1stThursday Armchair ArtWalk Tour

The San Pedro Waterfront Arts District, in collaboration with the artists who have performed or exhibited their arts in San Pedro, announces the next Armchair ArtWalk Tour to be held on Zoom at 6:00pm on FirstThursday, July 1st, 2021, at 6:00pm

The public is invited to join us on Zoom, by registering for a free ticket and register for a one-hour virtual, interactive tour with some amazing artists.

Register in advance for the July 1st Armchair ArtWalk Tour:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

We will also be live streaming from our Facebook page, where you can find videos of previous Armchair ArtWalk Tours and project progress videos.

This is a free service for our community – we miss you and look forward to seeing each other on-line. The July 1stFirstThursday Armchair ArtWalk in honor of the July 4th holiday, we will be celebrating the independent spirit of our local artists and their drive to create art. Featured this month will be conversations with Eric Johnson, Karena Massengill, Ben Jackel, and Chad Bishop

Meet Karena Massengill – Originally from Ukiah, California as a child Karena took art classes at the Mendocino Art Center. After attending Goddard College in Vermont, California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, and Temple University, Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, graduated from there with a Bachelor of Fine Art in 1975. Immigrating to Canada Karena worked as an artist receiving numerous grants exhibiting her work and creating public art projects. Being paid by the Canadian government while training as a welder-fitter at George Brown College she worked alongside convicted felons seeking a job on the pipeline while her goal was to be the female David Smith!

She continued to work as a professional artist on large-scale public art projects as a welder fitter. At the University of Toronto Karena earned a Bachelor’s in Art Education and Industrial Technology in 1983. She married her Australian husband in Canada before moving to Long Beach, California in 1986. In 1993 she graduated with Master of Fine Art in Sculpture from California State University at Fullerton.

Her public art experience includes indoor, outdoor, painted and fabricated murals, and sculptures. Working with governmental and private agencies she loves the challenges each bring. Recently the statewide winner of the public art competition: Rosie Dog Beach in Long Beach was also selected to create artwork for the Gateway to Downey.

You can spend some time with these amazing artists on the next Armchair ArtWalk Tour to be held on Zoom at 6:00pm on FirstThursday, July 1st, 2021, at 6:00pm

Register in advance for the July 1st Armchair ArtWalk Tour and see what Karena has to say
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

We will also be live streaming from our Facebook page, where you can find videos of previous Armchair ArtWalk Tours and project progress videos.

Also featured in the July 1st FirstThursday Armchair ArtWalk will be conversations with Eric Johnson, Karena Massengill, Ben Jackel, and Chad Bishop.