Photos, Wrap Up: Lightning in a Bottle 2014
What happens when three ever-engaging, ridiculously charismatic brothers invite 15,000 of their closest friends to camp, picnic and party somewhere in the wine valley, midway btween San Francisco and Los Angeles? The answer is the biggest and most inventive Lightening in a Bottle to date. The location of this year’s LIB at a new rural…
LACMA Panel: A Mural Journey from Teotihuacan to Los Angeles
If you follow us here at Cartwheel Art, then chances are you know last fall, the Los Angeles city-wide ban on murals, imposed in 2002, was finally lifted. The reasons behind the ban were varied, and arguably unclear, but whatever the logic behind the original ban, it led to a sad 11 years for…
Shrine’s Empire of Love Shack at Craft and Folk Art Museum
Shrine’s beautiful new window at The Craft and Folk Art Museum This May, Los Angeles was practically run over with art openings and happenings. Cartwheel Art engaged many of our contributors to get out there, take pics, enjoys spaces, talk to artists and generally take in all that was going on–in order to share, share,…
Lightning in a Bottle 2014 is Here!
Lightning in Bottle 2014 is here! And we’re letting you know about what to expect, do and see where beauty, art and matters of the heart abound. Its that time of year! Festival season is here! Kicked off in April with Coachella, we now move into full festival-ing with this coming weekend’s much anticipated…
BB Bastidas at Kayo
The skate store Kayo was all a blue-glow at the opening for new paintings from artist and muralist BB Bastidas. The show, titled “Fuck BB,” drew in wide-eyed skater fans and others to enjoy the magical world of big-bootied, voluptuous, multi-dimensional goddesses, surrounded by swirling inter-galactic color and speckled with BB’s personal hieroglyphics. BB’s eye…
Photos, Interviews: Mural Painting on La Brea via Merry Karnowsky Gallery
Over the weekend of August 17 and 18th the fabulous Merry Karnowsky Gallery, in partnership with TarFest 2013 hosted a rousing street art event that brought fine art and street art together in a bold new way. Gallery artists hit the streets alongside tried and true graffiti artists to share their craft by creating unique…
LiB’s “Lightning in a Paintcan” Pulses with Artistic Enthusiasm
Every year I look forward to Lightning in a Paintcan. It is the live painting event that takes place during SoCal’s Lightning in a Bottle music festival. Extremely diverse and talented artists are scattered throughout the grounds of the festival, working steadily as competing DJ beats flow through the air. Festival goers are free to…
Lightning in a Bottle: Shrine On Creates Reclaimed Artisan Village, Festival Creators Talk Sustainability
Over July 11-15th, Lightning in a Bottle Music and Art Festival was held in Temecula, CA. And on the festival’s Saturday morning, right in the middle of the perfectly controlled chaos that is LIB, staffers held a really cool intimate meet and greet brunch that honestly rocked it. The Herbert Bail Orchestra, who played the…
Preview Photos: Shrine On at Lightning in a Bottle
It’s no secret: CARTWHEEL loves Shrine On! From the use of global reclaimed material in all his work, to his belief that we are all true artists, to his enthusiasm and support of others’ work, he stands out as an extremely important, and extremely thrilling, voice in our community. Shrine builds beautiful structures for festivals…
C.A.V.E. Gallery: John Park, Skount, Pure Evil
I was pretty excited about John Park‘s opening at C.A.V.E Gallery because I’ve known him for a few years, and have watched his work grow. We first met when, once a month, I would haul my guitar to the Foundation Room at the House of Blues and play my quirky love songs. John would be…
DoLaB Kick-Off: Lightning in a Bottle with Water Charity Pre-Party
This past Saturday the Do LaB did one of the hundreds of things they do best: Hosted an awesome throw down, get down, lose yourself to the music party. As part of the Venice Music Crawl, the RG Club hosted the official pre-party for the upcoming Lightning in a Bottle. LIB– the electronic driven festival…
