2010

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.

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!

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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