The Arts Council for Long Beach (ArtsLB) is thrilled to announce that we will begin actively promoting the ArtsLB Artist Registry starting January 2025! This is a fantastic opportunity to highlight the talented artists who make up our vibrant arts community, and we...
Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 19, 2024, as the city of Long Beach comes together for a truly special event! The Billie Jean King Library will host the Annual Professional Artist Fellowship Art Exhibition, a one-day-only celebration of the city’s most...
Long Beach, California, has long been a cultural hub, from the early days of silent films with Charlie Chaplin to the legendary music of Snoop Dogg, and Sublime. Whether it’s the rock and roll of Cold War Kids, the powerful voice of Mexican musician Jenni Rivera, or...
🌟 Celebrating Women’s History Month with ArtsLB! 🌟 This March, we are shining a spotlight on the incredible women in our artist registry who have made a lasting impact on our community. We are so grateful for the trailblazing women who have paved the way for us,...
🌟 Embracing Black History Month with Artistry and Inspiration! 🎨 Throughout February, we’re shining a spotlight on the incredible talent of Black artists from our very own Long Beach Artist Registry. 🖌️ Join us as we celebrate their creativity, passion, and...
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...
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....
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...
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 Soul Cypher Collective. Soul Cypher is a creative collective and...
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 public artist Corie Mattie. Corie Mattie is an LA-based artist and muralist who...
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 fellow non-profit organization, Able Arts Work. The primary vision of Able ARTS Work is to...
Arts Council for Long Beach is featuring artists from our Artist Registry. For the month of July, we are celebrating our BIPOC artists and this week we are highlighting Joshua McCall. Joshua McCall is a painter, graphic designer, clothing designer, but most...
Arts Council for Long Beach is featuring artists from our Artist Registry. For the month of July, we are celebrating our BIPOC artists and this week we are highlighting Laura Vena. Laura Vena is a writer, teacher, translator, artist, animal activist, editor, and...
Arts Council for Long Beach is featuring artists from our Artist Registry. For the month of July, we are celebrating our BIPOC artists and this week we are highlighting Amy Solis. Amy Solis is an undocumented, queer, jewelry maker and activist born in Quinto, Ecuador....
Arts Council for Long Beach is featuring artists from our Artist Registry. For the beginning of July, we are celebrating our BIPOC artists starting with performance art duo, Mirrored Fatality. As a nonbinary Kapampangan-Pilipinx and Pakistani-Muslim performance art...
We are excited to feature Kevin Apodaca as this week’s Port PHOTO alumni feature! Kevin does creative work for a living where most of the photography he’s done has been in a professional setting. He’s been able to photograph in unconventional locations such as machine...
Gil Mares is this weeks Port PHOTO alumni feature with some exciting abstract photography! Gil has been photographing for over 50 years. He looks for what is out in the open for all to see and attempts to compose the subject in a concise and balanced manner for all...
We are excited to feature Slobodan Dimitrov as this week’s Port PHOTO Alumni feature! Slobodan’s photography documents cultural and occupational life. In many of his projects, he has found that in the minutia of everyday life there are elements of the...
Arts Council for Long Beach is featuring artists from our Artist Registry. For June, in celebration of PRIDE month, we are featuring artist, Victor Yates. Victor is a black queer multidisciplinary artist in Los Angeles whose work focuses on place. His literary work...
This week we are excited to feature Lyn Watanabe as this week’s Port PHOTO Alumni feature! Lyn’s love for photography started with an old film camera, black and white film and many hours in the darkroom. The camera became her visual journal, documenting her travels,...
This week we are excited to feature Rejeana V. Black as the Port PHOTO alumni feature! Rejeana is a Long Beach based artist working in photography and video. She is currently pursuing her BFA in Photography at California State University, Long Beach. In 2019, she had...
We are excited to feature Ashley Corbin-Teich as this weeks Port PHOTO alumni feature! Ashley is a photographer, art director and writer who makes commercial, editorial and fine art work. She is a storyteller who uses her art practice to explore, understand, connect...
We are excited to highlight Dennis Keeley as this week’s Port PHOTO Alumni feature! Dennis works as an artist, photographer, teacher and writer. His photographs have been exhibited in numerous one person and group shows. He has works in the permanent collections at...
This week we are excited to feature Cielo Roth as this week’s Port PHOTO Alumni feature! Cielo is an artist, a mother and a wife. She remains positive, vibrant, and energetic. While she is drawn to industrial shapes, the portrait feeds her soul and provides...
We are excited to highlight Angela Valley as this week’s Port PHOTO Alumni feature! Angela is a real estate photographer, videographer, and licensed drone pilot. She finds inspiration in symmetry, dawn and twilight, as well as our beautiful city of Long Beach, CA. She...
