We recently wrote a story about the Fine Arts Building on 8th street, just east of Figueroa, but we’re far from done. Figueroa Street is a treasure trove of beauty. In this story, we’ve discovered [...]
After a lot of time and work, Travelin’ Local has formed a California non-profit corporation– Mapping Los Angeles Public Art, aka “MLAPA.” In addition, we’ve submitted our application to the IRS for our 501c (3) [...]
“Art on the Outside” is a program sponsored by the City of West Hollywood’s Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission. Continue reading over at MLAPA.org
Los Angeles is a Mecca for museums, from the Getty Museum, to the L.A. County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Museum of Neon Art, or the Museum of Contemporary Art. For families with children, there’s [...]
After my enchanting, vibrant, and colorful visit to Balboa Park’s Botanical Building, I walked across the Park’s Prado, to San Diego’s Museum of Photographic Arts aka (“MoPA”). The mission of the Museum of Photographic Arts [...]
Figueroa Courtyard in Downtown Los Angeles, at the corner of 3rd and Figueroa, is a unique 5 acre walkway and courtyard. If you want to relax, immerse yourself in the sounds of a running fountain, [...]
This gorgeous sculpture entitled Colpo d’ala, which looks like it is immersed in the clear water moat surrounding the John Ferraro Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (“LADWP”) building, resembles a large bird ready [...]
Every day in Los Angeles I’m amazed at the number, type, and uniqueness of our city’s small details that frequently we take for granted. For example, today– at the corner of Hollywood and Edgemont—I saw [...]
How do you define art? Wikipedia defines Art as “the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions.” Art is generally accepted as painting, drawing, music, [...]
The photo above is Evelyn Woods, "Lost and Found", charcoal on paper, 48" x 75" Saturday night’s opening at the Koplin Del Rio Gallery, was a multi-artist show to showcase figurative works on paper. The [...]
When I recently took a trip to the beach, I was amazed to find the wide variety of nature which presented itself. The ebb and flow of the beach’s water and waves creates a perpetual [...]
These days, with the economy in the dumper, finding work has become a challenge. No one is hiring, people are being laid off, and companies are closing their doors. For people who’ve been laid off, [...]
Today, my mission was to find the Venice Art Walls. It’s legal graffiti art, requiring each artist to obtain a permit—essentially murals, to be more exacting. Pursuant to LA’s city permits, as of June 3, [...]
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