Make Noise Today empowers AAPI youth through storytelling and community
Explore Our Initiatives
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Murals
Curating art to celebrate the legacy of global music icons from the City of Long Beach and tell meaningful stories that bring the community together….
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VIP Records
CCC will partner with VIP Records to help realize Kelvin Anderson’s vision for a museum and educational center, preserving this influential Long Beach’s artistic legacy on West Coast hip-hop and fostering opportunities for future generations….
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Art Walk
Downtown Long Beach’s Art + Design Walk is a vibrant, quarterly celebration of creativity, culture, and community. The event brings together artists, designers, architects, makers, and creative entrepreneurs to showcase how art and design shape the identity and future of Downtown….
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Design District
CCC is on the steering committee of the Downtown Long Beach Design District, a dynamic hub for innovation and a platform to discover, connect and celebrate local creative talent while attracting new creative jobs, businesses, innovation and activation to DTLB. …
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Bus Tours
CCC curates bus tours for city leaders to gain inspiration about how others in SoCal transform cities and culture through art, adaptive reuse, historical preservation of architecture, and reimagined community programming….
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Getty Fest
In celebration of the Getty Center’s 25th Anniversary, J. Paul Getty Trust partnered with CARS and the Long Beach Creative Coalition (led by CCC and Studio One Eleven) in Long Beach for a rich multiday festival of music, dance performances, marching bands, interactive workshops, live artmaking, skate demonstrations, food trucks, and an artisan marketplace….
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Long Beach Walls
Long Beach Walls brings art and culture to public spaces by beautifying the city….
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Terminal Island
Terminal Island became the first West Coast community where Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes during World War II.
Creative Class Collective is partnering with the Terminal Island Japanese Cultural Center to preserve this vital local history through installation art, education, storytelling, and cultural events…. -
Port City Creative Guild
Port City Creative Guild nurtures art appreciation in youth and connects to communities….
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Music To My Eyes
A multii-disciplinary art expression initiative where high school students draw pre-selected song titles as the catalyst for their painting interpretations….
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Make Noise Today
Creative Class Collective’s social justice program that empowers Asian American youth by amplifying their voices and sharing their stories through literary, visual, and performing arts….
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Unexpected Connections
Unexpected Connections brings together inventive people thinking across industries and brings positive change….
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Art Renzei
Art Renzei is a multimedia art festival that ignites artistic curiosity, engages the community, and reinvigorates Long Beach. Through multimedia and sculptural art, Art Renzei breathes new life into our surroundings. We invite you to go out and see the world differently!…
Creative Class Collective is a U.S. 501c3 charitable organization that strives for accessible art for all. CCC programs focus on developing creativity through community engagement and positively impacting the lives of creative industry workers.
Current initiatives include Long Beach Walls and Art Renzei, Make Noise Today, Port City Creative Guild, and Unexpected Connections. Creative Class Collective makes spaces for collaboration, with the belief that connection fuels creation.
