OC Art Blog

Hard Times For OCMA

Most of the financial drama circling museums has been coming out of LA but it seems some of the bad news is starting to bleed into Orange County. Looks like OCMA has delayed the upcoming Diebenkorn show 6 months due to financial reasons. Orange County already had shaky support for its arts organizations during the good times. Things could get pretty ugly around here before it gets better. More to come I'm sure.

Artist Advice From Mat Gleason

Jay Sagen

Here are some images from Saturday night at @space.

Now that I am a bit freer, I have more time to go looking again. I swung by @space to say hello to Julie and to chat with her.

My friends and I had one of our galleries night out. We wanted to go to Riverside to see the new Jeff Soto show, but decided against it because of time. We ended up at our usual second Saturday hangout, Pomona, to do their artwalk and grabbed some dinner.

The show of Jay Sagen will be up until January 3. Swing by to show your support.

--James

Congrats - Sherie' Franssen

Congratulations to HB based painter Sherie' Franssen. It seems SF based art critic Kenneth Baker loved her new show currently up at Dolby Chadwick. The review can be read HERE. Always nice to see an OC based artist get well deserved recognition nationally.

Public Radio Needs Your Input - The Art Market

American Public Media wants your input. They want to know how artists, art, investors, gallery owners, and people in the arts community in California are working through the current financial crisis. Go to THIS LINK and let them know how you are managing in these difficult times.