– By Brian Addison
DTLB Art + Design Walk July 13, 2024
What started as a familiar but fading downtown tradition—an art walk tucked into a handful of galleries and side streets—has evolved into something more immersive, more ambitious, and far more representative of Long Beach’s creative core. Thanks to a major collaboration between the DTLB Alliance and Studio One Eleven, the return of the DTLB Art + Design Walk on July 26 is a reflection of that.
And according to Austin Metoyer, president and CEO of the DTLB Alliance, that transformation has been hard-earned. “We’re heading into our third year now, with multiple Walks across the year,” he said. “The first year was a learning curve—just trying to understand how big it could be, where we were placing things, how to support it. But by year two, it felt like we found our stride. And this third year? This is where we really cement it as a centerpiece for downtown.”
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