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Help OC's Backhausdance Get To New York

Orange County's own Backhausdance is raising funds to fly 11 dancers and a small staff to New York City to perform two full nights of repertory at Joyce SoHo. They've been invited to perform as part of an amazing dance series.

I've (Chris) have seen them perform locally several times and they are group OC should be proud of and should support.

Bauckhausdance are one of only seven companies from all of North America invited to Joyce SoHo. Please lend a hand.

You can make a donation over at KickStarter

OsCene 2010 Artist Line-Up Announced

OsCene 2010 curator Grace Kook-Anderson announced Wednesday the 49 visual artists who will be included in Laguna Art Museum’s upcoming exhibition OsCene 2010: Contemporary Art and Culture in OC. The exhibition is slated for February 21-May 16, 2010 at Laguna Art Museum.

 
Highlighting local Orange County artists, OsCene 2010 will feature painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, multi-media installations, video, architecture, performance, and design. This year, OsCene is extending to Long Beach and San Pedro, often considered the blurred boundary between Orange and Los Angeles counties.
 
“Despite the geographical framework that OsCene 2010 takes on, it's exciting to see the range of artists in this exhibition with diverse backgrounds and practices. There will definitely be some threads of dialogue between these different artists and their works,” said curator Grace Kook-Anderson.

OsCene 2004 at Laguna Art Museum was the first survey of Orange County artists in over 20 years and was produced for a second time at the Museum in 2006.
 
Film and video artists will be announced by guest film curator Keiko Beatie January 11, 2010.
 
OsCene 2010 Artists
 

Robert Allen and Antoinette LaFarge
Stephanie Bachiero
Barbara Berk
Wolfgang  Bloch
Cheeming Boey
Sierra Brown
Ryan Callis
Kendell Carter
Jennifer Celio
Kyle Chew
Cheryl Cotman
Preston Daniels
Diana Donaldson
Cheryl Ekstrom
Julie Easton
Rebecca Erbstoesser
McLean Fahnestock
Shannon Faseler
Joe Forkan
Jeff Foye
Jocelyn Foye
Suvan Geer
Gina Genis
Ed Gomez
Darren Hostetter
Jim Jenkins
Virginia Katz
Dameon Lester
Robert Mah
James Miller
Brad J. Moore
Nobuhito Nishigawara
Naida Osline
Ya'el Pedroza
Andrew Printer
Robin Repp
Molly Schulps
Betsy Seder
Jennifer Shaw
Fran Siegel
Ali Smith
Noah Thomas
Melissa Thomson
Timothy Tompkins
James Verbicky
Suzanne Walsh
Yasuko
Jenny Yurshansky

 
About OsCene 2010
In the face of international biennials, world-wide art fairs, and attention to the ever-changing cities of the next “it” place for art and artists, OsCene 2010 features the works of 49 artists and aims to look at regionalism, a term that has, in the last five years, taken on negative connotations. In this wave of international focus, it is worth being reminded of the art making practices taking place in our near surroundings; looking at art being made here and now. Orange County is an amalgam of characteristics: tourist attraction; nature preserves; notably politically conservative yet also the birthplace of many ska/punk music bands; master planned communities; diverse demographics; 34 incorporated cities, the oldest being Anaheim (1870) and Aliso Viejo the most recent (2001); and the important port locations of Long Beach and San Pedro. Similarly, the works produced by artists are equally diverse and sometimes conflicting. OsCene 2010 aims to represent this multiplicity of a locale shown through the works of diverse artists.

Performance Piece: Soraya Fallah & Cklara Moradian @ GCAC

This last last Saturday the Social Justice Collaborative of Pepperdine University presented a panel in conjunction with the Hidden Wounds/Paper Bullets exhibition at the Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana, Ca. Part of the the panel was a one act performance piece by artists Soraya Fallah & Cklara Moradian.It's a powerful 9 minute piece:

Not Los Angeles - Taco Ride

So last night while my wife went to watch some vampire movie with a cute boy, Courtney Conlon and I grabbed our bikes and ran up to the FOCA space in Chinatown to participate in Brian Boyer's Not Los Angeles - Taco Ride which was part of his current exhibit New Atlas at the FOCA space. Many art world aficionado's were there like curator/artist Marshall Astor, Artist Jeff Foye, Painter Devon Tsuno, FS instigator Ed Giardina, artist Macha Suzuki and of course MOCA's lovely Andrea Stang. As usual I had a blast. It was a great night for a ride and I had a taco at all three spots. I even ventured, with Courtney, to try a "stomach" taco. All of which is captured in the accompanying video. (some pics stolen from Devon) Enjoy..

-Chris

Not Los Angeles - Taco Ride from Dharma Bum on Vimeo.

Jeremy Fish @ LAM

Fecal Face has a nice set of photos from Jeremy Fish's recent opening at LAM. Enjoy.

Opening @ OCCCA This Saturday Night

A show displaying artwork of OCCCA's interns, as well as the work of three additional undergraduate artists from Chapman University will open this Saturday night.

Show Runs: November 19-29 
Opening Reception: November 21 at 6pm.

"Veronica" 09/24/09 reception & Open call to text Artists @ Pitzer College

So while at the In Love With Night exhibition curator Ciara Ennis gave me the scoop on her upcoming group exhibition titled Veronica at Pitzer Art Gallery, Pitzer College.  Does she sleep?   For full detailed info regarding gallery hours and directions just click on the link above.

Here is the low-down for another brilliant exhibition and open call to text artists:

Rheim Alkadhi, Mathilde ter Heijne, Nadine Hottenrott, Karen Lofgren, Shana Lutker, Jeni Spota, Carrie Yury and Joy Whalen

Nichols Gallery, Pitzer Art Galleries

September 24 — December 11, 2009

Opening Reception: September 24th, 5 — 8 PM 2009

Veronica draws together an all-woman cast of artists from the United States, Germany and The Netherlands whose works involve an examination of their cultural guideposts. Inspired by the myth of Saint Veronica—who mopped Jesus’s brow on the road to Golgotha resulting in an imprint of his face on her veil––the artists attempt to cleanse and update existing stereotypes and the icons that support them. Like Veronica, who committed a brave and selfless act, these artists have created courageous works that tackle gender, politics, religion and identity issues while freely indulging in the familiar tropes and rituals of ancient myth and magic. The result is a collection of visually compelling works that beguile with formal invention and persuade with thematic wit.

Emerging Artist Series #3

Nuttaphol Ma

This Land is Your Land

Lenzner Family Art Gallery, Pitzer Art Galleries

September 24 – November 20, 2009

Opening Reception: September 24th, 5 — 8 PM 2009

In the third installment of Pitzer’s Emerging Artist Series, Thai-born, Los Angeles based artist Nuttaphol Ma combines references to Manzanar—an abandoned Japanese relocation camp at the base of California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range—with Woody Guthrie's missing lyrics from "This Land Is Your Land." Ma’s site-specific installation explores issues of displacement, migration and survival and asks whether "This Land Is Your Land" is still relevant to today’s new immigrants.

This Land is Your Land is co-organized with the 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica.

Launch: Writ Large

Open call for Text Artists

Pitzer Art Galleries announce the launch of Writ large a new exhibition project site for text work. Writ Large invites artists working with text to produce a temporary site-specific work for the curved wall of an interior staircase connecting the first and second floors of the Nichols Gallery. The wall is viewable from the main and balcony galleries yet occupies a distinct space all its own. Measuring 15 feet high by 10 feet wide the work will remain on view for 4 months. Each project will have its own announcement card, be celebrated by a reception for the artist(s), and will be featured on Pitzer Art Galleries website.

Information about submitting work:

Open call for text artists

Pitzer Art Galleries announce the launch of Writ Large a new exhibition project site for text work. Writ Largeinvites artists working with text to produce a temporary site-specific work for the curved wall of an interior staircase connecting the first and second floors of the Nichols Gallery. The wall is viewable from the main and balcony galleries yet occupies a distinct space all its own. Measuring 15 feet high by 10 feet wide the work will remain on view for 4 months. Each project will have its own announcement card, be celebrated by a reception for the artist(s), and will be featured on Pitzer Art Galleries website.

Project Specifications
There are no thematic or subject restraints. The individual letterforms should be no larger than 6 inches high and a maximum of 400 characters. The text should be designed with one color in mind. The Illustrator file with all fonts embedded should be sent to art_galleries@pitzer.edu. All work will be installed by Pitzer Art Galleries staff.

Yes, that's right. The exhibition will feature one of my favorite local artists Carrie Yury!!

So get those text entries rolling and hope you can make it out for the show- you can even pick-up a catalogue while you are there.

Thanks,

Joanna

Good News! The OsCene is Coming Back in 2010 @ LAM

 Laguna Art Museum is currently accepting submissions from Orange County and Long Beach artists working in all media for an upcoming exhibition scheduled for February 20 – May 16, 2010.

OsCene is a survey exhibition drawn from artists working in all media including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, multi-media installations, video, architecture, performance, and design.

The survey will focus on artists based in Orange County and Long Beach. However, artists who have an ongoing presence within the county, but may not live in the region and commute, are encouraged to submit, such as employees, university faculty, and students (university seniors, or graduate students are welcome). Work produced within the last two years will be considered.

OsCene 2004 was the first survey of Orange County artists in over 20 years. The Museum received over 400 submissions. Curators from Laguna Art Museum conducted nearly 100 studio visits and then 40 artists were selected. Each OsCene will have a different emphasis. OsCene 2010 will be curated by Grace Kook-Anderson, curator of exhibitions at Laguna Art Museum.

Please Submit the following:

1) Resume

2) Artist statement

3) Materials in any format that best presents your work such as print outs, CDs, or DVDs

4) A S.A.S.E. with enough postage for the return of materials

Laguna Art Museum
Attention: Grace Kook-Anderson
307 Cliff Drive
Laguna Beach, CA  92651

DO NOT SEND ORIGINAL WORK as the Museum cannot be responsible for its safe return.

Deadline for submissions:  Monday, September 28, 2009 at 12:00 p.m.

For questions or more information, please email gkook-anderson@lagunaartmuseum.org.

Soundwalk 2009 Deadline Approaching

Two weeks remain to submit to the sixth Annual SoundWalk event to be held in Long Beach CA on Saturday, October 3, 2009. Please visit www.soundwalk.org for submission requirements and further information. Deadline for submissions is Wednesday, July 1st, 2009. Get on it folks.

OCMA Auction

OCMA's annual auction is coming up on March 28th but you can start bidding on the work now. Head over to their auction site and take a look. It would seem that they decided to offer fewer works that have larger price tags. I hope that works out for them. If you would like to attend the event tickets can be yours for $200 (member price).