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Thank you again to everybody that came out to support the Imaginary Scientists and the space. We all appreciate it! The show was great and a lot of fun to do. Some bad photos follow: Imaginary Scientists in deep thought The infamous Dupliporter A peak into the black hole Someone Dupliported their kid...

It's that time again. The Office is pleased to be hosting Simple Cell by the League of Imaginary Scientists starting this Saturday night from 6-9pm. There will be a performance during the opening and plenty of Space food to go around. Hope to see you there! Simple Cell is an exhibition of creative scientific research, featuring a unique view into a black hole.  Leading imaginary scientists have pooled their resources to open a brief portal to the super-massive black hole, Q0906+6930, commonly known as Blazar. ...

This Myspace thing is already paying off. I just discovered a great little concept called Phantom Galleries LA. It seems they take vacant storefront windows and hold temporary art installations. Looks like they have done a few around town. I might be late to this but what a great idea. Also looks like they are always looking for artists and curators for new projects. So get on it folks. Plus they wanted to be my friend. Major points for that. ...

Ran over to Orange Coast College today to meet with Lisa Bloomfield and see her current show up at the art dept. The work is great and I very much am looking forward to having Lisa at The Office next year. Some photos follow and stay tuned for more. Lisa Bloomfield The future OCC art gallery. It's going to be a nice one. ...

OC based painter (not Portland) and Office alumni Sherie' Franssen opens her show at Dolby Chadwick in SF this Thursday and Kenneth Baker from the SF Chronicle gave an early thumbs up. If you're up that way be sure to catch the opening and say hi to Sherie'. Mrs. OC Art Blog will be there Friday so I should have images to post eventually. ...

Before I leave. SqueezeOC visits the Oscene Here. OC Weekly visits the Oscene Here. ...

It's first Saturday so that means Santa Ana will be the place to go. Some shows you should check out include: Laurie Hassold @ GCAC Dirk Petchul at GCAC The New Media show at OCCCA The fall juried show at Assunta Fox (image: Christine Shurts) And I'm sure there will be something good at Spaceonspurgeon. Have Fun! ...

Just got this months Art in America where they put the focus on LA. LA keeps getting hotter. Also nice to see my favorite LA Painter Mark Dutcher get some recognition. You all know I've been trying to get you to see the light for some time now. There's also some talk on the great OC park that will someday become reality. Check it out. ...

I've done it. I've sold my soul to the devil and now have a Myspace page. Be my friend...

Went to the OsCene Opening last night at the Laguna Art Museum. It was a great time and a great show. I thought it was better than the last one and that's saying a lot because I was in the last one. Be sure to check it out if you can. As always, some bad photos follow: OsCene 2 Curator Jacqueline Bunge Jacqueline, Mrs. OCArtBlog, Naida Osline, Tyler Stallings Crowd Carleton Christy & Gordon Winiemko Carleton's work Carleton Christy Mindy Cherri Mindy Cherri w/work ...

The new issue of Artillery, our locally based art mag is out. Be sure to catch the great review written by Catherine Taft of the Mark Dutcher shows at SMMOA and Solway Jones and our very own Tyler Stallings has contributed a piece. You can pick up a free copy at The Office. ...

Can't think of anything to wear to that Halloween Party? Don't worry, just blow the party off and head on down to arguably the biggest art event this year in OC. That's right, it's OsCene time at the Laguna Art Museum. The opening is Saturday night and will run from 7-10 and I'm sure everybody will be there so don't miss it. The orange has again been peeled. Southern California is arguably the hottest art spot in the country now and Orange County, with three...

This Saturday will be the 4th Saturday so that means the arts village in Long Beach will be doing their thing. One spot you should be sure to visit is {open} where they will be presenting the work of Joshua Clay. Don't miss it. Also, Being a closet poetry freak I noticed one of my favorite performance poets Derrick Brown will be doing his thing Sunday night at 8:30. Contact {open} for details. ...