{"id":8260,"date":"2019-09-08T09:54:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T16:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000002095"},"modified":"2019-09-16T10:15:30","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T17:15:30","slug":"lbma-downtown-yes-its-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/lbma-downtown-yes-its-open","title":{"rendered":"LBMA Downtown: Yes, it’s open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ronald Nelson surveyed the LBMA Downtown museum\u2019s 3,000-foot open, bright, airy space and said when you visit the museum for the first time \u201cyou feel like you can fly.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s the museum\u2019s executive director. It was just minutes away from the grand opening.<\/p>\n

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Ronald C. Nelson and David Schnur gauge the crowd at the start of the LBMA Downtown grand reopening. Nelson is the museum’s executive director. The Long Beach Museum of Art officially reopened its downtown location, Saturday, Sept. 7. Photo by Bill Alkofer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As a vacuum cleaner hummed away along a red carpet, Nelson admitted he was a little nervous before the unveiling of a collection from 35 Long Beach artists.\u00a0After nearly a year of renovation, the Long Beach Museum of Art reopened its LBMA Downtown location, Saturday evening. A VIP preview and reopening celebration was attended by, among others, Mayor Robert Garcia and philanthropist Josephine Molina, who donated $1 million to the project.<\/p>\n

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Josephine Molina was the sole donor who paid for the improvements to the Long Beach Museum of Art’s downtown location. She attended the official reopening.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The debut exhibition is titled \u201cCollecting Long Beach: Seven Decades from the Permanent Collection.\u201d It opens to the general public on September 14.<\/p>\n

LBMA Downtown is located at 356 East 3rd Street in a building built in the 1920s to house the National Cash Register Bank.<\/p>\n

The current exhibit showcases pieces from Long Beach artists including Rod Briggs, Tony Marsh, Sandow Birk, Sarah Arnold, Frank E. Cummings and Carl Aldana.<\/p>\n

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The Long Beach Museum of Art officially reopened its downtown location. Photo by Bill Alkofer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Museum director Nelson said he is reveling in the art scene that has blossomed in Long Beach over the past few years and the LBMA Downtown will be a vital part of that.<\/p>\n

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The space that is now home to the LBMA Downtown was, in 1925, home to The National Cash Register Company. The museum reopened its downtown location on Saturday, September 7, 2019.
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Long Beach mayor Robert Garcia talks with museum executive director Ronald C. Nelson.\u00a0Photo by Bill Alkofer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Six-month-old Henry Sharkey was on hand for the LBMA Downtown’s official reopening. Photo by Bill Alkofer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Accoutrements LBMA (1of 6)
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Accoutrements LBMA (2 of 6)
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Accoutrements LBMA (3 of 6)
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Accoutrements LBMA (4 of 6)
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Accoutrements LBMA (5 of 6)
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Accoutrements LBMA (6 of 6)
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Primal Alchemy provided the food. Photo by Bill Alkofer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Long Beach Museum of Art officially reopened its downtown location. Photo by Bill Alkofer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Saxophonist Evan O’Brien of the duo Colorquest provided music from under the stairs of the Long Beach Museum of Art’s downtown location. Photo by Bill Alkofer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Art from contemporary Long Beach artists adorned the walls of LBMA Downtown. Photo by Bill Alkofer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A crowd gathered to watch the ceremonies at the new the LBMA Downtown.Photo by Bill Alkofer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A guest walks by one of the paintings in the LBMA Downtown. Photo by Bill Alkofer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The debut exhibition is titled \u201cCollecting Long Beach: Seven Decades from the Permanent Collection.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":70494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7081],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[2557],"class_list":["post-8260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-lbma-downtown","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/252"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8260"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=8260"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=8260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}