Carlsbad Art and Culture

Carlsbad may not have an overabundance of murals, but more have begun to pop up in the recent months including Snyder’s A Welcoming Fall, Baker’s piece painted on Pig Liquor and Carlsbad’s newest hand painted masterpiece located on the historic Lola’s Market and Deli by local artists Phyllis Swanson and Amy Burkman from Studio2Artists. Burkman […]

As a kid growing up in the Carlsbad Village, local artist Bryan Snyder used the local streets and beaches as his canvas. His early passion for baseball was expressed year around on the Chase and Pine fields. When not on the diamond, Snyder could be found skateboarding all day in the Village. His passions were […]

Snyder Art is celebrating the arrival of the 39th Carlsbad Village Street Faire and largest one day street faire in the nation with a one day art hunt and raffle. Follow the below steps to win an original piece of art by Bryan Snyder. HOW IT WORKS: 1. Find the original drip sculpture within the […]

Carlsbad’s newest mural has been painted on the South facing wall of Royal Palms Spirits (Pig Liquor) by Encinitas artist Shawn David Baker. The mural depicts a gestural scene of silhouetted figures interacting with an animated beach atmosphere painted in vivid pink, orange and teal. Click HERE to see more of Baker’s art!

Do you think you know every back alley and smooth wall of the village? Can you create art and can you get it up in the streets? Carlsbadcrawl is challenging anyone who answered ‘yes’ to prove it. Lets see your ability to use the streets as a canvas! Carlsbadcrawl is guaranteeing that any art put […]

Bryan Snyder from Snyder Art and Design and the New Village Arts Theatre in the Carlsbad Village have teamed up and are offering an opportunity to win an original painting created by Snyder in his signature drip technique. In addition to potentially taking home a painting, you will be helping raise funds for the theatre […]

A Snyder Pop-Up Gallery Book: Australia/China “With 30 pieces of street art ready to be pasted in the Australian streets, I began the 5 week installation of my most ambitious Urban Pop-Up Gallery where the street would be the gallery and the guests would be the unsuspecting public. There would be no wine, no sales […]

A NFL football player recently stopped by Grubby’s in the Village and purchased an original drip painting by Bryan Snyder. Click HERE to see the recently purchased painting! Stop in for a beer and taco and check out the new painting…

click on all photos to enlarge! Graffiti became popular in New York decades ago through hip hop. These two forms of artistic expression soon expanded across the globe including massive appeal in Melbourne, Australia. Around the turn of the century stenciled images in the streets became increasingly popular in the UK due to Banksy and […]

A chosen form of recreation begins with a simple interest. Continued participation slowly allows these interests to evolve into a more trained set of skills, ultimately growing into a potential professional career. Basketball players improve their shots at public courts, baseball players work on their swing at public diamonds and in some communities skateboards perfect […]

As an artist you seek out inspiration from the local sites encountered each day within your community. Your route along your neighborhood streets offers inspiration and each encounter with fellow community members provides a potential muse. Inspiration is always just around the corner. Though your local findings can be very rewarding, sporadic adventures out of […]

Bryan Snyder and Gringo fused their artistic passions with a one of a kind collaboration. Modeled after his own board, Gringo reproduced this “mini egg” shape for Snyder to paint his signature Doodle character on. “It paddles like a long board and turns like a short board.” -Gringo Snyder and Gringo Collaboration Surfboard Epoxy Mini […]

The new Kook’s Cafe in Cardiff gets a mural by artist Kevin Anderson.

The popularity of placing art in the streets with no immediate chance for sale has surged in the last 5 years. Art which once was created for galleries or commissions are now being showcased in urban atmospheres. The goal is to transfer an idea to the passerby, to ignite an artistic thought and to introduce […]

Gregory Siff, a highly regarded LA artist, has made a name for himself with live painting demonstrations, numerous group shows, murals and his recent solo show in downtown LA. His signature style includes abstract arrangements of multicolored squares in a variety of hues including his most recognized combination of red, yellow and blue. Snyder, a […]

Some regard the bullfight as a tradition just as culturally important as other forms of art including painting, dance and music. Whether it is a violent dance with a bull or a beautifully balanced canvas, the development of culture is important for any community. It brings people together and unifies similar thought. It creates interest […]