Editing Long Beach, California (section)

===Art===

The [[Long Beach Museum of Art]], sited in the historic [[Elizabeth Milbank Anderson]] residence, is owned by the City of Long Beach, and operated by the Long Beach Museum of Art Foundation. Long Beach also features the [[Museum of Latin American Art]] (MOLAA), founded in 1996 by Dr. Robert Gumbiner. It is the only museum in the western United States that exclusively features modern and contemporary [[Latin American]] art.

Long Beach's newest museum is The Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum (PieAM). This museum was a project of Robert Gumbiner at the time of his death.<ref name="gumbiner">{{cite news|last=Nelson|first=Valerie J.|title=Robert Gumbiner dies at 85; HMO pioneer founded Museum of Latin American Art|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-gumbiner23-2009jan23,0,3395363.story|access-date=January 1, 2012|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329061322/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-gumbiner23-2009jan23,0,3395363.story|archive-date=March 29, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The museum opened October 15, 2010.

In 1965, Long Beach State hosted the first [[International Sculpture Symposium]] to be held in the [[United States]] and the first at a [[college]] or [[university]]. Six sculptors from around the world and two from the United States created many of the monumental sculptures seen on the campus. There are now over 20 sculptures on the campus.

Long Beach is known for its [[street art]]. Some of the [[mural]]s were created in conjunction with the city's Mural and Cultural Arts Program, but many others were not.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.longbeach.gov/park/facilities/neighorhood_mural_program.asp |title=Neighborhood Mural Program |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522203203/http://www.longbeach.gov/park/facilities/neighorhood_mural_program.asp |archive-date=May 22, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lamurals.org/MuralAreaIndexes/LongBeachIndex/MuralsLB.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907232345/http://www.lamurals.org/MuralAreaIndexes/LongBeachIndex/MuralsLB.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 7, 2012 |title=Long Beach Mural Index |access-date=December 10, 2005 }}</ref>

On the exterior of the [[Long Beach Sports Arena]] is one of the artist [[Robert Wyland|Wyland's]] ''[[List of Whaling Walls|Whaling Walls]]''. At {{convert|116,000|ft2|m2|abbr=off}}, it is the world's largest [[mural]] (according to the ''[[Guinness Book of Records]]'').

Adjacent to the Museums of Latin American Art (MOLAA) and the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum (PieAM), in Gumbiner Park, stands the Long Beach High Five, created by sculptor Jorge Mujica. This interactive aluminium sculpture is intended to engage the public.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Asia |date=2019-05-31 |title=New sculpture in Gumbiner Park a 'High Five' to Long Beach |url=https://lbpost.com/hi-lo/art/new-sculpture-in-gumbiner-park-a-high-five-to-long-beach/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=the Hi-lo |language=en-US}}</ref>

Shops and galleries in the [[Long Beach East Village|East Village Arts District]], in downtown Long Beach hold their monthly art openings and artists exhibit in street galleries on the second Saturday of the month during the Artwalk.

Long Beach has a percent for art program administered through the Arts Council of Long Beach and the Redevelopment Agency which ensures new private developments contribute to the arts fund or commission artworks for their new projects.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artspca.org/public_art/ |title=Arts Council for Long Beach |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714021134/http://www.artspca.org/public_art/ |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}</ref>