Museums for the Holidays

I'm determined to get to Long Beach Museum of Art for the "A Light in the Shadow" exhibit which ends January 2. Friday is free from 11 to 5, so I still have a good chance of making it.

Over at the Museum of Latin American Art, "Siquerios: Landscape Painter" features the provocative work of the famous muralist. It's free on Sundays from 11 am to 5 pm.

Look to the Ladies

Long Beach Museum of Art opens an new exhibition tomorrow -- "A Light in the Shadow, Decades of Art by Women -- which will run through January 2, 2011. About 60 works by women artists will be on display, featuring topics and techniques given distinctly female points of view. The museum is open from11 am to 5 pm from Tuesday to Sunday and Fridays are free.

Bright Lights in Hard Times

Long Beach Museum of Art will present a collection of 50 1930s era works commissioned by WPA funds called Surviving Hard Times: WPA Artists. The exhibition runs from October 9 to January 17. By the way, the museum will have free admission through September 19.