Save the Date “Los Angeles Times Festival of Books” University of Southern California April 9-10
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Now considered the largest book festival in the country, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books celebrates its 21-year anniversary. The guest speakers at the Bovard Auditorium include Carrie Brownstein, member of the punk band Sleater-Kinney, and writer, creator and co-star, of the award-winning television show “Portlandia, and Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief of the…
CARTWHEEL Review: “Mitch O’Connell, The World’s Best Artist”
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It takes a lotta guts–and a certain amount of glory–to call yourself “the world’s best artist” even with your tongue firmly planted in your cheek–or someone else’s. But Mitch O’Connell’s gloriously good-natured, candy-colored art is just so much fun to well, wallow in, that during many hours spent immersed in O’Connell’s career-spanning tome “Mitch O’Connell,…
CARTWHEEL Interview With Kirk Pederson of ZERO+ Publishing
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Last year at photo l.a.–the longest running art fair west of New York City, which opens this year on January 17–CARTWHEEL founder Cindy Schwarzstein was turned onto fine arts/photography publisher ZERO+ Publishing through their book Everyday Heroes and Villains, a collection of portraits by photographers Tatiana Wills and Roman Cho which surveys some of the most…
Photos: Ed Templeton “Memory Foam” at Roberts & Tilton
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Two time world champion skater Ed Templeton began his career as an artist painting graphic for his pro-model skateboards on New Deal and then on boards for his own brands, including his current skate company Toy Machine. A photographer as well as a painter and graphic designer, Templeton was on hand at the opening…