Long Beach 2nd City Council Art Gallery

It’s All In The Bank! Long Beach Time Exchange One-Year Anniversary is Cause For Celebration

Celebrate a year of time banking in Long Beach on Sunday, September 18th. The Long Beach Time Exchange will host its one-year anniversary event at the 2nd City Council Art Gallery at 435 Alamitos Ave. in Long Beach from 2pm to 4:30pm. This free event will showcase time-bank members’ skills and talents and will include [...]

Stephen M Taylor is “The Artist Next Door”

by Kimberly Crawford “Don’t touch Daddy’s art”, Stephen M. Taylor reminds his 3-year-old daughter. His 5-year-old takes her younger sister by the hand and guides her away from the wall. The older daughter is used to that instruction by now. Taylor’s work and family life frequently collide. This is because Taylor, his wife, four children, [...]

2cc Offers FREE Bi-Lingual Mosaic Workshops

All Ages Welcome. No Experience Necessary The 2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space (2cc) is pleased to announce a four month fun-filled and educational series of environmental themed mosaic workshops that are open FREE to the public. The workshops will be taught by professional mosaic artists and instructors Dawn Mendelson and Luz Mack-Durini [...]

2cc Celebrates Historical and Contemporary Women Artists

The 2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space (2cc) is pleased to announce its two latest exhibitions which celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. Both exhibitions run from February 19 – March 20, 2011. The first is a large group exhibition juried by Idurre Alonso, MOLAA curator and features 28 contemporary female [...]

2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space Presents a Mosaic Art Fundraiser and a Special Treasures Sale

The 2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space (2cc) is hosting a mosaic art fundraiser and a special treasures sale on Saturday, December 4, 2010. Mosaic artist, Dawn Mendelson, will guide you through the steps of creating your own masterpiece. No age limit. On the same day you can rummage through lots of gently [...]

“The Magic of Creation” at 2nd CC Gallery, presented by Evolver Long Beach

Just a week before Halloween weekend, Long Beach Evolver and Lovers, INC. partner to host an event exploring the bright side of magic on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at the 2nd City Council gallery. “The Magic of Creation” celebrates our community’s ability to create magic by expressing themselves through art. As part of a global [...]

“Long Beach Time Exchange” Brings Time Banking to Long Beach

Long Beach follows Echo Park, West LA and Pasadena with a new way to enrich our community Celebrate the launch of the LA-area’s newest time bank on Sunday, September 12th. The Long Beach Time Exchange will host its kickoff event at the 2nd City Council Art Gallery at 435 Alamitos Ave. in Long Beach from [...]

New City Parents Arts Campaign bringing arts to children at 2nd City Council Gallery

Children need art — to learn, to grow, to understand the world. But when budget cuts forced cuts in the New City Public School’s arts and field trips programs, parents found a way to bring art — and working artists — to the students. The product of a collaboration between artists and the students will [...]

2nd City Council Art Gallery launches new Website and Free Wi-Fi

The 2nd City Council is very excited to now offer free Wi-Fi Internet at the Gallery and Garden! We encourage all our members to not only come by to see our exhibits but to stay a while and enjoy our garden. Feel free to bring your lunch or a snack and your laptop and relax! [...]