restrict tattoo [...]
The Creativity Network of Long Beach and LongBeachCulture.org sponsored two community forums to engage in a meaningful dialogue toward building a Cultural Master Plan for the creative community of Long Beach. The August 2nd meeting at Koos Art Center solicited a lengthy list of issues. On September 6, the second forum was held at Second [...]
As you may already know, a series of forums were held recently to explore the challenges, opportunities, and priorities facing the creative community in Long Beach. These forums arose from a series of informal mixers started by the Creativity Network which was co-founded by Arts Council Executive Board member Antonio Pedro Ruiz. These mixers brought [...]
The Creativity Network of Long Beach and LongBeachCulture.org sponsor a community forum to seek answers and solutions BUILDING A MASTER CULTURAL PLAN FOR LONG BEACH‘S CREATIVE COMMUNITY “Building a master cultural plan for the Long Beach creative community” is the continuing theme in the second of a series of community forums organized to spark dialogue. [...]