Preview: Arts District Alliance: “Uniting the World Through Art”

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Preview: Arts District Alliance: “Uniting the World Through Art”

Arts District Alliance, a project of Arts District Community Council LA (ADCCLA) in collaboration with community partners are bringing a dynamic weeklong cultural exchange program, titled “Uniting the World through Art” to the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District from Tuesday January 20 – Sunday January 25. The program dates were designed as a Continuum with the LA Art Show…

Save the Date: 24th Annual photo la – January 15 – 18

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Save the Date: 24th Annual photo la – January 15 – 18

The 2015 international photographic art exposition photo la runs from Friday, January 16, through Sunday, January 18, at The REEF/LA Mart in Downtown Los Angeles. Now in its 24th year, photo la brings together leading galleries, museums, universities, and nonprofit organizations for an unparalleled showcase of photographic art from around the world, from 19th Century…

Save the Date: Cartwheel Art Tour for the LA Art Show, “The Development of An Art Scene and The Art of Development”.

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Save the Date: Cartwheel Art Tour for the LA Art Show, “The Development of An Art Scene and The Art of Development”.

Join us for our one-year anniversary celebration of Cartwheel Art Tours as we travel by bus from the Convention Center to the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District on an immersive experience in the most unique, art-centric, and rapidly changing part of Los Angeles. This special Cartwheel Art Tour, designed for LA Art Show guests, as…

Damien Hirst, Julian Schnabel, Robert Williams and More: Auction Benefits Surfers Healing

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Damien Hirst, Julian Schnabel, Robert Williams and More: Auction Benefits Surfers Healing

Damien Hirst, Julian Schnabel, Rob English and Robert Williams are among the artists donating surfboards decorated with their artwork to benefit Surfers Healing in a bi-coastal exhibition beginning November 19 and running through December 31, 2014. In New York, the surfboards will on display as The Bowery Project at the Patagonia store in the Bowery,…

Mosaic at The Westmoreland Brings Art, Deep House Together

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Mosaic at The Westmoreland Brings Art, Deep House Together

Launching October 18, MOSAIC brings electronic music and an interactive art experience together in one of the most unique nightclub locations in Los Angeles – The Westmoreland. The venue–designed to meld Western esoteric themes like Masonry, thaumaturgy, and ritual magic in the vibe of a haunted Southern mansion, with wrought iron and more from the…

Save the Date: Sept 21, “Dark Progressivism” Panel

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Save the Date: Sept 21, “Dark Progressivism” Panel

Dark Progressivism is the most exciting art movement to come out of Los Angeles since the trifecta of Kustom Kulture/Low Brow/Pop Surrealism. Dark Progressivism is a rupture from the colorful candy-coated, tangerine-fleck dream machines of the last two decades (though one could argue that those so-very SoCal art forms have their foundation in same urban…

Burning Man 2014 Photos

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Burning Man 2014 Photos

We’re so lucky to have friends at Burning Man–friends whose internet connections were working! Check out these pics–with more to come!

Cartwheel Art Takes Atlas Obscura on Arts District Tour

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Cartwheel Art Takes Atlas Obscura on Arts District Tour

On July 20th, Cartwheel Art created a Cartwheel Art Tour in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District for Atlas Obscura Society LA,  that sold out within twenty four hours of its announcement to a capacity of 25 persons. The Atlas Obscura Society LA, Los Angeles’ exploration arm of Atlas Obscura – the online guidebook to the world’s most…

ArtExpoSD: Artist/Musician Rafael Reyes Booksigning Friday July 25, 5pm

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ArtExpoSD: Artist/Musician Rafael Reyes Booksigning Friday July 25, 5pm

  Because it’s true that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and in my eyes graffiti is beautiful. For the love it gives me has been forged my heart by the same destructive force that allows me to cope with the pressures created by a social conscience. ~ Rafael Reyes, from Living Dangerously…

Save the Date: August 2, “The Streets Will Never Be the Same”

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Save the Date: August 2, “The Streets Will Never Be the Same”

  On Saturday, August 2, the streets will never be the same, as Roy Paz presents his first time curation, a one night only pop-up at Kesspro Studios in the Downtown Los Angeles Art District, featuring over thirty artists including The Bleep Boop, Thrashbird, Benjamin Alejandro, Sek and Septerhed. The event–which will include food trucks,…

Farmers Market Grand Opening Tour by Cartwheel Art in the Arts District

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Farmers Market Grand Opening Tour by Cartwheel Art in the Arts District

On June 19th the Arts District was in full celebration as the community came together for the grand opening of the neighborhood’s Farmer’s Market. The Arts District Farmer’s Market, sponsored by the Los Angeles River Artists and Business Association (LARABA)  was inaugurated by City Councilmember for District Fourteen José Huizar, who shared a brief history…