SAVE THE DATE: “Build Bridges, Paint Walls” Opens at The Rendon Gallery – Friday, May 3, 2019
Cartwheel Art is thrilled to be the event producers (and a community partner) for the upcoming “Build Bridges, Paint Walls” exhibition at The Rendon Gallery in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District, May 3-5, 2019. Build Bridges, Paint Walls is a cross-cultural collaboration that will feature pieces from Colombian street artists DJLU/JuegaSiempre, El Care Barbie,…
Open House on 7th Street – DTLA Arts District
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. Cartwheel Art and ICALA organized the Open House to encourage people to experience what…
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…
INTERVIEW: Brannan Mason Talks About His New DTLA Art Gallery and Its Focus on Social Impact
A new contemporary art gallery, Brannan Mason Gallery, opens south of Cartwheel Art in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District this weekend. The inaugural exhibition, “Cornerstone,” features a series of street portraits taken in New York City by French photographer Etienne Rougery-Herbaut along with new paintings by Haitian artist Samdi. A series of six collaborative works by…
INTERVIEW: Ralph Ziman’s The Casspir Project Is at The Rendon Gallery Through March 7, 2019
Artist Ralph Ziman’s first solo show, “The Casspir Project,” opened February 7 at The Rendon Gallery’s offsite location, 1242 Palmetto Street in Downtown Los Angeles. Ziman was born in South Africa and grew up under Apartheid. A Casspir is a South African armored military vehicle that became a symbol of oppression during Apartheid. Ziman’s Casspir,…
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…
SAVE THE DATE: Ralph Ziman’s “The Casspir Project” Opens at The Rendon Gallery (Off-Site) – Thursday, February 7, 2019
The Rendon Gallery, which launched last week with KFiSH’s collaborative pop-up show, BLEND, will open its first off-site exhibit on Thursday, February 7. The Casspir Project features the work of interdisciplinary artist Ralph Ziman. Ziman was born in Johannesburg and now lives in Los Angeles. He draws from his experiences growing up in post-Apartheid South…
Mark Dean Veca’s Solo Show “The Troubled Teens (Work of a Decade)” Opens at Jason Vass Gallery – Saturday, January 26, 2019
Los Angeles artist Mark Dean Veca has a new solo show opening this week at Jason Vass Gallery in the DTLA Arts District, featuring works from 2010-2019. Veca’s art follows in the pop art tradition, but includes a surreal, psychedelic aspect that he describes as a “biomorphic abstraction.” He told Cartwheel, “The last time I…
STUDIO VISIT: Artist Kelcey Fisher (KFiSH) Prepares for His Upcoming Collaborative Show, BLEND, at The Rendon Gallery
Los Angeles artist Kelcey Fisher, a.k.a. KFiSH, invited Cartwheel Art into his Downtown Los Angeles studio in advance of his collaborative show BLEND, which opens to the public on Friday, January 25, 2019. BLEND is the first show to take place in The Rendon Gallery, a new art gallery located inside the historic Rendon Hotel…
INTERVIEW: DTLA Artist Lisa Adams on Her Upcoming Show “A Piebald Era” at Garis & Hahn – Saturday, January 12, 2019
Artist Lisa Adams has lived in Downtown Los Angeles on and off for about 25 years, and her artwork can be found throughout the LA area. Her paintings appear in such collections as the Eli Broad Corporate Collection, the USC Fisher Museum of Art, the Laguna Museum of Art, and the Long Beach Museum of…
SAVE THE DATE: KFiSH’s Collaborative Show “BLEND” at The Rendon Gallery – Friday, January 25, 2019
The Rendon Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles opens to the public for the first time on Friday, January 25, with a pop-up show featuring the work of Los Angeles artist Kelcey Fisher (a.k.a. KFiSH) in collaboration with other artists. KFiSH lives in Venice and has a studio in Downtown Los Angeles. He is known for…