Musings

Filmmaker Jim Sottile has posted his video of Paul Paiement's latest project. You might remember my visit to San Francisco to catch the opening. Enjoy. Thanks James.

I was going to post a bunch of photos of the final opening at The Office. If you were there, thank you very much. If you missed it, we missed you. It's better to burn out, then fade away... Stay tuned.

There's a great new opportunity for OC artists to get some $$$$. The Orange County Art Grant sponsored by the Downtown Santa Ana Business Council will award cash to Artists that have any association with Orange County in anyway. All mediums considered. Here's how it works: Three Catagories: Working Artists: 1 $1,000 grant + Cover of Catalogue Gradute Students: 3 $500 Grants Undergrads: 5 $100 Grants Submit hi-res images, ready to print, and resume, contact info & SASE to DSABC - Art...

Richard Chang over at the OC Register gives The Office a nice send off.

Julie over at the The Bowers Blog has a great post referencing my curatorial effort at Cypress College and May Schaetzel's painting Lost in The Woods currently hanging in the Museum. Cool.

Couple things I wanted to mention regarding The Office. First off our next show will open on Sept. 15th and it will be a great one. Curated by Chloe Flores and Autumn Beck formerly of enView 70 07 will feature a several great artists including 2002 Whitney Biennial participant Seth Price and 2007 Bienal de Sao Paulo participant and OCMA alumni Yucef Merhi. Mark your calendar. Next up, I don't think it's a secret anymore but The Office is looking to move. Although a move to LA would be a...

I don't talk about it much here for some reason but Mrs. OC Art Blog and I have been fans of Long Beach's Museum of Latin American Art for some time. One of our favorite artists in our collection Mario Perez was discovered through the museum. I found out recently that their very fine Director Gregorio Luke has resigned after 10 years of service and guiding the museum through its recent expansion. His lectures under the stars are legendary in these parts. Best of luck on the new endeavors.

Even non-art world folks are talking about the coming art market crash. Here's DealBreakers take.

Last week I posed the question, Is the End Near? for the once HOT art market. Well it seems that a person or two are raising the same question. (welcome back Todd)

Is the end to the HOT art market of the last several years getting close? The stock market has had some blows, the housing market is in serious crash mode, credit is getting tight and the hedgies are starting to take a beating. Rumor has it a couple of Culver City galleries are closing up shop and the smart money is starting to sit on the sidelines. Could be an interesting fall art season this year...

This year Orange County based Contemporary Collectors has chosen Joel Tauber as the recipient of the $10,000, 2007 Fellowship Award recognizing his most recent project Sick-Amour. Congrats! His Flying Project is still one of my favorites.

I'm taking a road trip to Idaho to see a man about a horse, leaving this weekend but the vacation starts now. Posting will be light if at all over the next week or so. See ya!

For all the creators. Bukowski:

Jit Fong Chin interviews Robbie Miller about his upcoming show at @Space this Saturday night over at SqueezeOC. Check it out.

My Friend Julie Lee has been tinkering away in the basement of The Bowers Museum putting together The Bowers Museum Collection Blog and just let me know about it. So I'm letting you know about it. I need to get back over there soon.

Hunger by Billy Collins. Enjoy:

This one is hitting close to home so I'm happy to promote it. This Saturday night in Santa Ana during the artwalk there will be a benefit art opening where all the proceeds will go to the Joe Schraff Cancer Wellness Fund. This event will be held at the Neue Transit Studio on 657 Poinsetta in Santa Ana. The show will run from 6:30 to 11pm. Help some artists support their friend. See you there.

Courtesy SqueezeOC. I'm really liking Jit Fong's podcasts.

The OC Register has a new Arts Blog which will cover our local visual arts scene ( Richard Chang), classical music (Tim Mangan) and theatre events (Paul Hodgins). Welcome to the blogroll guys.

Every Friday I look forward to the new edition of Blue States Lose on Gawker. Why? Because making fun of Hipsters is great fun. But for karmic reasons I feel it's my duty to make sure all you local hipsters don't make some of the same mistakes your east coast breathen are making. So as a Public Service Announcement I will occasionally be posting an IN & Out section just to keep you up to date on what's hot and what's not. With no further ado: IN The fixed gear bike or for the less talented...