This afternoon I had the privilege of giving a little talk in my friend Dana Doyle's Practical and Theoretical Issues in the Arts class at CSULB. I always have fun doing this kind of thing and it seemed like the students enjoyed it. They asked a ton of questions which was great. Here are some Pic's. I told them they would be making the blog. Professor Dana Who shot that spit wad?!?! Wake up people! ...
Don't know if this qualifies as a poem but I'm in a Tom Waits kinda mood: ...
This one by Bukowski captures my current mood. I present The Last Days of The Suicide Kid. Enjoy. ...
I'm going to go against the grain on this one. This is brilliant. He has captured our current times perfectly. The jokes on us. ...
I'm headed to San Francisco. Will be doing some art stuff but won't be posting. Have a great weekend and keep it safe out there. ...
This weeks Poem comes from former local Derrick Brown. Titled Come Alive. Enjoy: ...
Artforum's Scene & Heard made an appearence in OC to catch the Mary Heilmann's opening at OCMA. Yep. ...
Thought I'd let you all know about a few new blogs in OC. In July we'll need to welcome Franklin Einspruch of Artblog fame to OC. He has taken a job at the Laguna College of Art & Design and I'm sure will be giving his perspective of our scene soon. He talks about the move HERE. Artist Amy Caterina has a new blog. Chemers Gallery in Tustin has also started a new blog. If you know of others let me know and I'll update here. ...
Your getting two poems today because someone is starting to put up the award winning PBS show The United States of Poetry on Youtube. Finally. Highly recommended. First off is a beautiful poem by Naomi Shihab Nye and the second one is by the legend Leonard Cohen. Enjoy! ...
Richard Chang from the OC Register visited the Richard Tuttle show at MOCA. Dear Mr. Chang- When will you or freelancers from the OC Register begin to write about the now multiple galleries showing contemporary cutting edge art in Orange County? We would appreciate some support and hopefully constructive dialog from the local critical community. It seems if it isn't at OCMA, LAM, Laguna or out of Orange County completely, greater OC isn't going to hear about it. Please give some consideration to supporting your scene. It'll...
Banksy has been revealed. He looks like he could be your uncle. ...
I'm headed to Las Vegas. So have a great weekend. Mary Heilmann opens at OCMA Saturday night. That one is a must see. Anybody have an interest in catching the Psychedelic Furs at the OC Fair July 17th? Get your 80's on? Let me know. ...
Well it looks like it just keeps getting more active in OC. Time to welcome another new gallery. @space Gallery is located in Santa Ana over by the Bowers Museum and is under the direction of local curator Julie Perlin Lee. Their first opening is this Saturday night and will feature Ryan Scheidt & Elaine Coombs. ...
The new Long Beach based weekly The District is now online and Theo Douglas visits painter Madison Webb. ...
Looks like there's a couple of new galleries opening up shop here in Orange County. Both are run by long time local art appraisers. First off is Fred Page's new place in Costa Mesa called Grace Lane Gallery. There was a recent write up on Fred's new gallery in the Daily Pilot. Next up is Lisa Lodeski Fine Art. Her next opening will be held May 19th and will feature Deborah Barr. Get out there and support their efforts. ...
Sorry for the lack of posts around here lately but I've had some other stuff going on. I will be getting back on it soon. Part of that other stuff is a good friend of mine is battling brain cancer. She has had a couple of surgeries these last few weeks . Anyway I'm going to be participating in a 5K to help raise funds for brain cancer research and was wondering if any of you fine people would like to donate to the cause,...
