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This Long Beach Art Gallery Survived a Drunk Driver. But The Next Threat Could Mean Its End.

A drunk driver crashed into Open Gallery in Long Beach on February 24, 2024, destroying the space and nearly killing a family. Owners Liz Garibaldi and Artos Saucedo spent a year on renovations and financial recovery, reopening the gift shop in April 2025 and rescheduling programming. Now, the building owner wants to sell, threatening the gallery's future. The couple, who self-fund the space through screen printing, art consultation, and an online store, are searching for solutions but running low on resources.

This Long Beach Art Gallery Survived a Drunk Driver. But The Next Threat Could Mean Its End.

A drunk driver crashed into Open Gallery in Long Beach on February 24, 2024, destroying the space and nearly killing a family. Owners Liz Garibaldi and Artos Saucedo spent a year renovating and recovering, reopening the gift shop in April 2025 and rescheduling programming. However, the building owner now plans to sell, threatening the gallery's future. The space, founded in 2019 as a live-work screen printing hub, has grown into a multi-unit gallery supporting musicians and visual artists. Its current exhibition, "Physical Memory," curated by Matthew “NORDY” Nordman, is the gallery's first photography show.

This Long Beach Art Gallery Survived a Drunk Driver. But The Next Threat Could Mean Its End.

A drunk driver crashed into Open Gallery in Long Beach on February 24, 2024, destroying the space and forcing a year of renovations, financial strain, and displacement. Owners Liz Garibaldi and Artos Saucedo, who founded the gallery in 2019 as a live-work space for screen printers, have since reopened their gift shop and resumed programming, including the current photography exhibition "Physical Memory" curated by Matthew “NORDY” Nordman. However, the building owner now wants to sell, threatening the gallery's survival.