San Pedro was designated as a California Cultural District in 2017, making it one of 14 arts districts in California, due to the hard work and dedication of a coalition of the city’s cultural organizations. These organizations, which now include The San Pedro Waterfront District, The San Pedro Chamber of Commerce, Friends of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, The Grand Vision Foundation, and The San Pedro City Ballet, together formed an artist coalition known as Arts United San Pedro. 

 

The purpose of the Arts United: San Pedro Arts and Cultural District Coalition is to create a framework to combine efforts to promote San Pedro’s authentic cultures and artists, including, but no limited to, visual, performing, digital artists, culture bearers, galleries, and entertainment venues with a unified approach to advocacy, marketing, and programming.

 

Arts Open San Pedro was born out of the idea that the artists of the San Pedro Arts and Cultural District have more to offer the greater Los Angeles community than what is contained within its own district's borders. 

 

Through this event, we hope to show that San Pedro can be a place where artists and art lovers alike can gather and enjoy what each other has to offer. 

 

For more information on Arts United San Pedro, what we do, and how to get involved, please visit our website at artsunitedsp.org