Save the Date: Fresh Coat Mural Festival in the DTLA Arts District – Saturday 10/7
Join us on Saturday, October 7th, the for the inaugural Fresh Coat Mural Festival. The event will take place on Colyton between 4th and 5th Avenues, next to The Container Yard (TCY). The all-age, free, one-day event will begin at 12:00pm, and end at 10:30pm. Local, regional and nationally recognized street-artists will paint new murals throughout the…
Coverage: The Container Yard’s Artist “Gallery” Experience
Saturday, January 27th was The Container Yard’s first private event of 2017. Cartwheel Art was there to experience a special evening with 4 diverse artists from the Los Angeles community. The one-night event that was organized for a private client, started with a formal candlelit dinner designed by Shawna Yamamoto & Company and Wife of the…
El Velorio Enchants: A Day of the Dead November 8
The dead are always with us, and don’t just disappear after Halloween, All Saint’s Day and All Souls Day. Case in point, the dead will still be dancing–and so will you–November 8 at El Velorio, beginning at 7pm at Plaza de la Raza. This beautiful festival, produced by artist Antonio Pelayo benefits Plaza de la…
October 18: Curating Homeboy Industries 5k Run Outdoor Art Show
October 18 I am curating my biggest art show yet, an outdoor, four-hour pop-up benefiting Homeboy Industries as part of their 5k run/walk, over forty artists and approximately eighty pieces of art that will be hung on a chain link fence. We start hanging at 5am, the show opens at 8am and is over at…
“Scratch” at El Segundo Museum of Art
One of the most important museum shows to open this year, if not this decade, “Scratch” at the El Segundo Museum of Art works on numerous levels to highlight the past, present, and future of art, lettering, and Los Angeles. Last year, the Getty Research Institute began an ambitious program conceived by graffiti collector…
Save the Date: May 15: Gajin Fujita, Alex DEFER Kizu, UGLAR Works, Vyal, Phowl and More
Artists Gajin Fujita, Alex DEFER Kizu, UGLAR Works, Phowl, Vyal, Roten, Mr. Ed Gutter, Rodrigo Ribera d’Ebre and others are donating their works for a silent auction to help launch production of the film Dark Progressivism: On Rupture and Rebellion, May 15 at the NELA watering hole Footsies, from 6pm to 9pm. This is a…
Cartwheel Art Takes American Planning Association L.A. on Art District Mural Tour
Ashley Atkinson, is Programs Co-Director, APA LA. She shares her experiences on the Cartwheel Art Tour of the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District which was designed for the group, and open to the public. What do street artists and urban planners have in common? No, it’s not a cheap joke–it’s a question explored by a…