Author: OC Art Blog

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...

20 April, 2008 /

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: ...

20 April, 2008 /

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. ...

17 April, 2008 /

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. ...

17 April, 2008 /

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: ...

13 April, 2008 /

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: ...

13 April, 2008 /

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. ...

09 April, 2008 /

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. ...

09 April, 2008 /

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. ...

07 April, 2008 /

It's first Saturday time again so that means there will be plenty to do. Get out there and support your local scene. The list follows if I missed something let me know:   The Gift from the Warhol Foundation to CSUF will be exhibited at GCAC. It includes lots of original photography, polaroids, etc.   Michael Knowlton's Blackwater Babylon opens in GCAC's project space.   SOS: Depictions of Surfing in the U.$.A also opens at GCAC The Suki Berg retrospective opens at OCCCA. ...

03 April, 2008 /

The Hoff Foundation is pleased to announce the 1st quarter grant recipients. This quarters recipients are: Paul Paiement: $1,000 for material support for upcoming installation project at the University Art Museum at CSU Long Beach. Kurt Weston: $1,000 financial support for upcoming exhibit in the West Gallery at CSU Fullerton Amy Caterina: $1,000 for website development to accompany upcoming exhibit at Grand Central Art Center. Cheryl Cotman: $1,000 material support for new project; The Past and Future of Brains: An Artistic Inquiry into the Limits of Cognition Shakespeare Orange...

01 April, 2008 /

I had the best intentions I promise. I had a slew of photos for you documenting my visit to New York and the various fairs but unfortunately Mrs. OC Art Blog's camera, with my precious photos, is traveling around NYC somewhere in the back of a cab. So that means you're going to get my down & dirty summary of what I saw this weekend. The Whitney Biennial: I overheard a particular dealer state that the Whitney this year is not a survey of what's...

31 March, 2008 /

I was going to have lots of photos for you but it seems there's some wireless issues in my hotel so rather than spend all afternoon here I'm going to wait until I get back to post.So far I've been to Pulse and Armory. Lots of collage on view this season. It's everywhere. Both fairs were bigger than I thought they would be which always leads me to question, how do they survive. So much work out there, is anybody really buying all this stuff??Going...

28 March, 2008 /

First thing tomorrow morning I leave to NYC for a fun filled weekend of art stuff. I will be posting regularly so please stop back by. Many thanks to Dean Geleynse for hooking me up VIP style for the weekend. On another note. We'll be announcing the Hoff Foundation's first quarter grant recipients after I get back on the first. We'll be distributing $6K this quarter. I have to say we were overwhelmed by the response and the obvious need that is out there in our...

26 March, 2008 /

This Saturday night the crew at ISM: gallery will be opening their new show Shudder. The opening will run from 7-10pm and I'm sure there will be a big crowd. Celebrity Portraits to Personal Projects:Featuring the works of Jeremy & Claire Weiss, Patrick Fraser, Dan Monick and Michael Lavine. ISM: gallery presents, “Shudder”, highlighting the words and works of five relevant and prolific photographers that train their lenses on the world of celebrity, lending their vision to the commissioned portrait. “Shudder” celebrates these five photographers by presenting...

25 March, 2008 /

You want to know how to make an LA based art magazine successful? Add fashion. At least that's what the folks at Fabrick Magazine are going to attempt to do. The launch party will be on March 26th and you contact the folks at Fabrik for more details. Best wishes to the new endeavor. I look forward to seeing how it shapes up. ...

24 March, 2008 /

Today I went over to OCMA to check out the recent show Disorderly Conduct: Recent Art in Tumultuous Times. I searched and searched but could find no disorder. But kudos to this exhibit for capturing what's been going on in art since 9-11 and beyond. Boredom. Slick. Soulless. All this after catching this little piece on NPR this morning. You have to listen to this. At the end of the piece Henriette Huldisch co-Curator of this years biennial vomits a bit of art speak about the...

22 March, 2008 /