Boards Across Hermosa 2024
Boards Across Hermosa celebrates art and skateboard culture through a unique city-wide art installation that’s a walk through art and history. Join in the third annual celebration featuring the works of 50 artists across the city.
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Boards Across Hermosa
2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the Hermosa Beach Skate Park, and Boards Across Hermosa pays tribute to Hermosa’s unique role in the history of skateboarding. Skateboards have a meaningful history in Hermosa Beach. Hermosa Beach is steeped in skateboarding history as the home of Skateboarding Hall of Fame icons, manufacturers, innovators, and even the first skateboarding competition in 1963.
Boards Across Hermosa celebrates this rich history while raising funds for local organizations like the Hermosa Beach Chamber Foundation and Indivisible Arts, a Hermosa nonprofit a South Bay 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to cultivating creativity, consciousness, and connection through the arts.
The art walk and auction features 50 one-of-a-kind works of art using skateboards as a canvas. The artists range from professionals whose works garner tens of thousands of dollars to local Hermosa Valley art students. Each work of art is on display at storefronts along Pier and Hermosa Avenues. The boards are displayed alongside a factoid of Hermosa skateboarding history provided by the Hermosa Beach Historical Society – all curated by local skating legend Cindy Whitehead.
How to Check Out the Art
The walking path includes 50 storefronts along Pier and Hermosa Avenues. Start your walk at The Source Cafe on Pier Avenue, continue down and turn around at Hermosa Brewing Company, curve around at Guisado’s, and finish up at The Bike Shop.
Scavenger Hunt
Art fans of all ages are invited to participate in the Scavenger Hunt from March 8 – 18. Simply identify the names of at least 20 skateboard names in participating businesses (You must identify at least 5 skateboard names in each area of Downtown -four areas- for a total of 20 identified board names; see the map below.)
Submit your completed postcard to the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce (120 Pier Avenue). They’re open M-F, 11am – 5pm, OR you can submit the postcard through the mail slot on the door. See complete rules and details here.
Event Schedule:
Boards on display at Hermosa businesses: Jan 15 – Mar 18
Art & Coffee Walk: March 8-10
Scavenger Hunt: March 8-18
State of the Art (boards on exhibit): April 20 (get tickets here)
Online Auction open now – April 20, 9:00pm
More Info:
For more details and info on special discounts offered during the walk, visit the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce or check them out on Instagram @boardsacrosshermosa.
You can bid on the boards for auction here: givebutter.com/c/boards/auction
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