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One of the events offers participants the chance to paint their own birdhouse. Image courtesy Arts Council for Long Beach.
May 2 4:26 pm
Arts Council offers ‘Bridging Wellness’ workshop series in honor of Mental Health month
May is Mental Health month and the Arts Council for Long Beach, in collaboration 12 regional organizations including Angels Gate Cultural Center, Compound LBC and We Rise LA, have banded together to host a series of free virtual and in-person pop-ups and workshops geared toward improving mental health and wellness through art and creative expression.
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The exhibit, “We Got This: Art in the Time of the Pandemic”, unveiled Wednesday, is comprised of 20 pieces that were collected from local women artists and shows messages of hope and solidarity that were ubiquitous in 2020. The exhibit is also available to view on the city’s website.
Pieces from the exhibit are on display along construction barriers that separate public areas from ongoing work on the airport’s Phase II Terminal Improvement Program. The art will be on display for at least the next six months, the city said in a statement.
The works range from scenes of nature to paintings of essential workers wearing masks and activities that people turned to to stay active, like roller skating and walking on the beach. An American flag with its stars portion made out of a navy-blue medial mask and a piece titled “Sheltering” showing scenes of 20 different homes sheltering in place are also part of the exhibit.
The City of Long Beach’s Development Services Department has partnered with the Arts Council for Long Beach to deliver phase three of the Artist COVID Relief Grant.
This grant program is for individual artists across disciplines who are struggling to have their basic needs (shelter, food, and medical) met due to loss of artistic income from COVID-19. Applicants will be asked to provide a short narrative that addresses how COVID-19 has impacted their ability to generate income from their art form and halted their artistic expression. Artists must meet the following criteria to apply:
be a professional, working Long Beach artist (age 18 or older)
The City of Long Beach’s Development Services Department has partnered with the Arts Council for Long Beach to deliver phase three of the Artist COVID Relief Grant.
This grant program is for individual artists across disciplines who are struggling to have their basic needs (shelter, food, and medical) met due to loss of artistic income from COVID-19. Applicants will be asked to provide a short narrative that addresses how COVID-19 has impacted their ability to generate income from their art form and halted their artistic expression. Artists must meet the following criteria to apply:
be a professional, working Long Beach artist (age 18 or older)
Street art emerges on shuttered businesses during COVID-19
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Share: Jamuna Priti decided to board up her nail bar Kleur in Alamitos Beach, CA as an extra precaution toward the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, but she said it wasn t an easy decision.
The business owner said the boarded-up storefronts reminded her of the Los Angeles riots: To me, it s so threatening, Priti said. I just can t wrap my head around seeing a bunch of boarded up windows.
That s when Priti had an idea. I love to paint, she said. I came up with all of these different messages that I ve seen and kind of tapped into how I was feeling.