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Great time last night. Natasha Carauna came into town from London and we set a date for her show at The Office. July 15th, mark your calendars. Its going to be a good one. We then headed over to the Finishing School opening at enView Gallery. Great show as usual in a great space. Fun was had by all. As usual here's some bad photos: The famous enView window. (L-R) Autumn Beck, Jean Robison & Chloe Flores The Man, otherwise known as Ed Giardina. Artist...

12 March, 2006 /

If you happen to find yourself in Reno this weekend be sure to drop into the Fireplace Gallery on Saturday night. The show Us, Our Friends, and People Who've Done Us Favors opens from 6-10pm and will feature a piece by yours truly. I represent the favor category. ...

10 March, 2006 /

Well it looks like Long Beach is going to be the place to be this Saturday night. Hope to see you all at enView for the Finishing School PIO opening. Sidenote:In honor of Ed's opening I posted an image of a painting he did that Michael Maas forwarded me. The painting is titled "pearls before swine" and its dated 1997. Michael sent it after he found out that was the name of Mark Dutcher's old band. It currently rests in Michael's private collection. Some local...

10 March, 2006 /

Just in case you haven't had enough of me yet. Elizabeth Glazner came over to interview me for the HB Independent this week. Enjoy. Photo: Kent Treptow ...

10 March, 2006 /

The Mark Dutcher interview is up over at Squeeze OC. You'll also be able to find it in the hard copy. Enjoy. Photo: Steve Zylius ...

08 March, 2006 /

Wanted to let everybody know that Jeffrey Mohr, who has some Long Beach roots has established a new space up in LA that you all should check out. AM project opens its first show March 10th from 7-10pm and will feature Office alumni Kyle Riedel as well as Doug Buis, Christine Pinney-Karkow, Craig C. Stone, Tony Labat and others. Address can be found on the website. Collecting artists from Reno, British Columbia, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, we have put together a show that demonstrates...

08 March, 2006 /

Mrs. OCArtBlog and myself were planning on attending the Armory Show but have since decided to stay home and chill. If you happen to be headed out to the big apple for all the fair festivities be sure to go and support the Home Team over at the LA Art Fair. Lots of LA's finest will be represented. Go Team! ...

07 March, 2006 /

First Saturday of the month so that means Santa Ana is going to be the place to be. Some stuff you might want to check out includes: Sandow Birk's show is still up at GCAC if you haven't seen it yet. Three Ring Circus featuring Aaron Kraten, Ron Pastucha & Roger Weik opens at GCAC's rental and sales gallery. Beyond Borders still running at spaceonspurgeon Ismael Castro at SolArt I think Joan Cox at Assunta Fox Gallery Blaine Fontana opens at Scribble Theory. Have fun and...

03 March, 2006 /

Here's an interesting one for you to check out this Saturday. During the art walk in Santa Ana The Seed will be hosting a tribute to Dr. Robert Moog. Details follow: The Seed design studio will pay tribute to the late synthesizer inventor Robert Moog with a gallery exhibit of classic Moog synthesizers, sponsored by Michael Krewitzy of professional sound. There will be a screening @ 6:15pm of the documentary "Moog" followed by a Q&A session with the documentary's director Hans Fjellestad. As well as...

02 March, 2006 /

Time for a heads-up so save the date. Next Saturday 3-11 the gentlemen of Finishing School will be opening a new show at our favorite Long Beach space enView titled PIO- Public Interaction Objects. Be sure not to miss it. Public Interaction Objects (PIO) is a series of low-tech participatory objects. They are physical interfaces engineered to create meaningful interaction with individuals in various public contexts. Each object is a composite of various influences. PIO influences include historical and mythological narratives, cultural customs, market economies,...

01 March, 2006 /

I'm dead sick so I thought I'd choose a photo that cheered me up. This is my God-daughter's b-day/tea party from a year ago. She's in the center. Kinda reminded me of Mark, David and Maw's hats on Sat. night. ...

27 February, 2006 /

The interviews of Mark Dutcher and myself are up over at Drawn to Scale. How did we do? ...

27 February, 2006 /

Thank you everybody for coming out and supporting Mark and the space. It was an outstanding opening and the work was just amazing. Anyway, it's time for some bad photos! Mark & work Artist & LAM Curator Tyler Stallings with artist Eve Wood Elyse Pignolet, Michael Solway, Sandow Birk & Angela Jones Crowd shot Here Son Vo, who does the Artnet newsletter is interviewing Mark for his artist interview site Drawn to Scale. More on that later when...

26 February, 2006 /

Two things to do this Saturday: Mark Dutcher @ The Office Robbie Miller @ CSUF See you on Saturday and keep it safe out there. ...

23 February, 2006 /