The OC Art Blog was created in 2004 as a way to build community and promote the marginalized but dynamic Orange County art scene.

Hello loyal OC Art Blog readers. I wanted to take moment and welcome a new blogger to this here site. James Rojsirivat is an artist/designer who also happens to be a member of the artist collective Finishing School. James is much younger than me and that means he has much more energy. So look forward to more gallery opening photos, more videos and even some treks across the orange curtain into LA. Rumor has it some stuff happens up there. Welcome James!! ...

14 July, 2008 /

C-Monster paid a visit.Richard Chang took a look.Theo Douglas spent some gas money.Greg Stacy dropped in.And the OC Art Blog will be there in a couple of weeks, because that's how we roll. ...

11 July, 2008 /

This Saturday night About Abstraction opens at The Guggenheim Gallery on campus at Chapman U. Brandon Anschultz opens at @space gallery J. Fynn's 2 year anniversary show is Saturday night. ...

11 July, 2008 /

True or False? George W. Bush has allowed the National Endowment For The Arts to grow for eight straight years. ...

09 July, 2008 /

Here's a quick vid of the Amy Caterina installation currently up at GCAC. Her website for the project, Free Range Knitting is also up. ...

09 July, 2008 /

C-Monster does OC here and here. Hey, next time give me a heads-up and I'll buy you lunch. ...

07 July, 2008 /

Tell us about your work?   I have been painting feverishly since before finishing Grad school at CSUF in 1997. Majoring in printmaking (later painting…), I tend to do paintings in series. My longest running body of work would be my “Slumscapes:” paintings of third-world slums. These culminated from travels to countries like India, Bangladesh, Peru, Indonesia, the Philipinnes, Kenya, Brazil, etc. I’ve also created series of deserts (with debris), post-apocalyptic ruins (usually of Disneyland), fallen freeways, cartoon collage/abstractions. I’m presently working on a post-traumatic vision of Las Vegas and have started adding figures into my slumscapes.   What Artists...

07 July, 2008 /

Speaking of Amy Caterina, here's a great story in the OC Register about how she donated a kidney to Mike McGee and how everything went. Must read. Make sure you give her a hug when you see her at her opening on Saturday night. ...

03 July, 2008 /

On Saturday night Amy Caterina opens This Used To Be Real Estate, Now It's Only Field and Trees at GCAC. Also at GCAC there will be a group photo show featuring artists such as Naida Osline, Marya Alford and Eric Stoner. On Saturday night OCCCA opens Altars - Offerings - Totems & Tip Jars featuring Richard Bohn, Diane Stovall & Linda Southwell Night Gallery in Santa Ana opens a new Metal and Ceramic show on Saturday night. ...

03 July, 2008 /

July 1, 2008:  Huntington Beach, CA – The Hoff Foundation announced today that it will award quarterly grants totaling $3,000 to the following Artists and Arts Organizations based in Orange County and Long Beach. Regina Klenjoski Dance Company: $1,000 to support the 2008 SOLA Contemporary Dance Festival. Jennifer Abod - Producer/Director: $1,000 to support post-production costs for the independent documentary The Passionate Pursuits of Angela Bowen. Andrea Dominguez: $1,000 for graduate program scholarship support. The Hoff Foundation is a private arts foundation formed in 2008 with a commitment to and passion for the arts....

01 July, 2008 /