Saturday in the Park (2)

The We Love Long Beach event was spectacular this past Saturday.
I have pretty radical tank top sunburn lines.
We were all very pleased at the response to our community painting project.

I often feel like art can take the form of elitism or exclusivity when presented in a gallery or a museum. Galleries and museums are wonderful, but sometimes they are too far removed from the communities in which they exist.
My opinion is that art should create value, excitement, involvement, inspiration, and sometimes introspection, for the local community. Often times, art exists within the circles of other art makers, buyers, and collectors. While we like existing and operating within those circles, we are committed to investing in the circles that are often missed in receiving this enrichment.

I'm looking forward to developing more projects along these lines.
As always, our group has developed and is sustained by the relationships we hold with each other, not the art we make.