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Veteran’s Park – 7 for 7 Mural Project
Arts Council for Long Beach in partnership with City of Long Beach Council District 7 seeks your insight to help Artist Trinh Mai in her research as she develops a mural for our community at Veteran’s Park as part of the 7 for 7 Mural Project. The goal...
Arts Council for Long Beach Announces 70 Los Angeles & Orange County Organizations & Artists Selected To Participate in $60 Million California Creative Corps
LONG BEACH, CA – Today, the Arts Council for Long Beach announced the 35 organizations and 35 artists selected to participate in the California Creative Corps program. Earlier this year, ArtsLB was selected by the California Arts Council as one of 15...
Professional Artist Fellowship Grant Deadline Extended
Apply before Monday July 31. The deadline has been extended a few more days. There is still time to watch the YouTube Workshop and apply today!
Stand with ArtsLB
Today, in partnership with Elders Rising and Long Beach Historical Society, the Arts Council for Long Beach (ArtsLB) announced a new citywide public arts program, Rainbow Heroes. This groundbreaking initiative focuses on telling the stories of LGBTQIA+ Elders through interactive murals that will be placed in all nine (9) City Council Districts. The first honoree will be Dr. Angela Bowen.”
THE PASSIONATE PURSUITS OF ANGELA BOWEN
Written and Directed by Angela’s wife Dr. Jennier Abod, this movie is a powerful story about the life of Angela Bowen, a black lesbian feminist activist who grew up in inner city Boston during the Jim Crow era. Despite the many obstacles she faced, Angela went on to...
Go Make Something Kids! LBCC Exhibition
Go Make Something, Kids! Is excited to present Long Beach, Unified, an art exhibition to be held at the Long Beach Community College Art Gallery. Long Beach, Unified features original art works from Go Make Something Kids! participants who represent the Leadership...
LBCC Call for Mural Art
The Long Beach City College Public Art Program seeks to contribute to a welcoming, affirming campus experience for all students. In the 2019 NACCC survey, a minority of students felt they mattered in public spaces on campus and one of the recommended actions was to...
Arts Council for Long Beach Announces New Board President and Executive Committee
On October 3, 2022, Greg Johnson, marketing strategist and arts advocate, will lead the Arts Council for Long Beach (ARTSLB) into its 46th year as the newly elected Board President. Sayon Syprasoeuth, Program Manager at United Cambodian Community, is now serving...
Omar Awaida Tribute Mural
September 24th @ 11 AM – 2 PM Los Cerritos Park.3750 Del Mar AveLong Beach, CA 90807Joseph Awaida, Raihan Dakhil and their 3-year-old son Omar were fatally struck by an intoxicated driver on Halloween in 2019. Councilmember Roberto Uranga has worked with the...
AOC7 Utility Box Project Artist Open Call
The AOC7 Neighborhood Association is selecting artists from the Arts Council for Long Beach Artist Registry to submit proposals for a utility box project along Anaheim St. Select artists will be invited to create an original artwork proposal with the theme A...
Flatline Gallery: Call for Art
CALL FOR ART Flatline Gallery is pleased to present Sunflowers for Ukraine. A pop-up group exhibition focusing on the sunflower motif interpreted through artists’ varying perspectives. The sunflower, or soniashnyk in Ukrainian, has taken on new layers of...
Getty 25 x Arts Council for Long Beach
In celebration of the Getty Center’s 25th Anniversary, J. Paul Getty Trust is partnering up with neighborhoods across Los Angeles to produce ten bespoke community-centric festivals that embrace the local community and showcase Getty-inspired programming. The objective...
City Announces Long Beach Creative Economy Grants Program
Includes upcoming grant opportunities for local arts, culture and history nonprofits, professional artists and cultural .
Arts Council for Long Beach and League of Women Voters to Host Mayoral Candidates Forum
The Arts Council for Long Beach and the League of Women Voters Long Beach will host a forum for candidates who are seeking the position of mayor of our city. The event will take place on May 7, 2022 at 10 AM to noon at the Museum of Latin American Art. Attendees will...
Summer Internships Available at the Arts Council!
The Arts Council has four exciting internship opportunities available: an Arts Learning Internship, Marketing Internship and Development Internship sponsored by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture...
Attend the LB Artwalk on Saturday, February 12
Come to the East Village for the LB Artwalk on Saturday, February 12 and enjoy local stores, vendors and live music.
NOTICE: PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR COUNTYWIDE CULTURAL POLICY STRATEGIES – JANUARY 3 – 31, 2022
Let your voice be heard! Now through January 31, 2022, the Department of Arts and Culture and Culture is seeking public comment on a draft set of Cultural Policy Strategy Proposals. The Countywide Cultural Policy has far-reaching potential to equitably...
Open Conversations: Parks and Records
The Arts Council will be hosting Open Conversations with Brent Dennis, Director of Parks, Recreation and Marine and VIP Records. Open Conversations will take at the East Village Arts Park from Noon to 6 pm, during the LB Artwalk.
“Together We Make Change” — Washington Neighborhood Utility Box Project
The Arts Council for Long Beach (ArtsLB) and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles (Habitat LA) have partnered on a utility box project in the Washington Neighborhood. Four artists have been selected by the community through a community voting process. Selected...
Call for Artists: LB Art Walk
We are looking for artists and collectives to participate as a pop-up vendor in the 2nd Saturday Art Walk October – December 2021.
Support the Arts Council for Long Beach for LB Gives
The Arts Council for Long Beach cultivates the physical, social, and economic characteristics of Long Beach neighborhoods by nurturing and enlivening the arts. We serve individuals, groups, and organizations through advocacy, arts education, public art, and...
Artist Registry Feature: Valerie J. Bower
Arts Council for Long Beach is featuring artists from our Artist Registry. For the month of September, we are celebrating Latinx heritage and this week we are highlighting photographer Valerie J. Bower. Valerie J. Bower (b. 1986) is a Los Angeles based photographer....
Artist Registry Feature: ART REALM Collective
Arts Council for Long Beach is featuring artists from our Artist Registry. For the month of August, we are celebrating socially engaged artists and this week we are highlighting art collective ART REALM Collective. ART REALM is a Long Beach based collective and...