Risk: New Gallery Opens in Santa Monica Saturday October 17
Graffiti legend Risk is opening his art gallery, Buckshot in partnership with with Kevin Zinger and Ivory Daniel from The Regime Management, and local entrepreneurs Howard and Bryan Spunt. Buckshot’s opening reception is this Saturday, October 17, form 6pm to 10pm. Internationally recognized for his graffiti, fine art, and illustrative work over the last thirty…
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…
“POW! WOW! Hawaii” Breaks Barriers in Honolulu
Reminder: Hawaii is a rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Throughout most of history, it’s proven a culture difficult to penetrate. That also ensures the Islands’ heritage stays rich and seemingly unbreakable. So aside from the non-stop influx of sun-burned tourists sporting Aloha shirts, not much else coming from outside leaves much of…
POW WOW! Hawaii – Mural Progress. Photos and captions by Mike Cianciulli
Philadelphia-based Yis Goodwin, aka NoseGo, adds detail to his collaboration piece with Hawaii’s Aaron ‘Angry Woebots’ Martin (aka Woes) on the side of Lana Lane Studios in Honolulu’s Kaka’ako district during POW! WOW! Hawaii. POW WOW! Hawaii, a week-long event that brings over a hundred international and local artists together to create murals and other…
DTLA Arts District Night Tonight! Saturday January 31st 6:00pm-9:00pm
Ser@LA mural outside of Harmony Murphy Gallery Join participating galleries and creative businesses with ARTSDISTRICT.COM along with other galleries and creative business spaces that support artists this evening, from 6:00pm – 9:00pm (some are open longer) for an evening of gallery exploration where many are creating special programming as well. Some of the openings will be located in an area among old industrial warehouses adjacent to…
Save the Date April 11: “La Bulla” at Plaza de la Raza
¡Viva Luche Libre! On April 11, experience “La Bulla” at Plaza de la Raza. Like its inspiration, Mexican wrestling, this show is gonna be larger than life, colorful and over top with 70 artists including Defer, Gaijin Fujita, Ed Gutter, Antonio Pelayo, Isaac Pelayo, Phowl, Prime, Esmeralda Villarreal, Matthew Weinberg, and Jaime Germs Zacarias,…
Save the Date: October 25 Branded Arts Benefit for Vista de Mar
WOW! A mega art show featuring some of the biggest names in today’s art world benefiting one of Los Angeles’ best organizations, Vista del Mar Child and Family Services (and members of my family have been helped through this wonderful organization). Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services’ mission is to provide comprehensive, family-centered social,…
Save the the Date: Aug 30, Skate & Create at Flower Pepper Gallery
We’re in a drought. The last time there a drought this bad in California, a new sport flowered–skate boarding. All those empty pools made for great neighborhood skate parks, legal or clandestine. The skateboard culture of Southern California played a seminal role in the early influences of many graffiti and street artists. The growth of…
Beyond Eden Sneak Peek!
Beyond Eden! Oh, what those words imply–the knowledge of good and evil, the struggle to make one’s mark in a harsh world, and the desire to return to a paradise lost. All of that is implicit in Beyond Eden, the two day art fair at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park, October…
Block Party in Culver City: Branded Arts
Branded Arts in Culver City held a block part, a one night event of art and community enrichment, last month which celebrated street and local art. The event, held in a vacant car lot surrounded by beautiful murals by some most impressive and stand-out street and underground artists from around the world–like DABS & MYLA, HERAKUT, Anthony…
We’ve Got Issues / Blood opening at WWA Gallery
On August 18th, WWA Gallery in Culver City opened the 4th Annual “We’ve Got Issues.” The black and white group show, which runs trough September 27th, features artists Ana Bagayan, Anthony Ausgang, David Flores, JC Rivera, Angry Woebots and many others. The impressive amount of work in this show were done in ink, graphite or…