Event Coverage: Panel Discussion & Closing Reception “CALIFORNIA LOCOS: SoCal Originals – Masters of Style”
The “CALIFORNIA LOCOS: SoCal Originals – Masters of Style,” panel discussion, that took place during the closing reception at Eastern Projects Gallery, was a standing room only affair. Lead by Artist, original LOCOS member and co-curator of the exhibition, Chaz Bojórquez, this discussion was food for the soul, for any graffiti or contemporary art fan,…
Save the Date: “CALIFORNIA LOCOS: SoCal Originals – Masters of Style” at Eastern Projects, in Chinatown – September 16th through October 30th
Save the Date for “CALIFORNIA LOCOS: SoCal Originals – Masters Of Style,” an incredibly exciting new exhibition, with special programming, that promises to be a historic classic, opening September 16th at Eastern Projects in Chinatown. The CALIFORNIA LOCOS represent a living West Coast lifestyle. Each LOCO is a contemporary SoCal artist rooted in the diverse subcultures…
Save the Date: “SOMOS LOCOS” Exhibition & Music with CALIFORNIA LOCOS, at Manhattan Beach Art Center – March 18th
Join us for SOMOS LOCOS, the latest stop on the CALIFORNIA LOCOS pop-up tour, which will be consisting of evolving exhibitions and historic cultural events at the Manhattan Beach Art Center. During the CALIFORNIA LOCOS pop-up tour at the Manhattan Beach Art Center, there will be a group show of original art works, rare ephemera, and…
Cartwheel Art Tours Coverage: Neighborhood Explorations in Venice Beach, with Cartwheel Art Tours Host – Dan Levy
“Dogtown: An Underground Exploration” Dan Levy, features editor and ad sales director of Juice Magazine, a skateboarding, music, and surfing magazine, with 23 years in print, led guests of the Airbnb Open – Los Angeles, on Neighborhood Explorations in Venice Beach on Thursday November 17th. The Neighborhood Explorations, led by Dan were part of the…
Save the Date: June 25, “California Locos” New Works, Skate Decks
The California Locos–Chaz Bojorquez, Dave Tourjé, John Van Hamersveld, Norton Wisdom, and Gary Wong–five pioneering Los Angeles artists whose roots are in graffiti, surf, skate and punk rock—bring their edgy, sun soaked styles to Venice, CA with new works for a week-long summer pop-up–a show so big it needed two locations: 319 Ocean Front Walk,…
“TEN : Orange County” Group Exhibition closes at AR4T Gallery in Laguna Beach this Sunday.
Artists Republic 4 Tomorrow, a gallery that we have been following in Laguna Beach, who showcases contemporary art from various regions, with a focus on artists connected to the action sports culture, has a show that we highly recommend seeing before it closes this Sunday, March 22nd. The show is called “Ten : Orange County”. It is a group show…
Chilled Air Skates into Think Tank Gallery through July 12
On June 21st Luke Pelletier and Austin England took over the Think Tank Gallery and curated CHILLED AIR, a three week art and skate festival that featured art from thirty different painters, illustrators, sculptors, and installation artists. They transformed the venue into a fully functional public Skate Art Park that included mural covered skate ramps and hand crafted ramps…
Artworks for the Cure at Barker Hangar October 11-13
Artworks for the Cure is a contemporary, eclectic, edgy and offbeat three day art show/sale benefiting the TJ Martell Foundation and its mission to fund innovative medical research focused on finding cures for leukemia, cancer and AIDS. Locally, the TJ Martell Foundation funds research at Children’s Hospital. October 11 through 13, 2013, Barker Hangar at…
Preview: Calavera Gallery Part of Evolving Urban Landscape
Northeast Los Angeles has new gallery: Calavera Gallery on a strip of Cypress Ave that also houses the new bar from punk rock filmmaker Dave Travis who took over the Tops Club, keeping the interior intact adn renaming it Cafe NELA, at 1906 Cypress, conveniently located next to a taco joint–a dollar a taco! Perfect…
B.B. Bastidas with DGK Launch at Kayo Store
B.B. Bastidas’ instantly recognizable style joins skate icon DGK, and to celebrate the collaboration, the Kayo flagship store in the Fairfax District hosts B.B.’s art show from 7pm to 10pm, Thursday, August 29 with drinks by Ciroc Vodka (art collector/musician/entrepreneur Sean Combs is the face of the brand) and food by the Downtown Los Angeles…
B.B. Bastidas: That New Blue Magic in DTLA Murals
B.B. Bastidas—whose deep blue artworks striped with infinite dashes recall the night sky, seen through a shaman’s eyes, the kisses of the stars raining hard upon his body–has been busy painting murals in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District on Garey Street at 3rd, as thes photos. He’s also finishing art work for his opening…