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Announcements continue to come out of the TEDx Fullerton camp. The most recent is that Kimberly Brooks will be added to the line-up on Friday Sept 10th. TEDxFullerton’s special guest speaker is Kimberly Brooks, who recently conceived and launched the Arts Section of the Huffington Post, a new “vertical”, where she serves as Arts Editor.   Ms. Brooks is also a contemporary American painter and new media artist; her works have been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, LACMA to name a few.  ...

12 August, 2010 /

  The line up of the upcoming TEDX Fullerton happening on Sept 10th is starting to leak out. Some of the speakers that will be present include: Karen Atkinson, The Creation of a Hybrid (Artist)   Bruce Babad, Exposing the hidden notes   Amy Caterina, Vivacious, cheeky and kind   Peter Clothier, Rousing the Creative Spirit   John Crawford, Intermedia software artist   John Eger, “Building Creative Communities”   Jill Anjuli Hansen, Revolutionary, creative, entrepreneur   Andrea Harris-McGee, Infectious Enthusiasm and Fun §  Joe Jewell, Contemporary Guitar Virtuoso   Frank Peters, Angel, artist,...

05 August, 2010 /

Hey there, just stopped in to New York for a few days on my way to Rome.   Landed in time to hit the streets for a much needed jog around central park and trek down to the financial district for Canadian dancer/photographer Paul-Andre' Fortier's live performance infront of 1 New York Plaza.  Every day for 30 days Fortier will perform for 30 minutes at high noon inside a taped off square (30' x 30' of course) right in the middle of the outdoor area of...

29 July, 2010 /

It looks like OC is going to get its own independently produced TED event taking place on Sept 10th at Fullerton college. I'm hopeful and excited about the creative/arts direction they're taking. Hopefully I will get an invite. More info:TEDxFullerton is being produced by ArtspaceOC, “a playful collision of spaces + a serious think tank”. ArtspaceOC is the brainchild of Susan L. Petrella and Pamela Hughes Tice, lifelong artists, arts patrons and advocates whose vision is to “inspire Orange County to be a “creative” community. TEDxFullerton begins the...

14 July, 2010 /

I have to say that I picked the right weekend to spend all three days going to openings. Starting Friday with Christine Nguyen at the HB Art Center and finishing today at Angels Gate it has been a solid weekend of stand-out art, and I did not have to go to L.A. to see any of it.The grand finale of the weekend was the work of Camilo Cruz. Cruz's day job is working for the court system in downtown L.A., He has a unique position...

11 July, 2010 /

July 1, 2008:  Huntington Beach, CA – The Hoff Foundation announced today that it will award a quarterly grants totaling $1,000 to the following Arts Organization based in Orange County. National Choreographers Initiative: $1000 toward support of NCI Discovery 2010 to take place at the Irvine Barclay Theatre on July 31st. About NCI: The National Choreographers Initiative was developed to promote the creation and production of professional dance. It is also an opportunity to engage outstanding choreographers from around the United States in the creative process. NCI provides an opportunity for the southern California community to...

11 July, 2010 /

I ran over to Chapman University's Guggenheim Gallery for the opening of New, Used, Borrowed. I promise I'll start bringing a camera other than the iPhone from here on out. I really enjoyed the curatorial concept around this show. I think the next thing they should do is invite OC collectors in to throw some of their faves on the walls. It would be interesting, in my opinion, to see what other OC folks are collecting and get some dialogue going around the subject. I'm...

10 July, 2010 /

Tonight I had a chance to make it to the Christine Nguyen show at the HB Art Center and it is a beauty. The show will be running for the next couple of months and I urge to get out there and take a look. It'll be one of the better shows you'll see in Orange County this year. Here are a few iPhone pics, so sorry about the quality. Enjoy: Me & Christine Ed Giardina McLean Fahnestock Marshall...

09 July, 2010 /

On Saturday night Pomona Arts District stalwart Bunny Gunner, will be celebrating their 3rd anniversary with All Ice Cream themed art, an Ice Cream Truck, Paletas, Music and Beer. The opening will run from 6 to 11pm and I'm sure lots of the art world will be there. Congrats Bunny Gunner! ...

09 July, 2010 /

The idea behind the exhibition New, Used, Borrowed, opening Saturday night at the Chapman University Guggenheim Gallery, is to show the role of the artist as more than “art maker” but also art collector and art admirer. Each artist has created a New work of art for this exhibition; each has included a work of art (or a grouping of artworks) they have purchased and Used in the context of their private life; and finally, each has Borrowed a work of art from an artist whose work they admire. Each grouping...

09 July, 2010 /

In three new exhibitions opening Sunday July 11 from 2-5pm, Angels Gate Cultural Center will be featuring photographic portraiture.  The three artists of these exhibitions range widely in subject, yet are brought together through their exploration of individuals that often go unseen - artists as workers, the human elements of the Los Angeles Superior Court system and members of the American military. Slobodan Dimitrov: Artist PortraitsIn 2006 the Angels Gate Cultural Center commissioned renown labor photographer and long-time AGCC Studio Artist to engage in an...

08 July, 2010 /

       Mike Stilkey, Untitled Installation of 4,400 books and paint   (photos by Alyssa Cordova )Artist Mike Stilkey, far rightSo-cal artist judges books by their covers     Good news!  In case you missed Costa Mesa’s )( Space Gallery’s inaugural exhibition, Reminiscent: Mike Stilkey, it has been reinstalled in the Hurley creative retail space in Laguna Beach just in time for their one year anniversary.                     Orange County active wear giant Hurley recently opened their new gallery in Costa Mesa, CA  to give art-thirsty Orange Countians refreshing monthly art shows curated by former Billy Shire...

06 July, 2010 /

    Meet Alyssa.  She grew up in Montana, lives in Long Beach and recently bought an artwork by SMASH.  She is the newest writer for the OC Art Blog.  Later this week we are going to Hurley’s new gallery to check out the Mike Stilkey exhibit and I am sure she will be reporting back with all the details.  Stay tuned….-Krystal ...

29 June, 2010 /