IN PICTURES: POW! WOW! wraps up its sixth year in Long Beach
The weeklong celebration of art ends today, with the completion of murals and multimedia art on walls and along the waterfront in Long Beach.
This week: The colorful return of POW! WOW! Long Beach
This year’s POW WOW! Week includes an Art Renzei Festival series of multimedia art installations along the Long Beach waterfront.
POW! WOW! is back with new sculpture fest and 9 artists to paint new works over defaced murals
Organizers also announced featured artists for its concurrent mixed-media and sculpture festival, Art Renzei. The week-long event begins Sept. 28.
POW! WOW! mural fest is back in September, this time with a sculpture festival too
“The idea is we’re coming together to heal the community through public interactive art,” Cassandra Leeman, regional director of POW! WOW! Long Beach said. “We felt like more than any other year, this year really needed a theme of bringing the community together.”
Popular POW! WOW! mural painted over due to vandalism
Created by Antonio Donat, or DULK, the mural was created during PWLB’s 2017 festival.
POW! WOW! mural festival postponed to 2021, but could be reimagined in the future
Over the past five years, the summer festival has brought local and international artists together in Long Beach to create public works of art.
POW! WOW! Long Beach 2019 finished murals
The fifth annual POW! WOW! Long Beach has wrapped up a high-energy week of mural making and events; check out all the finished murals.
Q&A: Allison Bamcat on the healing power of art
Los Angeles-based artist Allison Bamcat has been dreaming of participating in a POW! WOW! Long Beach since the inaugural festival in 2015.
VIDEO: Caratoes discusses her art, identity and the unexpected joy of being a role model
Caratoes talks to the Post about the importance of representation and more.
GALLERY: POW! WOW! mural fest takes over for fifth annual summer in Long Beach
A photo journal, updated daily, of our POW! WOW! Long Beach experience.