With this year’s POW! WOW! Long Beach fast approaching, the installation of the associated group show is already underway at the Long Beach Museum of Art with murals being prepped by a large roster of artists. Vitality & Verve: In the Third Dimension is presented by the museum in collaboration with Thinkspace & POW! WOW! LB and will feature originals, installations, and murals (just like last year). The opening is scheduled for July 16th to the general public with an associated LBMA After Dark event on July 15th as well.

Participants include: Craig ‘Skibs’ Barker • Susan Beiner • Rebekah Bogard Bumblebeelovesyou • Isaac Cordal • Patsy Cox • Ariel DeAndrea • Aaron De La Cruz • Sergio Garcia • Glazed Paradise (Mark Jenkins & Sandra Fernandez) • Andrew Hem • Kiel Johnson • Sarah Joncas • Jean Labourdette (aka Turf One) • Drew Leshko • Aaron Li-Hill • Troy Lovegates (aka Other) • Telmo Miel • Jaime Molina • Brendan Monroe • Luke O’Sullivan • Felipe Pantone • Erika Sanada • Slinkachu • Mark Dean Veca (seen above) • Cinta Vidal • Hilary White • Ernest Zacharevic • Martha Cooper • Yoskay Yamamoto • Alex Yanes.

Photo credit: Selina Miles.
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