by Noella Noelophile®
Pardon me, would you happen to have an extra surfboard?
(No–not for me. For Cultural Alliance of Long Beach!)
Next Saturday, September 27th, CALB will be participating in “Color Me Long Beach“–a multicultural “urban arts” and video festival. Music, dance performances, art workshops and community-resource exhibits will all be a part of the celebration.
And among the hands-on creative workshops will be an “Our City, Our Ocean” live art session with artist Claudio Garzon. Claudio, who is currently exhibiting his work as CALB’s “Artist of the Month”, will show Color Me Long Beach attendees how to recycle plastic debris into some intricate–and beautiful–steampunk sculpture.
But first, he needs a surfboard someone isn’t going to use anymore. On CALB’s Facebook page is an example of his previous work, created with a surfboard, as a foundation, along with recycled plastic trash and a gift for seeing things in a different way.
According to their Facebook page, CALB needs the surfboard donated by this Friday, September 16th. If you can help, please contact them through Facebook, or give them a call at (562) 436-3421.
Don’t happen to have an extra surfboard, but you’d still love to see what Claudio’s creating? You can if you go to CALB this week. He’ll be their “Featured Artist” through September 28th, with his “Plastic Castaways” exhibit. CALB’s hours are 4:00 to 9:00 pm, Wednesday through Friday, as well as Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 5 pm, in CALB’s Bungalow Art Center.
And don’t miss Color Me Long Beach, next Saturday!
Cultural Alliance of Long Beach is located at 729 Pine Avenue, near 7th, in downtown Long Beach. Gallery admission is free. Meanwhile, Color Me Long Beach will be happening at Long Beach Boulevard and 3rd Street, next Saturday, September 27th from 4:00 to 9:00 pm. Admission is free, and they’re looking for some amazing volunteers. Here’s the link if you can help.