Mrs. OC Art Blog and I trekked on over to the Santa Ana Artists Village to catch the first Saturday openings. Fun was had by all. If you are in the area be sure to catch both the OCCCA show and the Mentor/Mentee show at Grand Central. Both are solid. I also ran over to SolArt Gallery for the first time. The vibe was good and I would have liked to stay longer for the music but Mrs. OC Art Blog needed to be...
Lot going on. If I missed anything let me know. keep it safe out there. Saturday Night Openings: Frank Gonzales at Scribble Theory Gallery. Michael Maas at Space on Spurgeon. "The Mother" curated by Cecilia Ortiz at SolArt Gallery. "Know False Paintings" at Subject Matter Gallery. (Now at The Lab) Kebe Fox, Stephen Anderson, Cheryl Ekstrom at OCCCA. Trans/Giving- Trans, Genderqueer, Intersex Art Series opens in Long Beach. Info Here. "Raw, Boiled and Cooked," "Resurrection III" and "Problems with Authority/ Mentor - Mentee" will be...
There is a lot going on this weekend in the OC, so I will be trying to post as I put it all together...
CALL FOR ENTRIES: Unfinished Works which is part of AIDS Services Foundation Orange County is seeking artists in categories such as, visual arts, creative writing, multi-media/film and music writing. Winning entries will be published, and selected visual works will be exhibited on World AIDS Day, December 1st, 2005 at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art. Deadline for entries: August 1st, 2005 (Photo-The Last Light- By Kurt Weston) The theme of Unfinished Works is meant to symbolize all that remains to be done in helping those affected...
The OC Metro visits Comics on The Verge at GCAC and writes about it here. ...
Rebecca Schoenkopf from the Weekly visits The Office and writes about it here. ...
Well, the first Wednesday of May is fast approaching so that means it's .ISM at The Lab time again. WEDNESDAY MAY 4th - .ISM AT THE LAB The first WEDNESDAY of every month from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Featuring art, photography, music, poetry, and film. ...
Posting will be light until next week. The OC Art Blog is Miami bound. Who knows, maybe some Jesus Toast will end up in the Rubell Family Collection. ;) ...
Tonight I made my way over to CSU Fullerton with the Santa Ana Seven where they were asked to give a lecture/slide show detailing their history and some background on their projects, including the most recent one at The Office. They asked me to come along and give a little history on the space and our mission. It was an opportunity to plug both the Office and the Blog. It was quite the blast, the seven did a great job. It was good to be...
Heads Up: Subject Matter Gallery is moving to The Lab/Anti Mall. Their opening party will be next weekend. Beware of Tools. Details follow: Know False PaintingsMay 7th 2005 (6pm - 11pm) Subject Matter Gallerys grand opening at the LAB anti mall The opening reception for "know false paintings" Featuring art work by: Tyke Witness, Krush one, Rich uno Fashion show by NIKITA starts at 8:30 Music all night by: DJ Willow, From elsewhere, DJ Japson Free give aways to the first 100 people thought the door ...
Sound artist Noah Thomas, who will be opening a sound art installation at The Office in June, will be part of the so.cal.sonic experimental and improvised music series this Wednesday at Open in Long Beach. The event starts at 8pm sharp so don't be late. so.cal.sonic @ Open 144 Linden Ave. (at Broadway) 562-499-OPEN Featuring: Noah Thomas, Jeffrey Roden, The Choir Boys, Missincinatti ...
Is the Government the best organization to be doing our arts funding. Did anybody notice the downsizing of the Arts Council budget, other than a few art bureaucrats? Do we really need a new tax in California? Discuss amongst yourselves. Via AJ: A New California Arts Tax? A member of the California state assembly proposes a dedicated tax to support the arts. "The bill calls for imposing a 1% surcharge on arts and entertainment admissions — a dime for a $10 movie ticket, about 53 cents for...
Well we celebrated our 2 year anniversary last night and man was it a blast. I would like to thank the Santa Ana Seven for putting on a great show and for all the artists, curators and art fans who have supported the space over the last two years. Here's to the next two! As for last night...
Went to the HB Art Center Friday night to meet Ed Giardina of Finishing School and pick up the work I won in the silent auction that was part of the Detours show. All proceeds went to support the defense fund for Critical Art Ensemble. Ed and I were also there because we were asked to help judge the local High School District art show (one of the high schools included was the one I was thrown out of...
The Newport Beach Film Festival is about to start and one of the entry's will be a profile of Guerrilla artist Ron English. Matt Coker covers the latest here. ...
Rebecca Schoenkopf visits OCCCA's "Get it off your chest" exhibit and writes about it here. (check out the gams on that art critic) ...
Well I've been called out by Jessica over at Insurgent Muse to participate in the Caesar's Bath meme going around. The deal is you list five things that people in your circle of friends or peer group are wild about, but you can't really understand the fuss over. To use the words of Caesar (from History of the World, Part I), "Nice, Nice. Not thrilling...
