Join a Mural Tour of the DTLA Arts District to Benefit Art Share L.A. – Saturday August 11
Cartwheel Art has partnered with Art Share L.A.’s Emerging Leaders Board on a mural tour of the DTLA Arts District—and it’s happening on Saturday, August 11. The tour, led by Cartwheel Art’s Cindy Schwarzstein, will feature murals by artists such as Nuke, El Mac, Augustine Kofie, Hueman, Christina Angelina, Tristan Eaton, and Kent Twitchell. Ticket sales…
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 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…
Cartwheel Art Tours x Atlas Obscura: South Central
Eleven walls, two alleys, and nine roll downs have recently been painted for a project called Smile South Central. Join Cindy Schwarzstein of Cartwheel Art Tours and Atlas Obscura, as we discover the murals of South Central and learn how the Smile South Central Project is transforming the community. During the tour, we’ll meet local…
Bansky Dismaland Has West Coast Artists We Love!
Banksy’s Dismaland is a huge hit on the Internet and will be even more epic in real life. Showcasing “The finest collection of contemporary art ever assembled in a North Somerset seaside town,” Dismaland features artists like Damien Hirst, Jenny Holzer and Jimmy Cauty, and a slew of artists from the West Coast that we’ve…
“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…
LA Weekly’s Urban Exploration for Artopia with Cartwheel Art Tours
As part of LA Weekly’s Artopia programming, join Cartwheel Art Tours with “Insiders,” founder Cindy Schwarzstein and Steve Grody, author of Graffiti LA, for a FREE urban adventure on the streets outside of The Container Yard. This urban adventure has been created for participants to discover, explore and experience what was once a gritty section…
Photo Essay by EMS: Kenny Scharf, “Born Again” at Honor Fraser Gallery.
On Saturday February 28, 2015, Honor Fraser Gallery opened with an exhibition of new paintings and historical videos presented in installation environments by Kenny Scharf. The show will be on view until April 4, 2015. The show is wide-ranging, tracing the evolution of Scharf’s diverse artistic practice, while presenting a selection of rarely shown early…
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…
LA Art Show’s Cartwheel Art Tour: “The Art of Development and the Development of an Art Scene”.
Join us for our one-year anniversary celebration of Cartwheel Art Tours as we travel by bus from the Convention Center to the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District on an immersive experience in the most unique, art-centric, and rapidly changing part of Los Angeles. This special Cartwheel Art Tour, designed for LA Art Show guests, as…