The LA Art Show Lineup Jan. 10-14 2018

By Karen Ostlund

                 December 25, 2017 | Los Angeles, CA – The LA Art Show ​will return to the Los Angeles Convention Center on January 10 - 14, 2018 as the city’s largest international art fair, for its 23rd edition. The showcase is continuing its expansion into the global art market with a new partnership with The Museum of the Arts of Guadalajara.

Lee Jaehyo-Data Installation (Simyo Gallery)

Over 100 galleries will showcase from more than 18 countries, with an emphasis on the Pacific Rim, including China and Japan, as well as France,​ ​the​ ​United​ ​Kingdom​ ​and​ ​Mexico.
Returning exhibitors include heavyweights Patrick Painter, Timothy Yarger and SM Fine Art.  ROOTS, a section devoted to historical works, returns for the second year in a row with exhibitors such as MS Rau Antiques, Rehs Gallery and Maxwell Alexander.
Littletopia will return with the rising galleries of the contemporary lowbrow art scene. DESIGN LA will be a new addition to the show, focusing on functional art, modern furniture, accent decor, architectural objects, jewelry and more.

For the 2018 edition, the LA Art Show Show will continue the on-site programming debuted last year in partnership with SoCal art institutions such as LACMA, The Autry Museum of the American West, the Museum of Latin American Art.

Antuan​ ​Rodriguez’​ ​“Left​ ​or​ ​Right”​ ​punching​ ​bags

Special presentations confirmed so far include SM Fine Art’s Kim Tae-Ho showcase, Timothy Yarger’s exhibition of Cristobal Valecillos, Antuan​ ​Rodriguez’​ ​“Left​ ​or​ ​Right”​ ​punching​ ​bags,​ ​and​ ​the​ ​sculptures​ ​of​ ​Lee​ ​Jae​ ​Hyo.

“​There is a spotlight on Los Angeles today,” said LA Art Show producer and partner Kim Martindale. “It has become a center of excellence for the production and presentation of contemporary art. Last year, the Show expanded its civic role by providing a platform to some of Southern California’s largest art institutions. With the balance between museums and exhibitors established as our new base, this year we are redoubling our efforts to engage visitors with the wealth of world-class art being produced and presented​ ​all​ ​around​ ​the​ ​globe​ ​as​ ​well​ ​as​ ​here​ ​in​ ​Los​ ​Angeles.”

Delilah by Jenny Boot

The fair offers an array of works in specialized sections – Roots, Core, Littletopia, Works on Paper, Project Space, Jewel and new to the show in 2018, Design LA Art.

Dialogs LA returns in 2018 with  talks and panel discussions led by international curators, esteemed panels comprised of artists, designers, collectors and museum directors.

LA Art Show’s Opening Night Preview and Premiere Party, which will be held on January 10, 2018, will donate a portion of its ticket proceedings to a charitable organization. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is returning as this year’s beneficiary.

SHOW​ ​HOURS

Thursday,​ ​January​ ​11,​ ​2018​ ​|​ ​11am​ ​-​ ​7pm Friday,​ ​January​ ​12,​ ​2018​ ​|​ ​11am​ ​-​ ​7pm Saturday,​ ​January​ ​13,​ ​2018​ ​|​ ​11am​ ​-​ ​7pm Sunday,​ ​January​ ​14,​ ​2018​ ​|​ ​11am​ ​-​ ​5pm
Tickets and more info:
www.laartshow.com

Galleries featured at LA Artshow, January 10-14 2018:
Modern & Contemporary
[At] Traction Los Angeles, CA
57 Projects Los Angeles, CA
AC Gallery Los Angeles, CA
Aca Galleries New York, NY
Acacia Gallery Miramar Playa, Cuba
Ace Gallery Los Angeles, CA
ADC Contemporary & Building Bridges Santa Monica, CA
Alex Slato Kabinet and the Business of Art ,
Allan Houser Inc. Santa Fe, NM
Arcadia Contemporary Culver City, CA
Art All Ways Los Angeles, CA
Art Unified Venice, CA
Artêria Gallery Bromont, Canada
Asian Art Works Beijing, China
B G Gallery Santa Monica, CA
Baik Art Los Angeles, CA
Blink Group Gallery Miami, FL
Blue Rain Gallery Santa Fe, NM
Bruce Lurie Gallery Los Angeles, CA
Cantor Fine Art Venice, CA
Cmay gallery Los Angeles, CA
Coagula Curatorial Los Angeles, CA
Coagula Projects Los Angeles, CA
Conde Contemporary Coral Gables, FL
Contemporary Artifact Carpinteria, CA
Cospace Contemporary Art Gallery Shangai, China
David Rothermel Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
Denis Bloch Fine Art Beverly Hills, CA
East Art Center Beijing, China
Eckert Fine Art Kent, CT
Ellsworth Gallery Santa Fe, NM
Fine Art Maya San Diego, CA
FP Contemporary Culver City, CA
Fun Year Art Gallery Taichung City, Taiwan 407
Gallery Clu Los Angeles, CA
Gallery D’Arte New York, NY
Gallery Fukuda Niigata, Japan
Gallery Ho New York, NY
Gallery Kitai Tokyo, Japan
Gallery Koo Seoul, Korea
Gallery We Seoul, Korea
Jane Kahan Gallery New York, NY
K+Y Gallery Paris, France
Knupp Gallery Prague, Czech Republic
LDX Artodrome Gallery Berlin, Germany
Liahona Space Beijing, China
Mama Gallery , UK
Masterworks Fine Art Gallery Oakland Hills, CA
Moca Store Los Angeles, CA
Mookji Art Shanghai, China
Motif Art Beijing, China
MRG Fine Art Los Angeles, CA
Mugello Contemporary Los Angeles, CA
Niche Gallery Tokyo, Japan
O. Ascanio Gallery Miami, FL
Other Criteria New York, NY
Palette Contemporary Art and Craft Albuquerque, NM
Patrick Painter Inc. Los Angeles, CA
Peimbert Gallery Los Angeles, CA
Pigment Gallery Barcelona, Spain
Provident Fine Art Palm Beach, FL
PYO Gallery Los Angeles, CA
Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery London, United Kingdom
Rehs Contemporary New York, NY
S.E.A. Los Angeles, CA
Sconci Art Gallery Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Sergott Contemporary Art Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Simard Bilodeau Contemporary Laguna Beach, CA
Simyo Gallery Seoul, Korea
SM Fine Art Gallery New York, NY
Taimei Gallery Tokyo, Japan
Tansey Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
The Gallery Steiner Vienna, Austria
The Public House of Art Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Tolman Collection of Tokyo New York, NY
Timothy Yarger Fine Art Beverly Hills, CA
Trotta-Bono Contemporary New York, NY
Walter Wickiser Gallery New York, NY
Littletopia
Art du Marche Redondo Beach, CA
Artists Republic Gallery Laguna Beach, CA
Copro Gallery Santa Monica, CA
Gregorio Escalante Gallery Los Angeles, CA
Paradigm Gallery + Studio Philadelphia, PA
Red Truck Gallery New Orleans, LA
Roots
Ararat Gallery Glendale, CA
Galerie Fledermaus Chicago, IL
Hayden & Fandetta Rare Books Los Angeles, CA
La Perfection Louis Los Angeles, CA
M. S. Rau Antiques New Orleans, LA
Maxwell Alexander Gallery Culver City, CA
Rehs Galleries Inc. New York, NY
STOA Estepona-Malaga, Spain
Winn Slavin Fine Art Beverly Hills, CA
Works on Paper
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts San Francisco, CA
Bert Green Fine Art Chicago, IL
Silk Road Art Gallery New Haven, CT
Verne Collection, Inc. Cleveland, OH
Project Spaces
Baik Los Angeles, CA
Galerie Bruno Massa Paris, France
Project Awe Los Angeles, CA
Shumoku Gallery Nagoya, Japan
Smash Gallery San Francisco, CA
Temporary Space LA Los Angeles, CA

58th Annual FREE L.A. County Holiday Celebration Returns Dec. 24

58th Annual FREE L.A. County Holiday Celebration with Seasonal music and dance spectacular returns Dec. 24
By Karen Ostlund

The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

• Broadcast Live on PBS SoCal KOCE

• Performed Live at The Music Center

• Streamed Live at pbssocal.org

 • Sponsored by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and produced by CDK Productions


The Emmy® Award-winning 58th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration — Music ensembles, choirs and dance companies from the many neighborhoods and cultures of the region celebrate the season at this free three-hour holiday show. PBS SoCal KOCE will broadcast live.

Harmonic Bronze Handbell Ensemble

Highlights of the Holiday Celebration include the Harmonic Bronze Handbell Ensemble performing a classical handbell piece that celebrates Christmas and Hanukkah; holiday songs sung by the Palmdale High School Choral Union and Sunday Night Singers; the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Band playing a medley of holiday favorites; MUSYCA Children’s Choir performing Christmas songs written by contemporary artists; Mostly Kosher playing upbeat Jewish folk and holiday songs; the Jung Im Lee Korean Dance Company on Korean drums; and Las Colibri performing a collection of holiday songs.

City Ballet of Los Angeles

 New groups to the show include City Ballet of Los Angeles, adding a new twist to The Nutcracker; JC Culture Foundation performing both Chinese dragon and Chinese lion dances; West African drum and dance company Le Ballet Dembaya with a West-African mask dance; and the Los Angeles-based ensemble vocal group m-pact singing popular holiday songs.

The Music Center Show on Dec. 24, twill air live on PBS SoCal KOCE and stream live on pbssocal.org from 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. The program will be re-broadcast from 9 p.m. until midnight on Dec. 24. On Christmas Day, Dec. 25, the show will be available to stream beginning at noon.

Korean American Youth

Sunday, Dec. 24 from 3 p.m. – 6 p.m.
• Doors open at 2:30 p.m.
• Patrons may come and go throughout the three-hour performance
• A live broadcast of the show airs from 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. on PBS SoCal KOCE
• Live streaming at pbssocal.org
• The PBS SoCal KOCE broadcast repeats from 9 p.m. – midnight on Dec. 24, and again on Dec. 25 at noon with streaming also available; the program will air on PBS SoCal 2 on Dec. 25 at 3 a.m., 6 a.m. and 7 p.m., and on Dec. 26 at 11 a.m.

Pacifico dance company

The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
135 N. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
 MusicCenter.org/holidaycelebration

Gay men chorus

ADMISSION:
FREE; no reservations or tickets to the show; first come, first seated

PARKING:
FREE in The Music Center parking garage

ARTISTS PERFORMING IN 58th ANNUAL L.A. COUNTY HOLIDAY CELEBRATION:

• Citrus Singers is a 45 member voice and handbell ensemble from Citrus College.

• City Ballet of Los Angeles, blending classical and contemporary dance with music from around the world, will perform Nutcracker Swings to a mix of Tchaikovsky and Duke Ellington.

• Colburn Children’s Choir and Young Men’s Chorus, the advanced vocal ensembles of the Colburn School of Performing Arts, will perform festive songs for the holiday season.

• Daniel Ho & Halau Keali’i o Nalani will present Ho’s original songs in English and Hawaiian with captivating hula choreography.

• Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles returns to the Holiday Celebration for the 23rd year in a row to perform traditional holiday songs.

• Harmonic Bronze Handbell Ensemble, a music ensemble of 11 to 18-year olds representing the communities of Acton and Agua Dulce, will perform iconic holiday classics.

• Immaculate Heart of Mary and Precious Blood School Children’s Choir, a dynamic youth ensemble with an arsenal of multilingual and multi-genre repertoire, will perform songs that celebrate the Christmas holiday.

• JC Culture Foundation, a cultural and arts organization that provides programs for Chinese cultural activities, will perform both a Chinese lion and a Chinese dragon dance.

• Jung Im Lee Korean Dance Academy, the official Korean cultural ambassador to Southern California, will perform Korean drumming in traditional costume.

• Korean American Youth Performing Artists (KAYPA) will perform a traditional Korean fan dance.

Las Colibrí, or “The Hummingbirds,” is the female mariachi ensemble that will perform holiday songs blending vocal harmonies with unique arrangements and interpretations of traditional sones, huapangos and rancheras

• Le Ballet Dembaya, a professional West African drum and dance company based in Los Angeles, will perform a mask dance from the Mandenyi people of Guinea.

• The Los Angeles Children’s Orchestra, known for its members’ young ages and their advanced level of musicianship, will perform classical repertoire that celebrates the holidays.

• Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Band, an all-volunteer group of musicians dedicated to giving their very best for the band, the Sheriff's Department and the community, will play a traditional medley of Christmas and holiday carols.

More performers:

• m-pact, an award-winning professional a cappella group, will perform unique renditions of popular holiday songs.

• Mostly Kosher, a Jewish cultural revival band, will play upbeat klezmer, plaintive Yiddish melodies and other Jewish  heritage folk genres spun with a modern twist.

• Mt. San Antonio College Chamber Singers, an award-winning 38-member vocal ensemble, will perform a medley of traditional holiday songs.

• MUSYCA Children’s Choir, bringing together gifted young people ages four to 18 to create a community of singers built on respect, love for music and artistic excellence, will perform Christmas songs by contemporary artists.

• Pacifico Dance Company, a 32 member ensemble dedicated to the preservation and reconstruction of classical and contemporary Mexican dance forms, will perform an excerpt from Jaranas y Danzones de Yucatan — a glimpse into the Yucatan Peninsula.

• Palmdale High School Choral Union and Sunday Night Singers, a 45-member chorus made up of current high school singers and alumni singers from Palmdale High School, will perform traditional holiday repertoire.

• The Spirit Chorale of Los Angeles, a professional ensemble dedicated to keeping alive the Negro spiritual along with jazz, blues and original Gospel works, will perform inspirational songs of the season.

• VOX Femina Los Angeles, a choir of 34 women that gives women voice through the performance of quality choral literature, will perform songs celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah.

As Los Angeles’ largest multicultural holiday celebration, The annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration, presented by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, has an audience of 4,000 watching the show live at The Music Center,  and more than 18 million local viewers on television and online.

Mexican Cirque du Soleil LUZIA remains in Los Angeles until Feb.11 2018

Reporter on site: Karen Ostlund
Photo credit: Matt Beard

 Trapeze artist, acrobats, beach clowns, jugglers and surrealistic animals.

 Mexican Cirque du Soleil LUZIA will remain at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium, under the big tent during Christmas and New Year Holidays - and perform until Feb. 11 2018.

LUZIA premiered first in April 2016 and is Cirque du Soleil’s 38th original production since 1984. The show takes you to an imaginary Mexico, like in a waking dream, where light (“luz” in Spanish) quenches the spirit and rain (“lluvia”) soothes the soul.

Luzia costumes by Giovanna Buzzi

 Luzia is rich in costumes by Giovanna Buzzi,  and enchants by incorporating rain into acrobatic and artistic scenes – for the first time of a Cirque du Soleil touring production.

The prologue of the show is the sound of a plane is fading away as a parachutist is free falling towards a land of memories, a field of flowers called yellow marigolds - surrounding a gigantic metallic key. As the clown turns the key by curiosity, the traveler gets taken away on a magical journey through time and place, somewhere between dreams and reality,  and the show starts with the running woman and a metallic horse together to awake this imaginary Mexico journey.


https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/luzia

As the morning sun rises, a woman and a metallic horse in the background run together to awake the imaginary Mexico where the journey of the traveler will take place. The running woman spreads her “butterfly wings” in a tribute to the annual- migratory journey of the monarch butterfly from southern Canada to central Mexico.

The world of LUZIA is populated by surrealistic animals of all sizes

Through a series of grand visual surprises and acrobatic performances, LUZIA invites audiences to escape on a surrealistic journey through a sumptuous and vibrant world suspended somewhere between dreams and reality. Smoothly passing from an old movie set to the ocean to a smoky dance hall or an arid desert, LUZIA  brings to the stage multiple places, faces and sounds of Mexico taken from both tradition and modernity.

Integrating the element of water to a Big Top show is a first time at Cirque du Soleil. The idea of placing a water basin under the stage floor and creating a rain curtain paid huge dividends on the acrobatic front.Cyr Wheel artists perform the unprecedented feat of rolling and spinning under the rain, while an aerialist suspended from a Trapeze flies and twirls through pouring showers.

A set of multiple faces

LUZIA takes audiences from an old movie set to the ocean to the semi-desert to an undersea world to a cenote to the jungle to a city alleyway to a dance salon – passing smoothly from an urban setting to the natural world, past to present, tradition to modernity.

Acrobatic and artistic scene

Jugglers at LUZIA

LUZIA explores the combination of hoop diving – a traditional circus discipline from China – and two giant treadmills to generate speed and expand the discipline’s acrobatic vocabulary. The two treadmills can operate in the same direction or in opposite directions. Artists use the treadmill as a launching pad to perform daring leaps through the hoops.

Swing acrobats at Luzia, Cirque du Soleil

TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood Launches MX4D Motion Seats, Dec.14 w/Smoke, Bubbles, Mist, Snow and Rain

Photos by Karen Ostlund

The celebrated TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, famous for its red-carpet movie premieres and movie-star handprints and footprints, is set to launch a special venue in its adjacent Chinese 6 Theatre complex on Dec. 14 with the debut of Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
The movie tickets will be 29 dollars per seat, but there will be rebate coupons handed out for upcoming movie Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle.
 http://www.tclchinesetheatres.com/mx4d-at-tcl-chinese-6-theatres/



The newly configured theatre—the first of its kind in Hollywood—will function both as an MX4D® Motion EFX movie theatre and the first immersive spectator theatre, hosting competitive e-sports tournaments.
                                                       

MX4D Motion seats at TCL in Hollywood, CA

                                   

Robert K. Laity, CEO and Dan Jamele Co-founder of MediaMation

“MX4D Motion EFX theaters will provide our customers with a unique and fully immersive cinema experience,” said Robert Laity, CEO of the TCL Chinese Theatres.
MX4D EFX features include moving seats, air/water blasts, leg/neck ticklers, fog, seat/back pokers, seat rumblers, and other special effects such as smoke, dust, bubbles, snow and rain, programmed in sync with the action onscreen. Owners of the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood are planning to launch an immersive esports theater in its adjacent Chinese 6 Theatre complex.

The announcement was made December 8 at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

Plans are for the facility to function both as an MX4D Motion EFX movie theatre, as well as serve as what’s touted as the first immersive spectator theater hosting competitive esports tournaments along with providing a launch pad for a network of tournament theaters beyond Hollywood.
“We see cinema operators working together as a global network of immersive MX4D esports theaters and becoming part of the fabric of competitive gaming. We are in discussions with sponsors, esports organizations and other cinema operators to join forces with the TCL Chinese Theatre as we bring this exciting capability to the world of online and live tournament play"said said Robert K. Laity, CEO of the TCL Chinese Theatre.

 The system is produced by MediaMation, which provides 4D Motion EFX theaters and seats at over 300 installations worldwide in 37 countries.

Dan Jamele Co-founder of MediaMation continued, “MediaMation designs, engineers and installs ultra-modern, modular eSports destinations, temporarily converting the theatre space into a full-scale eSports tournament environment and then back to theatre space. The goal is to offer a professional and immersive environment for spectating while the audience ‘feels’ the gaming action in their MX4D eSports spectator seat.”
“It just made sense for MediaMation to be in the eSports space. The MX4D ‘theatre-to-arena’ initiative is immersive, eSports spectating like nobody has ever seen before!”

 "Enjoy an industry first esports experience as your MX4D seat rolls and tilts in a heart-pounding clash between world class teams. Feel the action as competitors bash, smash, maneuver, shoot, blow-up, and knock down a competitor all the while racking up points leading them to victory."

Esports is also known as eSports, e-sports, competitive or pro videogaming is now the hottest, a new form of competition that is played on personal computers, consoles (i.e. Xbox and PS4) and mobile devices. Esports teams have moved into professional status with contracted teams and players receiving sponsorship and endorsements while participating in online and live tournaments where they compete for large cash prize pools.

mediamation.com

MX-4D.com

TCL acquired naming rights to the Chinese Theatre in 2013. The owners partnered with Imax Corp. that year to renovate the facility as a custom.

Vehicle Debuts for LAAutoShow 2017 - Dec.1 - 10 at LA Convention Center

The Los Angeles Auto Show will feature more than 50 vehicles debuts from leading automakers such as General Motors, INFINITI, Lexus, Lincoln, Toyota,  BMW and Mercedes-Benz starting December 1st to Dec.10th located at LA Convention Center.

Mercedes Benz CLS 2018

(LOS ANGELES, CA) Dec.1st 2017
Photos Karen Ostlund


MINI’s new Electric Concept vehicle will make its North American debut, while Mitsubishi will reveal its 2018 Eclipse Cross. Alongside vehicle debuts and experiential showcases from Audi, Hyundai, Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo and more, this year also marks the first time Tesla will exhibit in a main hall of the show.

VOLVO XC 40 2018

MINI Cooper Convertible 2018

“L.A. is at the forefront of the ever-evolving new mobility industry,” said Lisa Kaz, President of AutoMobility LA and the LA Auto Show. “With this vehicle debut lineup, we’re set to deliver the best of what’s to come in the automotive space"

BMW Concept car 2018

LEXUS RX 350L

American, Asian and European auto manufacturers to unveil their latest road-ready vehicles and concepts across all categories. Premium brands are making a major push with BMW Group, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Volvo all preparing to make important debuts.
BMW Group will show eight new cars and one new motorcycle – including two world premieres.

Porsche 718 Cayman GTS

JEEP Wrangler 2018

Porsche has confirmed  the global reveal of the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo.
The Mercedes-Benz CLS and Jeep Wrangler are among more than 30 vehicles confirmed to make their global debut, while Hyundai’s Kona and Mitsubishi’s Eclipse Cross will make their first North American appearances. Toyota and Lexus are both slated to bring a global vehicle premiere, and Toyota will be focusing on a new hydrogen infrastructure project.

Hyundai KONA 2018

NISSAN car in Star War movie opens Dec.18

Following up on last year’s hit Star Wars-themed debut of the Rogue, Nissan will unveil its newest entry into the CUV segment in the U.S.while the second takes the brand back to a galaxy, far, away and will feature a dramatic family of vehicles inspired by “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.”

Additionally, Chevrolet will have both global and North American debuts on display at the show, while legendary American manufacturer Saleen Automotive will celebrate the global reveal of its latest vehicle, which is a result of lessons learned over 35 years of car tuning, manufacturing and racing.


LA Convention Center at 1201 S. Figueroa St. in Downtown Los Angeles, next to LA Live and Staples Center. Tickets and more info www.laautoshow.com




In its second year, The Garage, a unique destination in lower South Hall, will feature one-of-a-kind vehicles, the hottest aftermarket parts and accessories, customized rides and more. GO, located in the South Hall Atrium and the breezeway, will once again be a favorite of smart mobility fans interested in scooters, kickboards and electric bikes.

The Garage will feature more than 30 exhibitors across a 160,000-square foot area, conveniently located beneath the South Hall of the Convention Center.  LA Auto Show attendees can visit The Garage to watch demos of aftermarket products, purchase branded merchandise and check out custom vehicles. The Garage will feature a car wrap demo from Al & Ed’s Autosound, customizable license plate frames for purchase from Custom Engraving Company and the Girls’ Pit Stop with auto maintenance workshops catering to women from YouTube star Jessicann.

Prestone, celebrating its 90-year anniversary, will be displaying more than 25 vehicles including its 1971 De Tomaso Pantera, built by the Ringbrothers; a custom 1966 Chevrolet C/10 Street Truck dubbed “Unruly;” and its most recent reveal, a custom 1972 AMC Javelin, also built by the Ringbrothers. Prestone will also feature the top cars from its uniquely diverse 90th Anniversary Rally preceding the LA Auto Show.

Alongside Prestone, brands exhibiting in The Garage this year include the following:

AirWolf 3D: Check out “The World’s Most 3D-Printed Hellcat,” a 2016 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat loaded with custom parts 3D-printed on AirWolf 3D printers.

Ivan Tampi Customs: The self-taught automotive designer will be displaying his customized Corvette kits, including his latest design, the XIK Widebody Kit for the C7 Corvette Stingray.

K1 Speed: The nation’s premiere kart racing company will have their signature go-karts on display for photo opportunities, in addition to a spin-the-wheel prize giveaway.

Yamaha: The iconic manufacturer will display water crafts, e-bikes, ATVs, 4×4,  motorcycles and helicopter drones, in addition to partnering with the music division to feature a Disklavier piano, amps, guitars and musical performances by a garage band.

“Every year, fans of the show look forward to seeing the displays and exhibits taking place in The Garage and Go, because both destinations encompass what Los Angeles is all about – our love of cool and unique cars (old and new) and our appreciation for the alternative transportation lifestyle,” said LA Auto Show and AutoMobility LA President, Lisa Kaz. “The array of custom cars and aftermarket accessories intermixed with inventions and products are a true representation of the diverse future of mobility.”

Featured inside GO will be leading personal mobility companies including Phantom  Bikes, Propella Electric Bikes, and 2016 Top Ten company, URB-E. New this year, GO will also utilize the 3,000 square-foot outdoor space in the breezeway behind West Hall at the Los Angeles Convention Center as an additional demo space for attendees to test the different products themselves. Attendees will have the opportunity to try products from:

Micro-Kickboard: The Swiss company, Micro-Mobility, manufactures scooters, kickboards and other personal mobility products for all ages.

Phantom Bikes: Headquartered in San Diego, the company designs and builds motorized bicycles, both gas-powered and electric, with the power to take riders anywhere.

Propella Electric Bikes: Electric bikes designed and developed with the look and feel of a traditional bike, that’s simple to use, reliable and affordable.

Razor USA: The American company was founded in 2000 with the introduction of its now legendary kick scooter, now is a designer and manufacturer of personal transporters and other electric rideables around the world.

URB-E: Founded in 2013, a leader in foldable electric scooters and e-vehicles developed for the urban future.

"Celebrity Connected" Celebrated American Music Awards w/Holiday Gifting

Photos & story by Karen Ostlund

Justins.com white chocolate with peanut-butter for the holidays

One day prior to the American Music Awards at Microsoft Theatre - The Celebrity Connected yearly gifting suite was held November 18th, at the W Hotel in Hollywood.
The suit focused on Holiday Gifting: Candles, Soaps, Creams, Apparel, Games, Jewelry and Sex-toys.                        

Rollingicecreamery.com specializes in making pan rolled ice cream, providing you with a variety of flavors to choose from and adding fresh fruit. Rolling Ice Creamery was founded back in 2015 from 3 best friends that was looking to revolutionized the way ice cream was made. By using a sub-zero temperature pan, the team was able to create freshly made ice cream from scratch using only the freshest ingredients.

Rolled ice cream with fruit

Noah Urreah eating rolled ice cream

James and Christian Ganiere at PrimBathandBodyCo.com
 PrimBathandBodyCo is a Louisiana-based bath and body shop, which specializes in unique bath and body products! None of the products are tested on animals and are all 100% handmade.  Bath bombs are their trademark, and the ingredients in each bath bomb are: baking soda, citric acid, SLSA, colorant, sweet almond oil, polysorbate 80 (helps disperse the colorant into the water so it doesn't stain the tub), & fragrance oil.

Costume Holiday and American Music Awards Candles by LoveLifeCandles.com

Wise Hands plant based salves on Facebook:Muscle Mend, Healing Touch and Working Hands

Elixirmask.com sauna foil mask can prevent to evaporate effective ingredients such as gold, hydrolyzed collagen, coenzyme Q-10, adenosine and soy bean extract.

Elixirmask

Elixir provides strong elasticity and a skin firming effect to loose skin, keeping skin’s health and making it soft. This mask is specially developed to help with anti-aging, getting rid of wrinkles and skin firming.

MelanatedRich.com is  best known for their haircare products, but have now launched a skin care for the holidays, to help with common issues such as moisture, firming, correcting fine-lines, uneven skin tone, dark circles or wrinkles. Melanated means combining form - of botanical as almond oil, aloe vera, antioxidants, avocado oil, chamomile & cucumber extract, jojoba oil, green tea and shea butter.

NakedAllNatural lotion for tattoos

Nakedallnatural.com is a company that believes in the power of nature, and harnessing that power to create the finest all-natural healing products with no artificial coloring or fragrance - which is very common cause of skin allergies and contact dermatitis. "Our soap is made from vegetable and plant oils only. You will notice in many bars a product called sodium tallow ate  and contain grapefruit seed (gse) , which is an all-natural, broad spectrum antimicrobial agent". The NakedAllNatural products: soap, tea, lotion, oil and salve were originally made as a healing aid for tattoos and piercings, and other cosmetic applications, such as nails, waxing, and permanent makeup.

Billy Morrison at Second Skin.SecondSkin.com is tight unisex sports apparel engineered for unrestricted movement so you can set your goals and break them.

                                               

Svakom.net presented Cookie & Candy new foreplay vibrators: Cookie with 3 massaging tentacles and Candy, the kissing fish mouth - both waterproof which run with lithium batteries

Shaka Smith at HempLoveProducts.com
 Hemp Love Chocolate share two powerful ingredients: hemp from Canada and love for chocolate.
Hemp is a crop that comes from the cannabis plant, but is not marijuana and does not contain THC. The hemp love chocolates come in Cinnamon-Salt, Lavender-Salt and Mint flavors.

ShageeKnots.com is a girl's lifestyle brand of sandals that is fun and festive. Each pair is handmade and no two pair are alike!

TheElephantPants.com was gifting women's elephant print harem pants with elastic smock waist, elastic ankles, and external pockets. Since The Elephant Pants store opened it’s doors in 2014, it has sold more than 400,000 pairs of pants and donated more than $127,000 to organizations that are looking to make the world a safer place for elephants.

Selectoil.com  - Select CBD Blends oil combines the medical benefits of CBD with essential oils and natural extracts to help you Relax, Focus, and Revive: Relax offers release at the end of a stressful day with sweet-smelling, calming lavender extract. Focus is formulated to provide the clarifying benefits of CBD combined with soothing, refreshing peppermint extract. Revive lifts you up with invigorating, rejuvenating grapefruit extract to help you recover, reconnect and regain energy. Experts use this oil to make devastating edibles, soothing topicals, and to fill their own dab pens. Over 21 for usage.

The idea the Wymgame.com was born from one scene of the movie ‘The Boss’ starring Melissa McCarthy, where she was getting her teeth whitened, wearing the infamous mouthpiece and struggling to speak. Watch Ya’ Mouth Game includes 143 cards (ages 8+), 10 mouthpieces (6 regular for adults, 4 small for kids), 1 60-second sand timer, and instructions.

VivianaDontanon.com Viviana D’Ontañón is the Puertorican jewelry designer who has been known for creating her layering concept lines.  Viviana creates today a wellknown brand with gold-filled chains and semi precious stones - minimal and classic designs.

Travis Deslaurier at Provincialvodka.com tasting, also in spiced flavor from Radouga distilleries

Okolifestyle.com
 OKO Lifestyle was created by sisters Abbie Boatwright and Katie Steelman. Their t-shirt dresses come in versatile styles, and has been their favorite since the beginning, created from 100% bamboo.

Eco-friendly and sustainable materials - "We use a variety of sustainable materials including bamboo, hemp, organic cotton, and recycled polyester said Alexa Varana the founder and owner of ThirdWolfDesigns.com
 "A stencil is created to ensure efficiency for production, which allows us to produce large amounts of our final product. The stencil is hand-cut and applied to our manufactured blanks,and then chosen a variety of paint colors, to hand-paint every item".

MaBelleAvenue.com
 MaBelleAvenue.com offers a selection of authentic products from a small european country Lithuania, where some very talented designers live and create. The store Ma Belle Avenue traveled from Hinsdale, IL to Hollywood, CA to showcase.