Santa Monica:
The Art of Summer
Bill Leigh Brewer, "Santa Monica Pier 1" (in part)
Curated by Jeffrey Crussell Executive Director, Crussell Fine Arts
with Pamela Grau, Crussell Fine Arts Exhibition Director
with a critical essay by critic, Rob Mintz
September 4 - 25, 2010
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE WITH NO RSVP REQUIRED
More information about Santa Monica-The Art of Summer
Please help out with our CAN drive!
A CAN of Food = A Small Unit of Caring Nourishment, a Package and a Transportable Gift to a hungry person.
We are surrounded by hunger and none of us know how to begin the process of relief. As part of the "Santa Monica - The Art of Summer" show we will building a CAN-Castle together as a community outreach project.
With your help and support our creative artists will work on playful creations that will then be turned over to our local Orange County food banks. The CAN-Castle is a simple idea that we hope will build into something that will inspire all of us to work together on solutions in supporting our hungry.
Please help with donations of cans or money to buy cans. All contributions over 100 cans or $100 will be listed on our Crussell Fine Arts and OCCCA websites and given non-profit tax deduction letters.
OTHER EVENTS ABOUT SANTA MONICA AT OCCCA:
How to be Seen: The art of submitting to
galleries and juried shows"
Panel Discussion September 11th, 5-6pm
With Jane Bauman - Coast Community College
Jeffrey Crussell, Pamela Grau - OCCCA
Chris Hoff - The Hoff Foundation
David Michael Lee - Chapman University
and Mike McGee - California State University Fullerton.
¡Aparato!
The Radioactive Chicken Heads
Art Talk One: September 18th 6-7pm
Art Talk Two: and Show Closing: September 25th 6-7pm
99$ Store:
A fundraiser of small works
Annual NoiZe Band Fest II
Sat October 9th, 2010Prepare for the Stuff of legends!
A Day of events: Times TBA
Films, workshops: circuit bending, and of course live bands!
(earplugs strongly recommended)
Pedestrian Deposit
Sissisters
Wrong Hole
Ellen Degenerate
Yuko Imada
Jesus is Dead
XWXPXMX
Riververb
Tainonegro
Just One Ghost
Phog Masheen
30th Year Anniversary Show
A celebration of current and past members of OCCCA
October 14 – November 27, 2010
This year OCCCA is entering its 30th year and to celebrate this historic event we are devoting two months to showcase and reunite our past and present members. We invite you the OCCCA alumni to participate,
We have a proud history of providing cutting edge thought provoking shows and showcasing a diverse range of art from hundreds of talented artists from around the world. We could not have made it this far without you.
To enter please submit one digital image of your best current work and a statement about your work via email to: info.occca @gmail.com or on disc (117 N. Sycamore Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701).
DEADLINE TO SEND IMAGES IS AUGUST 1st, 2010
A catalog will be created for this event. We are encouraging tax deductible donations to help cover the costs of the show and for everyone who donates at least $30 they will receive a free catalog.
We will also be putting together artist panels / talks / concerts, if you are interested in being a speaker please let us know as soon as possible, so we can fill out the calendar of events during our anniversary.
Note: shipped work must have pre-paid return shipping.
Thank you for your time and support of OCCCA,
Stephen Anderson
Executive DirectorLisa Popp
Exhibitions Director
Entry Checklist: DEADLINE AUGUST 1st, 2010
1. one 300 dpi jpeg image: no more than 7 inches on the longest side
2. Short Statement, and title, media, dimensions, year of your work
3. Your interest in an artist talk / panel discussion /workshop (please state type of workshop)
4. $30 donation to support the gallery and defer costs of the show (donations of $30 will receive a catalog)
5. Email info.occca @gmail.com, or Mail a CD to 117 N Sycamore St, Santa Ana CA 92701 attn: "30th year show"
Buy The Running Foot
December 4 - 18, 2010Open Call for Art, First Come First Hung
Opening Dec 4th, 6-10pm
Price per Foot: $5 times (width + height in feet),
per piece including frame:
Max 3 Pieces: Ready to Hang
Sales: OCCCA will charge a 30% commission
on all work sold during the exhibition.
Cine Alternativo
Latino Independent Films
Januray 2011. Times and Final Films TBDJanuary of 2011 we reach out to the community with a film festival from Mexico, Central America, South America, North America, the Iberian Peninsula and Chicanadas.
This offers a different perspective to look on the new popular culture in the USA. We are glad to present these independent films, which provide drama to the commercial film industry.
Selected films are from the experimental cinema of the independent Mexican industry from the classic to surrealistic to the avant-garde contrast with the “Golden Age” or classic films form early 1930’s.
These films were created by visual artists, photographers, activist or amateurs, and frequently ignored by the industry, because of the lack of advertising, promotion or big budget.
A look at the avant-garde rebellion that provides origins of the underground cinema.
Los Olvidados (the Young and the Dammed, 1950) Director Luis Bunuel.
This is a pioneering film about the street kids of Mexico City becoming early gangs members in their own environmental. Bunuel’s view is an early social problem that still is with us. From this idea came other early national films looking at social problems. Later came films with International reach like: Salam, Bombay!Mira Nair, 1988, coproduction Franco- India and USA
“Kids” Larry Clark, 1995, USA.
“Amores Perros” Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2000 Mexico.
“City of God” Fernando Meirelles, 2002, Brazil.
Los Olvidados is a film that’ is ahead of time and is still very contemporary today it documents the horror of social problem more than fifty years ago and is still an inspiration and a reference for future films on this subject.
“Frida Natualeza Viva” 1984, Director Paul Leduc.
The life of Frida Kahlo, one of the most admired Mexican painter in the world. Actress Ofelia Medina Plays Frida Kahlo in very eloquent way and in a different manner than Salma Hayek. It provides a good picture the intellectual and artistic life of Mexico in the late 1940’La Otra Conquista (the Other Conquest) director Salvador Carrasco 2007
Mexico 1521 – The Spanish army of Hernan Cortes has swept through the new world forcing their religious beliefs on the brave Aztec people. They would conquer their land but not their soul.La Montana Sagrada (The Holy Mountain) Director Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1972.
El Callejon de los Milagros (The alley of the miracles) director Jorge Fons. Mexico
Canoa Director felipe Cazals, Mexico, 1975.
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