2011 Exhibitions and Special Events

SUMMER

What does summer mean to you?  Fond childhood memories, visiting grandma, motels with neon signs, washing the family car,

summer soltice, more time to skateboard or surf, picnics and BBQs, Disneyland, camping, going to the beach, drive-in movies,

crusin' in hot cars on warm summer nights, the worst sunburn of your life, what the landscape looks like or ?

Juror Charles Phoenix

Ontario, California native Charles Phoenix loves to celebrate mid-century life and style. For more than 12 years, his massive

collection of flea market-found vintage slides inspire his live Retro Slide Show performances, "Slide of the Week" Facebook

postings, and colorful coffee table books – including Cruising the Pomona Valley 1930-1970, Southern California in the 50s and

Americana the Beautiful.

Phoenix has appeared on The Conan Show, The Martha Stewart Show and is a frequent contributor to NPR.

In addition to his popular slide show performances and school bus field trip tours, Phoenix is the original creator of pie-cake

dessert, the Cherpumple, the Astro Weenie Christmas Tree and other culinary inventions.

"So hilarious we wish his show would last forever" – LA Weekly

"Call him the King of Retro, ruling over a bygone era" – Los Angeles Times

http://www.charlesphoenix.com/

PROSPECTUS (CLICK ON WORD)

ENTRY FORM (CLICK ON WORD)

Calendar

Exhibition:

Saturday, August 6 – Sunday September 4, 2011

Entry Deadline: 

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Notification: 

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Art Delivery: 

Monday, August 1, 2011 

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Reception:

Saturday, August 13, 2011

7:00 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Art Pick-Up

Sunday, September 4, 2011

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Monday, September 5, 2011

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

WILLE'S TRAPEZOID

Summer of Love

SPECIAL EVENT BOOKED  Friday, September 9 & Sunday, September 11,

2011

AMERICA

Juror Alexander Salazar

Harvard alumnus, Art Critic, Historian, Collector and well-respected Art Dealer in La Jolla, CA and Boston, MA for many years,

Alexander Salazar opened three locations in 2010 in Downtown San Diego designating over 7,000 square feet to art.  The corner

of 7th and Broadway in San Diego, was transformed into a 2,000 square ft high-end fine art salon featuring the works of national

and international mid-career and emerging artists. Just 2 doors down on at 635 Broadway, he offers an Artist in Residency Studio

for an Emerging San Diego Artist each month of the year. Head north to 1040 7th Avenue and be amazed at the 5,000 square foot

open gallery exhibition space of Modern and Contemporary Art.

His credentials are rock solid: He holds a Masters Degree in Theology and Art from Harvard University and a second Masters in

Sociology and Art from Boston College.  Whilst an undergraduate at the Colorado College, he lived in London where he studied

Modern and Contemporary Art before moving to Florence, Italy to pursue research on Masters such at Bernini and Botticelli.

With over 13 years experience as an Art Dealer around the country, Alexander Salazar continues to build museum-quality private,

corporate, and celebrity collections worldwide.  As an art collector himself, Alex understands that art is a reflection of oneself

and his only requirement to acquire a work from his gallery is that "you love it!"

http://www.alexandersalazarfineart.com/

Artists

Ruben Acosta   Sara Alavikia   Don Chafey   Frank Cancian   Michael Carini   Margie Darrow   Jamie Dickerson   Jocelyn Duke

Natalya Fiore   Lunel Haysmer    William E. Ishmael   Delores Peffley   Lori Pond   Swan   Viviana Lombrozo   Paul Samenfeld

Stuart Wagner   Eric Wixon   Gil Woo Lee   John Lloyd Young

Reception features live music

LOOK FOR THE SIGNALS

WILLE'S TRAPZOID

In conjunction with the AMERIC exhibition, civil discourse in America is explored in Wille's Trapezoid.  Quotes highlighting

different perspectives fill the room and there is a large scale where you can "weigh in" on what youfeel are conservative or liberal

media sources.

PROSPECTUS (Click on word)

ENTRY FORM (Click on word)

Calendar

Exhibition

Saturday, June 25, - Sunday, July 24, 2011

Entry Deadline: 

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Notification: 

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Art Delivery: 

Monday, June 20, 2011 

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Reception:

Saturday, July 9, 2011

7:00 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Live music - Look for the Signals

Art Pick-Up

Sunday, July 24, 2011

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Monday, July 25, 2011

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

APRIL - July 2011

FREE MOSAIC WORKSHOPS

In conjunction with the EARTH exhibition, 2cc and professional mosaic instructors Dawn Mendelson and Luz Mack-Durini are

launching a series of fun-filled,  educational and environmentally-themed mosaic workshops.  The workshops are open FREE to

the public and will run from April - July 2011.  The classes are held from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. and are suitable for all ages and

artistic levels.

PLEASE SEE OUR CLASSES & WORKSHOPS PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Supported in part by a grant from the Arts Council for Long Beach and the City of Long Beach.

SPECIAL EVENT Booked Saturday July 30 & Sunday July 31, 2011

Private Event Booked Friday, June 17; Saturday, June 18 & Sunday, June

19, 2011

Saturday, May 14

5:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Ménage No. 4: An Evening of ART+MUSIC+WINE!!!.

Hosts: Paige Bauer, Judy Francesconi, Kemery Day, Kasey Scott, Kelly Boesch and 10 more artists

Please join us for a beautiful night out in Long Beach. Amazing artists, tarot readings and music from the women of the GLBT

community! PLUS, we will be celebrating artist/photographer Judy Francesconi's birthday...so be sure to come and show her some

b-day love!:)

COST: $10 includes exhibit, music, appetizers & desserts

DRINK: Wine, Beer, Water available for purchase

PARKING: FREE Parking Available/Off-Street Parking too

ARTISTS:

Adrianne Gonzalez: www.agonzalezart.com

Beverly Williams: www.theindustriousbeaver.com

Devon Fleischmann: photography

Emily Brozyna: www.emilybrozyna.com

Jaime Mulford: acrylic on canvas

Jeanine Hill: www.jhillphoto.com

Judy Francesconi: www.judyfrancesconi.com

Kasey Scott: Yesak Galleries

Kelly Boesch: www.kellyboesch.com

Kemery Day: www.artbykemery.com

Laura Stegeman: photography (web site coming soon)

Monica Fleming: www.monicafleming.com

Paige Bauer: www.iphotolongbeach.com

Roberta Neito: sculpture/acrylic on canvas

Tracy Sula: www.tracysula.com

MUSIC: 

Beautiful Chaos featuring Tracy Sula and Vivian Woolfson!!!

TAROT CARD READINGS: 

Stephanie Medina

PROCEEDS: 

A portion of the proceeds will benefit The Trevor Project and The Take Me Home Pet Rescue.

Questions?  Telephone:  562 257-8978

Exhibition Open Wednesday - Sunday Noon - 5 p.m. through June 12, 2011

2ND OPENING RECEPTION LB PRIDE WEEKEND:

Friday, May 20th from 5-10pm

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=101335689955039

Art "Garage" Sale

Saturday, May 7, 2011

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Tons of art books, collectibles, jewelry, art supplies, frames, instruments, novels, household goodies, clothes with tags still on

them and original art.  We can’t guarantee that this will happen to you at our sale but …

TIME Magazine reported that Christie’s has sold four paintings purchased at various garage sales.

Two Magnolias on Blue Plush, a $29 garage sale find, sold for $882,500. Magnolia Blossoms on Blue Velvet and Cherokee Roses,

which were purchased together for $88, sold for $937,500 and $134,500 respectively.” 

Magnolias on a Wooden Table, purchased for $5, brought in an astounding $1,491,000.00. 

DON’T MISS OUT!

DONATIONS APPRECIATED

Drop off donation from Wednesday, April 20 - Thursday, May 5th

Noon - 5 p.m.

Tax Receipt Given

Your donation helps support our FREE public art workshops 

EXHIBITION

EARTH

Juror Mark Chamberlain

In 1973, Mark Chamberlain co-founded and still operates BC Space Gallery & Photographic Art Services.

For over 35 years, Mark Chamberlain has used photography and other art vehicles for social and political commentary. Artist,

author, educator, ardent environmentalist, and self-proclaimed arteologist, his work has brought widespread attention to

regional issues and global concerns. Most notable was The Tell, a collaborative non-profit public art project in Laguna Canyon in

1989. This 636-foot-long photographic mural, created with art partner Jerry Burchfield, served as the focal point and catalyst for

the defense of the canyon and ultimately drew thousands of people to the Laguna Canyon site, national attention to the issues,

and facilitated the public purchase of that land for preservation.

Other work includes Dubuque Passages, an intimate b/w documentary of Chamberlain’s hometown region created over a 10 year

period; Future Fossils, a similar endeavor in larger scale color incorporating images collected in California over another 25 year

plus period; and Looking for 2001, an ongoing companion color series of photographic images reflecting on our evolution into the

21st Century.  Current activities include the long-term documentation of the El Toro Marine Base as it undergoes the transition

from military air base to regional park and an ongoing video & still documentation of the Mississippi River and its byways, and a

video history of the Artist Elders of Laguna Beach.

Along with an extensive exhibition record, Mark Chamberlain’s work is included in numerous public & private collections,

including the Laguna Art Museum, Orange County Museum of Art, the University of Dubuque, the Polaroid Collection, and the

Cincinnati Museum of Art.

BC exhibitions include the controversial & highly acclaimed Pretty Lies/Dirty Truth show, which addressed issues of war & peace

in our time; My Father’s Party is Busted!; Banned & Barred which dealt with the practice of censorship in art; Water Works,

addressing concerns of water use, misuse, and abuse; and Urbanscapes, a lyrical depiction of man’s impact and legacy on our

planet.

ARTISTS

Janet Inez Adams   Bruce Barton   Charles Lynn Bragg   David Crocker   Denise DeGrazia   JR Fleming   Rick Friesen

Steven Fujimoto   Julia Heatherwick   Linn Kier   Veronica L. Kortz   Cheryl Lommatsch   Michael McAlister   Elizabeth Nees

Cory Olewnik   Abel German Olivieri   Marco Pizzo   Paul Samenfeld   Chris Sanders   Jen Schichi    Denise A. Scott

Jim Sinsheimer   John A. Stewart   Swan   Elizabeth Wallace   Peter Williamson Walker   Beverly Williams

JEN ZEN (aka Jen Grey)   Ronnie Zuckerberg

Calendar

Exhibition

Saturday, April 2, - Sunday, May 1, 2011

Entry Deadline: 

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Notification: 

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Art Delivery: 

Monday, March 28, 2011 

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Reception:

Saturday, April 9, 2011

7:00 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Art Pick-Up

Sunday, May 1, 2011

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Monday, May 2, 2011

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

WILLE'S TRAPZOID

Mother Nature and How You Can Be Prepared

1933 Long Beach Earthquake Photographs

Earthquake Preparedness Information

THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

MARCH 26, 2011

5:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Come out for an exotic evening of art inspired by elephants & Southeast Asian mystique!

THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM is a one night only fundraising event with proceeds benefitting the Land For Elephants program at

Elephantstay in Ayutthaya Thailand      http://www.elephantstay.com/Land-for-elephants.html

DATE: March 26, 2011

TIME: 5-9p

COST: $10.00 at the door and includes the art show, entertainment & an array of Thai inspired food

ARTISTS: To Be Announced

ENTERTAINMENT: DJ Mixx D'Meanor, Sirena Serpentina Fire Dancers, plus other special surprises!

DRINKS: Wine & Beer available by donation

Taste amazing private label wine from the incomparable Jan Pierini...her wine from her vineyard in Paso Robles is taking over

SoCal and you will be in love with the first sip.

The Elephant In the Room promises to be a unique and stunning evening in the heart of downtown Long Beach....support local

arts and support the beautiful and endangered elephants!! ALL ARE WELCOME!!

To see more, click HERE.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

100 Years

1911 - 2011

Celebrating Historical & Contemporary Women Artists

February 19 - March 20, 2011

JUROR Idurre Alonso

Idurre Alonso is the curator at the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA). Ms. Alonso has curated significant exhibitions for

MOLAA including: Rufino Tamayo: A Search for the Essence (2004), Jesús Soto: The Universality of the Immaterial (2005), La

Presencia: Latin American artists in U.S. Collections (2007), Changing the Focus. Latin American Photography 1990-2005 (2010)

and Descartes (2010). She is pursing her Ph.D. at Basque Country University, Spain.

Ms. Alonso has lectured at several institutions such as the Oklahoma Museum of Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, LA Art Show,

Photo LA, New York Photo and California Association of Museums.  She has also written essays on Latin American art for

institutions such as Museo de Arte Moderno in Caracas, Venezuela, as well as for international art magazines including Arte al Dia

News in Mexico, Arte al Limite in Chile and Artes en Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. She has also been a jury member

for art biennials in Chile, Mexico and Guatemala.

ARTISTS

Kim Barry    Ellen Butler    Kimberly F. Davis    Erin Desmond    Susan H. D’Zmura    Fae Horowitz    AnneKarin Glass

Shizuko Greenblatt    Hannah Greenspan    Jasmine Khademi    Vivian Hyelim Kim    Eva Kolosvary-Stupler    Haesun Lee

Karena Massengill    Eileen S. Moderbacher    Carmen Martín Monné    Selena Nawrocki    Patricia Post    Ethel Powers

Linda Sue Price    Mildred Thornhill Reynolds    Cindy Sue Rivera    Julia San Roman    Barbara Ruffini    Elizabeth Sher

Ariel Swartley    Leticia Velasquez   Erika Wain

AWARDS

1st    

Leticia Valasquez

What Lies Beneath

2nd

Haesun Lee

moment of engagement

3rd

Erin Desmond

Treetop Awareness

Eye Opener

Barbara Ruffini

Hemingway Summer

TWO EXHIBITIONS

The 2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space (2cc) is pleased to announce its two latest exhibitions which celebrate the

100th anniversary of International Women’s Day.  Both exhibitions run from February 19 – March 20, 2011.  The first is a large

group exhibition juried by Idurre Alonso, MOLAA curator and features 28 contemporary female artists. The work includes

installations, neon, art on drywall, batik, painting, found object, drawing, photography, sculpture and mixed media.  The art

addresses such topics as the human experience and human form, gender as non-binary, the power of women, belongings and

belonging, patterns and cultural implications as well as work that references literature.  The free public artists’ reception is

Saturday, March 5th from 7 – 9p.m. and features live music, light refreshments and relaxing in the beautiful Sato Garden.

Wille’s Trapzoid, a smaller separate exhibition space within the gallery, features historical photographs and information on

inspirational women who have been involved in the visual, performing or literary arts in Long Beachover the past 100

years.  Included are such women as Julia Morgan, the first woman to receive an engineering degree from Berkeley and the first

woman to receive an architectural degree from L‘Ecole de Beaux Arts in Paris.  Julia Morgan has over 800 buildings to her credit

including the Hearst Castle and the 1925 Long Beach YWCA; sisters Georgiana Cuthbert (baritone horn) and Nina Cuthbert (alto

horn) who were part of Long Beach’s first band; Theda Bara silent film femme fatale who lived and filmed in Long Beach;

Cynthia Galles who co-founded The Found Theatre in Long Beach in 1974 and Kari Barba, master tattoo artist and owner of 4

shops including Outer Limits in Long Beach.   The Trapzoid will also serve as an interviewing room for 2cc’s women artists oral

history project.  Women artists are encouraged to take part in the interviews and are assured that the process is easy and painless

even for those who are somewhat uncomfortable being interviewed.   To sign up, please email 2ndcitycouncil@earthlink.net

Calendar

Exhibition

Saturday, February 19 - Sunday, March 20, 2011

Entry Deadline: 

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Notification: 

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Art Delivery: 

Monday, February 14, 2011 

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Reception:

Saturday, March 5, 2011

7:00 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Art Pick-Up

Sunday, March 20, 2011

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Monday, March 21, 2011

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

SPECIAL EVENT

A Free Speech Production Company Event

Poetry Slam

MARCH 19th

Doors Open at 6:30 & Show Starts at 7 p.m. Sharp!

$5.00 Admission

Valet Parking     Food & Drinks     Open Mic     Live Music     Top Slam Poets

Special Feature

The Free Speech Production Company is bringing urban and chic to the open mic. Join us for a special evening of Spoken Word as

we fuse the visual art form with the verbal art form at the Downtown Long Beach Poetry Slam and Art Gallery. Enjoy great music,

refreshments, and food in the gallery and its enchanting Sato Garden. Bring your friends. Bring your date. Bring an open mind.

The poetry slam will consist of artists that have rocked the mic at “Da Poetry Lounge” and other popular performance poetry

venues in Los Angeles. Our special feature will be the incredibly passionate Matt Sedillo. Described by his colleagues as “the

hardest working poet in Los Angeles”, Matt’s publications and national Slam recognition are as remarkable as his stage presence.

If you want to witness the premier of an urban artistic movement, Free Speech Production Company welcomes you.

SPECIAL EVENT

A Free Speech Production Company Event

Poetry Slam

February 19th

Doors Open at 6:30 & Show Starts at 7 p.m. Sharp!

$5.00 Admission

Valet Parking     Food & Drinks     Open Mic     Live Music     Top Slam Poets

Special Feature

The Free Speech Production Company is bringing urban and chic to the open mic. Join us for a special evening of Spoken Word as

we fuse the visual art form with the verbal art form at the Downtown Long Beach Poetry Slam and Art Gallery. Enjoy great music,

refreshments, and food in the gallery and its enchanting Sato Garden. Bring your friends. Bring your date. Bring an open mind.

The poetry slam will consist of artists that have rocked the mic at “Da Poetry Lounge” and other popular performance poetry

venues in Los Angeles. Our special feature will be the incredibly passionate Matt Sedillo. Described by his colleagues as “the

hardest working poet in Los Angeles”, Matt’s publications and national Slam recognition are as remarkable as his stage presence.

If you want to witness the premier of an urban artistic movement, Free Speech Production Company welcomes you.

10th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION & CELEBRATION

Juror:

shea M gauer is the co-owner/operator/curator of {open} books.music.magazines.art, a local independent bookstore that is soon

to celebrate its 7th anniversary. From the very beginning the store was designed as a multi-use space and continues to feature

monthly and bi-monthly art exhibitions from a range of local and international artists. {open} also hosts literary events, film

screenings and performances as well.    http://www.thestoryofopen.com/

shea is also a member of FLOOD, the Long Beach based artist group that produces the annual SoundWalk event. The group has

also curated and designed installations for the Torrance Museum of Art, Phantom Galleries LB, The City of Santa Ana and 2CC.

For personal expression, shea is musically involved in a number of groups including the experimental projects smgsap and qqq, as

well as playing bass in Greater California. He is also a freelance designer (ontheroughseesofmyeyes.blogspot.com) creating band/

event posters, book covers, cards, invitations, and monthly illustrations for the Los Angeles publication LA Record.

Artists

Lillian Abel    Natalie Kahn Aguilar     Victoria Taylor Alvarez    Damon Belanger    Stan Benson    Sherianne Ki Sun Burnham

Ellen Butler    Jesse Candelaria    Jack Chipman    Bill Collins    Margie Darrow    Evan Everest    Ron Howlett    Jasmine Khademi

Byong-Ho Kim    Gregory Liffick    William Livingston    Michael McAlister    Jim McKinniss    Dorothy Magallon    Steven Marr

Judith Parenio    Robert Pokorny    Nicole Sloan    Jane Szabo    Michael Stearns    Nancy Voegeli-Curran    Peter Williamson

Walker    Alison Wright    Pamela York    JEN ZEN

Calendar

Exhibition

Saturday, January 8 - Sunday, February 6, 2011

Entry Deadline: 

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 (by midnight)

Notification: 

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Art Delivery: 

Monday, January 3, 2011 

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Reception:

Saturday, January 15, 2011

7:00 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Art Pick-Up

Sunday, February 6, 2011

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Monday, February 7, 2011

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

RECEPTION FEATURES THE MUSIC OF MARC AND PATTIE DAVIDSON.

Marc and Pattie Davidson, members of the local trio Second Wind, will be performing folk, country, international, and original

material that first brought the couple together in the coffee house circuit.  They also have a great on-stage demeanor,

punctuating songs with brief stories about their origins that are both educational and very enjoyable.  They are a perfect fit for

the 2nd City Council's 10th anniversary celebration.

www.secondwindplaysfor you.com

CDs AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE RECEPTION.  Support California's musicians.

SPECIAL EVENT Booked February 11 - 13, 2011

2010

Exhibits & Special Events

2010

SPA DAY FUNDRAISER!

DEC 12 2010  3-7pm

Jennifer Carvalho presents - a Spa Day Fundraiser

Proceeds to benefit IICD/Humana in their fight against poverty and to help mobile families in BRAZIL

The first 50 guests will receive a free gift!!

Enjoy manicures, facials, massage, waxing and make overs!

Brazilian Food and Wine Tasting

Raffles and Much More!

CLICK HERE FOR FLYER FRONT

CLICK HERE FOR FLYER BACK

CREATE ART & SUPPORT 2cc

FIND HIDDEN TREASURES AT OUR SALE!

DECEMBER 4, 2010

The 2nd City Council Art Gallery (2cc) hosts a Mosaic Art Fundraiser and special Treasures Sale.  Support 2cc by creating art!

Make a small mosaic to take home.  $5.00 donation per person or $15 per group of four.  The workshop runs from 10 am – 2 p.m.

On the same day you can rummage through lots of gently used art items such as art books, jewelry, instruments, paintings, 3D

books, vintage clothing as well as household goodies.  The treasure sale runs from 10 am – 4 pm.   ALL proceeds go towards

supporting two wonderful Long Beach nonprofits – the 2nd City Council and the Found Theatre.   For more information please

email us at 2ndcitycouncil@earthlink.net.

Who's Your Doggie K9 Care and Paige Bauer, creator of 

Ménage À Trois...An Evening of Art + Music + Wine

Present

BEST IN SHOW...Art Goes to the Dogs!

Featuring Artworks of the Canine Variety.

Calendar

Exhibition & Reception:

OPEN to the PUBLIC Friday, November 19, 6 - 9 pm

PRIVATE PARTY Saturday, November 20, 6-9pm

Entry Deadline: Friday, October 29

Notification: Friday, November 05

BEST IN SHOW...Art Goes to the Dogs is open to all artists.  All media except video and film accepted...only dog related art

accepted.  For more info and a submission application, please contact: Paige Bauer, paige@whosyourdoggie.net

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

2cc is honored to participate in a traditional neighborhood celebration of Dia de los Muertos.  Each year, our neighbors’

apartment complex and courtyard becomes a magical place where altars, candlelight, marigolds, dancing and live music fill the

air.  The gallery hosts an exhibition inside and our garden is transformed with calacas, art workshops and delicious food.  Gates

open wide between neighbors to welcome an exchange of culture, art, tradition and friendship between our two spaces. Please

join us in this joyous celebration.

Artists

Janet Inez Adams   Robert J. Ball   Jeff Berman   Thomas Breeden   Angela Briggs   Paul Chirumbolo   Carol A. Churchill

Mary Clark-Camargo   Bill Collins   Steven Fujimoto   Susan Gesell   Don Hall   Steven Hagerth   Tom Haughton   Eve Lynch

Michael McAlister   David A. Martinez   Cindy Orozco   Judith Parenio   Cora Ramirez-Vasquez   Diane Reeves   Kay Ruffini

Rod Serranzana   Swan   Joseph Van Hooten   Ray Vasquez   Nancy Webber   Felice Willat   Cecily Willis   Dana Wyss

Calendar

Exhibition: 

Sunday October 17 -  Sunday November 14, 2010

Entry Deadline: 

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Notification: 

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Art Delivery: 

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Celebration &

Artists' Reception:

Saturday, November 6,  2010

6:00 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Art Pick-Up

Sunday, November 14, 2010

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Monday, November 15, 2010

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

TESSERAE: THE ART OF MOSAICS

JUROR

Sherri Warner Hunter is full time studio artist who creates public, private and community based commissions, as well as fine art 

Her art degrees are in sculpture and drawing from the Kansas City Art Institute, MO, and Claremont Graduate Universities, CA,

but her training in mosaic and concrete has been through self exploration for more than two decades. 

Hunter is known for teaching sculpture, concrete, and mosaic workshops around the country and at her studio in Bell Buckle, TN. 

She has also authored two books on working with concrete: Making Concrete Garden Ornaments and Creative Concrete Ornaments

for the Garden, both published by Lark Books.

Her award winning artwork is included in numerous private collections and can be viewed publicly at the Memphis Selby County

Public Library, TN; The TigerTown shopping complex in Opelika, AL, and at the Governor’s residence for the State of Tennessee. 

Hunter’s participation with community based projects include the mosaics at Turtle Grove, Albany, GA; ”The Gathering” for the

Oasis Center, Nashville, TN; and numerous projects with public and private schools.  Visit www.sherriwarnerhunter.com

Artists

Doreen Adams   Jeannie Houston Antes   Chela Bañuelos   Fran Drosman   Helen Fallon   Dmitry Grudsky   Steven Hagerth

Donna L. Hollander   Minal Jeswani    Jennifer Johnson   Kelley Knickerbocker   Wenia Lee   Robin Lucca   Michael McCormick   Luz

Mack-Durini   Dawn Mendelson   Linda Pannullo   Charles Pinkus   Carole Choucair Queijan   Jay Reed   Kay K. Robinson   Vaishali

Sanghavi   Lin Schorr   Carol Shelkin   Karen R. Silton   Kathy Thaden   Zoē Topsfield   Linda Vaden-Martin   Catherine Young

Calendar

Exhibition:

September 4, 2010 – October 3, 2010

Entry Deadline:

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Notification:

Friday, August 13, 2010

Art Delivery:

Monday, August 30, 2010

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Reception:

Saturday, Sept, 18, 2010

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Art Pick-Up

Sunday, October 3, 2010

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Monday, October 4, 2010

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 a.m.

The LEBANESE AMERICAN FOUNDATION HOUSE OF LEBANON And

The HOUSE OF LEBANON ARTISTS’ GROUP

Presents

BEYOND BORDERS

Featuring Fine Artworks of American Lebanese, Middle Eastern and American Artists

Calendar

Exhibition:

Saturday October 9, 2010 

12 noon - 9 p.m.

VIP reception

Saturday, October 9, 2010

5:00 p.m.  – 7:00 p.m.

Open Reception

Saturday, October 9, 2010

7:00 p.m.  – 9:00 p.m.

Exhibition:

Sunday October 10, 2010

12 noon - 5 p.m.

An educational mosaic Lebanese Flag Art Workshop for children under 18 years of age

will be held from 1:00 - 3:00 PM

HOL Artists’ Group Mission

Our mission is to share our diverse experiences as Middle Eastern and American artists living in California. With our multifaceted

talents, we hope to serve as models of cultural adaptability as well as pride in our strong connections to our roots and further

expand the spectrum of knowledge about our larger Arab American community in America.

2010 MEMBERS' EXHIBITION

Co-Sponsored by The Creativity Network

Featuring Chef Antonio Ruiz at the BBQ

The Creativity Network is a six year old virtual network of artists and arts organizations, community based arts advocates and

citywide institutions, government and business dedicated to the advocacy of a healthy arts and cultural landscape in Long Beach.

You can find more information about The Creativity Network by visiting www.thecreativitynetwork.org or call 562-430-8637 or

email Antonio Ruiz at thecreativitynetwork@gmail.com.

Please join us in celebrating our members and our community.

Community potluck BBQ open to the public!

The Creativity Network and 2cc will provide the BBQ and drinks.

Please bring a dish to share.

Music by Echo Greywolf

CDs Available.   Please support California's Musicians

ARTISTS

Janet Inez Adams   Susan Amorde   Eileen Anderson   Jim Babwe   Pam Baker   Chela Bañuelos   Joseph Bañuelos   Bruce Barton

Shari Beaubien   Dorothea J. Busch   Ellen Butler   Marie Cenkner   Ione Citrin   Annie Clavel   Bill Collins   Shelley Dale   Dale

Davis   Denise DeGrazia   Bernette DerPaulian   Susan D’Zmura   Kay Erickson   JR Fleming   Rick Friesen   Steven Fujimoto   John

Guldimann   Shirley Guldimann   Bro Halff   Ron Howlett   Elmer Jimenez   Karen Kang   Roberta King   Jim Koch   Connie DK Lane

Steve Lansing   Paul Levitt   Janet Mackaig   Jeff McDonald   Jim McKinniss   Archie Mack   DeShawn Maurice   George Metivier

John Montich   Doug Orr   Chris Otten   Delores Peffley   Marco Pizzo   Lori Pond   Larry Richardson   David Rodriguez   Kay Ruffini

Steven Stein   Michael Stearns   Jane Szabo   Ralph White   Dennis Wootan

Calendar

Exhibition:

July 31, 2010 – August 29, 2010

Entry Deadline:

Friday, June 25, 2010

Notification:

Friday, July 2, 2010

Art Delivery:

Monday, July 26, 2010

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Reception:

Saturday, August 7, 2010

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Art Pick-Up

Sunday, August 29, 2010

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Monday, August 30, 2010

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

WELL VERSED

Art that incorporates letters, words or text; makes literary references or tells a visual story.

JUROR

James Scarborough received his MA in Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London.  He has

worked at numerous museums and galleries and has published extensively on art, theatre, and cinema for the domestic and

international art press.

ARTISTS

Susan Amorde   Eileen Anderson   Joseph Bañuelos   Shari Beaubien   Charles Lynn Bragg   Ellen Butler   Bill Collins

Shelley Dale    Susan D’Zmura   Karen Emmett   Cynthia K. Evans   Steven Fujimoto   Joseph Gerges   Fae Horowitz

Karen Kang   Jasmine Sara Khademi   Jeff McDonald   Jim McKinniss   Robert Oblon   Robin K. Smith   Nancy Webber

Sarah A. Wilkinson   Pamela York   Penny Young

AWARDS

1st

Cynthia K. Evans

Yanqui Go Home

Oil and Collage on Wood

2nd

Ellen Butler

Come Home Again

Mixed Media: Tin, Paper, Gesso, Photo Transfers, Objects

3rd

Jim McKinniss

Sunflower Christian Fellowship

Archival Inkjet Print

Eye-Opener

Sara Jasmine Khademi

Elementary Martyrs

Mixed Media: Photographs, Acrylic on Linen

Calendar

Exhibition:

Saturday, June 19, 2010 – Sunday, July 18, 2010

Entry Deadline:

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Notification:

Friday, May 28, 2010

Art Delivery:

Monday, June 14, 2010

5:00 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Reception:

Saturday, June 26, 2010

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Art Pick-Up

Sunday, July 18, 2010

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Monday, July 19, 2010

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

RECEPTION FEATURES THE MUSIC OF SECOND WIND.

They use their mastery of acoustic guitar, bass, banjo and accordion to create an eclectic repertoire of music ranging from

original pieces to folk, bluegrass, country, pop, jazz, and even French and Mexican standards, all beautifully and authentically

performed. They also have a great on-stage demeanor, punctuating songs with brief stories about their origins that are both

educational and very enjoyable.  A perfect fit for our Well Versed reception!

www.secondwindplaysfor you.com

CDs AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE RECEPTION.  Support California's musicians.

PAIGE BAUER PRESENTS

Female artists/musicians in the GLBT community. Artists' info accepted until the end of February.  The selection process will

begin in March.  

Calendar

Reception

Friday, June 11, 2010

6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Private Party

Saturday, June 12, 2010

6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Please feel contact Paige with any questions at paige_bauer@yahoo.com

Ramon Rodriguez presents “Sentimiento Cosmico”

May 22nd through June 6th 2010

Please join us for the following events:

Sat., May 22nd

7-9 pm 

Artist Reception

Wed., May 26th

5:30-6:30 pm

Yoga with Silvana*

Wed., May 26th

7-8 pm

Conversation with the Artist

Fri., May 28th

4-5 pm

Yoga with Silvana*

Fri., May 28th

7 - 9 pm

Poetry Reading: Donna Hilbert & Poets

Sat., May 29th

12 - 1pm

Yoga with Silvana*

Sun., May 30th

2 pm

“Musical Celebration” with Marla Devich

Wed., June 2nd

4-5 pm

Yoga with Silvana*

Fri., June 4th

6-9 pm

New City School Café

Sat., June 5th

1-5 pm

New City School Art Celebration

Sun., June 6th

2-5pm

Closing Potluck

* Silvana Behrens, a certified yoga teacher, will teach yoga classes in the gallery.  Bring a mat.  Donations are gladly accepted.

URBAN-ORGANIC ALTERITY

Exhibition: May 7th-May 16th

A touring show that will be presented in Long Beach (at 2cc) and Downtown LA at a location TBA, featuring international and

local artists (TBA), live music, DJs, charity events, installation, and multi-media work. Deadline for artist submissions and

sponsors to the show in May 10th, send information and portfolios to mveremans@gmail.com

Calendar

Exhibition: May 7th-May 16th

May 8th Openning Gala

May 16th Closing Event

Statement:

The urban environment is commonly depicted as opposing nature and visa versa, but in actuality, the organic world is continuously

creeping into the vast networks of human planning and concrete. Similarly we, as artists, perpetually cross cultural borders and

challenge our society’s guarantee of a static and one-sided reality.           

Our goal is to creatively explore, interpret, and transmit the seemingly contradictory webs of information, external events, and

internal developments that make up the ever evolving consciousness of our age. Original works representing and combining all

media will be presented in Long Beach in May and Los Angeles in June.

Websites:

http://alterity.weebly.com/index.html

jaguarpress.org

Michaël Veremans

310 426 0347

jaguarpress.org

EARTH

Call for art that depicts the beauty of the Earth, environmental concerns or solutions, the relationship between man and

nature, recycled, found object or assemblage art, art that comes from the Earth (clay, glass, metal, etc.) or the artist’s

interpretation of the topic.

JUROR

Sam Bower is the Founding Executive Director of greenmuseum.org, an online museum of environmental art, launched in 2001.

He is also Co-Founder (with Anne Veh) of Generative Partners a consulting firm for green architects and builders that specializes

in a systems approach to art.  Prior to this, Sam created environmental art for 8 years as part of a San Francisco Bay Area

collaborative art group known as Meadowsweet Dairy. He helped found Cellspace, a nonprofit community art space in San

Francisco, and Co-Directed Crucible Steel Gallery. Sam has worked as a solo artist, puppeteer, and web designer, and in

advertising, events planning, and the environmental nonprofit sector in the US and Ecuador. He has served on the Board and as an

Advisor to various art and environment-related nonprofits and art projects.  His current passion is for free open source eco-art

projects and is working on a book project related to sustainable culture.

ARTISTS

Janet Inez Adams    Natalie Kahn Aguilar    Jami Allen-Snyder    Victoria Taylor Alvarez    Vicki Barkley    Jennifer Celio    Marie

Cenkner    Dale Davis    Denise DeGrazia    Jorge Del Toro    Katherine Du Tiel    Karen Florek    Kenda Francis    Josh Friedman

Eva Kolosvary-Stupler    Michael McAlister    Michele Martinez    Erin Payne    Diane Reeves    Tara Scroggins    Albert Sormanti

Michael Stearns    Francisco Valencia    David Eli Vaughn    Ralph White    Katy Parks Wilson

Click on INVITATION

Calendar

Exhibition:

Saturday, April 3, 2010 – Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Entry Deadline:

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Notification:

Friday, March 12, 2010

Art Delivery:

Monday, March 29, 2010

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Reception:

Saturday, April 10, 2010

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Art Pick-Up

Thursday, May 6, 2010

9:30 a.m.  – 12:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

5:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

RECEPTION FEATURES THE MUSIC OF ECHO GREYWOLF

Echo's genre is Fingerstyle Guitar, and he is one of its masters. Echo Greywolf's talents are as rare as the harp guitar itself, for

few play an instrument that melds a six-string harp with a six-string guitar to create an amazing twelve-string wonder. Gibson

once produced them in the 1920s, but now this intriguing hybrid must be custom-made. As if that were not enough, Echo has

recently commissioned an entire string section in one instrument: It is a lyre-harp guitar. This astounding 24-string work of art

integrates a lyre, a harp and a guitar -- into one! It raises the musical bar to a height that only pole vaulters can go.

Imagine an instrumental dreamscape that transports you upon soaring, glittering arpeggios or that draws one into introspection

with somber yet tasty textures. A master craftsman melodist as well as a virtuoso player, Echo's original tunes are trinkets that

are to the ear what honey is to the tongue.

A virtual protege of venerable Alex Degrassi, Echo Greywolf's performance resonates with a musical worldliness honed and

burnished from diverse influences. Celtic, ragtime, classical, blues -- among others -- help sculpt distinct emotional and visual

portraits, from whimsical to melancholy to euphoric to romantic.

CDs AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE RECEPTION.  Support California's musicians.

FREE SUNDAY MOSAIC WORKSHOPS

In conjunction with the EARTH exhibition, 2cc and professional mosaic instructors Dawn Mendelson and Luz Mack-Durini  will

launch a series of fun-filled and educational mosaic workshops open FREE to the public.  The workshops will begin in April and

continue through August.   They will be held on most Sundays from 10:00 am - 1 p.m.  Please see schedule below.  All ages

welcome.  No experience necessary.  Workshops will be conducted in English and Spanish and are set up so that anyone

can join in at ANY TIME.  Participants will create both mosaic art pieces to take home and work on communal pieces for the

galley's wildlife garden.

Each month we will explore a environmental different topic, have a guest speaker or see a film and create a mosaic artwork.

Our final workshop on August 22nd will be a celebratory BBQ in the garden.   At the end of summer, the 2,500 sq. ft area behind

the gallery will be transformed. We will utilize the knowledge we have gained about our native environment and select drought

resistant plants that attract wildlife.  We will have a community planting.  We will create an environment for wildlife to find

food, water, shelter and a place to nest. The communal mosaic artwork that has been created will be installed.   The garden will

serve as a quiet place for the community relax and groups to gather.  Every opportunity to come together is a potential to break

down barriers, gain understanding and build community.

For more information on our instructors, please visit their websites.

Dawn Mendelson      www.daybreakmosaics.com

Luz Mack-Durini     www.l-durini.com

Please join us by registering for the free classes.  Registration ensures that we have enough mosaic materials and healthy

snacks for everyone  to enjoy.  Please either call 562 901-0997 or email 2ndcitycouncil@earthlink.net.  Please use the

subject line "Mosaic Workshops."

April – Butterflies  

Besides being beautiful to look at, what function do they serve in nature?  What attracts them to an area?   Participants will

create a mosaic tile replica of a butterfly native to our area.  A communal mural will be completed of five California native

butterflies.

April 11

Talk on butterflies.  Begin projects.

April 18

Work on Projects  ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO PARK - GRAND PRIX WEEKEND!

April 25

Finish Projects

May – Native Plants

What plants are native to our area?  What are the benefits of using them?  Water conservation and wildlife attraction discussed.

Participants will make small garden pots of native plants.  Two large garden pots depicting native plants will be created as a

communal project for the Wildlife Sanctuary.

May 2

Talk on native plants.  Begin projects.

May 9

Work on projects.

May 16

Work on projects

May 23

Finish projects.

June – The Ocean Ecosystem (in honor of National Oceans Month)

The ecosystem (biological, physical, chemical) discussed.  Mosaic study of local fish and communal panel for garden.

June 6

Talk about our ocean's ecosystem.  Begin projects

June 13

Work on projects.

June 20

Work on projects.

July – Birds 

What were prehistoric birds like?  What are the characteristics of birds today?  What do they eat?  What are their nests like?

Migration discussed.  Individual mosaic study of birds created as well as communal panel depicting local birds.

July 11

Talk about Birds.  Begin projects.

July 18

Work on projects.

July 25

Finish projects.

August – Herbs

Edible and Medicinal Herbs discussed.

Individual herb pots will be created as well as 3 large garden pots depicting herbs for 2cc’s garden.

August 1

Talk about Herbs.  Begin projects.

August 8

Work on projects.

August 15

Work on projects.

August 22

Mosaic Workshop BBQ

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

For Workshop Participants & Volunteers

The last five month have been an exciting time.  Dawn Mendelson & Luz Mack-Durini, professional mosaic artists, lead Sunday

environmentally-themed mosaic workshops.  To celebrate the participants, their creativity, family,  friends old and new and the

building of community, a potluck BBQ will be held in the gallery's garden.

The gallery will provide the BBQ (including a vegetarian selection) and the drinks.  If you feel "inclined" please bring a dish to

share but most importantly, please come.  Please feel free to bring your family.   We will unveil the communal pieces for the

garden and give a special thanks to our volunteers.  We are working hard to be able to offer this free workshop series again next

year.  The work that was created is beautiful and amazing stories have been told about the experiences participants had in the

garden creating art. 

If you came with someone and registered on their behalf, we may not have their contact info so please, be sure to let them know

about the BBQ. We will be putting out any unfinished work so that you can pick it up and take it home.  If the work is not picked

up by noon, then it will be available to anyone who wishes to "inherit" and finish it at home.  So that we have enough goodies to

eat and drink, please RSVP by Wednesday, August 18th.

Thank you all for a wonderful series of art workshops.  

The Wildlife Sanctuary and Art Garden will be unveiling in October 2010 as part of National Arts Month.

PHOTOGRAPHY:  Impact of a Medium

Film, digital and manipulated photographic/digital images accepted.

JUROR

Robbert Flick is a photographer and Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Southern California.  Flick grew up in Amersfoort,

Holland and studied at the University of British Columbia at Vancouver.  He received his M.F.A. from the University of California,

Los Angeles.  He has exhibited work all over the world, with shows at LACMA, the Hammer Museum, and the Getty Research

Institute in Los Angeles, SFMOMA in San Francisco, the National Museum of American Art and the Smithsonian Institution in

Washington D.C., Deightor Hallen in Hamburg, Vancouver Art Gallery in Vancouver, and Min Gallery in Tokyo. Flick's work is in a

number of public collections as well. He has received a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, a National Endowment

for the Arts grant, a COLA (City of Los Angeles) individual artist grant, and a Getty Scholarship.

ARTISTS

Laura Bellamy   Jan Brueckner   John F. Chase   Mark Coggins   Mia Delcasino   Yasmin Etemadi   Edward Ewell   Kelly Fitzgerald

Jonathan Fleming   JR Fleming   Susan Heffernan   Peter Honig   Fae Horowitz   Kyle Johnson   Janos K. Lanyi   Linnea Lenkus

Paul Levitt   William Livingston   Katrina McElroy   Mike McKinnon   Rosanne Nitti   Jeff Rau   Diane Reeves   Michael Rich

Sergio Salgado   John A. Stewart   Neil Sharum  Nanaka Tonomori   Dennis Wootan   Pamela York

RECEPTION FEATURES THE MUSIC OF JESSIE DELUXE

Jessie Deluxe describes her sound as heavy, melodic rock. Her songwriting is dynamic and powerful featuring choruses that,

“lift you high in the air and then smash you back down to the ground.”  This is in your face rock n’ roll that conjures up the

grittiness of P.J. Harvey and the sex appeal of Elvis, all the while adding her own unique edge.

This fiery front woman packs an authoritative punch live with her amazing voice.  As she shreds on her Flying V, she

commands the audience with the conviction of a rock icon. It is no surprise,  this L.A. based band has become well known for

high energy shows and electric performances.

As for her background, Jessie has garnered the attention of various producers such as David Rowntree (Blur),   Dave Jerden

(Janes Addiction, Poe) and Geza X (Sonic Youth). Her influences range from, Hendrix, David Bowie,  Annie Lennox, to NIN.

CDs available for purchase.

Calendar

Exhibition:

Saturday, February 20, 2010 - Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Entry Deadline:

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Notification:

Friday, January 29, 2010

Art Delivery:

Monday, February 15, 2010

5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Reception:

Saturday, February 27, 2010

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Art Pick-Up

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

PRIVATE PARTY

Thursday, May 6, 2010    5:30 - 8:00 p.m.

IZMIR RETROSPECTIVE

March 13 - May 5, 2010

Homage to Homeros

Special Reception Saturday, March 27, 2010  6 PM

Click on the word Flyer

“ Homage to Homeros,” an art exhibition featuring artwork by Turkish and American artists, will open at the 2nd City Council Art

Gallery in Long Beach March 27.  Hosted and organized by the Izmir-Long Beach Sister Cities Association, the art exhibition will

introduce contemporary art by Turkish artists and American artists with deep connections to Turkey.

The artwork will be open for public viewing on Saturday, March 27th and Sunday, March 28th from 12:00 noon till 5:00 pm.

The evening reception will start at 6:00 pm on Saturday, March 27th and introduce the city of Izmir and Turkey, as well as sister-

city program activities, to the Southern California community. “ Homage to Homeros ” reception will feature the artists and key

note speakers accompanied by authentic music.

“Izmir, Turkey, is a fascinating and beautiful city full of centuries of history and culture,” said Dennis Aytekin, chairman of the

Izmir-Long Beach Sister Cities Association. “This is a once-in-lifetime event that will share the wealth of this city with its

partners here.”

The exhibition is curated by artist Jeyan Necla BEKAR. Works of artists in the exhibition will include:

· Arzu Arda KOSAR

· Bedri BAYKAM

· Ciler CETINEL-CIFTCI

· Eren ALPTEKIN

· Latife WARSHAWSKY

· Mutlu ERTAC

· Neal LANGE

· Reyyan SOMUNCUOGLU

· Vanessa OZYURTCU

In addition, the “Izmir Retrospective,” exhibition featuring artifacts from Izmir, Turkey, will be open to the public between

March 13 and May 5 in the separate trapezoid room of the gallery.

Sister Cities of Long Beach Inc. enjoys eight Sister Cities with communities around the world. It hosts more than 25 international

delegations per year and the Annual International Sister City Festival, drawing thousands of attendees. For more information visit

www.izmirlb.org.

Contact: Dennis Aytekin

(562) 363-5020

izmirlb@gmail.com

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21

FREE EVENT

BIKE-IN & FREE SCREENING of THE AGE OF STUPID

Leave CSULB on bike and explore some wonderful Long Beach bike trails.  End the ride at the gallery where you view the EARTH

exhibit, relax in the garden  and watch The Age of Stupid.

Click on the word FLYER

BELIZE FUNDRAISER

May 1st

6 - 9 p.m.

PROJECT KITCHEN FOR BELIZE - FUNDRAISER

After a CSULB sponsored trip to Belize Jessica was reminded of the simplicity of life and the true meaning of giving back.  With

the support of her fellow students she started a fundraiser on behalf of a local village where they stayed.  The women of the

Indian Church village work together in the local restaurant to accommodate the traveling tourists as well as the community

families.  We want to positively impact this village by helping raise the $8,000 needed to replace and improve their current

kitchen, and I'm asking for your help in raising this money.

There are many ways to contribute to the cause.

PROJECT KITCHEN FOR BELIZE is currently seeking Sponsors (i.e. title, bar, entertainment and food), Donations (i.e. silent

auction items, food and wine contributions, and Monetary contributions) and Event Attendees to support this fundraiser. All

contributions will directly benefit reconstruction of Las Orquideas Restaurant’s kitchen to include smoke ventilation and

plumbing.  Contributions are greatly appreciated!

For pictures, video and more information please visit us at: projectkitchen.wordpress.com

You can make direct donations at www.beyondtouring.com

CALIFORNIA VISUAL ARTISTS

In celebration of  artists and their work.

Open subject matter.  Open media (except video and motion film)

JUROR

Ed Schad, a curator and writer living in Los Angeles, is the juror. He has written independently for Art Review in London, Art

Slant in Los Angeles, Renegade Bus in Dallas, and writes and manages the blog www.icallitORANGES.blogspot.com

He is also Curatorial Associate at The Broad Art Foundation in Santa Monica. 

ARTISTS

Susan Amorde   Joseph Banuelos   Vicki Barkley   Emily Cobett   Dale B. Davis   Kelly Fitzgerald   Kimberly Hanh

Velda Ishizaki   Sara Jasmine Khademi   Steve Lansing   William Livingston   Michael McAlister   Ariel Mitchell

Marjorie Muns   L. Ford Neale   Elizabeth Nees   Dao Nguyen   Linda Sue Price   Lori Pond   Elizabeth Tinglof

Robert Tucker   James Van Arsdale   Elizabeth Wallace   Beverly Williams   Pamela York

Calendar

Exhibition:

January 9, 2010 - February 10, 2010

Reception:

Saturday, January 16, 2010

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Featuring CENTREVOL, an independent pop/dance/rock band from Long Beach, California. Their relentless drive and

energetic live show has brought    them to the forefront of regional and national competitions and has captivated college

audiences across the country.  CDs will be available for purchase.

myspace: 

www.myspace.com/centrevol

website/blog: 

www.centrevol.com

twitter: 

www.twitter.com/centrevol

facebook: 

www.facebook.com/pages/Centrevol/56961130812

Private Party

Saturday Night, January 23, 2010

2009

2009

Premier Winter Art Auction 2009

For Long Beach Rescue Mission

Presented by Long Beach Art Werks

Saturday, December 12th

Opening at 12:00, auction at 5:00

2nd City Council Art Gallery

435 Alamitos Ave.

Long Beach, CA 90802

Long Beach Art Werks community action group, is teaming up with local artists, the Long Beach Rescue Mission (lbrm.org

At night, most of us experience the streets in transit or through a window, but for some, the streets are home. Long Beach Art

Werks is dedicated to inspiring social justice through public art engagement. Struggling against the odds, we have the chance

with this event to transform our compassion for humanity into community action and extend our hands to the less fortunate.

You’ve dropped coins into rattling cups, but now is a chance to give them change.

Featured Artists — Kelly Campanella, Jamie Karson, Dave Wrathall, Travis Ott-Conn, Katie Reinman, Eydie McConnell, Stephen

Sotnick, Andrew Cortes, Kevin Flynn, and more to come!

Current Sponsors — Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach Rescue Mission, Roll Up Long Beach, KBeach Global Radio, Long Beach

Union Weekly, Associated Students of Comparative Literature, and Jaguar Press.

Program Schedule

December 12th            - noon-7 p.m. Art viewing, auction at 5 p.m.

December 13th            - noon-5 p.m. Art viewing, take down at 3 p.m.

LB.Art.Werks@Gmail.com

Marketing/General Info        Art Donations            Sponsorships

Kyle Veremans            Michaël Veremans            Ryan Smith

310.908.3177                310.426.0347            714.650.6577

For more information on sponsorships, get in touch with Ryan. 

The Jaguar Press (jaguarpress.wordpres.com

Found Theatre 35th Anniversary Gala

Saturday, December 5, 2009    8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Entertainment: Hollywood Canteen Swing Band

(myspace.com/hollywoodcanteenswingband)

1940's Costume Party (Not required but we hope you join in the fun)

Swing Dance Lessons

Relax Under the Stars with a Cocktail

Prizes

Tickets Sales 562 433-3363 or foundtheatre.org

Also available at the door

The shelf-life of small, experimental theatres is remarkably short, but the always iconoclastic Found Theatre of Long Beach has

bucked another trend. Founded in 1974 by Long Beach resident Cynthia Galles and a group of friends from UCI, the Found

celebrates an unprecedented 35 years of providing the community with quality, cutting-edge theatre with a social conscious and a

sense of humor.

Celebratory events have been taking place throughout the year, including the 2nd Occasional Found Theatre Film Festival, which

highlighted filmed versions of such classic Found plays as "Cycle Sluts," and "Donner Party: The Musical!", as well as the upcoming

reprise of "Deadly Appliances," one of the most powerful and popular shows in the Found's vast canon of work.

To top off the anniversary year, The Found will host a huge 1940s-themed gala at the 2nd City Council Gallery & Performance

Space, located in the former site of the historic Wille's Tin Shop on Alamitos Ave. Featured entertainment will be the music of the

18-piece Long Beach big band "Hollywood Canteen," featuring vocalist Marcia Ford. Attendees can just sit and enjoy the

memorable music, enjoy a cocktail under the romantic lights of the beautiful Sato Garden, or dance the night away . There will

be a 1940s costume contest, a short swing dance lesson, swing dance competition, a raffle for exciting prizes, hors d'oeuvres, and

plenty of bubbly. In addition, the gallery will feature an exhibit of photographs and memorabilia from 35 years of Found Theatre

productions. Special guests will also be on hand.

The 35th Anniversary Gala will serve as a dual fundraiser for the Found Theatre and 2nd City Council Gallery which, like most arts

organizations, are struggling to stay afloat in the current economy. Tickets are just $30 per person, with all proceeds going to

support the programming of two of Long Beach's most respected arts organizations.

Dia de los Muertos

Reception Saturday, November 7, 2009   7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Participating Artists:

Sigmund Q. Aberin, Natalie Kahn Aguilar, Francisco Alonzo, Victoria Taylor Alvarez, Birgit Amadori,

Jeannie Houston Antes, Shari Beaubien, Damon Belanger, Robin Bott, Jonathan Bueno, David M. Chavez,

John S. Culqui,  Emanuel Dale, L.E. Dubin, Lisa Engelbrecht, Harry Futoran, Don Hall, Linda Hornung,

Hector Kriete, Stan M. Kuran, Ron Juncal, Michael McAlister, Mona, Chris Mathis, Laurie Mika, Jared Millar,

Tiffany Miller, Richard Ostrowski, Cora Ramirez-Vasquez, Kay Ruffini, Marian E. Seiders, Rod Serranzana,

Michael Stearns, Matthew Stork, Al Varel, Carmelita Williams, Zox

Featuring Performer Lysa Flores.

"One of 20 young Latinos to watch" Newsweek.

Plus Cola's Calavera Face Painting and Daniel Martinez' Ofrenda Workshop (please feel free to bring personal items or

photographs of the person you are honoring for creating your ofrenda)

Please join us in this joyous celebration.

Free & Open to the Public

Calendar

Exhibition:

Sat., October 31, 2009 – Sunday, November 29, 2009

Celebration:

November 7, 2009

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Featuring LYSA FLORES

www.bringyourlove.com

www.myspace.com/lysaflores

Bruce Bishop

Gifts from the Kiln Gods

This is a show primarily of decorative and utilitarian pottery, both new explorations and familiar forms by Long Beach artist,

Bruce Bishop.

Calendar

Exhibition:

Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009

Noon - 7 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009

Noon - 4 p.m.

Core 5: Defining Ourselves

Fifth annual CORE show! A collaboration with Arts & Services for Disabled and the National Disability

Network of UCLA. The exhibit displays a showcase of artwork, literature, and performances by artists

with disabilities from around the country. Free event with refreshments

Calendar

Exhibition:

Wed., September 23 – Mon., October 19, 2009

Reception:

Friday, September 25, 2009

7:00 – 9:00 pm

2009 Members Exhibition

Calendar

Exhibition:

Sat., Aug. 15, 2009 – Thurs. Sept. 17, 2009

Reception &

Community Potluck

BBQ:

CO-SPONSORED BY THE CREATIVITY NETWORK

FREE & open to the general public.

The Creativity Network & 2cc will provide the BBQ and drinks.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Featuring Nick Young

The Young Music Company

www.nickyoungmusic.com

www.youngmusiccompany.com

5:15 - 6:00 Free Children's Art Workshop - Making Music Shakers

6:30 - 7:15  Children make accompany Nick the Music Man with their shakers

Songs for rhythm, dancing and participating!

7:30 - 8:00 Nick performs acoustic music for adults

8:15 - 8:45

8:45 End the evening with the incredible

tribal fire belly dancers  - Sirena Serpentina

Sundays, July 26 and August 2

Community Mural for 2CC Garden

Bi-lingual English and Spanish workshop facilitated by Dawn Mendelson, Luz Mack-Durini, and Lillian Sizemore

A 3 ft. x 5 ft. mural project with community pride brings together families to create a permanent mosaic wall for the Garden at

2CC Gallery.

Tuesday Evenings July 14 and 21

Pique Assiette Mosaic

Instructor: Dawn Mendelson

Mosaic Classes

Weekends July 11/12 and 18/19

Mosaics from the Mind’s Eye: Mandalas

Instructor: Lillian Sizemore

Saturday, June 27

Mosaics around the World - An Armchair Travel Tour

Tour Guide: Lillian Sizemore

TESSERAE:  The Art of Mosaics

Exhibition:

Sat., June 27, 2009 – Wed., August 5, 2009

JUROR:  LILLIAN SIZEMORE

Co-founding The San Francisco Mosaic Studio, author, mosaic consultant, and has been featured in numerous books and

magazines, including Mosaic Techniques

and Traditions by Sonia King, and Mosaic Art and Style by JoAnn Locktov. Her travel book, A Guide

to Mosaic Sites:  San Francisco, along with her educational website www.sfmosaic.com

Lillian has created and consulted on numerous site-specific mosaic murals, façades, and private

commissions not only in the Bay Area, but internationally, as well. For the past three years she has

worked in conjunction with two of Getty Villa's exhibitions, Stories in Stone: Conserving Mosaics

of Roman Africa, and Jim Dine: Poet Singing, conducting demonstrations and educational workshops

for the exhibits. She is a frequent visiting artist and instructor at the Institute of Mosaic Art, in Oakland,

California.

SPECIAL EVENT

NOISY VOYEUR

July 2nd 8-11 PM

18 & Up Only

The old Wandering Uterus Tour is coming to town this summer with at least one surviving member of the

old poetess crew.    The uteruses present “Noisy Voyeur” – a night of erotic poetry, photography, music

and movement. Poets    Marty McConnell, Emily Kagan and Tristan Silverman will perform live with a

photography exhibition and live photoshoot by Alexandra Gibson. There will be a DJ and some erotica

and well, it should be lovely.  Like 18 and over

lovely. $10 or wear something sexy and get $5 knocked

off the door price!

DOWNLOAD FLYER

Art and Social Action in Cambodia Fundraiser

Five years ago, Carlos Silveira, an art education professor CSULB developed a program called Art and

Social Action in Cambodia, a social justice art course that takes place in Phnom Penh in the month of

January. For three weeks, he and his students design and implement art programs among HIV positive

youth and children rescued from sex trafficking and child labor. These projects have two main purposes:

the development of critical consciousness among the children and the healing or therapeutic aspect that

art provides since a significant part of the youth suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

For these five past years, the project has been transformative both for the Cambodian children and the

students.  Two years ago, Professor Silveira, decided to establish sustainable projects in Cambodia by

hiring "artists in residence" so the children would continue to benefit from the program throughout the

year without interruption.

Professor Silveira started a nonprofit organization, called Arts for Global Citizenship, through which

he holds fundraisers to help pay the salaries of these artists in Cambodia. Please support this extremely

worthwhile endeavor by attending the fundraiser which includes the artwork of faculty and graduate

students from the CSULB art department.

Calendar

Fundraiser

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Youth Driven Exhibition & Performance Event

A celebration of local high school artists and performers!

You'll be amazed.

Calendar

Exhibition:

Sat., May 16, 2009 – Wed., June 17, 2009

Reception:

Saturday, May 23, 2009 

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 pm

Music

Miles Van Dusen & Sam Gans - A Delicate Balance of Sound

Victor Perez - Flamenco Guitar

Barbara Kramer - Stand Up Bass

Spoken Word/Poets

Paul Murufas & Kendall Brinkley - Visions Poets

Brandi Humphries - Poetry

Live Graff

Eddie Rodriguez

Body Painting

Margie Darrow

Transformation II

Invitational

Transformation II includes visual artists from Cambodia, Cambodian-American, and U.S. based artists

in the areas of painting, sculpture, installation art, photography, video, and performance art along with

documentaries of  Cambodian public art projects,  individual artists, and films, and a published

Cambodian- American  writers forum.

Calendar

Exhibition:

Friday., April 10, 2009 – Sun., May 3, 2009

Reception Visual Arts:

Saturday, April 11, 2009

6 pm - 9 pm

Reception

Film, Documentaries

Book Forum

Friday, April 24, 2009

6 pm - 9 pm

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS

Art Exhibition and Sale

April 4-5, 2009

Noon - 5 pm

Photography, Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Ceramics, Fiber, Mosaic, Glass…

work as diverse and interesting as the Artists and the bonds of their friendships.

Refreshments and friendly conversation guaranteed.

Featured Artists and Friends:

Richard Lehman, Tristan Eaton, Bonnie Bishop, Bruce Bishop, Sher Warren, Matt Eaton,

Stephen Woodruff, Luz Mack-Durini, Karen Franchot, Meeno Peluce, Jerry Ferguson,

Gerard Burkhart, Lisa Franchot, Sheila Rollins, Pat Doran and Randy Eaton

Being Gay: A Visual Dialogue Between Straight and/or LGBTQ Artists

NATIONAL CALL

An exploration of such topics (but not limited to) faith and homosexuality, gay history, sense of

community, effect on professional life or society, gay neighborhoods, fashion, homophobia,

straight people in gay places, ageism in the gay community, gay role models, ordinary lives,

coming out, gay icons or heroes, discrimination, homosexuality as an evolutionary puzzle,

integrating into society, political issues, is tolerance enough?, marriage, PRIDE, engaging

in gay rights issues across cultural and religious borders, feelings associated with being gay,

regional differences, gay as a main identifier, gay friends or family members.

JURORS

David Burns is a visual artist who lives and works in Los Angeles.  His recent video work has shown

in festivals and galleries including; The Getty Center, Los Angeles, The Tate Modern/Tank.tv, London,

The Armenian Museum of Experimental Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Korea, Florean Museum of Art,

Romania, and in festivals including; InsideOUT, ADD-TV, Pressplay, Mix Festival, Chicago

Underground Film Festival, NEWFEST and others.  Burns’ recent art projects have been shown at Ars

Electronica, Austria, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,

San Francisco, Netherlands Architecture Institute at Maastricht, The Canadian Centre for Architecture,

Montreal, The Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, Momenta, Another Year in L.A., Los Angeles

Contemporary Exhibitions, Acuna-Hansen, Bonelli Contemporary, 18th Street Arts Center, LA Freewaves,

Track 16, The Armory Center for the Arts,  Machine Project, WORKS, REDCAT, MESSHALL, and

Artists Space.  Recent reviews and publishing may be seen in The Los Angeles Times, San Francisco

Chronicle, ArtForum, Cabinet, Paper, Rhizome, Mother Jones, Artillery, Los Angeles Magazine,

READYMADE, The O.C. Weekly, The L.A. Weekly, FAB magazine, The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest,

and more.  Recent curatorial projects include: BUMP, co-curated with Margie Schnibbe, EMBODIED

TECHOLOGIES, co-curated with Legier Beiderman, ARTLUST, co-curated with Bruce Yonemoto,

MP4-FEST and OPEN ARCHITECTURE, co-curated with Saskia Wilson-Brown.  Awards include:

ARTMATTERS, YouTube Featured Video, LA Weekly’s Best of L.A., Rhizome.org new media award,

Yahoo! Best of the Web, Berkeley Film Festival, Best Experimental, Eye-Opener Award / 2nd City

Council, The Medici Scholars Grant.

Austin Young is an artist based in Los Angeles who works primarily in photography and video.

His photography has been published regularly in Andy Warhol's Interview Magazine, as well as Surface,

Flaunt, Vogue, Spin, Rolling Stone, Q, Taschen's 1000 Favorite Websites and many others. He has

worked with performance artists Diamanda Galas, Margaret Cho, Skinny Puppy, Holy Body Tattoo and

The Velvet Hammer Burlesque creating their recent images. His portraiture includes; Leigh Bowery,

Lypsinka, Siouxsie Sioux, Nina Hagen, Debbie Harry, Jimmy Scott, John Doe, Sandra Bernhard,

Ziyi Zhang, Mark Almond, Ann Magnuson, Amy Poehler, Chris Crocker, Jeffree Star and more.

Recent projects have shown in galleries including; Artists Space, Netherlands Architecture Institute at

Maastricht, The Craft and Folk Art Museum, University Art Gallery at UC Irvine, Another Year in L.A.,

Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, The LA Center for Digital Art, and The Armory Center for the

Arts.  Recent videos have screened at InsideOUT, Mix Festival, Frameline, Reeling, MIX NYC and

The Silver Lake Film Festival.  The short video entitled "The Stroke" won best of 2003 from ADD-TV and

“Strange Fruit” won best experimental short at The Silver Lake Film Festival.  Reviews and editorials

include; The Los Angeles Times, Cabinet, Paper, Los Angeles Magazine, READYMADE, The L.A.

Weekly, Frontiers, Elegy, Digitalis Photo, Phase, and Premonition.  He recently completed a feature

length documentary, "Hadda Brooks, This is My Life," about torch singer, Hadda Brooks, which will

be shown at festivals this year.

Matias Viegener is a Los Angeles based writer, artist and critic who teaches in Critical Studies and the

MFA Writing Program at CalArts.  He works alone and collaboratively in writing, video, installation and

performance art.  He has shown solo work or performed at The Whitney Museum, The Kitchen and

The Drawing Center in New York, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), New Langton Arts in

San Francisco, Beyond Baroque, Machine Project, the L.A. Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA),

The Silver Lake Film Festival, and the LaJolla Museum of Contemporary Art. He is a co-founder of

Fallen Fruit (www.fallenfruit.org

Calendar

Exhibition:

Sat., March 7, 2009 – Wed., April 1, 2009

Entry Deadline:

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Notification Deadline:

Friday, February 6, 2009

Delivery:

Friday, February 27, 2009

Noon – 3:00 pm

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Noon – 3:00 pm

Special Event:

Thursday, March 12, 2009

8 p.m.

Part of the Visions Voices Festival

More Words for Gravity

An Evening of LGBTQ Poetry

Featuring Buddy Wakefield & Thea Iberall

Curated by Mindy Nettifee

Light Refreshments

FREE

Reception:

Saturday, March 14, 2009

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 pm

featuring musician/singer/songwriter

Angie Evans with bandmembers

Elliot Lawrence (Bass & Backup Vocals)

Natalie Martin (Drums & Backup Vocals)

Chi Austin (Sax)

Greg Rutledge (Keyboards)

Light Refreshments

FREE

Pick-Up:

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 pm

Thursday, April 2, 2009

9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Middlebrook, Moody & Massenburg

plus

Ernest McBride, Sr.: A Tribute to His Remarkable Life and Work

Calendar

Exhibition:

Sat., January 31 - Thur., February 26, 2009

Reception:

Saturday, February 7, 2009

7:00 – 9:00 pm

Special Performances by

Alfreda James, National Gospel Singing Star

Yorel Gertman, Wilson Classical High School

Instrumentalist

Sabrina Moore, Rogers M.S. Advanced Music

Instrumentalist

Special Tribute to

Ernest S. McBride, Sr.

Film &Book Sale

Sunday, February 15, 2009

2:00 – 4:00 pm

Don't miss your opportunity to purchase “Fighting for the People.”

A fascinating look at a remarkable life.

Artists'

Panel Discussion

The Crucial Link Between Black Art, Class & Races

Saturday, February 21, 2009

7:00 – 9:00 pm

2008

Dia de los Muertos

Exhibition:

October 25 to December 4, 2008

Celebration:

November 1, 2008

Revelations of the Way

Ceramic Vessels, Ink Paintings and Calligraphy

Bruce Bishop

Exhibition: October 18 - 19, 2008

Visual Literacy:  A juried visual arts exhibition with works that incorporate

letters, words or text; makes literary references or tells a visual story.

Exhibition: September 20 to October 16, 2008

Urban Portrait

This is Long Beach

Exhibition:  August 16 to September 11, 2008

1650 Different Views of Long Beach today

Each photograph taken by a different resident

Historic Photographs of Long Beach

Historic Long Beach Postcard Collection

Showcase by Iceman & the Homeland B.Boyz/Poppers & Lockers

Strength & Vulnerability

Exhibition:

July 5 through August 7, 2008

2008 Members' Exhibition

Exhibition:

May 31 to June 26, 2008

Artists Reception & Community Potluck BBQ

featuring

Dia de los Muertos

Exhibition:

October 25 to December 4, 2008

JUROR:

Celebration:

November 1, 2008

Earth

Exhibition: April 19 to May 22, 2008

Juror: Kim Abeles

California Visual Artists (CVA)

Exhibition: March 8 to April 10, 2008

Juror: Jay Belloli - The Armory Center for the Arts

Special Event

Lecture/Workshop with Ron Wilkins

February 9, 2008, 2 to 4 p.m.

"Creating and Sustaining Mutually-Supportive

Relationships Between Black and Brown Students."

Special Event

Creativity Salon

January 29, 2008, 7 p.m.

Journey to Black Mexico: A Photographic Discourse

A solo exhibition by Ron Wilkins

Exhibition: January 26, 2008 to February 28, 2008

2007

THIS IS LONG BEACH

Exhibition: December 1, 2007 to January 10, 2008

Largest Exhibition & Performance Display ever by Long Beach artists.

Dia de los Muertos

Exhibition: October 27 to November 23, 2007

Dia de los Muertos Celebration: November 3

Juror: Mark Vallen

Special Event

Compassionate Cuisine

Fundraiser benefiting Animal Acres

October 6, 2007, 5 to 9 p.m.

CORE 3: Defining Ourselves

Exhibition: September 15 to October 18, 2007

Presented by Arts & Services for the Disabled, Inc.

and The Arts & Disability Network of UCLA

Curator Barbara Romain

Art & Science Exhibition

Exhibition: July 28 to September 6, 2007

Juror: Corby Waste

2007 Members' Exhibition & Community Potluck BBQ

Co-Sponsored by the Creativity Network

Exhibition: June 9 to July 19, 2007

Juror: 2nd City Council Board of Directors

Reception featured Chicago Red and Sirena Serpentina Tribal Fire Bellydance

News:  An Exploration of Topics that are In the News or Should Be

Exhibition: April 21 to May 31, 2007

Juror: Meghan Daum, The Los Angeles Times op-ed columnist, author & NPR contributor

2007 Women's Music, Art, Dance & Word Festival: Celebrating Diversity

Exhibition: March 3 to April 12, 2007

Festival: Saturday, March 10, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Juror: Sara Cochran, Ph.D

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

A six-week exhibition and a day-long performance event acknowledging, celebrating and sharing the talents of California's

women visual and performing artists.

Dada, Surrealism, Ready-Made & Found Object

Exhibition: January 20 to February 22, 2007

Juror - Christian Jon Meoli

2006

Of the Earth: Glass, Wood, Fiber, Clay, Metal & Stone

December 2, 2006 to January 11, 2007

Juror: Carol Sauvion, ceramist, Founder/Owner of Freehand Gallery; Originator, Executive Director & Co-Executive Producer of

Craft in America (PBS)

Reception featured the Cabana Boys, Jazz Trio

Women Stepping into their Power

A non-juried art show presented by WAV (Women Artist Visibility), a coalition of concerned lesbians to promote lesbian and

women artists.

November 17 - 26, 2006

Artist Group FLOOD presents Soundwalk 2006

A one-night walking-tour of sound installations by over 50 local and international sound artists in a variety of indoor and outdoor

spaces in the East Village Arts District. Selected pieces on exhibit for a month at 2nd City Council.

October 6 - November 5,2006

Sappho's Return

presents a night of lesbian medium & short length films with pieces by Betsy Kalin, "Hearts Cracked Open," Christel Miller

"Butchlalez" (as seen in this summer's OUTFEST "Queer Nation") Pati Garcia, "The Buzz" Meet the directors.

September 16, 2006

Special Event

Compassionate Cuisine:

An International Vegetarian Day Celebration and Fundraiser for Animal

Acres

October 1, 2006

Great food from top restaurants, vendors, music by Makena and featured speaker, Lorri Bauston, cofounder of Farm Sanctuary and

founder of Animal Acres.

2006 Members' Exhibition

August 17 - October 1, 2006

Jurors: 2cc Board of Directors

Reception featured Vicky Tafoya and the Big Beat

The Art of Business:

A Tribute to Artists with Day Jobs

June 24 to August 3, 2006

Juror: Judith Luther Wilder, President of the Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) & Founder/Owner of ALW & Assoicates

Special Event

PEARL

Literary magazine PEARL's publication reading for its new Spring/Summer issue. Featured poet Lisa Glatt, along with other local

contributors, will read.

Sunday, June 4, 2006 2 - 4 p.m.

Defining Marriage

May 6 to June 15, 2006

Juror: Alma Ruiz, Associate Curator at The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles

Special Event

Elder Christion

New works by Marianne Elder and Chris Christion

April 28 - 30, 2006

2006 Women's Festival of the Arts

March 18 to April 27, 2006

Juror: Barbara Drucker, Chair of the Department of Art, UCLA; Professor of Painting/Drawing, Founder/Director of The

Livingroom (an alternative exhibition space) and international artist.

Special Event

Bruce Bishop

Solo Exhibit

March 11- 12, 2006

Special Exhibition

2005 Women's Festival Award Winners

February 11 to March 9, 2006

•

Holly Boruck

•

Tünde Garai

•

Christina Ramos

•

Dolores Williams

Special Exhibition

XOXO

January 11 to February 3, 2006

Long Beach City College's faculty invitational highlights the work of twenty-four outstanding students in a wide variety of media.

2005

Special Event

The View From My Window

December 19, 2005

Artwork by Bethune Elementary School Students

Guidance by artists Steve Elicker, Gregory Navarro-Pickens, Lesa Neal and CSULB Art Education Students

In the Name of All that's Holy

December 3, 2005 to January 6, 2006

Juror: Dr. Allen Roberts, Professor of Worlds Arts and Culture UCLA, Advisory Board Member of Islamic Studies and the Center for

Religious Studies

Special Event

HABITATION

November 19, 2005, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Multimedia Event by Suspects, Inc.

CKL2: The Ocular Collective

Fuzzbom Studios

The Suspects Sound Machine presents "Spin Cycle"

Parris Harris Fashion Show

Reception, Book Reading and Signing

City by the Sea

October 8, 2005 7 p.m.

Winner of the 2005 Jane Buel Bradley Chapbook Award

Authors Judith Florence Grammel, Margaret Ann Towner & Regina Nervo

Home and/or Homeless

October 8 to November 18, 2005

Jurors:

•

Dave Burns, artist, Digital Technology & New Media faculty at CalArts

•

Matias Viegener, L.A. writer; Critical Studies & MFA Writing Program faculty

at CalArts

•

Austin Young, international photographer and videographer with work in

publications such as Andy Warhol's Interview, Surface, Flaunt, Spin, Rolling

Stone.   Celebrity portraiture work.

See www.fallenfruit.org

Motion and Sound

August 20 to September 30, 2005

Juror: Phill Evans, Owner of Phill Evans Sculptural Design, noted kinetic, functional & public artist

Taking a Second Look

"A Photography Exhibition."

July 9 to August 12, 2005

Juror: Cheryl Bennett, Founder, 2nd City Council

2nd City Council's Member's Exhibition

June 4 to June 30, 2005

Juror: 2nd City Council Board of Directors

A Language More Powerful Than Words

"A visual arts exhibition with works that incorporate letters,

words or text; makes literary references or tells a visual story."

April 16 to May 27, 2005

Juror: Suvan Geer, artist, noted writer  for publications such as Artweek, Artscene, Sculpture Magazine, Public Art Review, Art

Nexus and professor at CSULB

Special Event

so.cal.sonic

Thursday, April 21, 8 p.m.

Experimental and improvised music featuring Steve Roden, The Ivytree, Jim Haynes & SLaB

2005 Women's Festival of the Arts

March 5 to April 8, 2005

Juror: 2nd City Council Board of Directors

Ten @ Wille's Tin

January 8 to February 25, 2005

Celebrating our new home at the former Wille's Tin Shop

Ten artists working in a wide variety of metal disciplines (invitational)

•

Dwight H. Bennett

•

Johanne Dreyer

•

Todd Frahm

•

Rick Frausto

•

Jim Kovacich

•

Lili Lakich

•

Dean Smith

•

Susanna Speirs

•

Tom Walker

•

Dolores Williams

2004

Honoring the Found

November 18 - December 30, 2004

Juror: Davy Rothbart, creator & publisher, Found magazine, Peter Rothbart, Musician

Reception featured Davy & Peter Rothbart

IN HONOR of LB's FOUND THEATRE celebrating its 30th Anniversary

New Gallery Renovations Finally Completed!

2004 Women's Festival of the Arts

A Two-Part Celebration at the Long Beach Ebell Club

Arts Festival, March 6 & 7

Fine Art Exhibition, March 6 - 28, 2004

Juror: Irene Hofman, Curator of Contemporary Art, Orange County Museum of Art

Special exhibition by teens from Florence Crittenton

2003

Building Sold. 2nd City Council closed 9/1/03 to locate/renovate new space.

Why Art?

August 2 - 29, 2003

Juror: Dr. Rachel Teagle, Assistant Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD)

America

June 14 - July 25, 2003

Juror: Wesley Jessup, Executive Director of the Pasadena Museum of California Art

Gay & Lesbian Art Exhibit

May 10 - June 6, 2003

A celebration of LGBT artists in honor of 20 years of Gay Pride in Long Beach. Co-sponsored by The Center Long Beach and 2nd

City Council.

2003 Women's Festival of the Arts

March 8, 2003 - April 18, 2003

Juror: Ruth Weisberg, Dean of Fine Arts at University Southern California (USC) and international acclaimed artist

Read the Review

Consumerism

January 25, 2003 - February 28, 2003

Juror: Rip Cronk, Art theorist, painter & sculptor

Long Beach Youth Home featured in the Christensen-Aran Gallery

2002

Bars, Barriers & Borders

An artistic exploration of mental or physical situations that limit, separate or protect.

December 7, 2002 - January 17, 2003

Juror: Jennifer Jaskowiak, Curator for Fisher Gallery, USC

Special Installation by Jesse Gonzales & Raymond Casares, Pelican Bay Prison

Read the Review

2002 Members' Exhibit & 2nd Anniversary Party

October 26 to November 29, 2002

Laura Siqueiros: A Mexican

Solo Exhibition

September 14 to October 12, 2002

History, culture, social class, politics, legends, current events and corridos become the subject of beautifully detailed and

informative encaustic works of art.

In Other Words

Art that incorporates words, makes literary references or tells a visual story.

August 3, to September 6, 2002

Juror: Patt Morrison, Writer, Columnist for the Los Angeles Times, founding host and commentator on "Life & Times Tonight," &

host/consulting producer "The Book Show with Patt Morrison."

Reception featured LongBeachCulture.org's 2nd Artists' Showcase with spoken word by Paquel Pasquela Ramirez, C.E. Chaffi, RD

Armstrong (Raindog) & Lee Adams.

Read the Review

Christensen-Aran Youth Gallery

Opened August 2002

America

June 14 to July 26, 2002

Juror: Betti-Sue Hertz, Curator of Contemporary Art, San Diego Museum of Art

Living & Dying

April 26 to June 7, 2002

Juror: Michael Darling, Assistant Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)

Reception featured Ninthhour with visual effects by Jeffrey "fish" MacRill

Women's Festival

March 8 to April 19, 2002

Juror: Barbara Drucker, Chair of the Department of Art, UCLA; Professor of Painting/Drawing, Founder/Director of The

Livingroom (an alternative exhibition space) and international artist

Read the Review

Black History Month

February 1 to March 1, 2002

Juror: Archie Boston, Nationally known and award winning art director, designer, educator and author. Professor and Chair of

Visual Communication Design Program,CSULB

14th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing & Art Exhibit

Featuring the work of Long Beach's high school students

January 5 - 18, 2002

Exhibition Coordinator: Ethel Powers, artist

2001

L.A. Theater Works Art & Children's Project

December 10 - 31, 2001

CSULB Graduate Art Students Juried Exhibition

November 26 - December 8, 2001

Juror: Tyler Stallings Curator of Exhibitions, Laguna Art Museum, Artist

2001 Members' Exhibition & 1st Anniversary Party

Teen Photography Exhibit

Rooftop Art Sale

October 5 - November 16, 2001

Juror: Lisa Melandri, Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Programs at the Santa Monica Museum of Art

Read the Review

Reception featured Joe Mack's Classical, Pop & Show Tunes

Marie T. Huskey's Spoken Word

Urban, Suburban & the Boondocks

August 18 - September 28, 2001

Juror: Martin Betz, Director of Exhibitions and Special Programs, Long Beach Museum of Art

America

July 4 - August 10, 2001

Juror: Carol S. Eliel, Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art, LACMA

Reception featured Don Mare & the All Electric Kitchen Band

Plus perfect view for the Queen Mary's fireworks

Teenagers & Senior Citizens

June 3 - 29, 2001

Juror: Sunny Nash, Award-winning writer and photographer; author of Bigmama Didn't Shop at Woolwsorth's

Reception featured Homeland's Hip Hop youth & Senior Citizen

Interesting, But Is It Art?

May 2 - 30, 2001

Juror: Noel Korten, Director of Exhibitions Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park

CSULB Graduate Art Student Annual Juried Exhibition

April 21 - 27, 2001

Kim Abeles, International artists, curator and author

Automotive Art

March 21 - April 19, 2001

Juror: Richard M. Baron, Art Director, Road & Track Magazine

Plus an invitational featuring the automotive art of renowned Chicano muralist and artist Frank Romero and neon artist Lili

Lakich.

Special Event

Community Dialogue on Violence

Facilitated by Rene Castro with the Greater Long Beach National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ)

March 10, 2001

Violence

February 16 - March 16, 2001

Juror: Todd Gray, Professor of Photography and Digital Imaging At CSULB; International Artist

Read the Review.

The Elements: Air, Water, Fire & Earth

January 12 - February 9, 2001

Juror: Tyler Stallings, Curator of Exhibitions, Laguna Art Museum, Artist

2000

Family & Friends-Mainstream & Alternative

December 6 - 30, 2000

Juror: Mary-Kay Lombino, Curator of Exhibition University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach

Beliefs, Faith & Religion

November 1 - 30, 2000

Juror: Cynthia MacMillin, Director of Collections and Exhibitions, Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA)

L.A. County-wide Arts Open House

October 1, 2000

Race, Culture & Ethnicity

October 1 - 28, 2000

Juror: Berge Aran, PhD, Professor at Istanbul Technical University and lecturer at School of Art and Architecture, UCLA,

photographer

Reception featured