by Noella Noelophile®
“Heritage” is a beautiful word.
It’s also one on which the Cultural Alliance of Long Beach is basing their next art exhibit–and they’d like your talents to be a part of it.
February is Black History Month–and CALB is issuing a call for artists, for their exhibit entitled “A Celebration of Heritage”!
“A Celebration of Heritage” runs from Friday, February 6th through Saturday, February 28th. Artists may bring up to three works, on Monday or Tuesday, February 2nd and 3rd, from 3 to 7 pm, to CALB’s new Shoreline Village space, just above Shenanigans. CALB says at least one of the works will be chosen for the exhibit.
Artists may submit: paintings, hand-made sculptures, mixed-media and handmade musical instruments for consideration. CALB, which is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting artists of all ages, in all disciplines, does have some requirements for exhibitors:
(a) For insurance purposes, they need all exhibiting artists to be current CALB members. Their regular annual membership fee is fifty dollars, but students and kids over fifty-five (I like that better than “seniors”, don’t you?) may join for twenty-five dollars.
(b) CALB requests a 10% commission/donation on all works sold.
(c) In an effort to make exhibiting more of a collaborative experience, CALB requires all exhibition participants to gallery sit, one evening of the show.
(d) Enjoy sharing your creative gifts, and your heritage. (Oh, wait–that’s not a CALB requirement. It just seems to happen a lot, for exhibiting artists at the CALB shows we’ve seen in the past.)
Cultural Alliance of Long Beach will be accepting works from artists for their “A Celebration of Heritage” exhibit on both Monday, February 2nd, and Tuesday, February 3rd, from 3 to 7 pm at their Shoreline Village location, at 423 Shoreline Village, upstairs from Shenanigan’s. CALB has begun a membership drive, in which all exhibiting artists are required to update their memberships or become new members; membership information is available here.