Photo Coverage: Highlight’s of the LA Art Show Opening Party, by Steve Grody
The LA Art Show is always a mixed-bag kind of overdose. I’ll just mention a few of the things I enjoyed seeing. To begin with, there are always “old friends” that, though done generations ago, still have impact, like the little Willem de Kooning or Toulouse Lautrec at one gallery. Willem de Kooning Toulouse Lautrec…
Cartwheel Art Tours Coverage: Neighborhood Explorations in DTLA Arts District, with Cartwheel Art Tours Host – Steve Grody
“Arts District and Graffiti Co-Evolution” The original Arts District east of Alameda started becoming what it is in the late 1970s when artists of various kinds were looking for large cheap space to work and live in. Graffiti writers also looked for out of the way places to leave their mark, so it was natural…
Cartwheel Art Tours: Pico-Union (ktownwallz_project)
Join Cartwheel Art Tours, on Saturday October 16th, for an in-depth graffiti tour experience, with Steve Grody, author of Graffiti LA and Jonathan Cirlin (aka espy dpt znc), muralist, artist and curator of “ktownwallz_project” in Pico-Union. It’s on this tour where we’ll explore six alleys, in a neighborhood with old craftsman homes, and discover 200 graffiti walls. The walls have…
Cartwheel Art Tours: “South of Seventh” Graffiti Tour with Steve Grody
Join Cartwheel Art Tours, in our neighborhood of the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District, more specifically “South of Seventh” for an in-depth graffiti tour experience, with Steve Grody, author of Graffiti LA. This tour is a great opportunity to become familiar with the major forms of modern graffiti by a strong variety of graffiti “writers” as well…
Cartwheel Art Tours x Hoffy Tours: Bus Tour from Laguna Beach to DTLA Arts District
Join Cindy Schwarzstein, founder of Cartwheel Art Tours and local resident of the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District, and Bill Hoffman, founder of Hoffy Tours, on a unique bus adventure from Laguna Beach to the DTLA Arts District, and back to Laguna Beach. It’s on this tour, where the following will occur in the DTLA…
Cartwheel Art Tours x Atlas Obscura: West Adams
Join Cartwheel Art Tours and Atlas Obscura as we explore the hidden gems of West Adams and meet the artists, historians, designers, and creative entrepreneurs who are revitalizing this pocket of our city. A village of shipping containers has popped up around the legendary J “N” J Burgers & Bar-B-Que. Known as the Shops at…
Cartwheel Art Tours x Atlas Obscura: Bridges, Brothels, & Breweries
Join Cartwheel Art Tours and Atlas Obscura, as we recount the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District’s past; transitioning from a post-war, manufacturing ghost town to a thriving visual and culinary arts community. As we discover, explore and experience, the heart of this neighborhood, we’ll weave together past and present—saying goodbye to the 6th Street Bridge and welcoming Iron…
Cartwheel Art Tours x BritWeek: \Brit-fluence(d)\ Urban Adventure Bus Tour
Join Cartwheel Art Tours for an official BritWeek programming event, on an urban bus adventure, to DISCOVER, EXPLORE and EXPERIENCE British culture in Los Angeles, through art and food/beverage. Whether it’s been through music, film, literature, fashion, architecture, pop-culture, philosophy, or science, Britain has affected us. With insider perspectives, by makers and artists, Cartwheel Art founder, Cindy Schwarzstein, will lead the group by…
Cartwheel Art Tours x Dark Progressivism x The Container Yard in the DTLA Arts District for World Art Day IAA-UNESCO
Join Cartwheel Art Tours x Cartwheel Art Magazine, on an adventure in our neighborhood of the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District, to celebrate World Art Day IAA-UNESCO, hosted by Downtown LA Art Walk! PART ONE: DARK PROGRESSIVISM PRE-SCREENING // Q & A HOSTED BY GREG ESCALANTE: Ticket price for the film and Q & A: $15.00 //…
Cartwheel Art Tours x Women Who Whiskey – LA Chapter: “South of Seventh” – DTLA Arts District
*NOTE: This is a private tour offered exclusively by the LA Chapter of Women Who Whiskey.* It’s on this urban adventure with Cartwheel Art Tours, that The Art of Whiskey with the Women Who Whiskey – LA Chapter, will be provided the exclusive opportunity to connect with makers and artists “South of Seventh,” an industrial area adjacent to the Downtown Los Angeles…
Save the Date: LA Times Festival of Books Art Programming — April 9th -10th
Now considered the largest book festival in the country, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books celebrates its 21-year anniversary. For 2 days the USC campus will transform into a literary paradise with writers, critics, reviewers, and such sharing stages to propel the national discourse of arts and letters, while audiences listen, meet, and get…