Thursday night I ran down to Laguna with the FS boys Ed and Brian to catch Alvin Gregorio's show at Peter Blake Gallery. The show was great and there were a ton of people out and about. Go see it if you can...

Just a heads-up. Mark your calendars. On Oct. 19th Mark Dutcher opens at the HB Art Center. You will not want to miss this! ...

It's first Saturday time again and there's an opening at OCMA so there will be a lot to do. I will have images from the opening at Peter Blake last night up later so come on back. See you Saturday night. Birth of Cool opens at OCMA Jeff Gillette & Rick Frausto open at GCAC. Naida Osline, Laurie Hassold & Tao Urban open @ The SAC Gallery in the Santora building. (Don't miss) Dana Lovell opens @ OCCCA Todd Davis opens @ Scribble Theory ...

The final reviews for The Office's final show re-Perspective, curated by Chloe Flores and Autumn Beck are in: Greg Stacy's OC Weekly review  can be found here. (Thanks for the nice send off Greg) Rebecca Schoenkopf's District review can be found here. (She didn't like the show so much, but thanks for all the support over the years Rebecca. She was supportive from the beginning) ...

This Thursday night former OC'er and now University of Colorado Professor Alvin Gregorio will open a show of new work at Peter Blake Gallery in Laguna Beach. Haven't done the first Thursday thing in a while so it will be good to get down there to check it out and see Alvin. Hope you all can make it. ...

Ran down to Long Beach on Saturday night to see some friends who were in a show at C1D gallery. There was a great turn out. Here's some pics for your enjoyment. Artist James Rojsirivat James Rojsirivat Laura Liptak Miles of Smiles Ed Giardina's there somewhere I keep running into Paul Paiement ...

This Saturday night is Long Beach night. I haven't been downtown for the last Saturday thing for awhile but will be headed down this weekend to see my friend James Rojsirivat and a few other artists at the C1D Gallery and scout out what else has been changing down there. Come on down. ...

Opening next weekend @ OCMA. Birth of Cool: California Art, Design & Culture at Midcentury. See you there. ...

Mrs. OC Art Blog and I ventured up to San Francisco this weekend to catch the opening of a new commission by Paul Paiement hosted by husband and wife gallery owners Heather Marx & Steve Zavattero. We also caught the Olafur Eliasson show at SFMOMA and the Dark Matters show and the Joachim Schmid exhibit at Yerba Buena. Trevor Paglen who was included in the Dark Matters show is my new favorite artist. I don't think I've seen spine-chilling art like that in a long...

For those of you who missed the opening pictures for re-Perspective at The Office. Marshall Astor has it covered for you. And he takes way better pics then I ever could. Thanks Marshall! ...

Not sure if there's anything happening in OC this weekend and that's fine because I'm headed to San Francisco to catch Paul Paiement unveil a new work in a collectors home via Heather Marx Gallery. We will also be visiting Olafur Eliasson's New Show at SFMOMA. If you are in town don't miss Soundwalk this weekend. Very sad I'll miss that. Have fun! ...

I was going to post a bunch of photos of the final opening at The Office. If you were there, thank you very much. If you missed it, we missed you. It's better to burn out, then fade away...

There's a great new opportunity for OC artists to get some $$$$. The Orange County Art Grant sponsored by the Downtown Santa Ana Business Council will award cash to Artists that have any association with Orange County in anyway. All mediums considered. Here's how it works: Three Catagories: Working Artists: 1 $1,000 grant + Cover of Catalogue Gradute Students: 3 $500 Grants Undergrads: 5 $100 Grants Submit hi-res images, ready to print, and resume, contact info & SASE to DSABC - Art Grant  125 N. Broadway Santa Ana 92701....