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OCCCA, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
is pleased to present the exhibition ART WITH A MESSAGE
Exhibition Dates:
July 6 - August 24, 2024
Opening Reception:
July 6, from 6:00-10:00 pm
Second Reception:
August 3 from 6:00-10:00 pm
The arc of history bends toward justice. Messaged art just speeds things along. Art with sharp, implied and/or focused messages can afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted. Messaged art helps us to envision a future free from the unconscionable tyranny of blind ignorance, oppression and mindless discrimination. The late Carrie Fisher said, “Take your broken heart and make it into art.” OCCCA invites artists to submit their art for a wide-ranging exhibition of text, symbols, posters, placards, videos, photography, paintings, sculptures, functional objects, installations, and new media projects. In ART WITH A MESSAGE, strength, beauty and truth walk hand in hand in hand. They can be packed with powerful visual inspirations and provocations in a wide range of styles covering a vast array of themes. ART WITH A MESSAGE, can awaken the conscience of the world, celebrating diversity, tolerance and art’s ineluctable promise of happiness.
Free expression and topicality are traditions at OCCCA, an artist-run alternative space serving the contemporary art scene since 1980.
Text Inspired in 2024, authored in 2017 by the Late and Revered Rob Mintz
ARTWORK
1. Banan Al-Nasery
Air Sculpture, 2022
2022
film photography
2279 × 1535 pixels
900.00 (edition1/5)
2. Priscilla Amezola
Behold the Revelation
2019
Mixed media
11x14
$5000
3. Stephen Anderson
profiting from others misery
2022
Image transfer on wood, clock mechanism
6x6 inches
200
4. Stephen Anderson
Our side your side
2019
Image transfer on wood, clock mechanism
6x6 inches
200
5. terry arena
Whiskey: Require Medical Assistance
2022
humanely sourced bee cadavers, floss, mica
60 x 5.75 x .5in
300
6. terry arena
Xray: Stop Your Intention
2022
humanely sourced bee cadavers, floss, mica
60 x 5.75 x .5in
300
7. Stephanie Butler
This Made Me Think Of You Amanda
2024
Acrylic on Canvas
12in x 12in
600
8. Stephanie Butler
This Made Me Think Of You Julianne
2024
Acrylic on Canvas
12in x 12in
600
9. Stephanie Butler
This Made Me Think Of You Allen
2024
Acrylic On canvas
12in x 12in
600
10. Ron Caraway
The Greeting
2019
oil on canvas
48 x 48in
2,500.00
11. Maria Coletsis
Intermission: Industry
2020
Giclee Print
30inx20inx 2in
$800
12. Neifa Cosenza
Armadura
2023
Mixed Media on Canvas
24x30
700
13. Lee Anne Dollison
Big A** Tornado
2019
mixed media/collage/assemblage on panel
30in x 30in x 1.5in Framed: 38’ x 38in x 1.25
$1800 + commission
14. Lauren Evans
In the Absence of
2023
Modeling clay, mouse traps. steel
20in x 6in x 3in
$1,200
15. Dellis Frank
Be Amended
2019
Acrylic on canvas, repurposed items, fiber, paper
40 x 30 x 2.5 in
$5000
16. Jeffrey Frisch
Or Another
2008
Ink on Shaped Gator Board Panel
14inW x 4.5inH
$150.00
17. Sandra Gallegos
I Don't Understand
2016
paper collage
4.5inX5.5in 9.5inX12in FRAMED
225.00
18. Sandra Gallegos
I Can Easily Understand
2024
paper collage
4.5inX5.5in 9.5inX12in FRAMED
225.00
19. stephen frank gary
Segue to Epilogue
2014-2024
acrylic, oil pastel, pencils on plywood with glicee portions on paper
14 ft x 4 ft
17000
20. suvan geer
Shifts - Faith
2018
Paper
8.5 in x 36 in
$600
21. Jennifer Gibello
About Time
2018
photograph
na
$250
22. mariano gonzales
"The Demon Wears a Jesus Shirt
2014
Graphite on paper
8in x 11in
$300.
23. emanuela harris sintamarian
Deus ex machinae
2024
acrylic, gouache on paper
127in x 120in
40000
24. Lynette K. Henderson
DDT I
2022
Acrylic on canvas.
9in x 12in x 1.5in
425.00
25. Lynette K. Henderson
DDT III
2022
Acrylic on Canvas
12in x 9in x 1.5in
425.00
26. Lydia Kann
Eviction
2022
Acrylic Paint on Paper
48 inches x 90 inches
$6000
27. DeannaILoveLeyla!12 Lamour
Greedy Pig
2019
acrylic on stretched canvas
32h x 34w x1d
800
28. Dean and Laura Larson
The Council Gathers in Time
2018
Archival ink on Hannemule Fine Art Canvas
17inx22ft (other sizes: 17inx15ft; 17inx23.5
$5,000
29. Greig Leach
Sticks and Stones, Bombs and Drones
2024
Oilsticks on paper
37inx52in
$4,900
30. Lisa Lesniak
neologos
2018
digital print /silk, cedar, steel, ribbon and thread
23 x 17 x 3 inches
NFS
31. Roberta Levitow
The Bottom Line
2024
egg tempera
11in x 14in
$1000
32. Dorothy Magallon
Symphony
2024
Maniquin cage, toy violin case, oil painting
29in x 16.5in x 13.5
$1650.00
33. Lori Markman
There is No Room At The Table
2019
Oil and charcoal on canvas
36 x 48 inches
$2,200
34. Myra McCants
UCI Encampment I
2024
35mm film photograph
8 x 12
NFS
35. Julio Pagán
La Pieta MMXXIV
2024
Mix media
6 feet tall with a 4x4 foot base
Priceless
36. Sihyeon Park
Sun, Moon and Superstition
2023
Natural powdered colors on Korean Paper(water based)
30x40 inch
$2800
37. Fabiola Penafiel
Every Walk of Life Traveling the Same Road
2024
Black Mountain Clay
40 1-2 inch figures
Not for sale
38. Barbara Pieper
Remember Parkland?
2019
cast bronze figures, barbed wire, wood base
16in x 14.5in x 13.5in
$1500.00
39. Maruja Powys Heiser
Collateral Damage
2024
Stoware clay, oxydes, glaze
18x8x8 inches
$2000
40. ALKAID RAMIREZ
Gentrification Intervention: Citron
2024
archival inkjet prints
3 - 16x20 frames
$1700
41. Ellen Rundle
Key of Willingness
2021
Mixed Media Assemblage
8 x 10
500.00
42. kamelia Sadeghi
10 Baha'i Women of Shiraz
2024
Intaglio Etching Copper Inked a-la-poupee
8x8
250
43. kamelia Sadeghi
Women Life Freedom
2022
Silkscreen on Printmaking Paper
11x14
$250
44. shilla shakoori
Quiet dignity
2024
oil on canvas
40inx40in
$6500
45. Rosanne Stutts
For You
2024
Silver-gelatin
18inx24in
$100
46. Carol Taylor
Peace or Pieces
2024
work on paper, collage, and paint
11 X 22
5000
47. Carol Taylor
5 Weeks Beat
2024
Work on Paper, Collage, Paint
11 X 22
$7500.00
48. Rhiannon Valenti
Better Homes &Gardens
2024
Oil on canvas
48x72
10,000
49. Lillian Warren
A Desire to Belong
2023
acrylic and oil on mylar
24in x 30in
$3,200
50. Jasmin Wenigha
Ur LAgos
2024
Oil on Linen Canvas
48 inches x 60 inches
$20,000
51. Stacey Wexler
Sacrifing Flowers
2023
Earthenware, underglazes, multiple glazes, wire, resin sculpt and acrylic
13in x 10.5in x 10.5in
750.00
52. Stacey Wexler
Persistance of Sunflowers
2023
Earthenware, underglazes, multiple glazes, wire, resin sculpt and acrylic
11.5in x 11in x 9in
750.00
53. Stacey Wexler
Hands Off
2022
Earthenware, underglazes, colored slips and multiple glazes.
11.5in x 10in x 9in
750.00
54. Kenneth Wilbanks
LilBoy Boom: In God We Thrust
2021
Laminated 3/4” Baltic birch plywood; walnut, teak & pine; clear polyurethane
36”H x 40”W x 19”D
$9,000
PAST EXHIBITIONS
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
117 N. Sycamore St., Santa Ana, CA 92701 www.occca.org
Begun by artists in 1980 with exhibitions free to the public, OCCCA,
the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, is an all-volunteer,
artist-run 501(c)(3) non-profit gallery located in the heart of Santa Ana
Artists Village. Contact info.occca@gmail.com for further information.