DTLB Art + Design Walk Takes Over Downtown for Earth Month on April 11

LONG BEACH, CA [March 30, 2026] – The Downtown Long Beach (DTLB) Art + Design Walk returns Saturday, April 11, inviting the community to experience an afternoon of art, design, and cultural connection inspired by themes of renewal, sustainability, and environment in recognition of Earth Month.

Organized by the Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DTLB Alliance) in collaboration with DTLB Design District, Studio One Eleven, and Arts Council for Long Beach (ArtsLB), April’s Walk highlights the intersection of art, design, and sustainability and brings together local and internationally recognized creatives. Transforming Downtown into a vibrant, open-air creative district, the Walk connects artists, students, businesses, and the broader community through accessible exhibitions, performances, and interactive experiences.

“This edition of the Art + Design Walk invites the community to reflect on renewal—both in our environment and within ourselves,” said Austin Metoyer, President & CEO of the DTLB Alliance. “Through immersive installations, hands-on workshops, and exhibitions, we’re creating opportunities for connection while showcasing the innovative creative talent that defines Downtown Long Beach.”

Event Highlights:

• “Long Beach Lights” by Peoples Architecture Office | The Promenade between Broadway & 1^st Street
  Internationally recognized designers present a new light-based installation reimagining the Downtown environment through color and light. Join the unveiling celebration at 6 PM. Click here for more info.
• Art + Design Village | Mosaic Promenade between 3^rd Street & 4^th Street
  Gather at a central hub featuring 15+ local makers, designers, and community partners offering art, goods, experiences, and interactive engagement, including Live Music at the KLBP Radio Pop-Up.
• “Music to My Eyes” | Edison Theatre at 213 E Broadway
  Presented by Creative Class Collective, a student-driven exhibition featuring LBUSD artists translating sound into visual form.
• East Village Art Block | 1^st Street between Elm & Linden avenues
  Pop-ups, gallery exhibitions, and music throughout the neighborhood, including a microgallery at ANNEISE and flash tattoos at Wildflower Beauty & Brows.
• “Coulter Jacobs: This Side of the Truth” | LBMA Downtown at 356 E. 3rd St.
  Experience a multidisciplinary exhibition from tattoo culture and abstract expressionism to exploring endurance, memory, and transformation.
• “The Shape of Long Beach” Guided Tour | Lincoln Park at 101 Pacific Ave.
  Join the Arts Council for Long Beach at 4 PM for a guided tour exploring artist-designed etchings that tell the city’s layered history.
• Immersive Design Installation by CSULB IDRL | 290 E. 4^th
  Experience a participatory installation by the CSULB Immersive Design Research Lab (IDRL), inviting visitors into a space “designed for wonder,” where perception, interaction, and environment converge.
• “Can’t Look Away” | Loiter Galleries at 425 The Promenade N
  Dan Samson’s photography offers an empathetic look at homelessness, highlighting connection, dignity, and shared experience.
• “Unus Mundus: The Sacred Marriage of Spirit & Matter” | So.Lo Art at 240 Pine Ave.
  Explore an architecturally immersive exhibition by Zoe Rose presented in a circular format, blending two bodies of work that reflect on feminine embodiment, transformation, and unity.
• Dried Floral Workshop & Designing Resistance Pop-Up | Studio One Eleven at 245 E. 3^rd
  Hands-on workshop inspired by seasonal renewal and a collaborative pop-up with City Fabrick and the Art Theatre of Long Beach highlighting design as a tool for civic expression.

“For this Art + Design Walk, we wanted to stitch together Downtown’s rich creative community and ethos of social action, while using art to physically connect the various parts of the event,” said Rodrigo Rodarte, DTLB Alliance Senior Manager of Placemaking & Activations. “From the solar-powered light installation on the Promenade by Peoples Architecture Office, to work born out of sound imagined by LBUSD high school students at Edison Theatre, to Dan Samson’s photography centering the dignity of the unhoused, this will be one of the most thought provoking and innovative Art + Design Walks to date.”

The DTLB Art + Design Walk will take place Saturday, April 11, from 2 to 7 PM (some event times may vary). Free transportation by shuttle will be available throughout the event footprint. For full event details, visit dtlb.org/art-walk.

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About: The Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DTLB Alliance) is a nonprofit, community-based organization whose mission is to cultivate, preserve and promote a healthy, safe, and prosperous Downtown. The DTLB Alliance is recognized as the voice of Downtown Long Beach by the City of Long Beach and the State of California. By balancing the interests of the residents, as well as businesses, the organization creates tangible progress by way of vested interest and solidified partnerships across local, municipal, and commercial lines. For additional information, visit www.downtownlongbeach.org and follow on Facebook @downtownlongbeach, on “X” (formerly Twitter) @dtlballiance and Instagram @dtlballiance.