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Mark your calendars for April 25th & 26th, 2026 for an unforgettable weekend in sunny Los Angeles, as the rising designer toy convention makes its new home in the heart of LA. Tara McPherson will be a special guest at Collected Con, along with Alex Pardee, Luke Chueh, Mumbot and many many more talented and creative artists!

Tara McPherson and Strangecat Toys will have the exclusive release of the brand new Bunny Rider resin art figure at Collected Con!! Find Tara and her bunnies at Booth 701.

Join us for two incredible days packed with world-renowned artists, exciting exhibitors, and everything a designer toy fan could dream of. Whether you’re a longtime collector, an aspiring artist, or brand new to the scene, Collected Con Los Angeles 2026 is your chance to dive deep into the art toy world.

Collected Con
April 25th & 26th, 2026
Magic Box in Downtown LA
1933 Broadway Blvd, Los Angeles, California

The Cotton Candy Machine Mt Lebanon Pop Up Opening Event with Tara McPherson. We will be full to the brim with Tara's limited edition art prints, Rock Posters, books, designer toys, original sketches, stickers and much more!

Join us for the debut exhibition of Karley Parter’s stunning original works in Mt. Lebanon. Seasons in Bloom showcases a collection of hand-painted floral arrangements, brought to life with sumi ink and watercolor.

We're so excited to announce that we are teaming up with our friend at the record store Vinyl Remains to host a Pop Up Art Boutique here in our new home of Mt Lebanon, PA. For the next 3 months we’ll be hosting a series of guest artists, beginning with our opening event on February 15th. It's been years since we had our own store front gallery space in Brooklyn, and we feel grateful now to be able to celebrate some of our friends and peers, and share their creations with you.

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS, STAYS IN VEGAS...EXCEPT...

... EXCEPT all of the radness available at Tara McPherson's Traveling Pop Up Shop! That's right! Tara and The Cotton Candy Machine are bringing our Pop Up to Vegas! Join us in this opportunity to shop our traveling selection of art prints, music posters, books, stickers, enamel pins, buttons, postcards and more fun merchandise at Life is Beautiful! 

Visit the pop up shop the entire weekend at the Crime On Canvas show during Life Is Beautiful! Unfortunately this event is not free to the public and you must be a LIB ticker holder to come.

Friday September 21st to Sunday September 23rd.

We are so excited to share our finalized tour dates for this summer! Tara McPherson & The Cotton Candy Machine are going on the road again with 18 pop up shops in 16 different cities! Beacon, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, Denver, Casper, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Kansas City, St. Louis, Louisville, Pittsburgh and Syracuse!! Join us in this opportunity to meet Tara and shop our traveling selection of art prints, music posters, books, stickers, pins, buttons & more fun merchandise.

All of three of our Chicago dates are sponsored by Threadless Artists Shops, so join us for some rad new exclusive merchandise at Rotofugi, Flatstock at Pitchfork Music Festival, and Blick Art Materials in Chicago Loop!

Be on the lookout for some fun giveaways from Kidrobot at select dates on our tour! Plus our event in Denver at Black Book Gallery coincides with the Cryptid Dunny release! Come by to see Tara’s Nessie Dunny in the series!

Hope to see you at one of the events... And remember, if you repost or share any of our event promos online, you'll get a free miniprint when you come to a pop up and show us! Let us know you're coming on Facebook!

We are excited to announce our first Pop Up ever in Florida!! The amazing team at PIQ are hosting us at their Orlando location in the heart of the Universal CityWalk. Join us for an intimate chance to meet Tara McPherson and shop our traveling selection of limited edition prints, figures, books and more. Feel free to bring your  McPherson goodies and Tara can sign a few of them for you! 

Friday May 25th, 2018
6.30 to 9.30pm

PIQ - Universal CityWalk Orlando
6000 Universal Boulevard, Suite 745J
Orlando, FL 32819 / 407.224.2305

Tara McPherson is coming back to Mexico City! Join us at Guru Galeria for a 3 day Cotton Candy Machine pop up shop from February 14th to 16th, 2018. With a special signing event with Tara McPherson on Thursday, February 15th.

Pop Up Shop - February 14th to 16th
12pm to 8pm

Signing Event - Thursday February 15th
8pm to 11pm

Gurú Galeria
Londres 37
Mexico City