Founder and CEO of multicultural communications company Intertrend Julia Huang had one desire when she walked outside of her office: to see art on the walls of Broadway.

Aiming to beautify the streets of Long Beach and build community through art, Huang and executive creative director of local nonprofit Creative Class Collection Cassandra Leeman birthed Long Beach Walls and Art Renzei.

“I thought (it would) be great if we could bring more art to the neighborhood,” Huang said. “So, it started with just that simple idea in terms of wanting to walk out of our office and see art.”

Long Beach Walls gathers artists and the public to engage and to create public murals. Art Renzei is the multimedia exhibition and interaction of the artwork.

“We bring artists from all around the world and locally to beautify our community,” Leeman said. “(It’s like a) tech exchange, essentially, because based on geographical locations, we learn different techniques so artists can learn from each other.”

Since 2015, Intertrend and art nonprofit Creative Class Collection have been organizing Long Beach Walls and Art Renzei as an annual, weeklong summer art festival. The festival is part of the global art movement Worldwide Wide Walls, which since 2010 has brought street murals to public spaces in cities including Honolulu, Seoul, Washington, D.C., Taipei and Tokyo.

This year’s theme — “A Platform for the Youth” — embraces the tradition of multigenerational artists, encouraging them to connect, exchange and learn from each other.

From June 22 to 29, the festival will offer a spectacle of live mural painting, interactive art installations, music performances and workshops from invited artists, according to the organization.

The primary mural locations for this year will be held at various spots, including Lowell Elementary, Browning High School, the Mark Twain Library and parts of Cambodia Town, Leeman said.

“(Artists) come here, give up their time (and) paint for free to beautify our city,” Leeman said. “And so in return, we really want to showcase what our community is (through) programming that we curate for the artists specifically to kind of show them around, but we invite all of the community to attend.”

The program kicks off with special projection from artist Brendan Monroe that will tap the Queen Mary as a canvas — a new feat for the program.

The fest will also include bike rides throughout the city, artist talks, souvenir passport tours to view mural locations and more.

“Artists just genuinely want to be supportive,” said Christian Garcia, a local artist participant and 6-year volunteer for Long Beach Walls and Art Renzei. “(They want) to give their time, their dedication and a piece of themselves to the city. It’s just really nice to know that (there is) a really well supported community everywhere.”

Participation to paint and attend the festival is free to the public.

“We wanted the world to come to Long Beach, and we want Long Beach to go to the world,” Huang said. “I think that that has always been the spirit for Worldwide Walls and now Long Beach Walls.”

To learn more about Long Beach Walls and Art Renzei, visit their website longbeachwalls.com.