Cartwheel Art Tours x Atlas Obscura: “Shrine’s Haunted Shacks Gardens After Dark” – Pasadena

Self-taught painter, installation, and performance artist Brent Allen Spears (a.k.a. Shrine) has spent the past 20-plus years transforming his Pasadena home into a vivid sanctuary of altars, totems, and sculptures. Join Cindy Schwarzstein, founder of Cartwheel Art Tours, for an exclusive “after dark” tour of this architectural wonder known as Haunted Shack Gardens. Guided by…
Lightning in a Bottle 2014 is Here!

Lightning in Bottle 2014 is here! And we’re letting you know about what to expect, do and see where beauty, art and matters of the heart abound. Its that time of year! Festival season is here! Kicked off in April with Coachella, we now move into full festival-ing with this coming weekend’s much anticipated…
Moby’s ‘Innocents’ Closing Reception and Parade

If you happened to be on the block of Cahuenga and Sunset on Friday, March 28, you might have seen a vision that had you questioning whether you were wide awake (even in Hollywood). A procession of white-draped, colorfully masked figures trailed behind a scarlet-robed Moby with a kind of quiet excitement. En route…
The Do LaB Presents Lightning in a Bottle 2014 – “The Adventure Continues”

Come experience art, music, and the incomparable conscious festival atmosphere of Lightening in a Bottle’s 2014 weekend event in Bradley, California.
Lightning in a Bottle: Shrine On Creates Reclaimed Artisan Village, Festival Creators Talk Sustainability

Over July 11-15th, Lightning in a Bottle Music and Art Festival was held in Temecula, CA. And on the festival’s Saturday morning, right in the middle of the perfectly controlled chaos that is LIB, staffers held a really cool intimate meet and greet brunch that honestly rocked it. The Herbert Bail Orchestra, who played the…
Preview Photos: Shrine On at Lightning in a Bottle

It’s no secret: CARTWHEEL loves Shrine On! From the use of global reclaimed material in all his work, to his belief that we are all true artists, to his enthusiasm and support of others’ work, he stands out as an extremely important, and extremely thrilling, voice in our community. Shrine builds beautiful structures for festivals…
Lightning in Bottle Preview: 3-Delicious ART at LIB!

If you’re headed to Lightning in a Bottle in Temecula this weekend, be prepared for some mind-bending art installations. Making their LIB debut is the Altervison 3-D Blacklight Experience, a creative wholly immersive environment where the viewer dons Chroma-Depth 3-D glasses and enters a tented environment painted throughout with blacklight reactive decor. Like surround sound…
DoLaB Kick-Off: Lightning in a Bottle with Water Charity Pre-Party

This past Saturday the Do LaB did one of the hundreds of things they do best: Hosted an awesome throw down, get down, lose yourself to the music party. As part of the Venice Music Crawl, the RG Club hosted the official pre-party for the upcoming Lightning in a Bottle. LIB– the electronic driven festival…
Artist Interview: Scott O’Keefe on Mandalas, Joshua Tree and MRSA

Mandala artist Scott O’Keefe discusses art, spiritualism, Lightning in a Bottle, Joshua Tree and being stricken with MRSA
SMART ART – A New Trend Incorporating – And Celebrating – How Science Meets Art!

Words By Dale Youngman Photos by Cindy Schwarzstein, The Do Lab, Bathsheba.com, Dennis Callahan, Curious Josh, and Dale Youngman As an art enthusiast always looking for the next “movement,” I am mesmerized by the increasing amount of art that utilizes, and is in fact made possible – by cutting edge technology. The first “smART…