In 1991, Klonarides moved to California to accept a position as media arts curator for the Long Beach Museum of Art (LBMA), which was known for its adventurous curatorial policy. She organized the video exhibit, "The Call: Personal Insights on the Middle East and North Africa" (1992), which included works by Elia Suleiman and Jayce Salloum, Mona Hatoum, and Michel Auder; the "Los Angeles Times" noted the show for its post-Gulf War "reminders of the futility and agony of war, and the mindless level of political and media-created rhetoric." Critic Christopher Knight described the subsequent multimedia exhibition, "Relocations and Revisions: The Japanese-American Internment Reconsidered"—with work by Margaret Honda, Rea Tajiri and Bruce and Norman Yonemoto—as "generous, provocative" and engaging. "Sugar 'n Spice" (1993, co-curated by Noriko Gamblin) featured eleven Los Angeles women artists, including Jacci Den Hartog, Hilja Keading, Jennifer Steinkamp, Diana Thater, and Pae White) and was called "subversive in a sneakily anarchic way" by critic Cathy Curtis. Klonarides also organized the LBMA shows, "Gary Hill: Sites Recited" (1993)—his first career survey—and "New California Video: 1994-1995."