INTERVIEW: Heidi Duckler Talks About “Underway,” a New Dance Opera That Takes Place Under the 7th Street Bridge
Heidi Duckler Dance has a long history of performing in nontraditional spaces, and the company’s new production, Underway, takes place in the area beneath the 7th Street Bridge in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District. The audience will sit facing the train tracks as they accompany the dancers and musicians on a journey to the…
SAVE THE DATE: Open House on 7th Street – Sunday, September 29, 2019
Sunday, September 29, 2019, join us for the second Open House on 7th Street! From noon to 6pm, businesses and organizations located on (or near) 7th Street in the DTLA Arts District will be holding special events and offering discounts. Check the list below for details. Cartwheel Art and ICA LA organized the Open House to…
EVENT COVERAGE: “5.18.19” Runway Show by Ilan Pozeilov, Jersey Bond, and Jonah Abraham
On Saturday, May 18, 2019, three teenagers held their first runway show, “05.18.19,” in the DTLA Arts District. The fashion show showcased avant-garde clothing lines by two young designers. Ilan Pozeilov has an established streetwear line, “Ilan A.P.,” while Jersey Bond used the runway show as an opportunity to create a brand new line of…
MakerWalk LA Offers a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Manufacturing and Innovation in the DTLA Arts District – Friday, May 31, 2019
The DTLA Arts District is packed with cutting-edge technology, entertainment, and manufacturing companies, but most of the work they do happens behind closed doors. On Friday, May 31, from 1pm–6pm, MAKE IT IN LA is hosting MakerWalk LA, a special event where these businesses will invite the public inside and share their work through tours,…
SAVE THE DATE: Open House on 7th Street – Sunday, March 17, 2019
This Sunday, March 17, join us for the first Open House on 7th Street! From noon to 6pm, many businesses and organizations located on (or near) 7th Street in the DTLA Arts District will be holding special events and offering discounts. Check the list below for details. Cartwheel Art and ICALA organized the Open House to…
Take a Self-Guided Walking Tour of the DTLA Arts District – Saturday, February 16, 2019
This week marks the inaugural Frieze Los Angeles, and as the annual contemporary art fair takes over the Paramount lot in Hollywood from February 15-17, 2019, we’re excited to see so much happening in the DTLA Arts District as well. Saturday, February 16, is a great opportunity to get out and explore our neighborhood. We’ve…
How Art At The Rendon: STORIES Combined Film, Theater, and Community in the DTLA Arts District
Anyone who happened to walk by the old Rendon Hotel in DTLA last weekend might’ve been surprised to see the rooms lit up and people visible inside. Was the Rendon back open for business? Well… not exactly. The people in the windows weren’t real—they were prerecorded film projections—but the entire hotel was abuzz with activity.…
Art At The Rendon Shares Its ‘STORIES’ in a New Immersive Experience – Friday, November 9, to Sunday, November 11
Back in June, more than 80 artists participated in Art At The Rendon’s “Hidden Rooms” event, creating site-specific installations in the rooms and public spaces of the old single-room-occupancy hotel in the DTLA Arts District. Open to the public for only one day, Hidden Rooms transformed the building, inside and out, with three floors of…
SAVE THE DATE: Saber Is Painting Live in Pershing Square to Help End Epilepsy – Thursday, October 11
Artist and activist Saber, a.k.a. Ryan Weston Shook, has created several street art pieces in the DTLA Arts District where Cartwheel Art is based. He was featured in the recent Beyond the Streets show, and his next event is free to the public. On Thursday evening, Saber will be painting live in Pershing Square at…
Gregg Gibbs’ Paintings of Sensual Sandwiches Are Showing at Philippe The Original – Saturday, September 29
Longtime DTLA favorite Philippe The Original turns 110 years old on Monday, October 1, 2018. The celebration starts a few days earlier, when an art exhibition of Gregg Gibbs’ work called “Sandwiches & Carvers” opens on Saturday, September 29. The restaurant’s menu and staff inspired the paintings in the collection. A third-generation native Angeleno, Gibbs…
Cartwheel Art’s New L.A. Vice and Paranormal Nights Tours Explore DTLA’s Dark Side
Big news! Cartwheel Art is preparing to launch two new walking tours—the L.A. Vice tour and the Paranormal Nights tour—and they’re our creepiest ones yet. Are you brave enough to join Cartwheel on these explorations of DTLA’s disturbing past, including murders, mysteries, serial killers, suicides and spooks? Historical journalist Hadley Meares leads the tours, which…