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Hibbleton Gallery is pleased to announce its February art opening, “Silhouette Masterpiece Theatre: Selected Cuts by Wilhelm Staehle.”  The opening reception is Friday, February 6 from 7-11pm.  The artist known as Wilhelm Staehle was selected as one of Print Magazine's Top Twenty Designers Under Thirty (aka the New Visual Artist’s Award), won two Adobe Acheivement awards for Design and Illustration, and has had work included in numerous Print Magazine Design Annuals.  He has been included multiple times in AIGA's 50 Books/50 covers event.  Books Staehle’s illustration and typography work have been featured in...

05 February, 2009 /

I have a couple of new posts up HERE and HERE for the TSS music site. I think you should head over there and give your two cents. ...

03 February, 2009 /

Christopher Knight reviews the William Wendt show currently at LAM. The show is worth seeing just to be reminded how beautiful Orange County use to be before all the asphalt and Applebee's...

27 January, 2009 /

In these uncertain times when galleries are closing left and right and it's getting harder and harder to show, especially in Orange County. It's going to be up to the artists to get creative about showing their work. Below is a perfect example, Diana Markessinis turned a yoga studio into a gallery for a night with positive results. Diana Markessinis @ Yoga Works from Dharma Bum on Vimeo. ...

25 January, 2009 /

Gustavo Arellano on the shut down of FOB II by Santa Ana city officialsDave Barton reviews Charming Decay at Hibbleton GalleryLayoffs begin at OC Arts organizationsChange is coming to Santa Ana's Rude Guerilla TheatreA certain OC "Arts" writer thinks I'm talking out my ass...

17 January, 2009 /

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16 January, 2009 /

"A truer story would have focused on the fact that none of the three culture critics—let go from the {Times} in the last year or so was passionately engaged in the cultural dialogue of the city and the nation.""the truth is that {the critic} is known by the majority of artists, dealers, and curators in the city as the critic who never showed up.""Art has been persevering in {Seattle} without the help of its largest daily paper for quite some time now."Replace the Seattle Times with the Orange County Register and the...

08 January, 2009 /

It's been a little while since we did an Artist Interview. So to kick off the first interview of 2009 I asked David Michael Lee, who will be appearing in the exhibition Invasion at @Space Contemporary this Saturday night, if he would answer a few questions for our readers. Here ya go:Tell us about your work?The work is about observations, still or active, it does not matter. The observation deck from which I paint varies, high in the sky, real high in the sky or from a...

08 January, 2009 /

It seems that ever since Rick Stein has taking over leadership duties of Arts Orange County his first order of business has been to raise the profile of Arts OC to the general art fan. Did anybody other then the 10 people that financed the Performing Arts Center know what Arts Orange County's mission was 12 months ago?? I didn't. Anyway, there's a new happenings website SparkOC and they want your input on a new survey and there's even a new promotional video below that...

07 January, 2009 /

This Saturday night kicks off one of the first new openings of 2009. Invasion featuring Anthony Gordon and David Michael Lee opens on Saturday night from 6-9pm at @Space Contemporary. I will see you there. ...

06 January, 2009 /

Congrats to Huntington Beach based painter Sherie' Franssen for making Kenneth Baker's Top 5 List for 2008. As always it's nice to see an OC based artist get this kind of recognition. ...

05 January, 2009 /