Musings

Get your tickets quick or you might miss our very own George Herms and his opera at Disney's REDCAT theater, just across the street from MOCA on Grand Ave.  Hope to see you all there, I'll be going to the Friday night, Feb 4th showing. Here are the details: February 3 - February 5 GEORGE HERMS: THE ARTIST’S LIFE Known as one of the founders of California assemblage and an influential figure of the Beat generation, George Herms premieres a new free-jazz opera that features large-scale sculptural instruments, live and recorded video, and featuring the...

20 January, 2011 /

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!  If you would like to participate in the indie...

05 January, 2011 /

October 6th, 2009: The Hoff Foundation announced today that it will award quarterly grants totaling $1,500 to the following Artists based in Orange County and Long Beach.   Gordon Winiemko & Jeff Foye: $500 for exhibition support. Jennifer Celio: $500 for material support. Andre Woodward: $500 for exhibition support. The Hoff Foundation is a private arts foundation formed in 2008 with a commitment to and passion for the arts. Since its inception The Hoff Foundation has distributed $16,500 to various individual artists and arts organizations. More information about The Hoff Foundation and how the grants are...

06 October, 2009 /

Yeah I know, I'm a little late on this one but OCMA has found a replacement for Elizabeth Armstrong. Sarah Bancroft comes to us from The Gugg in NYC.The curious part is how long she can stick under Dennis Szakacs? Current Vegas over/under line is 18 months...

20 August, 2008 /

When all is fails bring in the artists. You know Gap, RVCA's been pimping artists for a while now with great success. ...

16 May, 2008 /

Hey! I need a good Web Development type for a corporate gig but also for some personal stuff. If interested, or know someone that is, please contact me. choff (at) 2roads.com. Please Help! ...

02 May, 2008 /

The artist list for the 2008 Calif. Biennial to be held at OCMA is out. Yes, there are some repeats and unfortunately there are no OC based artists in the show again but hopefully some day soon that will change. List follows: Micheal Arcega Edgar Arceneaux The Backroom Kelly Barrie Justin Beal Walead BeshtyAndrea Bowers Jedediah Caesar Sarah Cain Bruce ConnerEinar and Jamex de la Torre Felipe Dulzaides Sam DurantESL (Esthetics as a Second Language) Morgan FisherPiero Golia GronkKarl Haendel Mark Hagen Skylar HaskardPatrick HebertHigh...

29 April, 2008 /

The fine folks over at OMC Gallery have recently announced their latest project titled The Good Photo. It looks like a great opportunity for photographers to get their work out there to a larger audience and hopefully generate some sales. Take a look and submit some work. There will also be a live event on June 7th. ...

24 April, 2008 /

My friend Laurel Baccei is looking for an Education Curator for the Children's Museum of San Diego. The museum is realunching in May after a several year closure and complete architectural redesign. Looks like a great opportunity. Contact Laurel directly at laurelbaccei (at) yahoo.com. ...

17 April, 2008 /

I was going to have lots of photos for you but it seems there's some wireless issues in my hotel so rather than spend all afternoon here I'm going to wait until I get back to post.So far I've been to Pulse and Armory. Lots of collage on view this season. It's everywhere. Both fairs were bigger than I thought they would be which always leads me to question, how do they survive. So much work out there, is anybody really buying all this stuff??Going...

28 March, 2008 /

First thing tomorrow morning I leave to NYC for a fun filled weekend of art stuff. I will be posting regularly so please stop back by. Many thanks to Dean Geleynse for hooking me up VIP style for the weekend. On another note. We'll be announcing the Hoff Foundation's first quarter grant recipients after I get back on the first. We'll be distributing $6K this quarter. I have to say we were overwhelmed by the response and the obvious need that is out there in our...

26 March, 2008 /

You want to know how to make an LA based art magazine successful? Add fashion. At least that's what the folks at Fabrick Magazine are going to attempt to do. The launch party will be on March 26th and you contact the folks at Fabrik for more details. Best wishes to the new endeavor. I look forward to seeing how it shapes up. ...

24 March, 2008 /

Today I went over to OCMA to check out the recent show Disorderly Conduct: Recent Art in Tumultuous Times. I searched and searched but could find no disorder. But kudos to this exhibit for capturing what's been going on in art since 9-11 and beyond. Boredom. Slick. Soulless. All this after catching this little piece on NPR this morning. You have to listen to this. At the end of the piece Henriette Huldisch co-Curator of this years biennial vomits a bit of art speak about the...

22 March, 2008 /

Just recently I was musing on my other blog that I was thinking a lot about NYC and low and behold I get a call from my friend Ed Giardina that he's giving a talk at NYU and was wondering if I wanted to tag along. Well that cinched it, I'm going. I'll have a chance to go here and here and here. Heck, I might even go to a fair or two. If anybody knows anything else we should do please let me...

20 March, 2008 /

It seems there's a bit of controversy in Boyle Heights over the planned mural by Long Beach based artist Sandow Birk. At first glance Sandow did seem a surprising choice for the mural and the location, but after digesting the story a bit I think a little controversy in public art is a good thing, because we all know that most public art is complete crap. Exhibit A...

20 March, 2008 /