Latest News
Check here for our latest announcements and opportunities — from artist calls and grants to exciting projects.
Annual Grants Technical Assistance Workshops: May 3 and 10
The Arts Council is offering two technical assistance workshops to offer guidance for its annual grants applications. Each workshop covers all four annual grants: Community Projects; Operating I; Operating II; and the Professional Artist Fellowship. Participants will...
Arts Council Funds Four New Microgrant Projects
Image courtesy of artists Erick Guadarrama and Benedetta Chan. Every month, the Arts Council funds wonderful community art projects and professional development opportunities at up to $1,000. Here are the four diverse projects that received funding last month: • Mural...
Six Diverse Fall Internships Available!
The Arts Council for Long Beach’s Creative Long Beach internship program awarded six arts organizations internships for the fall 2016 semester. The 17-week paid internships run August–December 2016 and are open to California State University, Long Beach and Long Beach...
Arts Council Annual Grant Applications Now Available
The Arts Council for Long Beach is pleased to announce that its 2016–17 annual grant applications are now available. The applications and guidelines are located on the Arts Council website at artslb.org/services/grants. The Arts Council provides three types of annual...
Summer Internship Opportunities
The Arts Council has two exciting internship opportunities available: a Marketing and Grant internship sponsored by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and a Public Art internship made possible by the Getty...
Arts Council Triples Number of Arts Education Grants
The Arts Council awarded a record number of Long Beach Unified School District classrooms an Arts Education Enrichment Grant for the current 2015–16 school year. The Arts Council was able to triple the number of recipients to 32 classrooms at 24 schools. The increased...
Things to Do
Learn more about upcoming Arts Council events and partner events happening around town.
2018 State of the Arts
On Friday, October 12 from 6–9 p.m., the Arts Council for Long Beach will host its annual State of the Arts event in partnership with the Office of Mayor Robert Garcia.
2nd Annual Fiesta in the Park
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, 7th District Council Member Roberto Uranga cordially invites you to join him, and the Arts Council at this year's 2nd Annual Fiesta In The Park. There will be live entertainment and performances for free from 12:00PM - 6:00PM...
Living Arts Long Beach Now Accepting Applications
Take charge of your life and career through Living Arts Long Beach! Turn your passion for art into a career! Living Arts Long Beach will give you real life-creative-job skills you need to succeed and connect you to professional artists who have careers in the arts....
Port of Long Beach 2017 Photoprogram Roaming Gallery
On Saturday, September 8 from 5 to 9 p.m. the public will have a rare opportunity to view photos from the Port's 2017 PHOTOPROGRAM. Join the Arts Council and the Port of Long Beach during the LB Artwalk and Buskerfest and view the collection at the following...
Ponybox Performs at Stories of Boundaries
On Thursday, September 6 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Ponybox Dance Theatre movement artist Elijah Laurant will perform a dance interpretation of the current exhibition Stories of Boundaries at the Collaborative Gallery (421 West Broadway.) Elijah Laurant was born and raised...
Stories of Boundaries Professional Artist Fellows Exhibition
Stories of Boundaries, a culminating exhibition for Arts Council for Long Beach’s 2017–2018 Professional Artist Fellows, opens Saturday, August 18, from 6–9 p.m. The exhibition features four Long Beach artists whose work exemplify artistic merit and professional achievement. The fellows are Kristin Beeler, Jose Loza, Brittany Mojo, and Gerardo Monterrubio.
Get Involved
Learn more about the Arts Council’s latest initiatives, education opportunities and arts advocacy calls to action.
Signal Hill Mayor Larry Forester and City Manager Charlie Honeycutt Attend Passport to the Arts Performances
Last Friday, third-grade students at Signal Hill Elementary School performed a play based off of their English language curriculum. Arts Council teaching artist David Lewis lead the performances and spoke to the audience about the importance of nurturing children’s...
Announcing the 2015–16 Schools for the Arts Education Enrichment Grant!
Seventeen projects were funded this month through the Arts Council’s Arts Education Enrichment Grant. Through the generous support of Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe, Fourth District, and the Ruth and Joseph C. Reed Foundation for the Arts, the Arts Education...
Eye on Design Students Visit FAR-SITED at the University Art Museum
Eye on Design is one of the Arts Council’s education programs for third-grade students in the Long Beach Unified School District. The 15-week program guides students through the same process a public artist follows – students learn to develop a public art concept and...
Profiles in the Arts
We love to share all the fantastic work happening in the creative community. Check here as we profile local artists, community leaders and organizations making things happen.
Port PHOTO Alumni Feature: Weldon Spurling
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...
Port PHOTO Alumni Spotlight: Christine Lee Smith
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...
Determinaton LB
We would like to invite you Saturday February 1st 11 am - 1 pm to celebrate our workshop series Determination LB with Big Sleeps at 1340 Cherry Ave, in Long Beach. There will be music, performances, Determination gallery, give aways by @creativeflowarts and food.• • •...