Go Make Something: Working Through and Beyond the Convergence is led by artist and facilitator Jose Angel Castro. This unique program is both cathartic and productive because of its multifaceted approach. Go Make Something will include local creative interviews on...
Original works of visual art in all media are welcome from artists in Long Beach, Signal Hill, Lakewood, and San Pedro. Maximum size: 16″, including frame. Submit no more than 3 works to longbeachcreativegroup@gmail.com. JPEG images no larger than 5MB, with a...
“Bridging Wellness” is a series of community pop-ups generously supported by WE RISE LA and Arts Council for Long Beach. “Bridging Wellness” is a collaborative effort with partners Angels Gate Cultural Center, Compound LB, 10 other organizations and numerous...
Museum Registration Internship Application Deadline: April 30, 2020, 5:00pmFull-time paid internship for Summer 2021View or download job listing | Social media graphic Internship DescriptionCarolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum of...
The Port of Long Beach and the Arts Council for Long Beach launched Create Your Own Container, a Do-It-Yourself container project designed by local artist and designer Nick Zegel. You can watch the tutorial video for step-by-step details and...
Join us for our virtural State of the Arts 2021, Presented in partnership with the Port of Long Beach. Arts Council for Long Beach “2021 State of the Arts” No...
The City of Long Beach’s Development Services Department has partnered with the Arts Council for Long Beach to deliver phase three of the Artist COVID Relief Grant. This grant program is for individual artists across disciplines who are struggling to have their basic...
A new pandemic-themed art exhibit has been unveiled at Long Beach Airport (LGB). The exhibition by local women artists, commissioned by a partnership between the airport and the Arts Council for Long Beach (ARTSLB), reflects uplifting and hopeful messages...
To celebrate Black History Month, the Arts Council for Long Beach has created phase two of our Art Kits, generously sponsored by the Port of Long Beach. In efforts to reach children at home to ensure arts education for students in Long Beach, Arts Council’s Eye on...
This week we’re featuring Long Beach resident Annie Banks one of our talented Port PHOTO Alumni who is a creative entrepreneur. Annie is an avid photographer that has a bachelors from Fresno State University and an AA in photography from Cosumnes River College...
Port PHOTO alumni Weldon Spurling says photography has been the medium in which he’s “viewed the world for the last 48 or so years, through marriage 6 beautiful children, two different professions, and many hospitalizations. It has been a shield in troubled times, a...
Christine Lee Smith is an award-winning portrait photographer and educator in Southern California. In 2020 she completed an MFA from Azusa Pacific University. In 2019, Christine was a finalist in the Taylor Wessing National Portrait Gallery award, and has exhibited...
While COVID-19 protocols have cancelled all gatherings and events, the Dream of Dr. Martin Luther King cannot be cancelled. In a creative pivot under the stress of COVID restrictions, DreamKreator Studio and the esteemed business development organization Leadership...
Mayor Robert Garcia proposed a new plan that would provide emergency financial support to artists who have been financially impacted by closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “We know that the arts have been one of the areas hardest hit by the pandemic,” said Mayor...
The Long Beach Airport (LGB), in partnership with the Arts Council for Long Beach (ACLB), is seeking submissions from local artists who are women for a pandemic-themed art exhibit. Submissions should reflect uplifting and hopeful messages related to the pandemic.“The...
**Update** The Covid Relief Fund has been exhausted. We are no longer able to accept applications. Please follow us on social media for the latest information. Facebook Twitter Instagram The City of Long Beach has dedicated additional $75,000 of Covid-19 Relief...
In collaboration with the Arts Council of Long Beach, the Port of Long Beach is proud to bring you PhotoWorks. This program is taking the place of the 2020 PhotoProgram, which has been reimagined due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will consist of...
Our team here at Arts Council for Long Beach is so excited to tell you about Long Beach Gives! We know many of you helped last year by making a gift. Thank you so much for your support! Some of you participated by giving a gift and by hosting and...
The The Arts Council for Long Beach has created a COVID-19 Relief Fund for Long Beach Artists. The fund has currently raised $42,000 with contributions from the Arts Council for Long Beach, Edison International, Long Beach Community Foundation and the Uplift LB...
Arts Council for Long Beach is excited to announce that we will be participating in the 2nd annual Long Beach Gives Day on September 24, 2020. We are setting our Long Beach Gives goal this year to $50,000!...
Passport to the Arts showcases the cultural and artistic traditions of prominent cultural groups in Long Beach. Learning about these groups fosters student tolerance and appreciation of cultural diversity. Long Beach third and fourth graders...
We are witnessing the force of humanity’s ability to manifest both compassion and destruction simultaneously. Last week, a range of feelings and emotions exploded onto our national consciousness as a result of the murder of George Floyd. The Arts Council for Long...
The Arts Council for Long Beach commissioned local artists to paint over boarded-up businesses along Broadway and Fourth Street’s Retro Row as part of its “Keep Arts Working” initiative. The project, “COVID Cover-up” featured artists from Long Beach and Los Angeles...
On March 24, the Arts Council for Long Beach launched “Keep Arts Working”, a series of events and art commissions that seeks to illuminate the vital work being work amid the COVID-19 pandemic response, alleviate anxiety from our minds and bodies through the arts and...
On March 24, the Arts Council for Long Beach launches “Keep Arts Working”, a series of events and art commissions that seeks to illuminate the vital work being created amid the COVID-19 pandemic response, alleviate anxiety from our minds and bodies through the arts,...
