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TEDx Fullerton- Line Up

  The line up of the upcoming TEDX Fullerton happening on Sept 10th is starting to leak out. Some of the speakers that will be present include: Karen Atkinson, The Creation of a Hybrid (Artist)   Bruce Babad, Exposing the hidden notes   Amy Caterina, Vivacious, cheeky and kind   Peter Clothier, Rousing the Creative Spirit   John Crawford, Intermedia software artist   John Eger, “Building Creative Communities”   Jill Anjuli Hansen, Revolutionary, creative, entrepreneur   Andrea Harris-McGee, Infectious Enthusiasm and Fun §  Joe Jewell, Contemporary Guitar Virtuoso   Frank Peters, Angel, artist,...

Greer’s OC Visits 100 Artists See Satan

There's still time to get down to Grand Central Art Center, catch the show, and make a bid on some great art. I already bought this and this. Here's a taste courtesy Greer's OC: ...

Camilo Cruz/Slobodan Dimitrov/Nicholas Grider @ Angels Gate

I have to say that I picked the right weekend to spend all three days going to openings. Starting Friday with Christine Nguyen at the HB Art Center and finishing today at Angels Gate it has been a solid weekend of stand-out art, and I did not have to go to L.A. to see any of it.The grand finale of the weekend was the work of Camilo Cruz. Cruz's day job is working for the court system in downtown L.A., He has a unique position...

New, Used, Borrowed @ Chapman University Gallery – Opening Photos

I ran over to Chapman University's Guggenheim Gallery for the opening of New, Used, Borrowed. I promise I'll start bringing a camera other than the iPhone from here on out. I really enjoyed the curatorial concept around this show. I think the next thing they should do is invite OC collectors in to throw some of their faves on the walls. It would be interesting, in my opinion, to see what other OC folks are collecting and get some dialogue going around the subject. I'm...

Christine Nguyen @ The Huntington Beach Art Center – Opening Photos

Tonight I had a chance to make it to the Christine Nguyen show at the HB Art Center and it is a beauty. The show will be running for the next couple of months and I urge to get out there and take a look. It'll be one of the better shows you'll see in Orange County this year. Here are a few iPhone pics, so sorry about the quality. Enjoy: Me & Christine Ed Giardina McLean Fahnestock Marshall...

Bunny Gunner’s 3rd Anniversary – Sat. Night

On Saturday night Pomona Arts District stalwart Bunny Gunner, will be celebrating their 3rd anniversary with All Ice Cream themed art, an Ice Cream Truck, Paletas, Music and Beer. The opening will run from 6 to 11pm and I'm sure lots of the art world will be there. Congrats Bunny Gunner! ...

New, Used, Borrowed @ Chapman University Gallery – This Saturday

The idea behind the exhibition New, Used, Borrowed, opening Saturday night at the Chapman University Guggenheim Gallery, is to show the role of the artist as more than “art maker” but also art collector and art admirer. Each artist has created a New work of art for this exhibition; each has included a work of art (or a grouping of artworks) they have purchased and Used in the context of their private life; and finally, each has Borrowed a work of art from an artist whose work they admire. Each grouping...

Three Exhibitions @ Angels Gate This Sunday 2-5pm

In three new exhibitions opening Sunday July 11 from 2-5pm, Angels Gate Cultural Center will be featuring photographic portraiture.  The three artists of these exhibitions range widely in subject, yet are brought together through their exploration of individuals that often go unseen - artists as workers, the human elements of the Los Angeles Superior Court system and members of the American military. Slobodan Dimitrov: Artist PortraitsIn 2006 the Angels Gate Cultural Center commissioned renown labor photographer and long-time AGCC Studio Artist to engage in an...

Christine Nguyen @ The Huntington Beach Art Center

One of my favorite local artists, the always magical Christine Nguyen, opens a show of new work at the Huntington Beach Art Center this Friday night from 7 to 9pm. Hope to see you all there. Chris ...

Our Family is Expanding

    Meet Alyssa.  She grew up in Montana, lives in Long Beach and recently bought an artwork by SMASH.  She is the newest writer for the OC Art Blog.  Later this week we are going to Hurley’s new gallery to check out the Mike Stilkey exhibit and I am sure she will be reporting back with all the details.  Stay tuned….-Krystal ...

Blockbuster Sequels Continue to Invade Orange County

Earlier this year Laguna Art Museum presented a third installment of the OsCene, featuring a fresh collective of artists representing the arts in Orange County.  This summer Grand Central Art Center, in Santa Ana, is revisiting a past exhibition and asked 100 artists, once again, to see Satan.  More than a tribute to the ultimate villain, this time around, 100 Artists See Satan is organized as a fundraiser to raise money for the art center.  Over 100 artists contributed artwork-all for sale-to the exhibition.  Artists...

George Herms and the Rachel Rosenthal Theater Company

TOHUBOHU! Extreme (and I might add IMPROV) Theater Ensemble invites OC's very own George Herms to participate with their monthly performance, as the first of a series of invitations to artists. I was lucky enough to catch the show Friday night (no pics allowed) and it was amazing. I was however accompanied by Tony Kay from the Ca'Tony art space in Westwood and managed to whip out the camera at the reception. Here's the scoop: Herms brought artworks as props to be utilized during the performance. The...

Weapons of Mass Delusions at Grand Central Art Center

In the 1960’s a woman was stabbed to death in front of an apartment building in Queens.  The crime was witnessed by tenants of the building, none of whom helped the woman.  It is this story that inspired Laurie Lipton to draw her triptych Watching. Two days after hearing Laurie Lipton repeat this story in conjunction with her artwork, I read about a homeless man, in Queens, was stabbed to death trying to help a woman attacked by her male companion: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_dying_and_ignored . Surveillance cameras...

my bulb finally bloomed, spring has officially sprung! ...

I Missed It

 image from the OCRegister.com  http://www.ocregister.com/news/shirt-244809-shirts-sexual.html While I was reading this article from the OC Register I put my sandals on and made up my mind to walk to school to see this.  It was too late.  The 700 t-shirts, emblazoned with messages of horror, anger and hope from survivors of sexual violence had been taken down. This exhibit/installation called The Clothesline Project is organized by Community Service Programs Inc. Orange County to bring attention to victims of sexually violent crimes and coincides with Sexual Assault Awareness...

What’s in a Name?

In grad school I curated an exhibition with a woman who got married three weeks before the opening.   I remember a conversation we had in her car, on our way to a studio visit, where she told me her father asked if she was taking her husband’s name.  He was versed enough in the art business to know keeping maiden names, or hyphenating surnames, was a common professional practice for women; this helps to establish and maintain continuity throughout one’s career, linking previous successes with...