The OC Art Blog was created in 2004 as a way to build community and promote the marginalized but dynamic Orange County art scene.

 Election day is near and the OC Art Blog will start endorsing certain candidates and certain prop's that we have a special interest in.Let's start with our first endorsement. NO on Proposition 8.I was going to do a little rant about separation of Church and State or how this great country of ours was founded by certain individuals that were escaping religious persecution, etc. etc. then I thought it would be better to let our great constitution do the talking.the Fourteenth Amendment to the United...

28 October, 2008 /

Move over Hockey Mom, It's time Art Mom had a voice. Image via Suz ...

24 October, 2008 /

Julio Cesar Morales, Interrupted Passage, 2008; Film still, from a performance by Julio Cesar Morales with Max La Riviere-Hedrick, Norma Listman and Daniel Gorrell; Courtesy of the artist and Julio Duffo, 2008Just a reminder that the California Biennial opens this Sunday at OCMA. Looking from all the off-site projects, I don't know if you can actually even attempt to see everything.The 2008 California Biennial continues the Orange County Museum of Art’s four-decade long history of presenting new developments in contemporary art. This year’s biennial is guest-curated by Lauri Firstenberg, founder and...

22 October, 2008 /

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21 October, 2008 /

This past Saturday, after a nice short break from our gardening workshop during mid-day as part of the Little Pharma exhibition at Fringe, I headed out to Little Tokyo for some music. Performing at Cocaine was no other than Finishing School's very own Jason Plapp. He is part of a ukulele Depeche Mode cover band called Depressed Mood. This was the first time they performed live. They played three solid hits, including the one above.This is such an interesting idea, I hope they will get...

20 October, 2008 /

Saturday night I met my friend Suz from the famous blog Alive in Wonderland down at the Santiago Art District Art Walk. She has made a little video of the festivities with a little help from her four year old. Enjoy: The Santiago Art District's Art Walk...

20 October, 2008 /

Heads-up! I will be doing a meditation workshop as part of Finishing School's current exhibition Little Pharma now running at Fringe Exhibitions in Chinatown.  I will be covering the many benefits of a regular meditation practice and some basic meditation techniques to get you started. The workshop will take place on Nov. 1st from 12-2pm. Hope you can make it! - Chris ...

20 October, 2008 /

I completely missed the opening for this show. I had a previous engagement in L.A. last night. But thank you (once again) to my friend Susie Eaton. Because of her I have pictures of the opening reception to share with all of you. She sent me so many good once, I couldn't decide which ones to edit out. So I said, heck, I'll do my usual Flickr slideshow.So right now I'm just living vicariously through Susie's pictures. The ball game looked like it was a...

18 October, 2008 /

OCCCA is once again doing Buy The Running Foot. The premise is simple. You pay by the linear foot, drop off the work, and they hang them. No jurying or censorship. Head over to their website for more details.--James ...

17 October, 2008 /

Penumbra opens at The Box on Saturday night. ...

17 October, 2008 /

Heads-up! Saturday night there's another art walk at the Santiago Arts District. Check it. ...

17 October, 2008 /

Since I have a bit of free time post MOCA and Little Pharma, I decided to take a trip down to Pomona to visit my friends Susie Eaton and Juan Thorp over at Bunny Gunner. Susie used to be a staple in Santa Ana, but now resides in the Art Colony.Currently, they have a show up of new work by Amy Maloof. I missed the opening on Saturday night because I had to be at Fringe Exhibitions for our opening. I think Amy's work is...

16 October, 2008 /

2332 opens at the Huntington Beach Art Center tomorrow night, October 17th. The baseball-themed show features works by Stuart Allen, Travis Collinson, Dean De Cocker, Matthew Furmanski, Jimi Gleason, Robert Jacka, Ian M. Kennelly, Juan Thorp, and Michael Woodcock. From what my friend Juan Thorp told me, they will be playing a game of whiffle ball around 5pm. Go out there, have some fun, and play ball!--James ...

16 October, 2008 /

If you want something closer to home to do this Thursday night, and you're into good hip-hop, check out the Sparrow Love Crew at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa. They're somewhat of a regular there. I saw them in L.A., performing at an art opening, and I thought they were quite amazing.--James ...

01 October, 2008 /