LONG BEACH, Calif. -- At the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, you can be part of the artwork.

One of the museum's current attractions, the Chiachio and Giannone Celebrating Diversity exhibit, invites guests to design squares that will be part of a giant LGBTQ pride flag that will fly around Los Angeles.

Textile artists Leo Chiachio and Daniel Giannone are working on the flag ahead of the Long Beach Pride Parade on May 19.

“This is very important for the message,” said Giannone.

Celebrating Diversity is an exhibition-in-progress that asks members who visit to write their own message about diversity, or anything else they'd like to share, on a colored square to participate in the flag’s creation.

“There’s no differences in your heart, by that I mean like there’s something inside that everybody can relate to,” said Brian Garcia, a visitor to the exhibit.

Along the walls of the Museum of Latin American Art, visitors to the exhibit can see the different squares that have already been written and drawn to make up portions of the flag that will not only be seen at Long Beach’s pride parade, but in San Pedro and West Hollywood as well.

As gay men themselves, it’s important to Chiachio and Giannone that their work reflects others in the community. “So we are talking about us, and then if you’re talking about us, it’s like a mirror with other people,” said Giannone

Creating Diversity was a project that originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina where Chiachio and Giannone are from. It's traveling to the U.S. for the very first time with its first stop in Long Beach. At every stop along the exhibit's tour, members of the community will be given the opportunity to make their mark on the flag.

“We all have creative power, and the fact that you can leave a message or a drawing that will later be a part of something much bigger than yourself is very rewarding,” said Carlos Ortega, another visitor to the exhibit.

The artists will be present at the museum until June 30, but the exhibit will run through August, giving members of the SoCal community a chance to leave their impression on the project.