Congratulations to Huntington Beach native Steven Baldi for being recognized by Art Review Magazine as one of their top 25 emerging artists. Art Review also does a little piece on LA/SF and our slacker art...
I'm happy to report that Office alumni Michele Jaquis has been chosen as the Diva of the Month over at United Divas. If you be a creative women of any kind you should go check out all the offerings at their site and get your community on. Enjoy. ...
Just in case anybody has the old date for the Santa Ana 7 show at The Office. The opening date has been moved to Saturday April 16th. It'll be quite the event so please mark your calendars. ...
As someone who runs a Gallery that focuses on young and emerging artists it has definitely come to my attention how little the University/Art School system prepares their students for life in the real world upon graduation. Well here is an opportunity to sharpen your art business skills and jump start your career. Ashley Emenegger formerly of Gallery 825 has started her own consulting company Mclean Fine Art and will be conducting a two day workshop titled Art is My Business. Details follow: Art Is My Business...
All these shows end this weekend or within the next week. So hurry up! Michael Maas at Viento y Agua Gallery Detente at Greenwood Chebithes Gallery. The Passionate Gesture at Marion Meyer Gallery. Color it Orange at The Laguna College of Art & Design. California New Old Masters & Gallery C. Enjoy. ...
This is scary and hilarious all at the same time. The fall out should be interesting. ...
Liz Goldner visits Contours of Modernity and Voices of Chinese Diaspora at The Soka University Founders Hall gallery for The OC Metro and writes about it here. ...
You don't hear too much these days about the collecting of video works so I thought I would highlight a video work in my collection and the artists responsible...
Rebecca Schoenkopf takes on the new Ansel Adams show in this week's OC Weekly. "But the longer one looks at the workmanship of Adams’ brilliantly formal images, the more one sees the snow-gilded evergreen up his butt." Come on. That's pretty funny. Read the rest. ...
This Thursday Caryn Coleman of sixspace and ABLA fame will be participating on a panel that will be discussing arts journalism. Go support your local art writer. Details follow: Join us for a panel discussion organized by the Greater L.A. chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists on Thursday, March 24. It’ll be more than just New York-bashing. What’s at stake is nothing less than the way Southern California art is perceived around the world. PANELISTS: Caryn Coleman co-owner of sixspace and writes art.blogging.la Peter Frank, art critic for...
The LA Times covers the closing of Santa Ana's Legacy Art Gallery and the locals reaction here. I wrote about the troubles in Santa Ana here. ...
For those interested. Mr. & Mrs. OC Art Blog at artLA. Now say hi to us when you see us. ...
Thought I would introduce you all to some OC centric blog sites that I have discovered recently. It seems the OC is starting to get online in mass. Enjoy. Politics: The OC Blog Music: Radar Orange (The OC Weekly's new music blog.) Observational: FOC (Dean is a friend of mine..even though he's a Dodger fan.) Politics/History/Pop Culture: The Fez The OC Register's blog. Skater Girl: OC Hairball Design & Stuff: BootyKika From the Corner Office: The Window Manager More to come. I'm sure you'll notice that most of the political sites lean a little...
