I’m pretty excited to join my fellow Fatlace editors in posting highlights from Pow! Wow!.  Previous entries had been from Hawaii and as I read them I was always bummed that I never got to see it. Until this weekend.

Pow! Wow! Long Beach 2015 began on June 22.  It brought together a collective of artists to engage the community in the process and creation of art.  The week long event featured murals, talks, concerts, an opening reception and a Ruck Out gathering.  I made it on Saturday.  Although it was the last day, I was still in the crux of it.  And although I missed the majority of the events, I got to experience this at my own pace and take in the heart of Pow! Wow!: the art.

I started at the HQ, picked up the map and started my trek.

I may or may not have gotten lost.  Either way, I started in the middle of the circuit with Benjie Escobar:

Then across the way for Jeff Soto and Low Bros:

Went up the Convention Center stairs for Jeff McMillan:

Then back up for James Jean and Tristan Eaton. Easily my favorite:

Backtracked since I got lost. Went past the HQ and caught these.

Bumblebee:

Fafi:

And Aaron de la Cruz (another favorite):

Then ditched the walking for driving since the next two were far out and off my trusty map.

Hueman and Madsteez:

And finally Push:

Now that I’ve done my recap, I realized that I frickin’ missed Cryptik’s mural… But I’ll be hitting the Vitality and Verve art show at Long Beach Museum of Art pretty soon. Hope it’s still up by then!