Long Beach Creative Group

08/28/2026

Curator Cory Bilicko walks us through Reinterpreting Rod and shares the ideas behind the exhibition.

Long Beach Creative Group presents

Reinterpreting Rod: Artists Create New Works Inspired by Rod Briggs’s Paintings

Featuring 20 artists from the Long Beach area:

Tracy Allen
Tony Barrera
Cory Bilicko
Aria Bradfield
James Brooks
Kadie DiCarlo
David Early
Susan Erikson Hawkins
Nate Jones
Anna Katrina
Calvin Konen
Jeff McMillan
Jacqueline Nguyen
Vince Ruez-Abdo
Jamie Russom
Julio Salgado
Morgan Stahlkuppe .morgan06._
Emily Tanaka
Bernard Vyzga
Ivan Zuno

On view August 15–September 19, 2026

Rod Briggs Gallery
2221 E Broadway
Long Beach, CA 90803

Gallery hours
Friday–Sunday, 1–4 pm

This exhibition is made possible in part by a grant from the Arts Council for Long Beach, the Port of Long Beach and the ongoing support of the Briggs Family Trust.

08/26/2026

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08/22/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us last Saturday for such an incredible opening night!

Long Beach creative presents
Reinterpreting Rod: Artists Create New Works Inspired by Rod Briggs’s Paintings

A group exhibition curated by Cory Bilicko

On view August 15–September 19, 2026

Featuring 20 artists from the Long Beach area:

Tracy Allen
Tony Barrera
Cory Bilicko
Aria Bradfield
James Brooks James Makes Art
Kadie DiCarlo
David Early
Susan Erikson Hawkins Susan Erikson Hawkins
Nate Jones
Anna Katrina
Calvin Konen
Jeff McMillan
Jacqueline Nguyen
Vince Ruez-Abdo
Jamie Russom
Julio Salgado
Morgan Stahlkuppe @._morgan06._
Emily Tanaka
Bernard Vyzga
Ivan Zuno

Rod Briggs Gallery
2221 E Broadway
Long Beach, CA 90803

Gallery hours
Friday–Sunday, 1–4 pm

This exhibition is made possible in part by a grant from the Arts Council for Long Beach, the Port of Long Beach and the ongoing support of the Briggs Family Trust.

Dorte Christjansen@lbcsrw

08/15/2026

Opening tomorrow, Saturday, August 15th, 6–9 pm

Long Beach Creative Group presents
Reinterpreting Rod: Artists Create New Works Inspired by Rod Briggs’s Paintings

A group exhibition curated by Cory Bilicko

Featuring 20 artists from the Long Beach area:

Tracy Allen
Tony Barrera
Cory Bilicko
Aria Bradfield
James Brooks
Kadie DiCarlo
David Early
Susan Hawkins
Nate Jones
Anna Katrina
Calvin Konen
Jeff McMillan
Jacqueline Nguyen
Vince Ruez-Abdo
Jamie Russom
Julio Salgado
Morgan Stahlkuppe
Emily Tanaka
Bernard Vyzga
Ivan Zuno

On view August 15–September 19, 2026

Rod Briggs Gallery
2221 E Broadway
Long Beach, CA 90803

Gallery hours
Friday–Sunday, 1–4 pm

This exhibition is made possible in part by a grant from the Arts Council for Long Beach, the Port of Long Beach and the ongoing support of the Briggs Family Trust. Arts Council for Long Beach Port of Long Beach

08/13/2026

This Saturday, please join us for the opening of our new exhibition, Reinterpreting Rod: Artists Create New Works Inspired by Rod Briggs's Paintings. The gallery will open from 1-4 PM, then host an artist reception from 6-9 PM.

Our curator, Cory Bilicko, did a fantastic job of gathering a diverse and talented group of artists for this exhibition, which features 10 paintings by Briggs, and 2 new pieces created for each one by the participating artists.

Rod's son Cameron has been involved with this exhibition, working closely with Cory throughout the process, and we're all very excited to see his father's work in the main gallery space alongside these interpretations. We really hope you join us, and invite your friends.

Arts Council for Long Beach

07/15/2026

The Long Beach Creative Group is excited to announce that the open call for Off The Wall: Three Dimensional Art is now open. We partner with CallForEntry.org (CaFe) to manage submissions so, if you're interested in submitting work for our jurors to consider, please go here for application requirements and submission criteria:

https://opportunities.wearecreativewest.org/opportunity/17835/CAFE

If you haven't already created a CaFe profile, you'll need to do so before being able to submit work. There's a $20 submission fee. If the fee is prohibitive, please contact us and we can explore possible alternatives.

About the show:

Off The Wall is an exhibition focuses on three dimensional art of all kinds including, but not limited to sculpture, assemblage, ceramics and fiber arts. It includes art that exposes the great diversity of techniques, materials and concepts driving contemporary 3D art. The exhibition will be presented in the Rod Briggs Gallery, located at 2221 E Broadway in Long Beach, from October 3 through November 14, 2026.

This exhibition was proposed by Walter Focht who, along with Michael Biagotti and Bernard J Vyzga Jr, will serve as jurors. The deadline for submissions is August 30th, 2026.

07/08/2026

Looking for an artistic experience this Sunday, July 12? To celebrate the photography exhibit at the Rod Briggs Gallery, "Before and After," Kay Alexander will host a session on how to alter a photograph. Bring a photograph with you, and she'll demonstrate techniques for altering it. There are plenty of examples on the walls in our current exhibit. More details are available at longbeachcreativegroup.org.

The Rod Briggs Gallery Open Hours Friday – Sunday: 1-4 p.m.Closed Holidays Address 2221 E BroadwayLong Beach, CA90803Tel: 562-270-5125 2026 Exhibits Reinterpreting RodAugust 16 to September 19, 2026 Off The WallOctober 3 to November 14, 2026 Our programming is made possible, in part, with support ...

04/06/2026