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 [...]
by Sander Roscoe Wolff Whether she’s breaking egg shells on the sidewalk or weaving used clothing into huge billowing shapes, Betsy Lohrer-Hall is constantly exploring her relationship with environment and community, and gently encouraging those who experience her work to examine their own ideas about things. Often process oriented, her work does not fit neatly [...]
2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space 435 Alamitos Avenue, Long Beach, CA, 90802 562-901-0997 * 2ndcitycouncil@earthlink.net The 2nd City Council (2cc) Art Gallery + Performance Space is pleased to announce its next Call for Artists. Dada, Surrealism, Readymade & Found Object runs from Jan. 20, 2007 – Feb. 22, 2007. The exhibition is [...]
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 Wood Sculpture of William Hunter, 1970-2005 October 6 – December 10, 2006 Press Preview Reception with Artist William Hunter, Thursday, October 5, 2006, 5 -6 p.m. Long Beach, CA — Transforming Vision: The Wood Sculpture of William Hunter, 1970-2005 is the first retrospective exhibition of the work of seminal American artist William Hunter, a [...]
We received the following: Allow me to introduce myself. I am Deb Barrett and work for Grace McNamara, Inc. We are producing a trade show at the Long Beach Convention Center August 15-17, 2006. I am writing in hopes that we might work with LongBeachCulture.org for some of our special event efforts for the show. [...]
“Three” Site-specific installation by John Hillis Sanders June 20– Aug 20, 2006 Unit E Gallery 117 Linden Ave # E Long Beach, CA 90802 Gallery Hours: By appointment (562)432-6888 Opening Reception at Utopia Saturday June 24, 3 – 6 pm “Three” Video and Photographs are available for viewing at Utopia Mon – Fri 11:00 am [...]
by Sander Roscoe Wolff At last Saturday’s Last Saturday event in the East Village Arts District, I wandered around and shot some video. I edited it down to about 5 minutes, and you can watch a rather large but low-res version of it here. The excitement was palpable as I wandered East on Broadway toward [...]
The Captiva Collection Polaroids by Naida Osline In the Project Room: Jenna Gallemore May 20 – June 23, 2006 Reception for the Artists: Saturday, May 20, 6-8pm The Office An Art Space 5122 Bolsa Ave. Suite #110, Huntington Beach, Ca 92649 Phone: 714-767-5861 Email, office@theofficeart.com Web site, < http://www.theofficeart.com> Blog, < http://www.theocartblog/typepad.com> Hours, Tuesday – [...]
by Christine Amarantus While at the Women’s Music, Art & Dance Festival this last Saturday, I took a few photos of a few of the performances and wanted to share them with my Long Beach Culture family. More photos There were many more performers than I have pictured here, and my apologies for not doing [...]