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

This Saturday night ISM: Gallery at the Koos Art Center opens Best in Show. The opening will run from 7 to 10pm. The details of the show are below:“BEST IN SHOW” A Friendly Art CompetitionISM: gallery presents a playful take on the journey from student to professional artist. A group of student artists from a Junior College, a State School and a Private University will exhibit their work in an environment that provides anonymity from the school they attend, showing amongst their contemporaries in a true celebration of the creative impulse. During...

28 May, 2008 /

If animals real or imagined are your thing, OCCCA has a call for artists out currently that you should check out. The deadline is July 19th and Mat Gleason of Coagula fame will be the juror so I'm sure it will be interesting. Show will open in September ...

27 May, 2008 /

The Terra Cotta Warriors are now at the Bowers.The OC Fair is fast approaching and I will be jurying the photography competition. Deadline has been extended to June 1st. Get moving slackers!FOCA spent a day in OC.One word: BoobiesThe one museum that will get you in the summer groove.Our most underrated local museum. Have you been to the new building?Arts Festival season is now upon us. Laguna Canyon road will now grind to a halt.Change is upon us. Don't blow it Arts OC. ...

27 May, 2008 /

OK. Let me be the first to call a moratorium on anymore "Skateboards as art" shows or anymore more "artist series skate decks". Enough! Thank you for letting me vent.Artist t-shirts & Robots. You're next. ...

21 May, 2008 /

When all is fails bring in the artists. You know Gap, RVCA's been pimping artists for a while now with great success. ...

16 May, 2008 /

It's that time again. This Saturday night is another Santiago Art District Art Walk. I was there last month and had a great time. You might remember the video. Lots to do this weekend so get out there and enjoy. ...

16 May, 2008 /

This Saturday night is also the opening of the collaboration between brothers Albert & David Lopez at SolArt Gallery in Santa Ana. I hear it's a big new space and hope to check it out this weekend with camera in hand. ...

15 May, 2008 /

This Saturday night the Box Gallery opens danyol: At The Seams. Also at 8pm the chamber rock quartet Carletta Sue Kay will play with danyol on the guitar. Enjoy! ...

15 May, 2008 /

Robert Rauschenberg dead at 82 ...

13 May, 2008 /

You're getting the report early again because I'm leaving town again, this time to Vegas where I will seek fame and fortune. There's a few solid shows coming up this weekend so enjoy yourself. Nobuhito Nishigawara opens at @space on Saturday night. This is Not Here curated by Peter Blake opens at JFlynn Gallery on Saturday night. (image: Jorg Dubin) Don't forget the Meet Meet The Artists Party is Friday night at the HBAC. Performances by Finishing School included.  ...

08 May, 2008 /