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Thanks for visiting us at Week of Welcome! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 We can’t wait to welcome you back into the Museum next week! Kle...
09/04/2026

Thanks for visiting us at Week of Welcome! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 We can’t wait to welcome you back into the Museum next week! Kleefeld Contemporary opens Wednesday, September 9 with new exhibitions: “Carol Anne McChrystal: Export Quality”; “Jacqueline Valenzuela: In Practice of Return”; and “Peter Carr: This Is How We Will All Be Saved”.
  
🎉 Join us for our fall opening celebration September 17, 6pm-8pm. Link in bio for RSVP. All events at the Museum are FREE and open to all!
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Join us NEXT WEEK for our opening event! ✏️ Wednesday, September 9 — Student Illustration Production Squad (SIPS) and th...
09/03/2026

Join us NEXT WEEK for our opening event! ✏️ Wednesday, September 9 — Student Illustration Production Squad (SIPS) and the Museum welcome you to a special sketch crawl inspired by the art sculptures across campus! Use sculptures, people, and your surroundings as inspiration. 
 
You can join us at any point during the program, but we will start at 1:00pm at Window Wall by Robert Irwin in front of Fine Arts 3/the Art Store.

🗓️ Thursday, March 19, 2pm-4pm
📍 SPECIAL LOCATION: Upper Campus
 
This is a free, drop-in workshop with all supplies provided, no RSVP required. All skill levels are welcome. Our programs are free and open to students, staff, faculty, and the public. 🌊💛🦈
 
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Fall 2026 exhibitions at Kleefeld Contemporary opens September 9!! 🎉 Artwork by Jacqueline Valenzuela (Jacqueline Valenz...
09/01/2026

Fall 2026 exhibitions at Kleefeld Contemporary opens September 9!! 🎉 Artwork by Jacqueline Valenzuela (Jacqueline Valenzuela ) will be on view September 9 - December 10.
 
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🎊 Remember to join us for our upcoming spring opening celebration on September 17 from 6pm-8pm! Link in bio to RSVP! Or use the link below to let us know you’re coming!
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Learn more on our website:
🔗 csulb.edu/museum

🖼️ Jacqueline Valenzuela, (Detail) Temporary Sanctuary, 2025. Candlesticks, Cinder Blocks, Faux Florals, LED Lights, Milk Crate, Saint Statue, and Votive Candles as Assemblage Altar. © Jacqueline Valenzuela. Courtesy of the artist. Photography by Tatiana Mata, 2026.

Fall exhibitions open NEXT WEEK! Kleefeld Contemporary will open September 9, 2026! 🎉 Artwork by Carol Anne McChrystal (...
09/01/2026

Fall exhibitions open NEXT WEEK! Kleefeld Contemporary will open September 9, 2026! 🎉 Artwork by Carol Anne McChrystal (Carol Anne McChrystal ) will be on view September 9 - December 10.
 
🎊 Remember to join us for our upcoming fall opening celebration on September 17 from 6pm-8pm! Link in bio to RSVP or use the link below to let us know you’re coming!
tr.ee/nAw53c
 
Learn more on our website:
🔗 csulb.edu/museum
 
🖼️ Artwork Credit:
Carol Anne McChrystal, (Detail) Alimuom I (pagong), 2023. Handwoven dyed pandan leaf, plastic water bottle, dichroic film, and plastic discards with grommets, souvenir shell, cast cement paving stone, model artificial turf, epoxy clay, resin, DVDs, iPhone 5 hardware, glass, mylar sachet, plastic bread tab, silica desiccant beads, archival gloss varnish, polypropylene tarp, opalescent metallic thread, bismuth, mica, obsidian, silicone, iron oxide pigment, mica pigment, interference pigment, powder pigment. Approx. 19 x 12 x 9 inches. © Carol Anne McChrystal. Courtesy of the artist. Photography by Ceirra Lark, 2026.
 
Carol Anne McChrystal, (Detail) Pasalubong #18 (Rare Auld Mountain Dew), 2025. Handwoven Mountain Dew bottles, grommets, plastic bag cordage. Approx. 34 x 68 inches. © Carol Anne McChrystal. Courtesy of the artist. Photo courtesy of Carol Anne McChrystal.
 
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☀️ There’s so much in store this fall at Kleefeld Contemporary! Check out the Museum’s lineup of upcoming events and pro...
08/21/2026

☀️ There’s so much in store this fall at Kleefeld Contemporary! Check out the Museum’s lineup of upcoming events and programs! 
 
🌴 Learn more about us at our Week of Welcome table on September 2-3!
 
‼️ We will reopen September 9 with new exhibitions: “Carol Anne McChrystal: Export Quality”; “Jacqueline Valenzuela: In Practice of Return”; and “Peter Carr: This Is How We Will All Be Saved”.
 
🎈 Visit us for free activities at our September 12 Second Saturday event at the Museum!
 
🎉 Join us for our fall opening celebration September 17, 6pm-8pm. Link in bio for RSVP. All events at the Museum are FREE and open to all!
 
🔗 csulb.edu/museum
 
📸 Photos by Tatiana Mata, 2025-2026

🖼️ Carol Anne McChrystal, Alimuom I (pagong), 2023. © Carol Anne McChrystal. Courtesy of the artist. Photo courtesy of Carol Anne McChrystal.

🎉 Join us at Kleefeld Contemporary in celebrating our Fall 2026 exhibitions: “Carol Anne McChrystal: Export Quality”; “J...
08/06/2026

🎉 Join us at Kleefeld Contemporary in celebrating our Fall 2026 exhibitions: “Carol Anne McChrystal: Export Quality”; “Jacqueline Valenzuela: In Practice of Return”; and “Peter Carr: This Is How We Will All Be Saved”. Visit us September 17 to see exhibitions, meet artists, enjoy music and performances, and grab some free food and drinks.
 
This event is FREE and open to the public.
 
🗓️ When: September 17, 2026, 6pm – 8pm
📍 Where: Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum
 
Link in bio to RSVP! Or use the link below to let us know you’re coming!
tr.ee/nAw53c
 
🔗 csulb.edu/museum
 
🖼️ Carol Anne McChrystal, Alimuom I (pagong), 2023. Handwoven dyed pandan leaf, plastic water bottle, dichroic film, and plastic discards with grommets, souvenir shell, cast cement paving stone, model artificial turf, epoxy clay, resin, DVDs, iPhone 5 hardware, glass, mylar sachet, plastic bread tab, silica desiccant beads, archival gloss varnish, polypropylene tarp, opalescent metallic thread, bismuth, mica, obsidian, silicone, iron oxide pigment, mica pigment, interference pigment, powder pigment. Approx. 19 x 12 x 9 inches. © Carol Anne McChrystal. Courtesy of the artist. Photo courtesy of Carol Anne McChrystal.
 
📸 Photography by Tatiana Mata. © Tatiana Mata, 2025.
 

Visit Kleefeld Contemporary to see our new Fall 2026 exhibitions. Artwork by Peter Carr will be on view September 9 - De...
08/03/2026

Visit Kleefeld Contemporary to see our new Fall 2026 exhibitions. Artwork by Peter Carr will be on view September 9 - December 10.
 
✏️ Harry Lawson “Peter” Carr (1925-1981) produced a prolific body of work that advocated for people-powered movements fighting against war, U.S. imperialism, corporate greed, and environmental plunder. A dedicated peace activist, Carr’s frenetic poetry, art books, political posters, and paintings emphatically advanced his personal sense of urgency to collectively organize for survival in the face of capitalist and militarist destruction. Working diligently until his sudden death in 1981, Carr developed a visual lexicon of people’s struggle that is humanistic, highly expressive, and deeply poetic. “Peter Carr: This Is How We Will All Be Saved” explores Carr’s deft use of text and image to speak truth to power and to move people from complacency to action.
 
Stay tuned for more info! 
 
We acknowledge with gratitude the generous support for this exhibition and accompanying programs provided by the CSULB Instructionally Related Activities Fund, the Elizabeth and Charles Brooks Endowment, and the Arts Council for Long Beach. Arts Council for Long Beach

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Visit Kleefeld Contemporary this fall! Artwork by Jacqueline Valenzuela (Jacqueline Valenzuela ) will be on view Septemb...
07/31/2026

Visit Kleefeld Contemporary this fall! Artwork by Jacqueline Valenzuela (Jacqueline Valenzuela ) will be on view September 9 - December 10.
 
❤️‍🔥 “Jacqueline Valenzuela: In Practice of Return” explores memory, ritual, and place through a selection of Valenzuela’s work across different media. The exhibition includes paintings, altars, and mixed media presented together as an assemblage that showcases their material breadth and interwoven devotional themes. For Valenzuela, artistic exploration is itself a sacred ritual where the spiritual realm merges with the everyday. Valenzuela draws deep inspiration from her life immersed in Chicano lowrider culture, incorporating personal stories and those of people from her community into her practice. Each work becomes a meditation on what it means to hold space for community—how to continually return to a place, honor and protect it, and keep its memory alive. Valenzuela received a BFA in Drawing and Painting from CSULB in 2019. 
 
Stay tuned for more info!
 
▸ We acknowledge with gratitude the generous support for this exhibition and accompanying programs provided by the CSULB Instructionally Related Activities Fund, the Elizabeth and Charles Brooks Endowment, and the Arts Council for Long Beach. Arts Council for Long Beach
 
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🔗 Learn more: csulb.edu/museum
 
🖼️ Jacqueline Valenzuela, (Detail) Temporary Sanctuary, 2025. Candlesticks, Cinder Blocks, Faux Florals, LED Lights, Milk Crate, Saint Statue, and Votive Candles as Assemblage Altar. © Jacqueline Valenzuela. Courtesy of the artist. Photo Courtesy of Brianna Correa.
 

We’re SO EXCITED to announce that Fall 2026 exhibitions at Kleefeld Contemporary will open September 9, 2026! 🎉 Artwork ...
07/29/2026

We’re SO EXCITED to announce that Fall 2026 exhibitions at Kleefeld Contemporary will open September 9, 2026! 🎉 Artwork by Carol Anne McChrystal (Carol Anne McChrystal ) will be on view September 9 - December 10 as part of our Fall 2026 exhibitions.
 
💚 “Carol Anne McChrystal: Export Quality” invites reflection on the entanglement of land and livelihood, shelter and home, and cultural continuity and connection. Inspired by weavers and handicraft workers in the Philippines, and drawing on her own diasporic background, McChrystal presents a selection of handwoven objects that visualize the material conditions of Filipinos in the homeland and overseas.
 
Stay tuned for more details!
 
▸ We acknowledge with gratitude the generous support for this exhibition and accompanying programs provided by the CSULB Instructionally Related Activities Fund, the Elizabeth and Charles Brooks Endowment, and the Arts Council for Long Beach. Arts Council for Long Beach
 
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🔗 Learn more: csulb.edu/museum
 
🖼️ Carol Anne McChrystal, (Detail) Pasalubong #18 (Rare Auld Mountain Dew), 2025. Handwoven Mountain Dew bottles, grommets, plastic bag cordage. Approx. 34 x 68 inches. © Carol Anne McChrystal. Courtesy of the artist. Photo courtesy of Carol Anne McChrystal.
 

There’s still time to see INSIGHTS 2026 at Kleefeld Contemporary before we close on July 10. Visit us while you can! 🌟🤩🖼...
07/07/2026

There’s still time to see INSIGHTS 2026 at Kleefeld Contemporary before we close on July 10. Visit us while you can! 🌟🤩🖼️
 
Visit us July 8 and July 9 from 10am to 3pm, or July 10 from 10am to 11:30am to view the exhibition. We are free and open to everyone, no RSVP required.
 
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🖼️ Installation Photography of “INSIGHTS 2026” at Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, 2026. Works by: Olivia Lane, Margaret Reed, and Trinity Healy. Photography by Tatiana Mata, 2026.
 

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