Art Walk Culver City

I have done this half a dozen times and I can’t wait to do it again.
The streets are filled with people — the galleries are filled with wine and music — the walls are covered in art.
How can you beat that?
GO!

Beautiful. I love this place.
The Cinderella is picturesque.

Good eats near by.
Don’t be shy.

This is fun, but I highly recommend looking up when some of the galleries have their opening reception and going then. It’s more exciting to go at nighttime and it’s almost the same as the art walk, since most of them plan their openings on the same day. YAY!

Pretty cool. It was my first time going to the Art Walk Event so I had a decent time. I think everyone in our group was starving and we started with the locations that had only dessert so by the time we got to the last spot, we demolished the sandwiches. haha. But the art was pretty neat. we somewhat blazed through each section but still awesome nonetheless.

Went the last couple years and loved it. It’s what is an art walk should be (unlike the downtown one).
Also, yes it does seem like the 2012 Culver City Art Walk has been killed do the budget cuts. Official posting on Culver City site below. Looks like they are taking donations.
ARTWALK
The Culver City Redevelopment Agency, along with over 400 other redevelopment agencies, was eliminated by the state earlier this year. Our Agency provided funding for the Cultural Affairs staff and several cultural events. Planning for a new version of ARTWALK Culver City has been interrupted due to the City’s reorganization. More information will be available later this summer. Please consider clicking here to enter your email address so that we can update you as soon as possible.

Has anyone heard about the 2012 artwalk? I heard it was a victim of state budget cuts

The Culver City Art Walk only happens once a year. This year it was Saturday, June 4^th. Such a shame because there were some talented artists. No wannabes, no hipsters, No «starving» artists. Real people with real talent.
Let’s get things straight. All galleries on La Cienega Blvd. are Los Angeles galleries. All galleries on Washington Blvd. are Culver City galleries. All galleries are apart of the Culver City Art walk. Culver City galleries offer free wine and snacks. I didn’t see any of that at the Los Angeles ones. Each gallery had a number in the window so you knew you were at the right place.
It was so much fun to gallery «hop» to all the galleries because they were so close to each other. I felt like I was going door to door like on Halloween. Lol. My favorite galleries were George Billis Gallery, JK Gallery, and Bradford Steward gallery. Others were good, but they didn’t have the wow factor.
The gallery hoppers at this Art Walk were older and lots of families brought their kids. In other words, it’s an all ages event.
There were a couple of food trucks. I stopped by Coolhaus and there were a few bars and cafes nearby for a quick bite to eat.
I didn’t see any parking structures. So you can find free parking in the surrounding neighborhoods. :)

i stumbled across this artwalk last year and sure enough in 2011, i stumbled across it again by accident. i dont remember seeing or reading anything about it coming up but i saw a bunch of people walking around in culver city so i figured something was up. i got out and parked and checked it out:
Pros:
*people are actually buying art.
*you can get in and out of the galleries pretty quickly
*seems to be a great vibe
*during the day on a sat so you can you enjoy and do something else at night if you want.
*art that you may actually want to buy
*easy parking
*very laid back
Cons:
*didn’t have the cool electric vibe as walking downtown at night for their artwalk.
*seems a bit more upscale than the downtown one. at the downtown one, you get a mixed bag of people, here it seemed somewhat the same type of the «artsy wine drinking types» mixed with a little silverlake grunge.

*** I returned this year for my 2^nd visit. ***
I enjoyed 2011 Walk more than last year.
Art walk was scheduled 2−8pm and there
were many ppl still perusing when I left at
7:45pm, so I concluded it was successful.
Bradford Stewart Gallery remains my fave.
He has gotta modern day Jackson Pollock
kind of style: paint spillings and platterings
to make interesting faux landscape images.
*** A nice way to spend a Sat afternoon. ***

Art that makes you laugh and smile, free booze, a Culver City chill, dozens of galleries in walking distance, and live DJs… this is a save the date no-​brainer.
I’m a big fan of this Art Walk — maybe there’s a heavy influence of fun/​pop/​commercial art, but I think it is one of the best Art Walk’s I’ve been to in terms of quantity, walking proximity of galleries, free shuttle service, maps and information, website, music at many of the galleries, and tons of beer and wine :) In fact I don’t know what they could add to make this ArtWalk any better so I have to tack on a 5^th and final star here.
Thinkspace stole the show for this one — if the point of an ArtWalk is to get people to come out and celebrate local artists, than mission accomplished for them. People were vibing and art was being SOLD. Yes, you read that correctly, many pieces were already tagged as sold out by the evening. There were some sly jokesters and some really in your face art. It made you wonder, but few pieces *ahem* «challenged» you enough to go, «What the heck??»
And i was able to drink for free, my friends. As you may know, one of my favorite tasting drinks is the «For Free in a Glass.» In LA, compared to NY, free is unusually hard to come by.
I had more fun at this one than even the legendary DTLA ArtWalk monthly and was a lot less tired than I was attempting to walk the miles long Miracle «Mile» ArtWalk. And i was buzzed-​er than I was able to become at either. What I like about the ALL of the LA small gallery scenes: there’s really no pretentious about the damn thing.
Check out my added photos to see some of the art that was present at 2010’s Culver City artwalk. And here’s the website to see the rundown of what was:
Looking forward to next year’s!

My first experience at the Culver City Art Walk was a nice surprise! We found parking in the lot on Helms Ave. near Father’s Office which was great. The entire experience was a little different from what I expected. I thought it would be more stuffy and frou frou but most of the galleries were very chill and backed by free drinks/​snacks. Always a delight on a hot day! We also stopped by Sublime which has a nice open space to stop & relax and have a glass of wine.
Some places were very crowded and humid (too much body heat I think and no a/​c) but overall the art was very different from space to space which made the experience quite enjoyable.

Review for Fifth Annual Art Walk Culver City 2010:
I love Culver City. Delicious food, chill people, and now great art walks!
I don’t know much about art or art history, but I enjoy looking at art. I’ve been to a couple Art Walks in downtown LA and really enjoyed the experience. This was my first time attending the Culver City Art Walk. My boyfriend and I arrived at 6 (late cause most galleries close at 8). We found free street parking and started on La Cienega Blvd. I liked how the galleries were located close together and it was easy to hop from one gallery to the next. There were many food trucks along the way. From La Cienega we traveled west on Washington Blvd. Washington Blvd was where all the party was at! Many of the galleries had a DJ playing music and gave out free booze. Some of the more popular galleries were crowded and kind of stuffy. My favorite gallery was Thinkspace. That place not only had my favorite pieces of the evening, but free drinks, bumpin music, and a chill vibe — what more could you ask for? There’s no doubt some creative minds and raw talent were in that room.