Feb 17, 2021 | Education, Featured
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...
Jan 29, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Profiles in the Arts, Public Art
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...
Jan 22, 2021 | Around Town, Profiles in the Arts, Public Art
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...
Jan 15, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Profiles in the Arts
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...
Jan 14, 2021 | Education, Featured, Initiatives
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...
Oct 14, 2020 | ACLB Events, Calls to Artists, Featured
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...
Jul 27, 2020 | ACLB Events, COVID 19 Resources, Education, Featured
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...
Mar 16, 2020 | Advocacy, COVID 19 Resources, Education
Internet and Computer Resources: Charter and Comcast free internet Free Chromebooks and Low cost internet for LBUSD Families Food Resources: LBUSD free meals during COVID-19 Quarantine Gus’s Fried Chicken offering free...
Mar 12, 2020 | Announcements, COVID 19 Resources, Featured
What has transpired in the last two weeks has made an enormous impact on our lives, yet I know that as an arts community we have great skill in redirecting, of changing the course so that our art can continue to grow. You are all doing great work to ensure the safety...
Mar 12, 2020 | ACLB Events, Featured, Uncategorized
Arts Council for Long Beach feels it is important to let you know that your health and safety are top of mind amid concerns about the coronavirus. This morning the Arts Council received Governor Gavin Newsom’s recent press release regarding COVID-19. Mayor Robert...
Mar 6, 2020 | Calls to Artists, Featured, LB Artwalk
The Arts Council for Long Beach is seeking up to 10 art/performance activations for the 2020 LB Art Walk. LOCATION: East Village Arts Park and Downtown East Village Long Beach (see map) EXHIBITION TIMELINE: May 2020 – December 2020 ELIGIBILITY: This opportunity is...
