Want to spraypaint one of the cars at the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas, but can’t get there? The third annual Kingman Route 66 Fest in Kingman, Arizona, on Oct. 13-14 offers a facsimile of that. The festival is offering a Cadillac Ranch Experience. The news release explains: Brand new to the Fest this year! … Continue reading Kingman Route 66 Fest next month is adding a Cadillac Ranch Experience
Artist Jerry McClanahan on Saturday unveiled a newly commissioned painting of Gary Turner’s Gay Parita gas station on Route 66 west of Halltown, Missouri, at the station itself. A recent news release explained how the painting came to be: On June 6 of 2013, Curtis Gobeli, celebrating having turned 66 years of age with a dream … Continue reading Artist dedicates Gay Parita painting at its namesake
Route 66 artist Jerry McClanahan will have a public unveiling of his newest painting of Gary Turner’s Gay Parita gas station at the station near Halltown, Mo., on Saturday, May 17. According to a news release from the Oklahoma Route 66 Association, a meet-and-greet with hot dogs and soda will be at noon, with the official unveiling at … Continue reading Artist will hold public unveiling of Gay Parita painting
Starting Saturday, the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles is hosting “The Art of Cars” — an exhibition of artwork that was created while Pixar Animation Studios was producing the “Cars” movie. According to the museum: “When we started working on Cars, I knew that getting the details right would be essential to the story,” … Continue reading Automotive museum hosts “The Art of Cars”
Photographer Blake Shaw informs me that an exhibit featuring his work, “Colors of the Past: Photographs Along Route 66,” will run from Oct. 19 to Nov. 12 at Ordover Gallery at 444 S. Cedros St. in Solana Beach, Calif. It includes a reception from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 19. Shaw tells me: A few … Continue reading Route 66 photographer’s work will be exhibited
