9:46am | Just what this world needs… another acronym, but that may be about the only mundane thing you’ll find in downtown Long Beach on Saturday.
The inaugural Long Beach Downtown Art Walk (LBDAW) on Saturday features 17 art galleries throughout downtown Long Beach opening their doors for a self-guided tour.
Similar to the Los Angeles Downtown Art Walk, LBDAW is a free, self-guided art event in an evening once a month in which people, or patrons, are encouraged to roam from gallery to gallery viewing or purchasing art.
LBDAW will take place on the second Saturday of each month from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Organizers “soft-launched” LBDAW in January with little promotion to work out the kinks, and the event attracted crowds of people to numerous galleries, according to organizers.
“I believe Long Beach is at the core of a new art scene in the south bay,” said Liza Simone, co-founder of LBDAW and founder of Phantom Galleries Los Angeles County. LBDAW was established by Simone in partnership with the Arts Council for Long Beach and community volunteers.
The majority of the participating galleries are organized through Phantom Galleries Long Beach—another acronym, PGLB. PGLB spaces are organized and curated by independent curators, arts organizations and regional artists, and new galleries are opening up in the area and joining in.
“The entire effort to coordinate this monthly event is volunteer-driven,” said Craig Watson, Executive Director of the Arts Council for Long Beach.
Anyone interested in being part of LBDAW, as a volunteer committee member, artist, curator or gallery should contact Simone at [email protected].
Participating Galleries
on Saturday are:
D-Block
Address: 218 N. Promenade
Exhibit: “Video: Recycled”
Website: www.DBlockprojects.com and farsited.org
BackSpace Gallery
Address: 218 N Promenade
Exhibit: “Outpourings: Expansive” color painting by Linda King, Jack Chipman and
Website: www.PhantomGalleriesLA.com
Dark Matter Gallery
Address: 218 N. Promenade
Exhibit: “Tranishea Johnson”
Website: www.NeilAFrance.com
DownCrowd Gallery
Address: 216 N Promenade
Exhibit: “Profiles in Community Music”
Website: www.thedowncrowd.com
Art Attecc Gallery
Address: 216 N Promenade
Exhibit organized by I.D.E.A.S Interdisciplinary Exploration Art Society
Website: PhantomGalleriesLA.com
Sixpack Projects
Address: 170 N Promenade Long Beach CA 90802
Exhibit: “Constructions and Excavations”
Website: Sixpackprojects.com
Hellada Gallery
Address: 433 E 1st St.
Activities: Children’s art activity class, 6:00–9:00pm; After-party, 10:00pm–1:00am; Art contest, 8:00pm.
Website: www.artwalklb.com
Sipology Gallery at the Village
Address: 448 E. Broadway Blvd.
Exhibit: “Technophilia”
Website: lvxedge.comLyons Art Supply
Address: 441 E. 4th St.
Event: Lyons At Night, 4 p.m. – 10 p.m, featuring Sirena Serpentina, 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m.
Website: www.lyonartsupply.com
The Art Den Gallery
Address: 122 E. 3rd St.
Exhibit: “works for the voyeur”
Website: http://www.stevenjanssen.com/JANSSEN-artspace.html
Gallery Blu
Address: 350 Long Beach Blvd.
Exhibit: Architectural art show
Website: www.VaydenRoi.com
LarkGallery Online at PBLB
Address: 350 E. 3rd St.
Exhibit: “Spring, Love, Life”
Website: LarkGalleryOnline.com
AMC Gallery at PGLB
Address: 344 E 3rd St.
“Live Art from the 2nd Annual LB Funkfest”
Website: www.efrenluna.webs.com
The Projects at PGLB
Address: 346 E 3rd St.
Exhibit: “Lure of the Local”
Website: NeilAFrance.com
PGLB on E 3rd
Address: 360 E 3rd St.
Exhibit: “Braaaiiinnnss”
Website: PhantomGalleriesLA.com
Exhibit [A]
Address: 555 Pine Ave.
Exhibit by various artists
Website: www.VaydenRoi.com
PGLB at the Pike
Address: 21 Aquarium Way
Pedestrian viewing gallery by Hina Fagu
Website: phantomgalleriesla.com