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 Exploration in DTLA, with Cartwheel Art Tours Host – Zahra
“Back to the Future LA” Guests from the Airbnb Open, on Thursday November 17th, experienced an inside look into the hidden art and cultural history of LA, through the perspective of Zahra, a native LA artist muralist, arts activist, and DTLA aficionado, as well as Cartwheel Art Tours Host, during the Neighborhood Explorations, curated and…
Cartwheel Art Tours Coverage: Neighborhood Explorations in Venice Beach, with Cartwheel Art Tours Host – Jules Muck
“Muck Murals in Venice Beach” On Thursday November 17th, guests of the Airbnb Open, roamed the alleys and streets of colorful Venice Beach, on Cartwheel Art Tours Neighborhood Explorations, with local artist Jules Muck. The Neighborhood Explorations were curated and produced by Cartwheel Art Tours founder, Cindy Schwarzstein. Jules has been a regular speaker on…
Cartwheel Art Tours Coverage: Neighborhood Explorations in Pico-Union, with Cartwheel Art Tours Host – Jonathan Cirlin
“Graffiti & Street Art: ktownwallz_project, in Pico-Union” Jonathan Cirlin, aka ESPY DPT ZNC, an artist, muralist, and Airbnb home host, led groups on Neighborhood Explorations with Cartwheel Art Tours, to explore a small section of his neighborhood, that’s located in a family area of Pico-Union, bordering Koreatown. The Neighborhood Explorations were curated and produced by Cartwheel…
Cartwheel Art Tours Coverage: Neighborhood Explorations in Historic Filiponotown, with Cartwheel Art Tours Host – Jason Ostro
“Blight to Bright in the Gabba Arts District” Jason Ostro, curator and creator of the Gabba Arts District, a neighborhood beautification project in Historic Filiponotown (bordering on Echo Park), that recently received an award from the City of Los Angeles, led groups on Neighborhood Explorations with Cartwheel Art Tours, on Thursday November 17th for the Airbnb…
Cartwheel Art Tours Coverage: Neighborhood Explorations in Echo Park with Adam Ayala of Cartwheel Art Tours
“Animal Alley: Urban Art Exploration in Echo Park” Smile South Central founder, Adam Ayala, took groups on a neighborhood exploration of “Animal Alley,” a series of animal inspired murals in the neighborhood of Echo Park on Thursday November 17th, the first day of the Airbnb Open, as part of programming, curated and produced by Cartwheel Art…
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…
Save the Date: April 17 “Dark Progressivism” LA Sneak Peek, World Art Day
Cartwheel Art celebrates Los Angeles’ place as an international art city on April 17 as part of World Art Day. Now in its fourth year, World Art Day is a global event that promotes awareness of creative activity worldwide. And while World Art Day is officially April 15, in LA we love a party, so…
“On the Wall” at Huntington Beach Art Center Photo Preview
The Huntington Beach Art Center–the exhibition location for Kustom Kulture in 2013, for which we were a media sponsor–presents a new exhibition titled “On the Wall.” The show consists of street art, featuring noted artists and many of those seen on the walls in Los Angeles by our Cartwheel Art Tours explorers in the Downtown Los Angeles…
Preview of Virtual Reality’s “Presence” by Zenka, Opening at District Gallery Saturday!
Presence: A Humorous Collection of Virtual Reality Goggles in Clay 1965-2015: opens this Saturday, March 7th at District Gallery in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District from 7-10pm. The show is open though April 26th. Cartwheel Art Tours, based in the Art District, was provided a preview yesterday for a private group tour with Talenthouse. The show…
Graffiti Primer by Steve Grody, author of Graffiti LA.
Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation are men who want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. — Frederick Douglass I should also add the phrase “don’t shoot the messenger.” Graffiti and its related activities, such as postering (“wheat pasting”), is very…