MOLAA Exhibits Long Beach Ink Through the Years
The history of tattoo culture in Long Beach is a rich tapestry, much like the skin of our inked comrades in tattoo parlors and the walls of Museum of Latin American Art’s (MOLAA) “Ink: Stories on Skin” exhibition. The gallery, open until Feb. 3, dives into personal testimonies about tattoos, the history of tattoo culture within the Chicano community, and Long Beach’s long-standing relationship with tattoos, starting in the days of the historic Pike amusement park. In the 1930