Celebrating Historical & Contemporary Women Artists 100 Years 1911 – 2011
WHERE The 2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space
435 Alamitos Avenue Long Beach, CA 90802
WHEN Sat March 5th. 7 – 9pm
WHAT Attend the free public artists’ reception. Features live music, light refreshments and relaxing in the beautiful Sato Garden patio at The 2nd City Council Art Gallery.
View two exhibitions which celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day.
♦ a large group exhibition featuring 28 contemporary female artists.
♦ a separate exhibition space within the gallery, featuring historical photographs and information on inspirational women who have been involved in the visual, performing or literary arts in Long Beachover the past 100 years. Included are such women as Julia Morgan, the first woman to receive an engineering degree from Berkeley and the first woman to receive an architectural degree from L‘Ecole de Beaux Arts in Paris. Julia Morgan has over 800 buildings to her credit including the Hearst Castle and the 1925 Long Beach YWCA; sisters Georgiana Cuthbert (baritone horn) and Nina Cuthbert (altohorn) who were part of Long Beach’s first band; Theda Bara silent film femme fatale who lived and filmed in Long Beach; Cynthia Galles who co-founded The Found Theatre in Long Beach in 1974 and Kari Barba, master tattoo artist and owner of 4 shops including Outer Limits in Long Beach.
PARKING Free street parking is readily available around the gallery
COST Free entrance to exhibit and reception.
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