The Sumer 2010 issue is out now – Featuring articles on Tony Berlant a mixed media master out of Los Angeles, Sam Nejati and abstract painter from Oakland, Jesse Diamond’s photography and the music of …
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Historic events have often been framed between the iconic peaks of the twin spires. Secretariat’s record breaking run for the roses, Smarty Jones’s muddy brilliance and Barbaro’s courageous and decisive close all happened here. Churchill Downs is a spectacle of huge hats, plastic celebrities and mint juleps. It’s where Kentucky’s collective heartbeat is calibrated to the rhythm of horse hooves, and where individual blood pressures fluctuate like the temperature of Bourbon barrels. But pluck this place up by its roots, and you’ll find bluegrass, and that’s why hosting a major music festival at Louisville’s most famous landmark is such a great bet. 3 days, 5 stages, 65 bands, 95-degree July heat, 100,000 people… welcome to HullabaLOU!
“You always were my favorite drug, even when we used to take drugs.” It’s simple English but what a profound statement, especially when you consider the source and put it in context. It’s a now …
The mountains slowly swallowed the big yellow sun as darkness descended on the desert. An art installation shot off massive fireballs and a bright Ferris wheel spun in the distance as a kaleidoscope of laser …
Billabong’s Design for Humanity event, happening on June 10th at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California is a massive fashion-music-art block party featuring two concert stages, DJ dance parties, a runway fashion show showcasing one …
The art world lost one of its best this week. Karl Kasten died at home in Berkeley. I’m sure that there is an official medical term, but those closest to him say that at 94 …
Alexis West documents the abstract in everyday life in her photography and painting, and considers herself lucky to be an artist. “While it’s not always easy, everything I’ve ever held to has been because of …
Curious objects are everywhere. Bins of antique clock faces. Bags of strange gears. Boxes stuffed with random metal parts. Little jars full of lost trinkets. Big shelves stocked with evocative slabs of wood. Racks overstuffed …
Bordertown
It’s the kind of place where dust hangs in the air all of the time, clinging to everything and everyone; the kind of dust that leaves a thin film even on teeth, and settles into …
Overtone, a boy band backed by Dina and Clint Eastwood, is currently on its first U.S. tour, opening a half dozen West Coast shows for pop sensation Corinne Bailey Rae. The seven members – Emile …
The Charmed Life of Theophilus Brown – it could have been the title to an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. Our protagonist is a dashing young artist with immense talent and little direction. After enduring the …
“It feels like I am in a movie about my life but I don’t have the lead…” a fascinating statement of clarity from TR Colletta – one that allows him to see abundant abstractions in …
The warning sign has been posted. Permalight it reads – a defiant statement against the darkness responsible for its depth. The acoustics of the surge seem sweet like a song suspended in harmony, but make …
“I’m home!” Brandi Carlile screams with a simultaneous sigh. Her first unsung words are met with uproarious applause erupting from the sold-out Seattle crowd. “It probably helps that I’m related to everyone out there,” the …
Help us – Help you! We at ARTWORKS have been noticing a trend. In tough times, artists tend to step up and take action. There are a lot of good things going on in the …
Tens of thousands of people have already witnessed ICONS. The brainchild of L.A. street artist and phenomenon Mr. Brainwash’s opened on Valentine’s Day in New York’s Meatpacking District. Because the crowds continue to pack the 15,000 …
I used to have a person who would help keep my house clean, but for numerous reason her services were terminated – mainly because I would come home after she had been there and spend …
It’s Monday night in Austin, Texas. Indescribable streaks of color tear the atmosphere as the big southern sun sets. The regular crowd shuffles down South Lamar Boulevard filing into a blank looking building with a …
