Works of art are hanging in one last gallery as the Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Museum of Contemporary Art prepares for a slight opening this weekend.
A project to double the exhibition space and add modern support functions at Kleefeld, as some at Cal State Long Beach call it, is nearing completion after 18 months of construction. The work is part of a $24 million renovation that includes an upgrade to the Steve and Nini Horn Center and the landscaping around the building to include numerous sculptures.
“We’ve had some supply chain issues, just like everyone else,” but essentially we’re opening on time, said museum spokeswoman Amanda Fruda. Some smaller work is not done yet, but we are ready for the public. ”
An exterior portion of the renovated and expanded Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Museum of Contemporary Art, shown here on Thursday, February 3, 2022, will open this month on the campus of State University California, Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
The expanding Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Museum of Contemporary Art, on display here on Thursday, February 3, 2022, will open this month on the campus of California State University, Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
The expanding Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Museum of Contemporary Art, on display here on Thursday, February 3, 2022, will open this month on the campus of California State University, Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
The expanding Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Museum of Contemporary Art, on display here on Thursday, February 3, 2022, will open this month on the campus of California State University, Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
From left, Linda Besemer’s “Red Space Balloon” and “Blue Space Canvas” (2006), shown here on Thursday, February 3, 2022, will be part of the exhibition. The main gallery show opens this month at the Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Museum of Contemporary Art on the grounds of Cal State Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
“D + G Space” (2019) by Linda Besemer, seen here on Thursday, February 3, 2022, will be part of the main gallery exhibit opening this month at the Museum of Contemporary Art Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld on the Cal Bang Long Beach campus. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
“Asymmetric Circle #3” (1993) by Linda Besemer, seen here on Thursday, February 3, 2022, will be part of the main gallery exhibit opening this month at the Bao Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Museum of Contemporary Art on the Cal Bang Long Beach campus. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
One of artist Linda Besemer’s works, “Big Corner Bulge” (2008), seen here on Thursday, February 3, 2022, will be part of the main gallery exhibit that will open its doors. this month at the Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Museum of Contemporary Art on the campus of Cal State Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
One of artist Linda Besemer’s works, “The Picture of Tony” (2013), seen here on Thursday, February 3, 2022, will be part of the main gallery exhibit that will open opening this month at the Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Museum of Contemporary Art on the campus of Cal State Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
One of artist Linda Besemer’s abstract works, “Quad Square #5” (2004), seen here on Thursday, February 3, 2022, will be part of the main gallery exhibit will open this month at the Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum on the campus of Cal State Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
One of artist Linda Besemer’s abstract works, “Double Bulge Fold #3,” 2013, seen here on Thursday, February 3, 2022, will be part of the main gallery exhibit that will opens this month at the Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum on the campus of Cal State Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Conservationists work to install a mosaic by Millard Sheets, Untitled, 1975-77, on Thursday, February 3, 2022, at the refurbished Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Museum of Contemporary Art in California State University campus, Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
“Sacred Landscapes” by Hung Viet Nguyen, shown here on Thursday, February 3, 2022, will be part of an exhibition titled “Sacred Road” that will open this month at Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Museum of Contemporary Art on Cal State’s Long Beach campus. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
The main gallery at the expansive Kleefeld Museum of Contemporary Art, shown here on Thursday, February 3, 2022, will open this month on the campus of California State University, Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
The main gallery at the expansive Kleefeld Museum of Contemporary Art, shown here on Thursday, February 3, 2022, will open this month on the campus of California State University, Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
The expanding Kleefeld Museum of Contemporary Art opens this month on the campus of California State University, Long Beach. This 1987 work by Gillian Ayers, shown here on Thursday, February 3, 2022, will be on display at the Constance W. Glenn Courthouse. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Linda Besemer’s abstract titled “Kablooey,” on display here Thursday, February 3, 2022, is part of a major gallery exhibition that will open this month at the Kleefeld Museum of Contemporary Art expansion on the campus of California State University, Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
The main gallery at the expansive Kleefeld Museum of Contemporary Art, shown here on Thursday, February 3, 2022, will open this month on the campus of California State University, Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Opening on Saturday, February 12, will include an art talk and stroll with Linda Besemer, whose first retrospective exhibition fills the main gallery. Others featured in the first work were Torrance artists Hung Viet Nguyen, Rita Letendre, Mark Bradford and Kleefeld.
The University Art Museum renovation essentially created a new museum, adding a new 4,000 square foot main gallery, creating new, smaller galleries out of the old space and repurposing. Use other parts of the footprint to create people-friendly gathering areas in the plaza outside the front door and an airy entrance area large enough to accommodate small guests.
While state funding is paying for the renovation of Center Horn, the money for the museum’s construction comes from private donations, Fruta said. The main gift was from artist Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld. Besides adding her name to the museum, there’s also the separate Kleefeld Gallery, with barrel-shaped ceilings, hardwood floors, and more. The exhibition that opened there was a retrospective of Kleefeld’s work.
Cool is a good adjective for the whole museum.
The ceiling of the main gallery is about 25 feet above the floor, with LED lighting and movable walls to house the various exhibits. A smaller, more intimate gallery still features 20-foot ceilings and a Connie Glenn Court lobby soaring to a vaulted atrium. Even the community gallery, in the entrance area from the Horn Center, has space for large works of art.
Just outside the door connecting the museum and the center, a giant abstract brick mosaic by Millard Sheets, donated by Farmers & Merchants Bank from the original Home Savings installation, is also nearly ceiling-high. home.
“After two years of work to expand and transform our museum, we are excited to welcome communities to experience our art complex, new exhibitions and more.” Museum director Paul Baker Printle said in a statement. “The scheduled reopening on February 12 represents a joint effort of the Museum staff, campus design and construction services, volunteers, and the entire support network.
“We are excited to focus on visual abstraction, material innovation and artistic integration,” he added, “and provide better access to our collection as a source of information. educational resources owned by all Californians.”
Another addition to the expansion – storage space for the museum’s collection – will enhance exhibits and research capabilities, says Fruda. One of the paintings in Letendre’s exhibition, for example, is part of a permanent collection.
The museum also includes a state-of-the-art educational space capable of accommodating visiting classes from the Long Beach Unified School District and elsewhere. A lab filled with the museum’s works on paper is available for public study by appointment.
The entrance square includes outdoor furniture, a natural stage, etc., making it both a gathering place and an event venue. It replaces a wall in front of the museum entrance.
“We want to welcome all the public with a wide range of uses,” says Fruda. “That’s very important in the design.
“And we are the only (art) museum in Long Beach that is always free,” she added.
Fruda says that COVID-19 has delayed a major and limited-time launch that will take place in the meantime.
Kleefeld will be open from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, and by appointment only from noon to 5 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Every second Saturday there is a guided sculpture tour. The museum is located on the lower campus of the university, near the sports complex and is connected to the Horn Center.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2022/02/07/cal-state-long-beachs-expanded-art-museum-ready-to-reopen/ Cal State Long Beach’s expanded art museum is ready to reopen – Orange County Register
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