Cartwheel Art Tours x Atlas Obscura: “Shrine’s Haunted Shacks Gardens After Dark” – Pasadena
Self-taught painter, installation, and performance artist Brent Allen Spears (a.k.a. Shrine) has spent the past 20-plus years transforming his Pasadena home into a vivid sanctuary of altars, totems, and sculptures. Join Cindy Schwarzstein, founder of Cartwheel Art Tours, for an exclusive “after dark” tour of this architectural wonder known as Haunted Shack Gardens. Guided by…
Tour Coverage: Private Tour at Shrine’s “Haunted Shack Gardens” (10/30/17)
Here’s a peek into the absolutely incredible Haunted Shack Gardens by artist Brent Allen Spears (aka. Shrine) as seen during yesterday’s private tour with Cartwheel Art Tours. Shrine is the artist behind many of the installations at art & music festivals such as Coachella, Lightning in a Bottle and Burning Man just to name a…
Jillian Lauren, author at jillianlauren.com and Scott Shriner, bassist with Weezer
Cindy Schwarzstein is a treasure trove of historic and artistic knowledge, as well as a delightful person who manages to talk her way into all kinds of secret spots you’d never see if you weren’t in her capable hands! She customized a tour in Downtown Los Angeles for a diverse group of our friends, which View Full →
Cartwheel Art Tours x Atlas Obscura: “Shrine’s Haunted Shack Gardens” – Pasadena
Self-taught painter, installation, and performance artist Brent Allen Spears (a.k.a. Shrine) has spent the past twenty plus years transforming his Pasadena home into a vivid sanctuary of altars, totems, and sculptures. Join Cindy Schwarzstein, founder of Cartwheel Art Tours, for an exclusive tour of this architectural wonder known as Haunted Shack Gardens. Guided by Shrine,…
Shrine’s Empire of Love Shack at Craft and Folk Art Museum
Shrine’s beautiful new window at The Craft and Folk Art Museum This May, Los Angeles was practically run over with art openings and happenings. Cartwheel Art engaged many of our contributors to get out there, take pics, enjoys spaces, talk to artists and generally take in all that was going on–in order to share, share,…
Let There Be Light: Shrine Edition in Haiti
The Do Art Foundation‘s Let There Be Light project in collaboration with Project HOPE Art went to Haiti to help spread a message of healing and empowerment through arts during Kanavale (carnival season), along with partners Cuddle the World from Lucient Dossier and Burners without Borders. This year, the group also brought noted architectural installation…
Let There Be Light: Shrine Goes To Haiti
We at CARTWHEEL love Shrine. His works are spectacular constructions built from discarded objects, bringing new awareness through reclaiming materials. His work shows us how to find the beauty and usefulness in everything around us. From Joshua Tree to Coachella and Lightening in a Bottle, to other international locations like India and Kenya, Shrine has…
Lightning in a Bottle: Shrine On Creates Reclaimed Artisan Village, Festival Creators Talk Sustainability
Over July 11-15th, Lightning in a Bottle Music and Art Festival was held in Temecula, CA. And on the festival’s Saturday morning, right in the middle of the perfectly controlled chaos that is LIB, staffers held a really cool intimate meet and greet brunch that honestly rocked it. The Herbert Bail Orchestra, who played the…
Preview Photos: Shrine On at Lightning in a Bottle
It’s no secret: CARTWHEEL loves Shrine On! From the use of global reclaimed material in all his work, to his belief that we are all true artists, to his enthusiasm and support of others’ work, he stands out as an extremely important, and extremely thrilling, voice in our community. Shrine builds beautiful structures for festivals…
Meet Shrine On, the Artist Behind the Towering Coachella Installations
One of the literal high points of Coachella over the years has been the one-of-a-kind, mind-blowing complex, giant, towering installations built entirely out of trash and reclaimed items that loom over the weekend music festival. These dominating sky rises are assembled by artist Shrine On who has been building shine towers for Coachella and other…
PREVIEW: Art at The Rendon // Hidden Rooms Explores DTLA’s Past with an Eye to the Future
Brothel. Dive bar. Murder site. Flophouse. The Rendon Hotel has been all of those, and because it’s Los Angeles, the four-story brick building eventually became a filming location. Now with Los Angeles blooming as a major art city, the Rendon Hotel has been reborn as an installation location called Art at the Rendon. The Rendon,…