The public painting party for "Trumpet Flower" is noon-4 p.m. Jan. 30 at Market Square Park. Renner's installation is just one of the Downtown District's Art Blocks at Main Street Square project.

His show, The Art of the Brick, opens today at Discovery Times Square exhibit space in New York after successful runs in Singapore, Taiwan and Australia.

Micah Slentz, 11, started an organization that delivers used Lego blocks to children in Africa. Guests at First Thursdays Art Walk in Laguna Beach can drop off blocks at the Chakra Shack.

The 30,000-square-foot space boasts 130 Lego sculptures depicting everything from life-size Lego replicas of classical and modern art pieces to an animal hall populated by a whole safari’s worth ...