Artistic Creation Blossoms In Vacant Lots [in Long Beach]

URBAN ACROBATICS. Three members of the Collage Dance Theatre troupe rehearse a dance routine before their collaboration with the Khmer Arts Academy Cambodian performers on March 19 and 20. The scaffolding is erected at the corner of Anaheim Street and Walnut Avenue as part of the Arts Council’s A LOT series. (Gazette photo by Thomas Wasper)

Friday, March 12, 2010
By Darcy Leigh Richardson
Editor
Grunion Gazette

Many may look at a vacant lot and equate it with blank, empty space filled with negative connotations.

Starting March 19, residents should be prepared to alter their perspective about these lots.

The Arts Council for Long Beach plans to transform empty, blighted, urban lots into beautiful, thought provoking, awe-inspiring spaces of creative art.

Deemed the “A LOT Series,” the first installment will feature a free original performance from Collage Dance Theatre and Long Beach’s Khmer Arts Academy at 6 p.m. Friday, March 19, and Saturday, March 20, in the lot at the corner of East Anaheim Street and Walnut Avenue (across the street from the Mark Twain Library, 1401 E. Anaheim St.).

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