Cartwheel Art Tours: “Graffiti Walk with Steve Grody” – DTLA Arts District

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Cartwheel Art Tours: “Graffiti Walk with Steve Grody” – DTLA Arts District

Steve Grody has been documenting the evolution of graffiti for the last 27 years. He is the author of “Graffiti LA: Street Styles and Art” and has been featured on TedxSitka, as well as speaking at numerous universities and panels. Join Steve on a walk in alleys and a genuine graffiti “yard” where walls are decorated with graffiti…

SAVE THE DATE: “L.A.: LEY LINES,” a Featured Programming Exhibition at LA Art Show, Presented by Cartwheel Art and Curated by AXIS with Artists: BIG SLEEPS, DEFER, EYEONE, PRIME, SWANK and AXIS – January 10th through January 14th, 2018

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SAVE THE DATE: “L.A.: LEY LINES,” a Featured Programming Exhibition at LA Art Show, Presented by Cartwheel Art and Curated by AXIS with Artists: BIG SLEEPS, DEFER, EYEONE, PRIME, SWANK and AXIS – January 10th through January 14th, 2018

Groundbreaking graffiti artists AXIS, BIG SLEEPS, DEFER, EYEONE, PRIME, and SWANK define their neighborhoods and Los Angeles in “L.A.: LEY LINES” an exhibition with a site-specific installation/activation area for the LA Art Show, showcasing the LA styles of graffiti and lettering that have influenced art on a global level. Cartwheel Art, the DTLA company who provides…

Cartwheel Art Tours: “Graffiti Walk with Steve Grody” – DTLA Arts District (South of Seventh)

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Cartwheel Art Tours: “Graffiti Walk with Steve Grody” – DTLA Arts District (South of Seventh)

Steve Grody has been documenting the evolution of graffiti for the last 27 years. He is the author of “Graffiti LA: Street Styles and Art” and has been featured on TedxSitka, as well as speaking at numerous universities and panels. Join Steve on a walk in alleys and a genuine graffiti “yard” where walls are decorated with graffiti…

Cartwheel Art Tours: Graffiti Walk with Steve Grody – DTLA Arts District (South of Seventh)

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Cartwheel Art Tours: Graffiti Walk with Steve Grody – DTLA Arts District (South of Seventh)

11/14/17 UPDATE: Based on the passing of #Serch, for this Saturday’s tour: Graffiti Walk with Steve Grody – South of Seventh Arts District​, in addition to this being a discounted tour for Arts District Daze​, Cartwheel Art​ / Cartwheel Art Tours​ will be donating a percentage of sales to the go fund me here: https://www.gofundme.com/og-serch-one-memorial-services. The…

Event Coverage: Opening Reception of “Dark Progressivism: The Built Environment” at Lancaster Museum of Art & History (MOAH) – November 11th, 2017

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Event Coverage: Opening Reception of “Dark Progressivism: The Built Environment” at Lancaster Museum of Art & History (MOAH) – November 11th, 2017

I’m glad I was able to make it out the opening of “Dark Progressivism: The Built Environment” at Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) on November 11th. The museum has a nice feel to it. Walking in, I found co-curator Lisa Derrick giving a filmed interview to some folks from New York and after almost…

Preview & Essay: ” Dark Progressivism: The Built Environment” at Museum of Art and History, Lancaster (MOAH) – November 11th, 2017 through January 14th, 2018

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Preview & Essay: ” Dark Progressivism: The Built Environment” at Museum of Art and History, Lancaster (MOAH) – November 11th, 2017 through January 14th, 2018

“Dark Progressivism: The Built Environment,” opening at Museum of Art and History, Lancaster (MOAH) on Saturday, November 11th, and curated by Lisa Derrick and Rodrigo Ribera d’Ebre, serves as a fine complement to the documentary film “Dark Progressivism.” The curatorial statement for “Dark Progressivism: The Built Environment, is an appreciative and insightful academic perspective of…

Save the Date: Artist Reception for “Graffiti Saved My Life: The Photography of James Prigoff” at A + D: Architecture + Design Museum – March 3rd

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Save the Date: Artist Reception for “Graffiti Saved My Life: The Photography of James Prigoff” at A + D: Architecture + Design Museum – March 3rd

  Author and photographer, James Prigoff, has been on a sixty-year quest to document street art, public murals and graffiti from around the world. He is the co-author of Spraycan Art (1987), Painting the Towns – Murals of California (1997), and Walls of Heritage, Walls of Pride – The History of African-American Murals (2000), and…

Cartwheel Art Tours: Pico-Union (ktownwallz_project)

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Cartwheel Art Tours: Pico-Union (ktownwallz_project)

Join Cartwheel Art Tours, on Saturday October 16th, for an in-depth graffiti tour experience, with Steve Grody, author of Graffiti LA and Jonathan Cirlin (aka espy dpt znc), muralist, artist and curator of “ktownwallz_project” in Pico-Union. It’s on this tour where we’ll explore six alleys, in a neighborhood with old craftsman homes, and discover 200 graffiti walls. The walls have…

Cartwheel Art Tours: “South of Seventh” Graffiti Tour with Steve Grody

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Cartwheel Art Tours: “South of Seventh” Graffiti Tour with Steve Grody

Join Cartwheel Art Tours, in our neighborhood of the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District, more specifically “South of Seventh” for an in-depth graffiti tour experience, with Steve Grody, author of Graffiti LA. This tour is a great opportunity to become familiar with the major forms of modern graffiti by a strong variety of graffiti “writers” as well…

UTI Mural Commemorates 30 Years of Artistic Union, Spiritual Growth and LA’s Elevating Graffiti Culture

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UTI Mural Commemorates 30 Years of Artistic Union, Spiritual Growth and LA’s Elevating Graffiti Culture

    “The wall facing Olympic has been tagged just about every other day. I have to call the city’s graffiti removal service weekly and they come down and spray over the graffiti,” said an exasperated manager at Westbrass, a Los Angeles based plumbing manufacturer whose warehouse was once on the “wrong side of the…

Site Specific: A Graffiti Micro-History at Hauser, Wirth and Schimmel, by Steve Grody

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Site Specific: A Graffiti Micro-History at Hauser, Wirth and Schimmel, by Steve Grody

There are innumerable sites of graffiti activity across Los Angeles. Some have been one-time spots, while others have been and may still be considered “yards,” a place where graffiti is done regularly. These sites cover the continuum from legal and even commissioned work, to illegal. The continuum of the “non-permission” i.e. illegal work runs the…