When one of OC's most generous and infamous families calls a meeting, we attend. A big a announcement was coming and refreshments were thrown in to entice hungry writers to the scene. After grumbling about paying $8 to park I moseyed over to the first free food and drink station and proceeded to up my sugar intake for the week. They sure know how to throw a party. Live music, free donuts, fireworks and even good old Schwarzenegger came out of retirement for the...
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Adventures in Irvine
Last night Jennifer Cheng and I visited four of UCI's numerous galleries. It was opening night for CULT OF THE RUIN: STRATEGIES OF ACCUMULATION in the University Art Gallery (UAG) & Room Gallery in the art department. This group show presented works from emerging artists working largely in the conceptual realm hinged on art critic Craig Owen's ideas of transience and fragmentation via allegorical referents utilized in...
Downtown Anaheim Art District
Opening Reception this week & - Art Crawl Experience (ACE) FEB 12, 5-11pm & there is still time to get involved!! Check out the hoping downtown Anaheim's art district. This weekend Rothick Art Haus will be presenting a new show "Subtle Nudges" on Saturday night. In February Christina Sanchez's Le Modern Trinket will be participating in the Art Crawl Experience (ACE) Indie Arts and Crafts Fair on Feb 12th, 5-11pm with live music, food, and of course ART!...
Le Modern Trinket – studio visit with Christina Sanchez
Studio visit with artist Christina Sanchez Le Modern Trinket A few days ago I had the pleasure of meeting Christina Sanchez, the inexhaustible founder and artistic drive behind the OC's handmade vintage upcylcled jewelry design company Le Modern Trinket. We (me and Trouble that is) were invited over to Christina's studio late Tuesday evening, under the guise of getting an up-close and personal look at where the magic all happens and we wanted a preview to the sale this...
Shopping Shopping Shopping- Patchwork Indie Arts and Crafts Festival this Sunday!!
Hi Everyone, happy post turkey day. . . . gobble gobble. Why is it that we have fetishized the turkey? It gets eaten predominantly during the holidays, stuffed, roasted, brined, marinated, bagged, fried and even bbq-ed. It is the quintessential center piece to all festive tables and even has it's own special accessories for serving, eating and preparing. Not that I am a huge proponant of eating the big bird, just wondering what happens to them the rest...
California senators make the grade in art
This week, the Americans for the Arts Action Fund graded our U.S. senators on their support of the arts. While 28 members received a failing grade, both California Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein did well with Boxer receiving an A+ and Feinstein a B+. Criteria used to grade senators included: keeping jobs in the arts, supporting public art, supporting museums, showing initiative in the arts by cosponsoring arts legislation, showing leadership in the...
Trouble @ artLA??
Today I was contacted by Luis De Jesus from Seminal Projects who informed me that he applied to enter artLA last spring and that he paid the $2,000 refundable deposit required by Artfairs, Inc. Well it seems Seminal Projects did not make it into the fair and according to Luis they still have not been paid back their $2,000 refundable deposit. He also mentioned that Tim Fleming has left Artfairs, Inc., and Luis alleges that Tim mentioned that there were other galleries also calling trying to...
Arms Dealing
Did you hear the one about the woman who tried to blow up the plane? (via Boing Boing) I am really concerned as a woman of partial Middle-Eastern ancestery and huge makeup fetish. Some of you are probably wondering, "what does this have to do with art?" Well... you radical (democrat), subversive (not reporting your canvas to the state board of equalization) arms dealing (buying liquid paints), intel gathering (landscape painting) dears, are next. And you...
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