by Noella Noelophile®
Happy New Gallery, CALB!
As of today, Cultural Alliance of Long Beach has a brand-new Shoreline Village gallery space, complete with lots of interesting possibilities. They’ll be opening at 3:00 this afternoon, in their new 1200-square-foot space above Shenanigan’s Restaurant.
Now–they need some additional artists, to help them fill the space with creative activities.
On a volunteer basis, they’re looking for creative people who can serve as curators, one weekend day or evening per month, and provide family-friendly artistic activities. Suggested activities include (but are not limited to): classes; dance, music or theatre performances; poetry or book readings; writing workshops; and any other art-related activities that would appeal to the entire community.
CALB‘s new volunteer curator opportunities: (a) are great for your resume and outreach to the community; (b) allow you, as an artist, to ask for donations; and (c), most importantly: are a lot of fun. Proposed art activities must be approved by CALB’s Curatorial Committtee. Once approved, the curator is required to stay at the Shoreline space for the entire period allotted to the art activity.
CALB does not charge for performance or display space rental. For insurance purposes, they must ask you to become a member of CALB–here is an application to download. (Yes, they do have to charge a membership fee; you may want to e-mail or call them with questions; while their website lists an individual membership fee as $50, their Facebook page lists the membership fee for volunteers curators as $25. You can e-mail them at CALBarts@gmail.com, or call (562) 436-3421.)
Cultural Alliance of Long Beach, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting artists in all areas of the arts, celebrates the opening of its new Shoreline Village gallery space today, November 7. The new gallery, located over Shenanigans Restaurant at 423 Shoreline Village Drive, is open Fridays and Saturdays from 3:00 to 8:00 pm, and Sundays from 3 to 7 pm.