Save The Date: May 3–Angel City Brewery, LA Heritage Festival
Angel City Brewery, one of the cornerstones of the Downtown Los Angeles revival, celebrates city’s potential with their third annual Heritage Festival on Sunday May 3. Along with an art show and live painting, the Heritage Festival Sunday’s events will include live music presented by Echo Country Outpost including The Bloodhounds, Blackwater Jukebox and other…
“Curate This!!!” The Gabba Gallery, Opens February 28
There’s an art to curating, and many artists who curate, excited by the art of others, excited to further their own vision. The Gabba Gallery, which delights in showcasing all mediums of art, brings together twenty-six of these curator/artists for their first annual “Curate This!” opening Saturday, February 28 at 7pm. (Full disclosure: I am…
LA Art Show 2015: Dark Progressivism Debuts on International Stage
The 20th anniversary of the LA Art Show opens tonight, and I am thrilled–not only because the art is amazing (check out Littletopia with its collection of local cutting edge galleries, and The Mural Conservancy Los Angeles’ booth which features Petal and Blossom and Los Quatros, along with art galleries from around the world), but…
Science Fiction Double Feature Show at Illuminoidal Arts
Sci-fi fans, rocket rollers, Trekkies and Trekkers, robot-lovers, Chewbacca groupies and more will be in outer-orbit ecstasy at Illuminoidal Arts Science Fiction Double Feature Show opening this Saturday, November 8 with out-of-this-world art, a costume party, and full warp-factor weirdness–plus it’s also the Long Beach Art Walk so you can shock the twelfth monkey in…
ArtExpoSD: Panel Discussion June 26
The brand new ArtExpo San Diego debuts next month, July 24 to 26, during ComiCon and Gam3rCon, giving Con-goers and locals the opportunity to see some of the best in art, DYI, printmakers and related creators in a free and art-centric environment. Plus–shameless self promotion: Cartwheel Art is bringing Keith Dugas aka KrossD; Intellectual Property…
Save the Dates: Photo Independent April 25 to 27, Raleigh Studios
Photography comes into focus next weekend with the inaugural debut of Photo Independent at Raleigh Studios April 25 to 27, 2014. The first and only high-visibility platform for independent photographers, Photo Independent provides a unique opportunity for collectors and the general public to directly connect with some of the most exciting established, emerging and undiscovered…
LA Art Show 2014: Los Angeles Murals Reclaim Their Place
Saturday at the LA Art Show, Isabel Rojas-Williams presented “Will Los Angeles Reclaim Its Title as the Mural Capital of the World?” CARTWHEEL is presented a special guided tour of the Los Angeles Downtown Arts District murals for LA Art Show guests which tied into the exhibition. Rojas-Williams also curated “Paris Women & Bicycles” a photo exhibit by former Los Angeles District attorney Gil Garcetti, the father of our current mayor, Eric Garcetti and lead discussions on both exhibitions as part of the LA Art Show’s Dialog series.
Two Johns and a Whore: Well Hung and Packed at Coagula
I admit it, I curated this show, so I am biased, but damn, the “Two Johns and a Whore” opening at Coagula Curatorial on January 11 was a fun, over the top night of art and people. There were five openings on Chung King Road, and by 7:30 the scene was hopping, cameras flashing, red…
“Two Johns and a Whore” at Coagula Curatorial
Two Johns and a Whore debuts at Coagula Curatorial on January 11. It will be the most fun you could possibly experience without having to pay for it, if you know what I mean.
Meme Democracy at illuminoidal arts: Don’t Worry, They’re From the Internets.
“Goes Grey… Alzheimers” by James P. Scott featuring Paranoid Parrot The new pop art exhibition, Meme Democracy, currently hangs at illuminoidal Arts in Long Beach, and will be up for 3rd Thursdays Long Beach Art Walk, December 19, 2014, from 6pm to 10pm. Exhibiting artists were given the task of creating new memes using classic…
Meme Democracy – Meme-Themed Art Show in Long Beach
A curated show of meme-themed art in Long Beach is sure to delight and astound.