Event Coverage: Designer Con 2017 Show Recap

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Event Coverage: Designer Con 2017 Show Recap

Designer Con, an incredible art and design convention, again broke its own attendance records with between 35-37 thousand attendees, including kids, passing through its doors all weekend November 11th – 12th at the Pasadena Convention Center. This was an increase of almost 10 thousand for Designer Con 2017! Cindy Schwarzstein of Cartwheel Art was at Designer…

Save the Date: Designer Con 2017 – Saturday November 11th through Sunday November 12th

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Save the Date: Designer Con 2017 – Saturday November 11th through Sunday November 12th

For the 12th year, Designer Con will be taking place for two days this weekend at the Pasadena Convention Center! Cartwheel Art couldn’t be more excited!! Ticket information can be found at this link. For those not familiar, Designer Con 2017 features 400 vendors, including some of Cartwheel Art’s favorite artists, designers, and manufacturers, who will be selling toys,…

Save the Date: Designer Con goes Huge 11/19-20

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Save the Date: Designer Con goes Huge 11/19-20

Designer Con has experienced yearly growth and in 2016, the event takes a jump with an extra 20,000 of vendor space, and the addition of a venue for panels and party in conjunction with Crewest. Pasadena’s The Rose is right across the street from the Convention Center and will offer daytime panels and a nighttime…

Interview: Art Publicists Draw Attention to Clients

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Interview: Art Publicists Draw Attention to Clients

The Miami Art Fairs and the the upcoming Los Angeles Art Show  make it clear that there are a lot of artists, emerging and established, vying for wall space be it in your museums or your home.  In Los Angeles, there are gallery shows opening every weekend, and thousands of artists hoping to hang their…

Designer Con 2013 Setup and Preview Photos

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Designer Con 2013 Setup and Preview Photos

I dropped by Friday afternoon and snapped some photos of a few vendor setups, some of the marvelous plush and plastics along with The Sucklord and pals getting ready for what promises to be the best Suckathon yet including the “Gorilla Nut Grab” of which I’m not going to explain to you here