Long Beach community has the opportunity to select mural designs that will be installed in their neighborhood.
The city of Long Beach opened a public voting period for the community to select the final designs for nine public murals that will be placed in parks and public facilities, part of the city’s public mural program, according to a press release.
Officials say that the initiative strives to bring together community members and leaders in each council district to select local artists to create mural proposals, which residents will vote on to determine which artwork will be selected.
The program will also present new murals in communities most heavily impacted by the pandemic, with the goal of uplifting the spirit of neighborhoods, improving the experience of public spaces, and having art that best reflects the local community.
Concepts of 27 artists were selected as finalists for the nine murals – with three finalists per mural site, according to a press release.
Voting is now open through Monday, July 8. Community members must select one of the three designs for each of the mural sites. Mural locations were also selected based on the availability of walls at public sites throughout the city.
The selected mural locations include:
District 1: Senior Center at 125 Elm Ave.
District 2: Bixby Park at 130 Cherry Ave.
District 3: Recreation Park at 4900 E. 7th St.
District 4: El Dorado Park at 2800 N. Studebaker Rd.
District 5: Heartwell Park at 5801 E. Parkcrest St.
District 6: Gymnasium at McBride Park at 1550 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.
District 7: Multi-Service Center at 1301 W. 12th St.
District 8: Davenport Park at 2910 E. 55th Way
District 9: Ramona Park at 3301 E. 65th St.
Concept details and renderings for the 27 finalists, as well as links to the voting forms, are available on the Arts Council for Long Beach website at artslb.org.
The initiative is part of the Long Beach’s Creative Economy Grants Program, which includes a $135,000 allocation for the public mural program.
The City, in partnership with the Arts Council, first launched the Creative Economy Grant Program in 2022. It is funded by the Long Beach Recovery Act and administered by the Arts Council for Long Beach, according to a press release.
The grants program has provided funding to local arts, culture and history, nonprofits and professional artists to be utilized for operational recovery, public murals, community projects and professional artist fellowships.
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