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Feb 7 2:23 pm
  • Arts Council for Long Beach

This Long Beach intersection is getting murals you can walk on

Cheantay Jensen

The Arts Council for Long Beach is looking for artists to paint unique curbside murals that double as safety improvements in the Washington neighborhood.

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Aug 9 2:18 pm
  • public art

Local artists can get paid to create murals in neighborhoods hardest hit by COVID

Cheantay Jensen

The Arts Council for Long Beach is seeking local artists for a new public art project that will pay them to paint murals in parks and facilities across the city.

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Nov 14 2021 4:57 pm
  • public art

Bright, colorful and unique: Artists to paint ‘gorgeous’ utility boxes in West Long Beach

Crystal Niebla

A popular corridor in West Long Beach is getting bursts of color with 10 painted utility boxes mostly along Santa Fe Avenue between Wardlow Road and Pacific Coast Highway as part of a project to help beautify the area.

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Oct 18 2021 5:38 pm
  • public art

Local artists to cover utility boxes in Long Beach’s Washington neighborhood

Crystal Niebla

The project, “Together We Make Change,” led by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles and the Arts Council for Long Beach, features four local artists living or working in Long Beach who are painting five boxes in the Washington neighborhood aimed to inspire local residents to engage in the community.

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Feb 25 2021 9:42 am
  • public art

That shiny sailboat at the bottom of Junipero endured its own journey before finding a home

Steve Lowery

“It is a beautiful sculpture that really captures the essence of our coastal city and we are thrilled to have it in Long Beach.”

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Nov 29 2020 2:07 pm
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach

New youth-involved mural to debut this week in West Long Beach

Crystal Niebla

The mural site, located between Admiral Kidd Park and Cabrillo High School, will feature geometric shapes celebrating landmarks in Long Beach in vibrant, warm, and engaging colors.

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May 31 2019 12:00 pm
  • public art

New sculpture in Gumbiner Park a ‘High Five’ to Long Beach

Asia Morris

This is Jorge Mujica’s first public art project; the City of Long Beach worked with the Museum of Latin American Art to commission the piece.

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Apr 5 2018 5:05 pm
  • public art

City Council Approves $50K to Add Public Art and Arts Programming in West Long Beach

Asia Morris

An arts initiative was approved by the Long Beach City Council on Tuesday to use the district’s one-time infrastructure funds of $50,000 to increase arts programming for the area.

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Mar 27 2017 11:16 pm
  • public art

Arts Council Open Conversation Highlights Public Art’s Online Future and Role in City Projects

Ariana Gastelum

Members of the Long Beach art community discussed ways to improve the presence of the city’s public art during a public meeting last Thursday, hosted by the Arts Council for Long Beach at Art Exchange.

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Feb 18 2017 1:51 am
  • commercial art

Backlash Toward the Painting Over of Mural at ARTX Sparks Public Arts Discussion

Asia Morris

Several questions have risen to the surface since local artist Dave Van Patten posted on Facebook earlier this week his, at first, angered response to the painting over of Pow! Wow! Worldwide founder Jasper Wong’s mural, Do Good Things, once visible on the exterior wall of the Art Exchange facing Long Beach Boulevard.

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