Viewable by appointment or online at www.angelsgateart.org, the gallery exhibition Sanctuary of the Aftermath investigates how art can create new channels for connection, even during prolonged periods of physical separation and quarantine. Site-specific installation art, video art, and auditory art are highlighted within an immersive atmosphere, which invites safe engagement to explore the issues and make personal discoveries. During a time of intense socio-political injustice, environmental disaster, rapid technological changes, prolonged physical isolation, and anxiety - art can be a…

Join Rebekah Rose for a drawing workshop via Zoom to celebrate Pride Month. Participants will learn how to trace and transfer printed images of queer icons. While coloring the images, participants will have an opportunity to discuss queerness and the legacy of queer leadership. LGBTQ+ family and allies encouraged to attend. Rebekah Rose (she/they) is a queer nonbinary illustrator and trauma-informed yoga teacher in Long Beach. Their work centers issues related to queerness, healing from trauma, and social justice. Complimentary…

Healing Elements And Lifeways (HEAL) - Medicine Wheel Workshop Series is a free four-part series, featuring a session on each medicine wheel element (Fire, Earth, Water, Air), related to aspects of wellbeing (Emotional, Mental, Physical, Spiritual) for this May is Mental Health Month 2021. As American Indian/Alaska Natives experience vast mental and physical health disparities due to continued effects of historical/intergenerational trauma and colonization, we offer these workshops to strengthen our connection to community, nature and the four elements. We…

Children of all ages and their families/caregivers are welcome to join this painting workshop where we will make some beautiful abstract water-color paintings while listening to music, We will discuss how music and art can help us heal through these difficult times, and better connect to our community. Each family who particiaptes will received a watercolor set, pad of paper and supplies to share. During the workshop, we will talk about ways to help deal with stress and grief through…

WE'RE STILL HERE May 14th - May 31st 1125-1127 (both buildings' windows) S. Gaffey St. San Pedro CA 90731 "We're Still Here" is a group exhibition featuring artists' works from the ECF Art Center San Pedro that were completed during the pandemic or in response to artists' individual relationship with their mental health. This collection of artwork depicts the wide spectrum of how artists choose to express their emotions in all forms of visual art- which further affirms that when…

Join us for an interactive workshop on healing our grief through art, hosted by Marianna Jamadi of Oh Good Grief, and artist Luis Zavala Tapia, via Zoom. In this workshop participants will create a self-portrait, using a silhouette by Luis Zavala Tapia. Participants are encouraged to create inside or outside the silhouettes—whatever comes to mind—with the intention of transposing grief onto paper from within. This workshop offers a way of honoring our grief, and perhaps finding release. Oh Good Grief…

JOIN US The community is invited to write “letters of apology” through which regret is transformed into a new beginning. A few seeds are included along with the letters into biodegradable envelopes created by artist Kiyomi Fukui. Then the envelopes are planted in the handmade planters, created by ceramic artists affiliated with Long Beach. After the apology letters are planted, the exhibition will follow the progress of the sprouting of the apologies and their future tidings and growth. DATE/TIME 5/15…