Exhibitions

August 18 – September 14, 2024:

Annual Show Shake-Up

The Long Beach Creative Group is presenting “Annual Show Shake-Up,” which features work by the LBCG board, and invited artists who haven’t shown in the gallery before. The exhibition, which opens on Sunday, August 18 and runs through Saturday, September 14, includes work by board members Marka Burns, Dorte Christjansen, Carlos Cordero, Michiel Daniel, Kay Erickson, Francisco Gutierrez, Karena Massengill, Travis Stock-Tucker, Liz Talbert, and Sander Roscoe Wolff. Invited artists include Margie Darrow, Beanie Kaman, Cara, Nilsen, Cora Ramirez-Vasquez, past board member Donald Tiscareno, Haley Toyama, Valerie Wilcox, and Vivek Vadkar. Work by board member Mic Burns, who recently died, will also be included.

Founded in 2018, the Long Beach Creative Group has created professional exhibition opportunities for the creative community in the greater Long Beach area. In partnership with Cameron Briggs and the Briggs Family Trust, the Group opened the Rod Briggs Gallery, located at 2221 E Broadway, which has been their home for the last 5 years. With the grants from the Arts Council for Long Beach and the Port of Long Beach, they’ve presented exhibitions that showcased new, emerging, mid-career, and well-established artists of diverse backgrounds.

Upcoming Exhibitions

2024

October 12 to November 9:

STEAM: Artistry Unleashed

The exhibition celebrates the imaginative and inventive nature of S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics). It highlights the role of Long Beach as Space Beach. The artwork can encompass a variety of art, like kinetic sculptures, light installations, data-driven artworks, enlarged microscopic images, and representations of climate change. A guest curator will invite artists who explore the intersections of these disciplines, embracing scientific knowledge as a powerful tool for artistic expression.