Art Gallery
Overview
LBCC Art Gallery advances student well-being through inclusive exhibitions and programs addressing diversity, equity, and access. It fosters critical dialogue, professional development, and career preparation through shows, lectures, and internships. With student and faculty exhibitions and renowned artists, the gallery connects campus and community through learning, creativity, and civic engagement.
- We invite you to view our past exhibition archive here.
- To view event and exhibition documentation click here.
Exhibition Proposal Submissions Temporarily Closed
We appreciate your interest in presenting your work through our exhibition program. At this time, we are not accepting submissions for upcoming exhibitions. Our call for proposals is currently on hold as we finalize our curatorial calendar. We encourage you to revisit this page periodically for updates regarding future submission opportunities.
Thank you for your understanding and continued support of our mission to foster artistic excellence and engagement.
Contact
For more information about past or upcoming exhibitions contact Karla Aguiniga, Art Gallery and Exhibitions Manager at kaguiniga@lbcc.edu or 562-938-4872
To support the LBCC Art Gallery and the Student Art Prize tax deductible donations can be accepted by the LBCC Foundation.
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2026 Juried Student Art Exhibition
Sat, Feb 28 - Thu, March 26, 2026
A tradition of LBCC, the Student Art Exhibition features the most exceptional artists from LBCC’s Visual and Media Arts department. A total of $2,000 in prizes will be awarded to three exceptional artists.
The Juried Student Art Exhibition bridges the gap between academic learning and professional practice, preparing students for careers in the arts while enriching the cultural fabric of the college and community.
Satellites: Adjunct Art Exhibition
Nov 6 - Dec 10, 2025
The LBCC Art Gallery proudly
presents Satellites, a dynamic exhibition
showcasing the creative talents of our Visual and Media Arts
adjunct faculty. Like satellites, these artists travel their own
arcs across the city—crossing freeways, weaving through
neighborhoods, and carrying the weather of their studios with
them—before converging in Long Beach to share their work.
This diverse constellation features works across a wide range of
disciplines, including photography, jewelry and metalsmithing,
photography, media arts, sculpture, printmaking, drawing,
painting, costume design, set design, ceramics and film. Each
piece is a transmission from a unique vantage point, bearing the
textures of its maker’s daily landscape, the imprint of their
community, and the hum of ideas gathered along the way.
Satellites is both a convergence and a celebration: a moment when the rich artistic voices shaping our classrooms align in a shared orbit, inspiring the next generation of creators before returning to their own circuits in the ever-expanding field of art.
Exhibition date: Nov 6th to Dec 10, 2025
Opening reception: Thurs, Nov 6th, 2025 from 5-7pm
Artist talk: Saturday, Nov 15th, 2025 from 1-3pm
By The River, I May Destroy You
Star Montana
An Exhibition by Star Montana
Co-curated By Alex Nicholls And Karla Aguíñiga
| EXHIBITION DATES | September 25 – October 25, 2025 Gallery Open: Tuesday – Friday |
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| Opening Reception | Thur., September 25, 2025 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at LAC, K-100 |
| Artist Pop-up workshop |
Tues., October 14, 2025 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. near Art Gallery |
| Artists Talk & Closing Reception | Sat, October 25, 2025 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. at LAC, K-100 |
2025 Juried Student Art Show
Thur, May 1 - Sat, May 31, 2025
A tradition of LBCC, the Student Art Exhibition features the most exceptional artists from LBCC’s Visual and Media Arts department. A total of $2,000 in prizes will be awarded to three exceptional artists.
The Juried Student Art Exhibition bridges the gap between academic learning and professional practice, preparing students for careers in the arts while enriching the cultural fabric of the college and community.
Hope Restored: Justice Scholars Student Exhibition
February 13 - March 28, 2025
About the Exhibition
Long Beach City College Art Gallery proudly presents, Hope Restored: Justice Scholars Student Exhibition. Curated by Summer Bernal and artist Alberto Lule, an Underground Scholar at UCLA and UC Irvine. The exhibition brings together formerly incarcerated, and system-impacted artists. The exhibition explores themes of isolation, abolition, liberation, and empowerment through self-expression. Artists focus on strategies for self care as well as active forms of resistance.
2024 Alumni Exhibition
November 2 - December 5, 2024
