The mural, which faces an alley outside of the Long Beach Day Nursery and was painted by local artist Daniel Toledo, depicts two children planting the Earth in a well-tended garden. The message, Toledo said, is that children “are the future, and we should take care of our planet now.”
A street muralist and groups of volunteers gathered Downtown to help beautify the area in anticipation of crowds coming back to Long Beach.
Community mural painting is slated to kick off this Saturday, Dec. 12 at 2000 Santa Fe Ave.
Floating, bubbly, smiley faces are at once recognizable, even welcoming, while also being just a bit off
Equipped with only brushes and oil paint, Long Beach artist David Early is helping beautify a part of the city’s Wrigley neighborhood along the bustling Pacific Avenue corridor one mural at a time.
It was a complete surprise to the new owners of a prominent bank building on Ocean Boulevard when they discovered a hidden mosaic on its facade, one with regional historical significance.
Councilman Rex Richardson hosted an unveiling Saturday morning for the latest mural in North Long Beach
Covering the south side of a Salvadoran-Mexican food joint, the piece shows a young girl riding a coyote in a desert night surrounded by agave plants—a metaphor for family separation.
Canadian artist Rita Letendre painted “Sun Forces” for the 1965 California International Sculpture Symposium at Cal State Long Beach.
A new medical marijuana dispensary expected to open in late March will offer a little more for the brain than just a certain puffable plant.
