{"id":1306,"date":"2017-07-25T00:47:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T00:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/arts-culture\/in-pictures-pow-wow-long-beach-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-07-25T00:47:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T00:47:21","slug":"in-pictures-pow-wow-long-beach-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/art\/in-pictures-pow-wow-long-beach-2017","title":{"rendered":"IN PICTURES: Pow! Wow! Long Beach 2017 Brings A World of Art to The International City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-55199\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Apex1.jpg\" alt=\"Apex1\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photos by Emily N. Tanaka.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Over the past three <em>Pow! Wow! Long Beach<\/em> art festivals, 52 murals have been painted throughout the city by a range of artists, some enduring 14-hour flights overseas to land in Long Beach, some only having to meander a couple of miles to arrive at their designated walls.<\/p>\n<p>What is it about the festival that gives so much energy to its followers, to those who are willing to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/portableunivers\/videos\/710707452446290\/?hc_ref=ARRvURP4g1XKCupJf_pqONkTsps6Vr6PI_w5ndyUTiTVg1ywSvJwVryfpHyjFDD1FAw&amp;pnref=story\"> walk eight miles<\/a> just to visit 11 of the 19 works created this year, for example?<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Flongbeachpost%2Fvideos%2F10155428401910256%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>Perhaps it\u2019s the sharing of cultures between the artists and the community, and not just through face-to-face interactions, but through the language of art. Each mural represents a connection between its creator and all those who see it.<\/p>\n<p>Miami-based artist <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/life\/arts-culture\/miami-based-artist-tatiana-suarez-talks-about-home-heritage-and-leaving-positive-energy-behind\/\">Tatiana \u201cTati\u201d Suarez spoke<\/a> of how she uses her feminine figures to communicate her ideas with her viewers; Amsterdam artist <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/life\/arts-culture\/belgian-artist-adele-renault-talks-about-obsession-with-pigeons-and-people\/\">Adele Renault<\/a> paints street pigeons, reflecting an often overlooked commonality shared by most cities around the world, including Long Beach; local artist <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/life\/arts-culture\/lost-in-the-world-bodeck-hernandez-rediscovers-his-roots-for-pow-wow-long-beach\/\">Bodeck Hernandez<\/a> painted his mural specifically for the school children that would be seeing it every day.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; float: left;\" \/>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"width: 100px; height: 100px; background-image: url('images\/asia\/DSC_0914.JPG'); background-size: cover; background-position: center center; float: left; margin-right: 30px; display: none;\"><\/div>\n<p><small style=\"font-weight: lighter;\">RELATED<\/small><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/life\/arts-culture\/lost-in-the-world-bodeck-hernandez-rediscovers-his-roots-for-pow-wow-long-beach\/\">LOST IN THE WORLD: Bodeck Hernandez Rediscovers His Roots For Pow! Wow! Long Beach<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 0;\"><\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; float: left;\" \/>\n<p>It\u2019s not just 52 murals that line the streets of Long Beach, it\u2019s 52 big ideas, 52 cultural references, 52 landmarks, 52 individual reflections based on each of the artists\u2019 life experiences, it\u2019s 52 people who have left a visual legacy for anyone to contemplate and connect with at their leisure.<\/p>\n<p>While a few are scattered as far north as 59th and Atlantic Avenue (near the Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library), the majority of the murals have been painted in the downtown area in walkable clusters. For next year\u2019s Pow! Wow! Long Beach, assuming there will be one, perhaps community leaders can start a conversation about bringing to life a different area of the city that craves these cultural and community connections and the ensuing positive attention.<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past three\u00a0<em>Pow! Wow! 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