OCCCA - contemporary art

exhibitions

The Oracle Odyssey

June 1-29th, 2013

Exhibit Opening: Sat., June 1 from 2-5 and 7-10pm

Visionary Artists Come to Santa Ana for
“EARTH ART PARTY”

An exhibition of art and related events.

If humanity is to make it to a future without destroying the planet it will require a new constellation of global citizenry well above and beyond distinctions of borders, economies and ideologies. It will necessitate a unified wavefront where Earth is at the Heart and Art is the great door opener to incredible new possibilities. An open sourced up-welling of conscious creatives on a fully activated global scale could do the trick.

Kim Hix, "Hope For Humanity", 2010

The mission of the Oracle is to ring the bells of freedom and ignite the fires of passion for totally conscious global transformation. Call in the angels and avatars, artists and dreamers, and all sentient beings and allies to the leading edge of holistic planetary vision. This is the time of the Great Awakening and it is up to the arts to inspire, entice, instigate, inform, resonate with and help create this global transformation.

Mike Kershnar, "Elk"

This is a Cosmic Consciousness Event. Join us in a full participatory, interactive art event. Experience activations and enactments, drums, angels, mermaids, men of magnitude and spontaneous bursts of higher consciousness. It's all Intended to nurture the most brilliant luminous visions of how we can live, love and thrive on this planet and enact them into daily reality. Yes this calls for massive paradigm shifts and vivid leaps of imagination and that is exactly what the arts communities on a global scale are poised to do. The Oracle is the Voice of Gaia calling to us all to fulfill a higher destiny as co-creative participants, with her, in the dance of life!

Robert Shields, "Harley Mitzvah"

Event 1, Saturday, June 8th, "Open Mic Night & Poetry Hippining" Featuring "The Intergalactic Imagination Transporter" SteamPunk ArtCar by Greg Nett. Come and hear spoken word artist Terrell Washington-Anansi. Art Kunkin editor of the Infamous LA Free Press talk will be titled, "From Creating & Editing the 'L.A. Free Press' & 'The Militant". Art will speak at 8PM on June 8 open mic night. With Q & A following.

Event 2, Saturday, June 15th, "Live Art & Artist Hippining" featuring live music! Come see Star Shields and other body art painters do live demos of galactic airbrush body art. We will be featuring The Black Light King AKA Axayacatl Arturo Nevarez in the black light room!

Event 3, Saturday, June 22, "Mermaid Hippening" presented by the Isle of Love One Love…One Earth…One World Ocean Forum. A magical evening of Visual Arts, Flow Arts, Wine and Dancing. Find out how you can bring the Mermaid Sanctuary into reality! See videos of real live mermaid performers and see how you can swim with mermaids too. Experience a taste of Experiential Entertainment. Featuring mermaid enchantments, pirate enactments, live roaming mermaid muses in costume who will feed you seaweed snacks! Photo Ops on Oracle Throne with mermaids, mermaid oracle card readings, flow artist performances outside and in the black light room, music & dancing.

Participating artists include:
Jesse Miller, Marijke Koger-Dunham, Ricardo Duffy, Janelle Higgins, Elizabeth Zaikowski, Robert Shields, Gregg Stone, Roy Gonzalez, Autumn Skye Morrison, Michelle Hutchenson-Holt, Mark Henson, Hedi Schoop, Carolyn Ferris, Rodney Nelson, Ryan Gourley, Bill Ogden, Marcel Mead, Kim Hix, Paul Heussenstamm, Star Shields, Terrell Washington Anansi, Leti Stiles, John Lucero, John Chaney, Rourke Gourley, The Black Light King, Richard Bohn, Victor Payan, Andrew Glassell, Roger R Eyes.

Please Join us for this incredibly fun series of events!

For more information:
visit www.facebook.com/OracleLagunaBeach
or contact Oracle Concierge Star Shields at 949-939-4363 or starmanair@gmail.com

Connect End Heal Stigma

July 6 - August 17, 2013

Through a series of free arts events, including exhibitions, hands-on workshops and plays, “Connect Heal End Stigma”
shines a light on issues of mental illness, stigma, wellness and recovery, while showcasing and cultivating the talents of the mental health community and general public.

Flyer in English

Español

“Connect Heal End Stigma” Celebrates mental health awareness and community through connection, featuring original artwork by professional artists, who are also: mental health advocates, community builders, arts educators, and/or family members and/or are persons diagnosed with a mental illness. Through the observation of these courageous and honest works of art, which reveal personal stories and experiences, exhibition viewers will learn about persons with mental illnesses, the stigma they have faced and the many roads of advocacy, wellness and recovery.

Special Hours for this exhibition: Admission FREE
Wed, Thur, Sun 12-5pm and Fri, Sat 12-9pm

Free hands-on workshops in fine art; creative writing / poetry; dance and music will be offered at OCCCA. Workshops will be facilitated by professional artists and include the discussion and creation of artworks reflecting on themes of stigma, wellness and recovery. This experience will enhance the lives of participants, helping to reduce stigma, anxiety and stress and raise self-esteem, while providing a sense of joy and productivity derived from a positive access to their imagination and the healing process of creativity.

Download Workshop Schedule

1st come 1st served basis: FREE

Two Watercolor workshops
July 10th & 28th: 10:00am to 12:00am
Artist, Educator, Family member, Greg M. Atkin (of Artisan StudioWorks) will conduct a watercolor workshop entitled: “You are an original Artist”. Participants will learn many aspects of water color techniques and create finished paintings reflecting their experience.

Two Printmaking workshops
July 12th 13th: 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Artist, educator, family member & lived experience and exhibiting artist, Joy Shannon will conduct print making workshops. Participants will create their own original printing plate and prints, while learning aspects of calligraphy and foam etching and inking and printing techniques. Images relating to stigma, recovery and wellness will be presented and discussed.

Two Multi-Media workshops
July 17th 20th: 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Artists, Educators, Mental Health Arts Advocates, Family members and Exhibiting Artists Joella March and Mannig Gurekian will conduct an all day mixed media art workshop. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss and create artworks reflecting on the theme of stigma reduction, wellness and recovery. Joella March and Mannig Gurekian (Artist-Educators)

Two Drawing Out Stigma workshops
July 25th: 1:00pm to 4:00pm
August 4th: 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Toni Ivashkov (Artist -Educator)
In this drawing workshop, participants will learn how to release inner thoughts and feelings about the stigma of mental illness using a universal vocabulary of expressive line gestures and color on paper. Their awareness and ability to use intuitively understood elements to express their feelings in a creative, communicative, and therapeutic manner will be increased. Participants will be each asked to share with the group and write about the feeling expressed in each of the art pieces they have created. One of the two workshops will be taught by a bi-lingual ethnic artist.

Two Writing Seminar workshops
July 18th: 1:00pm to 3:00pm
July 27th: 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Writer, Educator, PhD is professional MH worker Casey Dorman PhD will conduct a workshop-seminar on writing. During this workshop participants will explore feelings about stigma, wellness and recovery.

Three Poetry workshops
July 31st August 10th & 15th:
1:00pm to 4:00pm
Published Writer, Performing Poet, Educator, Community Builder, A.K. Toney will conduct poetry writing workshops focusing on the theme of personal experiences with stigma reduction, wellness and recovery. This workshop is designed to introduce students to the Japanese form of poetry called Haiku. This process will allow the student to express their truth while giving them an understanding of a standardized form of poetry thus teaching the students to write poetry while telling their truths about stigmas.

Frame Drum workshop
August 6th: 1:00pm to 3:30 pm
Musician, Educator, Mental Health Arts Advocate Miranda Rondeau will conduct a presentation and hands-on Frame Drum workshop. During this workshop participants will explore feelings about stigma, wellness and recovery. (frame drums will be provided)

Two Music Meets Art workshops
August 7th & 17th: 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Toni Ivashkov (Artist -Educator)
In these workshops, participants will work with different art media exploring new creative techniques for expression of feeling and experiences with mental health. Along with the art will be live music, which will enhance the workshop, creating deeper relaxation and inspiration and direct the participants to be in touch with another sense. One of the two workshops will be taught by a bi-lingual ethnic artist.

Two Dance and Movement workshops
August 11th 14th: 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Educator, MS, LMFT, Lived Experience, Dancer; Chandra Chaikin, will conduct an introduction to dance movement workshop with a focus on body awareness, expression of feelings using the body and an opportunity to move expressively utilizing rhythm, breath and/or shape. (all percussion instruments , props and art supplies to use during the workshop will be provided)

The feeling of separateness for those diagnosed with any level of mental illness can be acute and the thought that one is entirely alone can be difficult, and at times extreme. Through a compelling script of deeply moving vignettes, the raw, honest and poetic tone of "I Live In Your World" gives voice to a marginalized population of persons with mental illness, communicating personal stories and messages that engage the audience on an intimate and universal level

Maria Cominis – Director
Bruce Goodrich – Producer
Jonathan Castanien – Stage Manager
Vanessa Espino – Playwright
Amy Shuffield – Scenic/Costume Designer
Harrison Haug – Lighting Designer
Kyle Swafford – Sound Designer
Raul Miranda – Technical Director

Cast:
Jonathan Fahn
Carole Anne Johnson
Thom Rivera
Donald Russell
Selene Perez

PLAY DATES:
Limited Seating, 1st come 1st served basis: FREE

July 6th at 4:00 & 6:30 OPEN

July 7th at 4:30

July 13th at 4:00

July 14th at 4:30

July 20th at 6:30

July 27th at 4:00 & 6:30

August 3rd at 4:00 & 6:30 CLOSE

Grand Central Art College, Theater:
125 N Broadway, Santa Ana, CA. 92701
grandcentralartcenter.com

Events will promote a message of community building and stigma reduction, serving as a catalyst to enrich the lives of all participants.

Funded by the County of Orange Health Care Agency, Behavioral Health Services, Prevention and Intervention Division, Mental Health Services Act /Prop. 63