We were fortunate  enough to help some new friends of ours in the Long Beach area with their website recently.The Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum (PIEAM) was not able to continue a relationship with their previous web partner and so we gladly stepped in to help. Collaborating with Pac Biz Executive Director Rita Scanlan, the site was able to go launch as of yesterday May 20th. For more information about PIEAM, visit www.pieam.org or email the Museum Director at BBarrett@pieam.org.

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The Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum is the first museum dedicated to Pacific Island art and culture in the US. Our mission is to incorporate the diverse cultures of the Pacific Islands, with a focus on Micronesia, into a permanent collection, educational programs, rotating exhibits, and living arts.

PIEAM is situated on a triangular piece of land bordered by 7th Street, Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, and Alamitos Avenue in Downtown Long Beach, CA; it is, appropriately, an island. The mural design on the exterior of the PieAM building, created by Long Beach native and famed muralist Art Mortimer, recreates a traditional Men’s House from the Island of Yap, one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia. Mortimer’s impressive resume and long history in painting murals throughout Southern California made him the obvious choice for this project.

PIEAM will feature rotating exhibits that will explore a multitude of themes across the Pacific Island regions: Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia.