The Long Beach Convention Center
300 Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90805
The Long Beach Convention Center Parking Garage is located in the direct vicinity of The Long Beach Performing Arts Center and Terrace Theater and is about a five minute walk from the scenic Long Beach Marina, the Marina Green, and the Pacific Ocean. Other nearby sights include the Aquarium of the Pacific, Shoreline Aquatic Park, Shoreline Village, and Parker’s Lighthouse. The area is also host to numerous murals, both by POW! WOW! Long Beach and other organizations. Many of these works of art have yet to be mapped and cataloged.
The Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center has more than 400,000 square feet of meeting space. It regularly hosts events including special interest conventions, marathons, and trade shows. One such event that has taken place the Convention Center is Long Beach Comic Con, where thousands gather over a two-day period to attend panels and lectures and engage with other comic book fans and vendors.
Written by Amelia Nixon
Source: https://www.longbeachcc.com/about-us/
2018
Untitled by Fintan Magee
Under a pedestrian bridge, Fintan Magee’s untitled mural rises along the side of a parking structure. The mural, which was commissioned by POW! WOW! Long Beach for their 2018 summer festival, may be difficult for viewers to find.
Across Seaside Way from The Long Beach Performing Arts Center, the parking structure on which the mural is located is called the Long Beach Convention Center Parking Garage. The mural itself is on the northeast corner of the structure, facing the smaller street Hart Place. Visitors should be wary of cars, as Hart Place has no sidewalk. However, there is a small patch of concrete across Hart Place from which the mural can best be viewed.
Magee’s mural adheres to the artist’s distinctive style of social realism in that it is convincingly lifelike but also has elements that are symbolic of social issues of the community. The mural’s subject is a man wearing a dark shirt, jeans, brown belt, sunglasses, and ponytail hairstyle. He carries several items, among them an open umbrella with a blue and mustard floral pattern, a blue and white windbreaker jacket, and what appears to be a thin paintbrush. In the foreground is a blue chair that matches the umbrella, which leans to one side due to several broken legs. The mural has minimal background, and much of the original cement wall is visible.
The condition of the mural nearly a year later is excellent. Although it is located so near to the ocean, the wall is somewhat shielded by a pedestrian bridge from above and a structural pillar to the front.
Written by Amelia Nixon
Sources: https://lbpost.com/life/arts-culture/your-complete-guide-to-pow-wow-long-beach-2018/, https://impermanent-art.tumblr.com/post/176133841461/fintan-magee-for-pow-wow-long-beach
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