SAVE THE DATE: Art at The Rendon // Hidden Rooms – A Community Art Event at the Rendon Hotel in the DTLA Arts District – June 1st through June 3rd

If you’ve ever been stuck at the light at the corner of 7th Street and Santa Fe Avenue in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District, you may – or may not – have noticed the faded brick building on the corner, across from the recently renovated historic Ford Motors building, soon to become the home…

SAVE THE DATE: Night on Broadway Returns for 4th Annual DTLA Festival on January 27th!

DTLA’s Night on Broadway is back – bigger and better than ever – celebrating 10 years of Councilmember José Huizar’s “Bringing Back Broadway” campaign. This annual celebration has become the fastest-growing one-day arts and music festival in North America, featuring art, music, culture, food, and entertainment for the whole family. Encompassing 10 blocks of the…

Event Coverage from Preview: Mercado Los Olvidados (pop-up market), Curated by Camille Rose Garcia and Paul Kaufman – Friday September 22nd through Sunday September 24th

Mercado Los Olvidados, loosely translated as the Lost Ones Market and borrowing inspiration from the surrealist Luis Buñuel’s film of the same name, is an annual artist’s popup market taking place, fittingly, in underground downtown Los Angeles. Check out the preview video here Conceived and curated by Camille Rose Garcia and Pskaufman, Mercado Los Olvidados…

Cartwheel Art Tours x Atlas Obscura: Private Studio Tour of William Sandell, Kinetic Sculpture Artist and Motion Picture Production Designer – Lincoln Heights

Step inside artist William Sandell‘s cabinet of curiosities—a private studio in the Brewery Artist Colony where he builds kinetic sculptures from doll heads, gears, light bulbs, and other found materials. Led by Cindy Schwarzstein, founder of Cartwheel Art Tours, we’ll view Sandell’s large collection of film posters, see a reel of film clips, and experience…

Save the Date & Interview: Closing Party for Edward Colver “Idle Worship II” at Lethal Amounts – Saturday May 20th

Edward Colver is best known for his iconic images of California punk and hardcore spanning the years of 1978-1984 though he has also captured many other subjects, from Tom Waits to Timothy Leary to Ice Cube, and others. His current show at Lethal Amounts, Idle Worship II – The Photography of Edward Colver, LA Underground…

Cartwheel Art Tours in DTLA Arts District for “South of Seventh” Neighborhood Tour: Graffiti & Street Art, Artist Studio Visit, Distillery Tasting and More!

Join Cartwheel Art Tours on Saturday March 5th for a unique perspective and immersive urban experience in art, food/beverage and history.  This tour itinerary will provide an opportunity for guests to meet artists and makers along with learning about the new developments occurring in one of Los Angeles’s most unique, dynamic, art-centric and rapidly changing neighborhoods–the Downtown…

2015 Cartwheel Art/Cartwheel Art Tours in Review

This year was an amazing year for art, and for those of us at Cartwheel Art! We kicked off the year with a special exhibition booth at the 2015 LA Art Fair, “Dark Progressivism: Metropolis Rising,” curated by Rodrigo Ribera D’Ebre and Lisa Derrick, and featuring14 artists, including Chaz Bojorquez, Defer, Big Sleeps, Prime, Abel…

Obscura Society LA Explores the DTLA Arts District with Cartwheel Art Tours

  Join Cartwheel Art Tours and Obscura Society LA on Sunday November 15th, for a unique perspective and immersive urban experience in art, food/beverage and history.  The exciting new tour itinerary provides an opportunity for guests to meet artists and makers along with learning about the new developments occurring in one of Los Angeles’s most unique, dynamic, art-centric and…

Cartwheel Art Tours & Art Ambassador Tours Present Miami Art Tour 2015 (#ArtTourMiami)

Join Cartwheel Art Tours, the art and community-focused tour company who was recently mentioned in Travel and Leisure as a go-to in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District for art tours, who is partnering with Art Ambassador Tours, on an exclusive and immersive art-oriented  “insider” and intimate tour in Miami during the most exciting and important art-centric international event…

Cartwheel Art Tours Partners with Art Ambassador Tours for Miami Art Fair Week 2015

Join Cartwheel Art Tours, the art and community-focused tour company who was recently mentioned in Travel and Leisure as a go-to in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District for art tours, who is partnering with Art Ambassador Tours, on an exclusive and immersive art-oriented  “insider” and intimate tour in Miami during the most exciting and important art-centric international event…

“The Big Art Experience” Grand Opening Gala with Artists and Performances at Big Art Church!

The Big Art Church, a former church built in the 1920’s in East Hollywood that has been converted into an event venue and art gallery space for the Los Angeles arts community and the local neighborhood, is hosting their first major event today with a schedule of events from 11:00am-3:00pm and 5:00pm-9:00pm. The event will…