We are back with another LA County Fair neighborhood highlight! Today, we are featuring The Downtown Fairplex Neighborhood. Located between Red Gate, The Grandstand and The Clocktower Plaza, this neighborhood is home to four Expo Halls filled with shopping opportunities, a Haunt Exhibit, eSports Gaming World, Handmade LA, the Millard Sheets Art Center, the NHRA…
Art + Water + LA County Fair = One Fun Experience
What happens when art, the LA County Fair and water come together? Simple. A breathtaking art exhibition surrounding water is created for guests to enjoy as they visit this year’s Fair. The Millard Sheets Art Center’s 2016 exhibition The Art Classis: Oasis addresses water as seen through the eyes of Los Angeles artists. The interest in…
Clay Play
Did you know that you can take a pottery class here at LACF? Wander down Redwood street, where Thunder Alley is roaring. To the right, behind the Millard Sheets Art Center, you’ll find it. Tucked away behind a little courtyard where water gurgles is the ceramics shop. There, student volunteers will help you make your…
Sense-ational
When you think of art, what’s the first thing that comes into your head? I’m willing to bet most of you thought of a rare painting or sculpture, something you can experience through sight. Maybe some of you considered a particular song of great beauty. The Art of the Senses exhibit here at the LA…
Perception of Beauty and Perfection
A profile series on the artists and individuals of The Art Classic, one of this year’s exhibitions at the LA County Fair – September 4-27, 2015 “I don’t see the world through the same lens as everybody else” – Jana Cruder Jana Cruder is a fine-art photographer who is originally from Greensburg, PA – a small…
Defying our Perception Limitations with Hyperrealism
A profile series on the artists and individuals of The Art Classic, one of this year’s exhibitions at the LA County Fair – September 4-27, 2015. “I’m compelled to produce work that is visually poetic by using a medium that defies perceived limitations.” – Vincent Tomczyk Vincent Tomczyk is a Los Angeles-based fine artist who despite…
Binary Code: A Deceptively Simple Off or On
By Guest Blogger, Patrick Bollinger A profile series on the artists and individuals of The Art Classic, one of this year’s exhibitions at the LA County Fair – September 4-27, 2015 “Art that embodies the notion that it is just a matter of opening ones eyes and minds to these increasingly transparent dimensions creeping into our consciousness:…
Painting with the Subconscious Mind
By Guest Blogger, Patrick Bollinger A profile series on the artists and individuals of The Art Classic, one of this year’s exhibitions at the LA County Fair – September 4-27, 2015 “One of the things I try to do when I paint is try not to think.” Steve Jakobsen Steve Jakobsen is a contemporary artist who…
Photograph or Painting?
By Guest Blogger, Patrick Bollinger A profile series on the artists and individuals of The Art Classic, one of this year’s exhibitions at the LA County Fair – September 4-27, 2015 Tom Lamb is an aerial landscape photographer based in Laguna Beach, California. In 1980, Tom founded Lamb Studio, a design, communications and photography workshop focused…
The Formations of Caroline PM Jones
By Guest Blogger, Patrick Bollinger A profile series on the artists and individuals of The Art Classic, one of this year’s exhibitions at the LA County Fair – September 4-27, 2015 Caroline PM Jones is a British artist and sculptor now based in Los Angeles. Jones began painting twenty five years ago in the streets…
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