117 N Sycamore. Santa Ana, CA 92701  www.occca.org
714 667 1517 · Hours: Th & Sun 12-5pm, Fri & Sat 12-9
1st Saturday Receptions: 6-10pm

OCCCA is located
at the corner of 2nd and Sycamore in the Santa Ana Artists Village.
There is no entrance fee.  Please see the web site for more
information, www.occca.org , or call the gallery during regular operating hours.

Show Runs: January 6th – 13th, 2010

Opening Reception: Wednesday Jan 6th, 6-10pm

This fantastic exhibit showcases over 100 of the most artistically talented OC teens in the areas of painting, drawing, fashion, graphic design, ceramics, jewelry, printmaking and more. A must see show if you want to see the talented artists of tomorrow!

Plus: Special Raffle During the Opening!

Cirque du Soleil has generously donated two tickets valued at $85.00 each to OCCCA to raffle off during the opening of the OCHSA (Orange County High School of the Arts) exhibit on January 6th. These tickets will be raffled for only $1.00 per each. Thatʼs right – no typo – only $1.00 per raffle ticket. The proceeds will go to OCCCAʼs operating expenses.

Please show your support for the talented kids of OCHSA and to OCCCA by attending the opening and buying raffle tickets. The Cirque du Soleil tickets are valid for the February 11th, 8 p.m. performance.

Orange County Center For Contemporary Art
117 N Sycamore. Santa Ana, CA 92701  www.occca.org
714 667 1517 · Hours: Th & Sun 12-5pm, Fri & Sat 12-9
1st Saturday Receptions: 6-10pm

OCCCA is located
at the corner of 2nd and Sycamore in the Santa Ana Artists Village.
There is no entrance fee.  Please see the web site for more
information, www.occca.org , or call the gallery during regular operating hours.

An all media national juried exhibition including video, installation, jewelry and craft media.

Exhibition:
March 6 to April 18, 2009
117 N. Sycamore, Santa Ana, CA
714.667.1517 www.occca.org

Opening Reception March 7, 6 PM to 10 PM

FASHIONISTAS!
Fashion is a seductive powerhouse in contemporary culture, worthy of celebration and critique. From the earliest days of civilization to the present moment, we’ve been obsessed by decorative creations to adorn and define our beings. Madly inspired garments, bravura sketches, elaborately finished works, and experimental art in all media including video and installation will be accepted for judging to showcase the edge where adornment meets art.

Deadline for entries: January 12, 2009 (received not postmarked)

A catalog of accepted works will accompany this exhibition.

Fees and Deadline
A non-refundable $35.00 entry fee must accompany all submissions and arrive at OCCCA by January 12, 2009.

For Prospectus: www.occca.org

Juror: Claudia Grau
Claudia Grau opened her first store on Melrose Ave in 1979, with one of a kind clothes created by her wacky imagination. Her first commercial fashion hit washer “Depression wear” which was a Mad Max meets the Stone Age. Celebrities like Cher, Bette Midler, and Diane Keaton, were regulars at the boutique. Later, Claudia designed what became her signature collection antique Japanese kimonos constructed into a patchwork fabric, and remade into tailored jackets. Noted as one of the top woman of personal style in designer Randolph Duke’s book: “The Look: Dressing from the inside Out”, Claudia has an eye for the unusual and has a flair for crossing the lines between Art and Fashion.

Mission Hospital in Orange County and OCCCA to debut one-of-a-kind art exhibit of inspiring medical imagery captured in fascinating contemporary art

Exhibition Dates:
February 5 – 27, 2009
117 N. Sycamore, Santa Ana, CA
714.667.1517 www.occca.org

Opening Reception Saturday, February 7th, 6 PM to 10 PM

“This exciting exhibit combines two very different but very fascinating worlds of science and art,” said Joseph Gagliardo, executive director of imaging services and innovative technologies at Mission Hospital. “The images used in the artwork are captured by the very same imaging equipment that saves lives every day. Through this exhibit, our advanced diagnostic equipment now gives life to art, too.”

Images from Mission Hospital’s advanced technology – including 3- and 4-D ultrasound, mammography, interventional and digital radiology, computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and conventional X-rays – serve as the basis of creation as OCCCA artists mold the images to their own artistic expression.

Artwork from the following OCCCA artists will be on display at “The Art of Imaging”:

Jeff Alu
Stephen Anderson
Suki Berg
Richard Bohn
Jeffrey Crussell
Leslie Davis
Julie Easton
Rebecca Erbstoesser
Kebe Fox
Pamela Grau Twena
Nancy Harlan
Rik Lawrence
Rob Mintz
David B Ordaz
Doli Polivka
Christina Ponce
Danica Ristow
Linda Southwell
Gregg Stone
Barbara Thompson
Sergio Dirzo Salgado
Darlyn Susan Yee

About Mission Hospital
Mission Hospital is a 301-bed acute care, full-service facility providing the most advanced healthcare services and diagnostic care to south Orange County. One of only three designated trauma centers in the county, the hospital offers 24-hour emergency care and specialized services through its Mission Imaging Center, Mission Heart Center, Mission Maternity Center, Mission Women’s Wellness Center and Mission Stroke Center. The hospital also offers the highest level of care in orthopedics, rehabilitation, cancer, spine and vascular services. CHOC Children’s at Mission Hospital, a separately licensed pediatric hospital, serves as the only designated pediatric healthcare center in south Orange County. A member of the St. Joseph Health System, the hospital is one of 14 not-for-profit hospitals sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange. For more information visit mission4health.com

Special Music Event!

Feb 21st concert: unique music event: 8pm FREE
Eclectic Music Concerts #32

Dancing Lethargic
Kelly Slusher (from Portland Oregon)
Darius Green and His Flying Machine
and a unique performance by
christiaan cruz

Please Join Us!

The truth

The Book, The Documentary, The paintings, The Play

Art Exhibit By Art Guevara

Santora for the Arts Building
First Saturday of the month

(Politically Incorrect)
Rueben Martinez Gallery
Presents

Tres Maestros

Art Guevara
Emigdio Vásquez
Abram Moya Jr.

Santa Ana California

DV (Domestic Violence)

The truth

The book, the documentary, the paintings, the play
By
Art Guevara
Phyllis J. Crow
Julianna Danson

Understanding and Preventing Domestic Violence
Educational Documentary for Intermediate to High School
Educational Documentary for College to University
Educational Documentary before Matrimony

The truth, what is our understanding about the truth in domestic violence?
“If I can reach the good part of every person and change the way they think, my work is done; but then I’ll insist until I see the change is complete.” Guevara

Many times we ask ourselves this question why we are not honest when it comes to domestic violence, what’s the reason for not doing it.

LOVE?
CO DEPENDANCY?
SHAME?
EMBARRASMENT?
IGNORANCE?

Doesn’t matter what’s the reality that drive people to lie about the truth in domestic violence. The only truth is that domestic violence can’t be tolerated in our society anymore; the need of help is and will be a priority until we eradicate this chronic social behavior from our own homes and families.

SAY NO TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Guevara

Mexican Artist
Luis Arturo Guevara Vazquez

Born in Mexico City 1950 the family moved to the State of Guanajuato at the small Village in Salvatierra. At the age of 8 Guevara suffered a car accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down, for over a year his parents carried him every day to the doctor for therapy and to get his two daily shots. They didn’t have enough money to buy a wheel chair for him, but they did have a lot of love for their son.

After spending all year long in bed the doctors told the family that he was never going to walk again. But Guevara was listening to his friends playing “Canicas” marbles outside his house but he was not wasting any time, he will get up and fall again and again until one day he was able to last more than a few seconds standing. And then the next day a little step and the next one step, that was without the doctor’s and parents knowledge they told Guevara not to try to get up under any circumstances in order not to hurt him self but some time the bruises will show and they knew I he was trying to get up.

Well he persisted until he was able to walk normally again, and in 1974 or 75 Guevara moved to California where he is pursuing his artistic career. Since then Guevara has donated many WHEEL chairs to poor children mainly to D.I.F. of Rosarito Beach Baja California Mexico .

Guevara’s Art has helped many organizations from Mexico to many States in the USA

Luís Arturo Guevara, Mexican Artist, Civil Rights Activist & Realtor. One of the most active leaders in our community. Orange County , LA County and San Diego County . For the last 25 years Guevara, has been the Artist that has helped many Non-Profit organizations from San Francisco to Los Angeles , Orange County , Mexico .

Guevara a San Juan Capistrano resident since 1995 has dedicated most of his spare time to help families in need and has donated his time and art to many organizations. He has also helped to open and organize some of the following organizations:

President of the Capistrano Art Club
Member of the Cross Creek Cowboys (Reenactment Group)
TV and Radio Commentator helping people to resolve problems
Member of the California Art Club (Impressionist) since 1996
Member of the Fiesta Association
Member of the board of directors of the Helping Hand of San Juan Capistrano
Member of the board of directors of OCCTAC Children with special needs in Santa Ana , CA .

Guevara has organized International art exhibits since 1995 in San Juan Capistrano at the Historic Los Rios Street to help create more business for the City of San Juan . He has been working with the City of Rosarito Beach for the last 13 years helping and racing money for the poor families, batter woman and elderly people. True the government organization. D.I.F. He helped to open the first Therapeutic Center for children with especial needs in the same city. In February his Art Exhibit was to raise funds for the same organization, it was held at the Festival plaza Hotel.

California State University Fullerton Grand Central Art Center Presents:

Main Art Gallery
Original Photography by Andy Warhol
Exhibition featured in the GCAC Main Gallery
EXTENDED DATES! Through June 15th, 2008
Closing Reception: Saturday June 7th, 2008 7-10pm

Project Room
Blackwater Babylon: Michael Knowlton
Exhibition featured in the GCAC Project Room
EXTENDED DATES! Through June 15th, 2008
Special Event: Closing Reception, book release and signing: Saturday June 7th, 2008 7-10pm

Rental and Sales Gallery
Souped Up!
car culture and fine art collide
June 7-29, 2008
Opening Reception Saturday, June 7th, 2008 7-10pm

CSUF GRAND CENTRAL ART CENTER
125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, CA 92701
714-567-7233, fax 714-558-4145

Director: Andrea Harris 714-567-7234
Rental and Sales:
Dennis Cubbage 714-567-7236
Press: Alyssa Wiens Cordova 714-567-7233. awiens@fullerton.edu
E-mail, aharris@fullerton.edu
http://www.grandcentralartcenter.com
Hours: Tuesday–Thursday and Sunday 11a.m.-4 p.m., Friday and Saturday
11a.m.-9 p.m. Closed Monday

Main Art Gallery
Original Photography by Andy Warhol
150 Polaroid and Black and White Photographic images

A gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation to CSUF and part of The Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program celebrating the foundation’s 20th anniversary. Grand Central Art Center proudly features 155 Polaroid and black and white photographs by legendary pop art icon Andy Warhol of notable socialites and Factory regulars Tatum O’Neal, John McEnroe, Jon Gould, Constance Young, Mary Tyler Moore and many more. Also, rare still lifes and landscapes of flea markets, a Halloween parade, beaches, dogs, and Japanese toys .This is the first complete exhibition of this work in the United States.

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts announced an unprecedented gift of Warhol art to 183 college and university art museums across the U.S. The gift, made through the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program in honor of the foundation’s 20th anniversary, consists of 28,543 original Warhol photographs valued in excess of $28 million. http://www.warholfoundation.org

Project Room
Blackwater Babylon: Michael Knowlton
Curated by Mitchell De Jarnett

Special Event:
Book Release and signing
June 7, 2008 7-10 pm
On June 7, 2008, Grand Central Press releases a limited number of the full color, hardcover, 33-page book, Blackwater Babylon, featuring the recent artwork of artist Michael Knowlton. This publication coincides with the GCAC exhibition curated by Mitchell De Jarnett and contains essays by Nathan Spoor, C.R.Stecyk, and Jerome Witkin. During the closing reception artist Michael Knowlton will be signing purchased copies.

Michael Knowlton is an artist involved in the lowbrow art scene as a writer for Juxtapoz and an early exhibitor in Zero One Gallery. His recent paintings are politically charged comments on current events and the war in Iraq, inspired by news broadcasts on TV and in newspapers, photojournalistic scenes, and the artist’s unique narrative.

“As we moved closer to invading Iraq for a second time, like many Americans, I saw that this had nothing to do with 9/11, spreading freedom or finding WMD. This was the PNAC plan, shaped and signed by the usual suspects. Carlyle and Halliburton already had maps, blueprints. No one wanted this war as much as the Oval Office. There were so many lies told. This war will cost over three trillion dollars and much of this money is going to mercenaries that answer to no law, military or Iraqi. Everybody knew if we were to take out a dictator there would be chaos. This war has become flypaper to the
U.S. sapping our resources and spending future generations’ nest egg and making generations of enemies. These paintings try to express my frustration at the squandering of resources, lives and future for what seems to be a business deal that will leave us vulnerable and under-armed if a real threat occurs. The mercenaries in these pictures are fictitious, but no more a lie than any told in Washington.”
-Michael Knowlton, 2008

http://www.michaelknowlton.com

Rental and Sales Gallery
Souped Up
Pop culture, Car culture and fine art collide in a group art exhibition featuring pinstripers, airbrush artists and legendary artists instrumental in the creation of the Southern California phenomenon “Kustom Kulture”. Artists include: Steve Vandemon, Doug Dorr, Jimmy C., Kent Bash, Bob Hill, Greg Miller, “Skratch”, Valerie Glorae, Edward Walton Wilcox, Brian Bent, Roy Varga, Lux DeVille, La Spooky and more.

Music at the opening reception Saturday, June 7th,2008 7-10pm by DJs Emu and Lady on the Deckz

UPCOMING GCAC SHOWS

Amy Caterina – Installation
“This used to be real estate, now it’s only fields and trees.”
Project Room Gallery
July 5-August 24, 2008
Opening Reception: July 5, 7-10 pm.
Lecture series and workshops: July 19th and August 9th, 2008 11-4pm free admission
Grand Central’s current artist–in-residence, Amy Caterina, creates a fiber arts and video installation exploring human preconceptions of natural and urban environments, regeneration, decay, and the flora and fauna of her imagination.

www.amycaterina.blogspot.com

Spitting Images
A photography exhibition curated by Dennis Cubbage
Main Art Gallery
July 5-August 24, 2008

Aspects of Mel’s Hole
Curated by Doug Harvey
A publication will be produced
September 6–October 19, 2008
GCAC Main Gallery and Project Room

Artist in Residence Installation
Alessandro Fornaci and Frank Martinangeli
Guest artists from Rome
November 1-December 21, 2008
Project Room

Richard Turner
Contempt Mandela
Installation and Publication
November 1-December 21, 2008
Contempt Mandala is a multi-media installation that takes, as its point of departure, Jean Luc Godard’s 1963 film Contempt. While primarily about the making of a movie and the dissolution of a marriage, it simultaneously explores the creative process and the fragility of human relationships.

2009
Grand Central Art Center 10th Anniversary Exhibition
An exhibition featuring artists works from the past 10 years of exhibitions and programming presented by CSUF Grand Central Art Center in celebration of our anniversary. An exhibition catalog will also be produced and available at the exhibition.
February 7th–March 22nd
Main Gallery and Project Room Installation

 “PHYSICAL GRAFFITI”

EVENT: “Physical Graffiti,” presented by UCI Department of Dance

WHEN: Opens 8:00 p.m., Thursday, May 8;
repeats 8:00 p.m., Friday, May 9 and Saturday, May 10;
matinee 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 10

WHERE: Claire Trevor Theatre, Claire Trevor School of the Arts

INFORMATION: Tickets: $11/$10/$9; UCIArts Box Office, (949) 824-2787;
www.ticketmaster.com
www.arts.uci.edu/events

BACKGROUND: Fifteen undergraduate choreographers present 13 original works – ranging from tap and ballet to modern/contemporary – in this annual showcase of talent. Assistant Professor Loretta Livingston serves as artistic director for this 90-minute program.

The UCI Department of Dance was founded on the principle that aspiring professionals need substantial experience in more than one form of dance and in more than one academic area to succeed in the field of dance. Dance at UCI reflects the research and preservation of dance history, the exploration of choreography in the present, and the cutting edge technology of the future. Student choreography, teaching, and scholarship benefit from exposure to many styles and approaches, all aiming to inspire and prepare the next generation of dance professionals.

Photo by Rose Eichenbaum

Linda McCrerey
Interim Director of Communications
Claire Trevor School of the Arts
UC Irvine
(949) 824-2189

Thursday, November 15, 2007 through Saturday, December 15, 2007

Opening reception: Saturday, December 1, 2007, 6:30 to 10 PM

FREE ADMISSION

Gallery hours: Thursday – Sunday noon to 5PM, Friday- Saturday until 9PM

Orange County Center for Contemporary Art is located at 117 N. Sycamore, Santa Ana, CA 92701.
Directions and more information: www.occca.org

The 15 member Los Angeles Assemblage Group addresses private and public matters in this alternative art form—an art form of reference, psychological association and narration.

LAAG is a multicultural, multiethnic group. They come from diverse disciplines such as collage, painting, photography, construction, printmaking, and ceramics.

Members:
Leslie Caldera
Pat Cox
Dale Davis
Jari Havlena
Ursula M. Kammer-Fox
Eva Kolosvary-Stupler
Barbara Baker McIntyre
Lois Ramirez
Annemarie Rawlinson
Joseph Sims
Diane Stovall
Mauricio Vallejo
Joan Vaupen
Sandy Brown Wyeth
Mel Andrews

Orange County Center For Contemporary Art
117 N Sycamore. Santa Ana, CA 92701 www.occca.org
714 667 1517 • Th-Fri 12-5pm, Fri-Sat 12-9
1st Sat receptions: 7-10pm • First Friday Films: 8pm

OCCCA is located
at the corner of 2nd and Sycamore in the Santa Ana Artists Village.
There is no entrance fee. Please see the web site for more
information, www.occca.org , or call the gallery during regular operating hours.

An all-media, national juried exhibition
September 1 to September 29, 2007;

Reception: Saturday, September 1, 6:30 – 10 p.m., free and open to the public

Gallery Hours: Thurs & Sun: 11 am to 5 p.m., Fri & Sat: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Contact: Laura Hines-Jurgens: 310-544-2424,
31206 Marne Drive Palos Verdes, CA 90275-5618, LHJFineArts@aol.com

“GLOBAL WARMING: Artists Speak”, is an all media national juried exhibition inviting eco-artists and thinkers to submit work inspired by their concerned interest in climate change. Jurors Laura Hines- Jurgens, (MFA, Drawing & Painting); Rob Mintz , (MFA Cinema); Linda Southwell, (MFA, Sculpture) chose entries emphasizing the multiple ongoing aspects of Global Warming, specific or intuitive, political, ethical, technological, or social.

OCCCA’s call for entries on Global Warming garnered submissions from inside and outside the U.S. continental borders.
Entry themes include habitat stress, environmental destruction and the strain wars and overpopulation place on our planet.

September Events:

First Friday Films: September 7th, 8pm FREE: Who Killed the Electric Car?

EMC: Experimental Music Concerts: @ OCCCA, FREE
www.theeclecticcompany.com

Sat Sept 15: doors 8pm
* Dancing Lethargic
* Manhattan Murder Mystery
* Clark 8

Sat Sept 29: doors 8pm
* Per Capita
* Kickfire
* Ex-Paladin

Orange County Center For Contemporary Art
117 N Sycamore. Santa Ana, CA 92701 www.occca.org
714 667 1517 • Th-Fri 12-5pm, Fri-Sat 12-9
1st Sat receptions: 7-10pm • First Friday Films: 8pm

OCCCA is located at the corner of 2nd and Sycamore in the Santa Ana Artists Village.
There is no entrance fee. Please see the web site for more
information, www.occca.org , or call the gallery during regular operating hours.

Local Motion

Show August 4 – August 19, 2007

Opening Reception Saturday August 4, 2007 7 – 10pm

Local Motion is a group exhibition and collaboration supporting local artists connected and involved with the Santa Ana’s Artist Village and Grand Central Art Center.

Grand Central Art Center
125 North Broadway
Santa Ana, Ca 92701
714-567-7236

http://www.CrussellFineArts.com

crussellj@earthlink.net