The OC Art Blog was created in 2004 as a way to build community and promote the marginalized but dynamic Orange County art scene.

This Saturday the LBC will be the place to be to catch the opening of Soundwalk 2005. Be sure to catch The Office's November artist Carrie Yury's sound installation on the corner of Elm and Ocean. Hope to see you there. This year with over 60 contributing artists from Southern California, Germany, Italy, UK, and New Zealand Soundwalk 2005 offer's another environmental experience with new and returning artists participating in the alteration of this familiar urban space. The outdoor sound installations add a layer...

16 August, 2005 /

I'm taking a mental health break from work all week and was hoping to get in a lot of surfing. Bolsa Chica at 10am...

15 August, 2005 /

Local fashionista Paul Frank does Andy Warhol and a couple of OC Weeklies discuss it here and here. Can you see the momentum building here. Forget the gallery system. All the young dudes hope to get their very own RVCA t-shirt. ...

15 August, 2005 /

For those of you that are suffering the August art withdrawls I wanted to point you to a local program on our local NPR station called Pacific Drift. You might remember me mentioning them back in January. I caught a couple of re-broadcasts last night. One was a piece on Vincent Price and his Art Collecting legacy and the other was a walk through of the recent Hammer show, Thing. Great stuff. They have many podcasts available on their website. The show airs on Sunday nights. Check...

15 August, 2005 /

Tamara Chuang over at the OC Register made mention of the OC Art Blog on her blog yesterday. Thanks Tamara! I suppose I'll have to pick up my summer posting now...

11 August, 2005 /

Received a notice today about another Surf and Skate show with some solid corporate sponsorship and thought I would do my community service for the day and point all you aspiring gallerists/artists to a great article on the Art of Selling Out. Just replace musician with artist/gallery. Remember, all you hipsters are quite the demographic and there's some cold hard cash to be made out there...

09 August, 2005 /

"I'm doing a fine art piece. That's my purpose — not for human rights, or for supporting religion or a political statement," LA based artist Hiro Yagamata proposes a project I can get behind. ...

08 August, 2005 /

Edward Winkleman does it again with a great post for artists concerning the studio visit. Check it out. ...

05 August, 2005 /

It's first Saturday so that means Santa Ana is the place to be this weekend. Some details follow. Keep it safe out there. The Bird Show opens at Grand Central. The Collective Show opens at SolArt Gallery Greg Stone at Space on Spurgeon Ramon Ramirez will open the final show at Diseno Art Gallery ...

05 August, 2005 /

For those that don't know my Dad is the Director of Consulting for the Center for Nonprofit Management in LA. He happens to know I do this little art blog thing among other art related stuff and he asked me if I would get the word out about a new program the Center is making available to starving artists and arts related nonprofit organizations. They have $$$$$ available!! All the information on the Los Angeles Arts Loan Fund can be found here. Go get you some money. The...

03 August, 2005 /

Happy to report there's actually something to do in the OC this week. This Thursday the creative folks at Chop Shop TV will be hosting an art event at their offices. Featured artists will be Mary Hackett, Aaron Carretti & Jenny Hager. The opening is from 5 to 9pm. I think I'm going to have to go just to support someone else showing art in their office...

01 August, 2005 /

Tyler Green over at MAN posted about his favorite less considered museums and I'm happy to report OCMA was included. I would like to add one more for consideration. The Laguna Beach Art Museum is one of my favorites for a several reasons which include: 1. I'm a sucker for an underdog 2. Their doing great shows 3. Curator of Contemporary Art Tyler Stallings truly supports the local art scene by taking chances on OC based artists. I understand Tyler Green at MAN is a fan of Clyfford...

28 July, 2005 /