Create:Fixate's "Branching Out" at Werkartz, A New Creative Space in LA's Chinatown on Saturday, November 7, 2015

For over a decade, Create:Fixate has established its unique signature blend of presenting vibrant visual art and music in an immersive cultural experience. These one-night-only events feature top emerging talent from around the globe, with an emphasis on the local talent of Los Angeles. Find Your Grind Foundation is a major supporter of the event. The excitement begins at 4:00pm with a three-hour gallery preview. The main event starts at 7:00pm and closes at 1:30am. Werkartz is located at 198 Wilhardt St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. Tickets are $5 to $25. For more information, including an image gallery of participating artists’ works, please visit www.createfixate.com.

Optical Lounge highlights include:

Bisco Smith – Smith’s artwork is a blend of graffiti deconstruction, graphic design, and fine art that captures the untamed energy and uncharted environments of street style while expressing a sense of duality, spontaneity, and movement.

Elizabeth Yochim – Yochim’s The Angelbird public performance is a ritual of a mythical winged creature that inspires people – through movement, spoken word, and song – to remember their dreams through the metaphor of flight and freedom.

Zachary Aronson – Aronson’s live pyro portraiture explores relationships between man and nature through the use of natural materials and primal tactics.

The Treeman of Venice Beach – The Treeman creates awareness about how we treat each other, ourselves, and our natural environment, to break negative cycles and take action in order to make the world a better place.

The Audio Lab, otherwise known as the music portion of the event, completes Create:Fixate’s vision. Musical highlights for the evening include:

Sebu Simonian from Capital Cities – Simonian is a recording artist and songwriter whose indie-pop band Capital Cities has toured five continents and earned an MTV Video Music Award as well as a Grammy nomination for the multi-platinum single “Safe and Sound.”

Travis Holcombe from KCRW – Holcombe is a DJ and radio personality who brings the funk to the airwaves every weeknight on 89.9FM KCRW from 10:00pm to midnight.

Ralicke – Ralicke has toured and/or recorded with Beck, Dengue Fever, The Shins, Feist, Neon Trees, Natalie Merchant, Ziggy Marley, Flight of the Conchords, Ozomatli, Cat Power, Blues Traveler, Ben Harper, Macy Gray, Breakestra, and more.

Branching Out event partners are Find Your Grind Foundation, TreePeople, A Place Called Home, and Werkartz.