Long Beach Embrace
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Title
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Long Beach Embrace
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Rights
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Copyright Myisha Arellanus
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Type
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StillImage
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Creator
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Arellanus, Myisha
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Date
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2023
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Description
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A new mural was unveiled at Bixby Park in Long Beach celebrating the LGBTQ+ community, presented by the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations’ initiative LA vs Hate: Summer of Solidarity, in partnership with The LGBTQ Center of Long Beach. The mural, titled “Long Beach Embrace,” evokes a tableau of people, movements and issues of significance to the LGBTQ+ and greater community, and will be revealed as part of the Long Beach Pride celebration. The mural was designed by Myisha Arellano, a queer, migrant artist born in Mexico City and raised in LA County. Additional supporting partners include Long Beach Human Dignity Program, Vice Mayor Cindy Allen's Office, Long Beach Parks & Recreation and The Museum of Latin American Art.
“The mural presents two large figures forming an embrace at a distance, reflecting the community connection and support for one another,” explained muralist Myisha Arrellano. “This embrace, a universally recognized symbol of care and affection, allows the viewer to immediately understand the larger implications of the work. The figures create vignettes of symbolic stories based on community anecdotes and values that represent care, solidarity, and showing up for one another. The mural includes depictions of people marching and celebrating together, as well as historic landmarks, movements and resources for the LGBTQ+ community in Long Beach.”
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Description source
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Format
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image/jpeg
1000 × 667 pixels
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Language
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English
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Place
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Long Beach, California
Bixby Park
Bixby Park Community Center
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Contributor
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Photo credit: LA vs. Hate
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Extent
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179 KB
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Identifier
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999_Long-Beach-Embrace_Myisha-Arellanus-2
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Relation
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Long Beach Human Dignity Program
Long Beach Parks Recreation and Marine
Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations
Museum of Latin American Art
The LGBTQ Center Long Beach
Vice Mayor Cindy Allen
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Subject
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public art
mural paintings (visual works)
LGBTQ+ movement
LGBTQ+ pride
LGBTQ+ community
BIPOC
Queer Latine people
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Temporal Coverage
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2023
Long Beach Embrace