I'm headed to the mountains for the weekend so you get the weekend report a bit early. There's a lot to do this weekend so get out there and have some fun. Matthew Price & the OC Roller Girls open @ GCAC On, of, and About Paper opens @ OCCCA Little Light opens at 98ten On Friday night Go,Rilla Gallery at 3013 N. Main in Santa Ana opens Green Giants. ...
The 8th annual HB Art Center Party/Auction is coming up on May 16th from 7 to 9:30 pm. There's also a meet the artist Party on Friday May 9th from 7 to 9pm that is always a good time and will also feature performances by my friends at Finishing School. Be sure to come on out and support our local art center. See you there. Following is a little video piece I did while Mark Dutcher and Sherie' Franssen were installing their outdoor installation at...
The artist list for the 2008 Calif. Biennial to be held at OCMA is out. Yes, there are some repeats and unfortunately there are no OC based artists in the show again but hopefully some day soon that will change. List follows: Micheal Arcega Edgar Arceneaux The Backroom Kelly Barrie Justin Beal Walead BeshtyAndrea Bowers Jedediah Caesar Sarah Cain Bruce ConnerEinar and Jamex de la Torre Felipe Dulzaides Sam DurantESL (Esthetics as a Second Language) Morgan FisherPiero Golia GronkKarl Haendel Mark Hagen Skylar HaskardPatrick HebertHigh...
The fine folks over at OMC Gallery have recently announced their latest project titled The Good Photo. It looks like a great opportunity for photographers to get their work out there to a larger audience and hopefully generate some sales. Take a look and submit some work. There will also be a live event on June 7th. ...
This Saturday night the 2nd City Council Art Gallery opens Earth, a Kim Abeles juried show. There will be 26th artists and it looks like Rick Frausto will be doing a recycled art workshop. Have fun! ...
Here's a quick vid of David Michael Lee's intro before my talk today at Santa Ana College's Art Forum Series. I think it went pretty well and I had a great time doing it. Always fun to talk about yourself! And many thanks to Linda White from FOCA-OC for coming out bearing gifts. Much appreciated. ...
If anybody has some free time tomorrow mid-day, I'll be giving a little talk for Santa College's Art Forum Series tomorrow at 12:30pm. For more info on the series and speaker bio's go here. ART FORUM SPEAKER SERIES at Santa Ana College is a weekly lecture series for noted artists, painters, sculptors, architects, ceramicists, art directors, art collectors, critics and writers to discuss their work. Inaugurated in 1979 by Founder, the late Professor Gene Isaacson, 1936-2005. ART FORUM is the longest running college art lecture forum...
On Saturday night Mrs. OC Art Blog and I headed over to the art walk at the Santiago Art District. It was our first time there and we had a nice time. Looks like there's going to be something to do the 3rd Saturday now. Looks like weekends in OC are filling up and it's nice to see. Here's the vid: ...
My friend Laurel Baccei is looking for an Education Curator for the Children's Museum of San Diego. The museum is realunching in May after a several year closure and complete architectural redesign. Looks like a great opportunity. Contact Laurel directly at laurelbaccei (at) yahoo.com. ...
Running out to Dallas for a quick trip so you're getting the report now. Looks like a couple of things to see this weekend. The Santiago Art District has an art walk this Saturday night. Go to the website for participating galleries. The Artery opens What Remains Featuring several artists including Andrew Dunn and Heather Wright and there will be music. ...
While I was out and about last night I had the opportunity to ask a few people involved in our local scene if they thought there was a recession coming and what that mean't for the Orange County art scene: ...
Hooray! OCAB TV is back with a vengeance. Here's a quick vid of Saturday nights activities. First stop was Kurt Weston's show at CSUF and then to the Exit Gallery on campus at CSUF. After that I went over to see the Eoin Breadon and Jason Chakravarty show at @space and last but not least was J Flynn gallery for the opening of Modern Day Characters. Enjoy: ...
I'm happy to report Kurt Weston who was a recipient of a Hoff Foundation grant recently will be having a show this Saturday at the west gallery on campus at CSUF. The opening will run from 6-9pm. ...
Early heads-up. There's a couple of shows this weekend in OC and a couple of OC artists showing in LA. You should have plenty to do on Saturday! Eoin Breadon & Jason Chakravarty at @Space Modern Day Characters @ J. Flynn OC based artist Yasuko will be at the 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica OC Luminaries Sherie' Franssen & Tyler Stallings will be at Jancar Gallery in LA for a one night only show. ...
It's that time again sound artists. Soundwalk has put out their call for artists for the 5th annual event taking place in Sept. Every year it seems to be getting better and better so get on it and join the fun. ...
