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The Graffiti Program at Homeland Cultural Center

from Antonio Pedro Ruiz
Co-Founder of The Creativity Network
Graffiti has been with us since the Romans. Today’s graffiti is a representation of contemporary urban hip-hop culture, often practiced by people who know no other form of artistic expression. When a spray can is used to scribble gang symbols on a wall it is called […]

Underlying Consistencies: A Conversation With Betsy Lohrer-Hall

by Sander Roscoe Wolff
Whether she’s breaking egg shells on the sidewalk or weaving used clothing into huge billowing shapes, Betsy Lohrer-Hall is constantly exploring her relationship with environment and community, and gently encouraging those who experience her work to examine their own ideas about things. Often process oriented, her work does not fit neatly […]

Call To Artists - Dada, Surrealism, Readymade & Found Object

( 2CC and Art and Call To Artists and Events and Previews and Visual Art )

2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space
435 Alamitos Avenue, Long Beach, CA, 90802
562-901-0997 * 2ndcitycouncil@earthlink.net
The 2nd City Council (2cc) Art Gallery + Performance Space is pleased to announce its next Call for Artists.
Dada, Surrealism, Readymade & Found Object runs from Jan. 20, 2007 - Feb. 22, 2007. The exhibition is open […]

Tattoo Art in the East Village? Voice Your Thoughts!

Aleks Figuroa has an admirable goal: To bring an ancient art form to the East Village Arts District. Once viewed as low-brow and unsavory, tattoo art has become part of the zeitgeist, part of popular culture, and has developed a decidedly upscale clientele.
Like many Cities, Long Beach has rather strict laws that […]

The Wood Sculpture of William Hunter @ LBMA

( Events and LBMA and Previews and Visual Art )

The Wood Sculpture of William Hunter, 1970-2005
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Call To Artists - Visual & Music @ INTERIORS EXPO West Coast - August 15 - 17, 2006

We received the following:
Allow me to introduce myself. I am Deb Barrett and work for Grace McNamara, Inc. We are producing a trade show at the Long Beach Convention Center August 15-17, 2006. I am writing in hopes that we might work with LongBeachCulture.org for some of our special event efforts for the show. We […]

Unit E Gallery & Utopia Restaurant present John Hillis Sanders

“Three”
Site-specific installation by John Hillis Sanders
June 20– Aug 20, 2006
Unit E Gallery 117 Linden Ave # E Long Beach, CA 90802
Gallery Hours: By appointment (562)432-6888
Opening Reception at Utopia
Saturday June 24, 3 – 6 pm
“Three” Video and Photographs are available for viewing at Utopia
Mon – Fri 11:00 am – 2:00 pm and 5:00 – 9:30 pm […]

Last Saturday Video

( Culture and Events and Multi-Media and Music and Reviews and Visual Art )

by Sander Roscoe Wolff
At last Saturday’s Last Saturday event in the East Village Arts District, I wandered around and shot some video. I edited it down to about 5 minutes, and you can watch a rather large but low-res version of it here.
The excitement was palpable as I wandered East on Broadway toward Linden […]

The Captiva Collection - Polaroids by Naida Osline

( Events and Visual Art )

The Captiva Collection
Polaroids by Naida Osline
In the Project Room: Jenna Gallemore
May 20 - June 23, 2006
Reception for the Artists: Saturday, May 20, 6-8pm
The Office
An Art Space
5122 Bolsa Ave. Suite #110, Huntington Beach, Ca 92649
Phone: 714-767-5861
Email, office@theofficeart.com
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Hours, Tuesday - Friday, 1-5 p.m.
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Women’s Art Festival pictures

( Culture and Dance and Events and Music and Visual Art )

by Christine Amarantus

While at the Women’s Music, Art & Dance Festival this last Saturday, I took a few photos of a few of the performances and wanted to share them with my Long Beach Culture family.
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There were many more performers than I have pictured here, and my apologies for not doing them justice […]