After growing up in Albany, NY, Anthony Smyers moved to Southern California in 2003 to escape the snow and for easy access to the ocean. Anthony has been drawing ever since he was a child, copying what he saw in comic books and doodling the world around him. Growing up with an artistic parent also […]
David Hedden is an intentional designer, artist, and urban farmer with a focus on projects that provoke holistic and creative thinking. Creator of makerspaces, innovation spaces, and an educator of industrial design at CSULB. His art practice evolved most from working with the LBPL Studio, Squeeze Art Collective, Arts Council of LB, and SpaceTime Collaborative. […]
I am a student and artist who has showcased work in gallery shows and student exhibitions. I want to work on building a strong artistic mindset, expand my creativity, and practice organisational and critical thinking skills. I aspire to grow as an artist and work my way into the art education field, as I am […]
3 Women is a women-owned sustainable fashion brand located in the East Village Arts District of Downtown Long Beach. Owned by long-time Long Beach resident Crystal Lee Early, Designer, and Natalie Mumford, Marketing Director, they like to think of the third women as all those they’ve had the privilege of collaborating and working with since […]
My current practice explores the concepts of time and memory and relationships between privacy, publicity, space, and the human body. The investigation of place happens through the initial planning of a structure, followed by an intuitive process of deconstructing/reconstructing, layering, and combining collage, painting, and printmaking to achieve a narrative that is nonliteral, abstract, and […]
Soul Cypher is a creative collective and hospitality-driven marketing agency dedicated to promoting emerging local artists. Based in Long Beach, CA we seek to establish an active, supportive network of like-minds focused on achieving urban excellence by empowering artists with love, light and the resources necessary for success. We strive to build communal relationships that […]
My name is Wilfred, and I was born and raised in the Caribbean. Growing up as a kid I realized that I have a passion for art and design; however, I didn’t nurture my artistic capabilities as a young kid until I migrated to the United States in my late twenties.
In presence is the answer. We are inundated with questions: Am I doing enough? Will I be safe? Am I a good person? What is truth? In my art, I sit. I sit with this questions and I connect with the essence of people in a flash of a moment of their life. Staring in […]
As a multi media artist, my goal is to cultivate art through graphic design, modeling and hand drawn techniques
My art making is influenced by my training as an illustrator. I like to explore the story and wrestle with the concept. Sometimes I do this by merging visual elements to find new perspectives on a narrative. Sometimes humor has a role in this. Another way narrative plays a role in my artwork has been […]
‘My creation of Sweat Painting was born of a yearning for self reconstruction and self recognition in a chaotic world at a critical time in my life. As creatures of comfort, it is simpler to remain in the realm of safety. To explore the many uncomfortable facets of self, to recognize these and to confront […]
Coming from an artist family, I was a performing artist, makeup artist and just recently I can say fine artist. My work is of reflection of the culmination of my life experiences. My art comes from seeing life through dyslexic eyes. I see the positive in the negative. My art is heavily influenced by my […]