Calling all Los Angeles and Long Beach Art Lovers!

Fri, 30 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Join us tonight, Friday January 30th, for the WE Show Art Reception! WE Labs co-founder Robbie Brown and WE Show guest curator Liza Mitchell will lead a guided tour of artwork by local artists such as Rhett Johnson, Dave Van Patten, Walter Focht, Rene Tanner, and others. What’s special about this art event is that these artists will be present to introduce you to their art and answer any questions you may have.

Together, the incredibly diverse artists represented in our first quarterly WE Show are truly a cross section of the contemporary art community, highlighting the artistic renaissance we are lucky to be experiencing here in Long Beach. From painting to photography, sculpture, and beyond, our walls are teeming with some of the most striking artwork that WE’ve ever encountered. WE invite you to join us as we bring the community and these talented people together in this intimate setting for an evening of artistic enlightenment.

If you can't make it tonight, don't worry! WE Show Art Tours will be held on the last Friday evening of every month, with different artists present at each tour.

6:30 pm - Refreshments

7:00 pm - Tour begins

More About WE Show:

In recognition that exhibition space is at a premium for Long Beach artists, WE Labs and the Arts Council for Long Beach partnered to create a new exhibition series, WE Show, just for Long Beach artists. Submission was open to all artists who were signed up on the Arts Council for Long Beach, Arts and Cultural Registry. Alex Diffin, Barry Rothstein, Caryn Baumgartner, Christine Lee Smith, Christine Nguyen, Connie Lane, Daniel Brezenoff, David Van Patten, Eric Almanza, Gazelle Samizay, Greg Jacobs, Jason Weinlein, Jose Loza, Kay Erickson, Kenny McBride, Linda L. Carlson, Marla Lombard, Michele Rene, Renee Tanner, Rhett Johnson, Scott Burchard, Sherry Ray-Von, Susan MacLeod and Walter Focht III were chosen for this inaugural and current WE Show.

The Arts and Culture Registry is a free service designed to be a comprehensive and inclusive list of artists and arts organizations serving Long Beach, California. It improves visibility for Long Beach’s impressive talent pool and offers a vehicle for local exposure and networking. The Registry is open to any artist who lives, works, performs or exhibits in Long Beach, California. Shows will exhibit on a quarterly basis and will be featured through monthly WE Hour gallery tours as well as WE Labs’ After Art Walk event, all beginning January, 2015.

WE Labs is Long Beach’s co-working and creative space located downtown at 325 East Broadway. Our large, inviting space also serves as a gallery and event location, making this a unique opportunity for Long Beach artists to expand their audience. WE hope you'll join us for this special evening.

Why Coworking Is Right for Your Greater Los Angeles Business

Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

According to Right Management Consultants, 86% of corporate employees are actively seeking employment elsewhere. What is it about the corporate business model that has so many looking for something different? Could coworking be the answer to what corporate escapees are looking for?

In 1996, Activity Based Working was introduced in the Netherlands (spreading to Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Scandinavia), offering employees a bit of flexibility in not only where they worked, but when. This reduced the amount of desks corporations needed, as well as increased productivity by giving individuals options in choosing where they felt their work could be accomplished most effectively. Coworking spaces evolved from concepts such as these with only one center in 2005, to 781 cowork spaces by 2013.

“Indie Desk is a coworking space— a middle ground between working out of your loft and renting your own office. You'll find a desk and an Internet connection, but also a community of members who are building their own creative businesses.”

“Working from home is isolating and leads to slower business growth and a slew of distractions. Posh CoWorking provides a supportive community for entrepreneurs and freelancers who want a space to work, connect with peers and collaborate.”

“Harlem Garage is a coworking space for Harlem businesses, and a community space for Harlem. Entrepreneurs work and meet clients in our space, and teams make ideas happen in our collaborative areas.”

Occupying the entire 8th floor, WE Labs (Work Evolution Laboratories) is 8500 square feet of Long Beach entrepreneurship. WE balance the classic stylings of the historic Pacific Tower with cutting-edge tech innovation, inspiring members to work for themselves, not by themselves. In trying to get you out of your home office and onto what WE call “the playing field of innovation” (like Indie Desk in LA), WE offer 2 wings of large, small, and dedicated deskspace. The walls and open spaces are filled with fixtures, installations, and canvases by local artist curated by co-founder and CEO Robbie Brown. Additionally, the west wing hosts events and workshops, as well being a satellite location for PadNet TV (Public Access Long Beach). The interchange between part-time freelance members and full-time members (similar to Posh CoWorking in Austin) has led to successful community events and concepts. With The Works, soon freelancers can be in the running for future service contracts. WE Labs is very much a place for Long Beach business (like Harlem Garage) with a conference room available for reservations, including discounted rates for members. Our bottom-up approach to business reflects the values Virginia Rometty, CEO of IBM, expressed in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations: that a “person’s value lies not in what she/he knows, but in what he/she shares.” WE work together, WE learn together, WE grow together.

Why - Work Evolution - creative coworking space in Long Beach, CA

Calling all Los Angeles and Long Beach Art Lovers!

Why Coworking Is Right for Your Greater Los Angeles Business