October 17: Record Cover Art Show Chinatown

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October 17: Record Cover Art Show Chinatown

Chinatown will be spinning full of art this Saturday, October 17 when Cold Fire Art Company brings their 12 inches to Shamballa Studios for Record Cover Art Show, Los Angeles Edition.  Over forty artists from Boyle Heights, Hawaii and Brazil to San Diego, West Virginia, Australia and beyond each took a  12″ vinyl record cover…

Chinatown Super Saturday Openings October 10

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Chinatown Super Saturday Openings October 10

Art openings hit the road running–Chung King Road that is, this Saturday from 7pm on, when the dreamy walk street reaches fever pitch as hopped up gallery hoppers make Chinatown the art party destination.  Highlights: Patrick McGilligan $99 Painting show at Coagula, featuring recent original paintings from the cartoon genius on sale for $99, and his…

“Hearsay” at MOAH October 11: Myth & Legends, Artists Reception

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“Hearsay” at MOAH October 11: Myth & Legends, Artists Reception

What better way to celebrate the spooky month of October than with an exhibition focused on urban myths and legends? “Hearsay: Artists Reveal Urban Legends” guest curated by Wendy Sherman, holds its artist reception and urban legend discussion October 11 at the Museum of Art and History in Lancaster. (Take the train, it’s $10 roundtrip…

Save the Date October 8: OUTSIDEIN at ArtCenter College of Design

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Save the Date October 8: OUTSIDEIN at ArtCenter College of Design

Street art is celebrated as a force for social, cultural and artistic change with OUTSIDEIN  ArtCenter College of Design, an expansive indoor and outdoor exhibition, with a public reception on October 8, 2015, and continuing through January 10, 2016, at multiple venues in Pasadena. In 1989, just months before his death, Keith Haring painted a…

Save the Date: October 3 “Beyond Eden” the Final Edition

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Save the Date: October 3 “Beyond Eden” the Final Edition

“Beyond Eden“–the multi-gallery event at the LA Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park celebrating the New Contemporary Art Movement–is the fall season’s major art event. This year marks the fifth and final year for “Beyond Eden.” The the event opens October 3, with a reception open to all from 6pm to 11pm. Sunday the gallery…

Positively 6th Street: “Ode to the 6th Street Bridge” at Art Share LA

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Positively 6th Street: “Ode to the 6th Street Bridge” at Art Share LA

“Ode to the 6th Bridge” lives up to its name, with over 30 artists creating lyrical, poignant memories of what will soon be nevermore: Los Angeles’ iconic landmark, the 6th Street Bridge. The Art Share LA exhibition, curated by Dale Youngman and Tanner Blackman opens Wednesday September 9, with an artists’ reception on Friday, September 11. The…

Chinatown’s the Place for Labor Day Celebrating!

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Chinatown’s the Place for Labor Day Celebrating!

This weekend Chinatown celebrates in the end of summer with four days of music and art on Chung King Road and an over-the-top, all-you-can-eat taco event with live painting and DJs on Sunday at KGB Gallery. Chung King Road kicks it off Friday night with two stages of music from 7pm to 11pm featuring Ruthann…

Call to Artists: Museum of Latin American Art, Dia de los Muertos

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Call to Artists: Museum of Latin American Art, Dia de los Muertos

The Museum Latin American American Art issues a call to artists: To honor Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), ofrendas, altars celebrating the dead, by local artists will be the focus of a  MOLAA show, “MOLAA Día de los Muertos Community Ofrendas,” opening October 21st and running through November 29th. Individual adult artists,…

Art in Alternative Space: # Savor Life, Thursday Aug 13

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Art in Alternative Space: # Savor Life, Thursday Aug 13

The Los Angeles art scene is exploding, and more artists equal more art, and the need for walls on which to hang it. With galleries booked far in advance, artists are turning to coffeehouses, restaurants and bars–the career of  Margaret and Walter Keane  launched at San Francisco’s Hungry I  jazz club–and local boites that want…

RAW Artists “Paramount” August 13 at the Exchange

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RAW Artists “Paramount” August 13 at the Exchange

RAW Artists is an international organization by artists for artists which creates monthly events to showcase their talents ranging form fine art to fashion, make up to music, performance to photography. This Thursday, August 13, RAW Artists are holding their Paramount events in 20 different cities around the globe, including here in Los Angeles at…

“Art AIDS America” West Hollywood 30 Year Retrospective Exhibition

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“Art AIDS America” West Hollywood 30 Year Retrospective Exhibition

The AIDS era of the 1980s and 90s was awful: the horror of people dying, the horror of our government denying funding for research and medications, the resulting demonstrations and culture wars. During that time, thirty years ago, the City of West Hollywood was founded out of an unincorporated portion of Los Angeles County, the…