Arts Group of Hermosa Beach's primary purpose is to advance the fine arts in our community by supporting charitable public art projects and art education for our residents and schools.

The Hermosa Beach Art Walk was founded in 2002 by local artist Ken Klade as a community not for profit organization and art exhibition designed to promote arts education and appreciation.

Ken’s goal was to bring a high quality art festival to the area which also advanced art education to the community. The festivals consisted of local and regional artists stationed along the sidewalk on upper Pier Avenue in downtown Hermosa Beach to displaying their art. In addition, live music and kids activities were incorporated as a part of the event.

For the first three years, Art Walk was held on three Thursday nights in May, June and July. In 2008, the Hermosa Beach Art Walk became a full day weekend event and moved to its current home on the Community Center lawn at the corner of PCH at Pier Avenue. In 2009, it was expand to a weekend Saturday and Sunday.

In 2008, the presenting organization for this annual event, Arts Group of Hermosa Beach, began a scholarship program for local student artists and was also designated by the State of California as a recognized nonprofit, tax exempt organization.