Arts for Life
The Carpenter Center’s Arts for Life initiative provides opportunities for everyone in the Carpenter Center area to enjoy access to enriching arts experiences. Most activities are low-cost or no-cost and are made possible by generous donations. The initiative consists of three programs:
- Community Connections for the wider arts community
- Campus Connections for CSULB students and faculty
- Classroom Connections for elementary schoolchildren
We warmly invite you to learn more about the arts and join an Arts for Life activity!
Additional Educational Programming
Voices for Justice Series
This cross-campus initiative recently included a Symphonic Jazz Orchestra concert with jazz trumpeter and composer Keyon Harrold, as well as a film screening and Q&A with Black Panther co-writer Joe Robert Cole. In 2021, during the pandemic, faculty-moderated Zoom discussions invited the campus and community to hear important perspectives on achieving positive social change from guests Tamika Mallory, Benjamin Crump, Michael Eric Dyson, and Nicholas Payton. Learn more.
Virtual Shakespeare & Friends Aloud
The Carpenter Center-sponsored Shakespeare and Friends Aloud readings went virtual to Zoom over the pandemic, fostering a continued community of Shakespeare fans while also introducing works by Shakespeare’s contemporaries. Learn more.
Shakespeare Aloud
In partnership with the Long Beach Public Library, Shakespeare Aloud brought together fans of the Bard for in-person readings of Shakespeare’s works.
