Pow! Wow! Long Beach is Coming This Summer!
Pow! Wow! Hawaii is one of the most anticipated art events every year, and now the team behind the mural-centric art happening is coming to Long Beach! Look for new murals to pop up in the city between June 21-28, with a full spectrum of related events to compliment the large-scale art creation by a wide variety of featured artists. L.A. Taco will be covering all the action and have photo and video reports every day. Keep reading for the full artist list, the full press release, and more.
Announcing our newest endeavor into the city of Long Beach. Look for new murals in the city between June 21st to the 28th with a week of exhibitions, film screenings and talks with Nychos and Fafi.
With a Long Beach Museum of Art exhibition in collaboration with Thinkspace and POW! WOW! called “Vitality and Verve: Transforming the Urban Landscape” that opens on June 26th. Featuring twenty international artists have been invited to transform both floors of the LBMA this coming June by way of murals, installations and more.
For more details and a full schedule of events go to www.powwowlongbeach.com and follow @powwowlongbeach.
ROSTER
Aaron De La Cruz
Benjie Escobar
Bumblebee
Cryptik
Fafi
Hueman
James Jean
Jeff McMillan
Jeff Soto
Low Bros
Madsteez
Nychos
Push
Tristan Eaton
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