Meet Steve Grody, Photographer, Historian, and Cartwheel Art’s DTLA Graffiti Tour Guide
Sunday, August 26, Cartwheel Art kicks off a new Graffiti and BBQ tour, offering an insider’s look at the graffiti of the DTLA Arts District, a graffiti lettering workshop, and late lunch at Pearl’s BBQ. Pearl’s will be serving the tour group a special menu. Steve Grody has been leading graffiti tours for Cartwheel Art…
EVENT PHOTO COVERAGE: BEYOND THE STREETS (Press Preview) by Steve Grody
Chaz Bojorquez Kenny Scharf Ron Finley LadyPink and Takai183 Ron Finley Slick Mark Mothersbaugh (L-R) Roger Gastman, Takai183, Chaz Bojorquez Greg “Craola” Simkins Jersey Joe Swoon Retna Zes Chaz Bojorquez Revok Gajin Fujita Pose Chaz Bojorquez (L-R_ Greg “Craola” Simkins, Slick, Risk Jim Progoff and Zes
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…
Event Coverage: 2018 LA Art Show, by Steve Grody
You always have to steel yourself for the LA Art Show, with so much work to see. A full range, from the inspirational to competitors for the slacker-art award are on display. Amongst the work that is good one can find blue chip old friends, such as Frank Stella and Ed Ruscha, to new finds…
Cartwheel Art Tours: “Graffiti Walk with Steve Grody” – El Sereno
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 an alley walk in a genuine graffiti “yard,” where you’ll view walls decorated with graffiti and develop…
Cartwheel Art Tours: “Graffiti Walk with Steve Grody” – El Serrano
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 an alley walk in a genuine graffiti “yard,” where you’ll view walls decorated with graffiti and develop…
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…
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 Coverage: Neighborhood Explorations in DTLA Arts District, with Cartwheel Art Tours Host – Steve Grody
“Arts District and Graffiti Co-Evolution” The original Arts District east of Alameda started becoming what it is in the late 1970s when artists of various kinds were looking for large cheap space to work and live in. Graffiti writers also looked for out of the way places to leave their mark, so it was natural…
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
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…