Eugenie Goldschmeding Recent work at GCAC don't miss it!

Eugenie Goldschmeding was the most recent artist in residence at the Grand Central Art Center. Her work featured in the Project Room is a dreamlike installation of mixed media paintings and sculpture.  

Check out these images. 

Try and make it by this show before it is to late. 

This is her first solo exhibition in California. It was also her first trip to California and GCAC is so glad to be able to continue our residency program which offers artists this special opportunity to live, work and exhibit with us. 

Hugh Brown hits it out of the park at GCAC Allegedly exhibit

Matisse Painted a Chain Saw. Well, 'Allegedly'

OC Weekly's Dave Barton reviewed the Hugh Brown show, "Allegedly".
Says the review:
"Brown’s mastery of a multitude of art forms—David Levinthal-like photos of toys, a Pollock painting to go with the front window display, the Mapplethorpe photos or surreal fur-lined sculpture à la Oppenheim—is damn cool.
But this isn’t cheap parody. If anything, it highlights the idea that style is empty. That it can be stolen and replicated by anyone with the talent to do so. Even more, when we go to a museum, we may be told we’re seeing the real thing, but how do we really know?"
We like.
Read the whole review HERE

Allegedly...Some Information You Should Know About Hugh Brown and This Exhibition

I have heard a number of rumors about this exhibition Allegedly: The Hugh Brown Chainsaw Collection. I have heard that Brown discovered a little known anomaly: dozens of celebrated artists throughout the twentieth century have, for some inexplicable reason, created artworks that include images of or make reference to chainsaws. Upon this discovery Brown began buying all such images he could find to put together the collection on view here. I find this scenario the least plausible of any explanation I have heard.

Another explanation is that upon learning about Brown’s penchant for contemporary art and chainsaws, several unscrupulous art dealers plotted to defraud him. These dealers hired expert forgers to meticulously produce “chainsaw” artworks by famous artists. While I find this explanation more likely then the former, there is another explanation that I find even more likely:

Hugh Brown created this hoax!

After meeting Brown and speaking to him on several occasions, I would not be surprised to learn that any of the above explanations are true. However, for a number of reasons, I believe Brown is responsible for this deception.

Brown has the experience and background to accurately fabricate work by other artists. He was an award winning Creative Director at Rhino Records from 1997 to 2008—he won three Grammys and a host of other awards. He was well-known for his inventive sculptural CD-compilation box sets.

But why would Brown go to such trouble? Appropriation has always been a part of the art world. As Picasso put it, “great artist steal” (the implication being that lesser artists only borrow). Duchamp drew a mustache on a reproduction of the Mona Lisa. Shortly after the beginning of pop art, a blatant phenomenon of wholesale replication of art emerged in the 60s and pretty much peeked in the late 70s and early 80s. But these artists were ripping off other artists to make high-minded statements about perception and commodification of art. None of these artists included chainsaws in their art; they would have found this gratuitous at best. I don’t think Brown’s motives here are that lofty.

Brown strikes me more as someone who’s trying to throw a monkey wrench—I guess that should be chainsaw—into the whole art world star system. I don’t think this is malicious. I believe Brown genuinely likes the artists whom are, one way or another, exploited in this show. He also likes chainsaws.

In any event, in this exhibition we get to see passionately constructed artworks that if not created by famous artists look so much like their art that it begs the question: What’s the difference? And we have to wonder: What’s with the chainsaws?

Mike McGee
Cal State Fullerton, Gallery Director

Mini Book from Allegedly. A final book will be available in the next month.

Review Of Roger Kuntz Show At Laguna Art Museum

President board member Greg Escalante reviewed the current Roger Kuntz show at Laguna Art Museum for Juxtapoz Magazine recently.

The Kuntz show is great and highly recommended!
Read the review HERE.

A Love Letter To Grand Central

For the 10 year anniversary of Grand Central, I got to thinking about what I was drawn to and what made GCAC so special for me.

I penned a "love letter" to Grand Central.
Read it HERE.

Don't Miss May 2nd and May 9th at GCAC

GCAC Gallery
Allegedly: The Hugh Brown Chainsaw Collection
May 2-June 14, 2009
Santa Ana - On May 2nd, 2009, The CSUF Grand Central Art Center presents Allegedly: The Hugh Brown Chainsaw Collection. Artist Hugh Brown brings together an astounding collection of artwork forgeries: a who’s who of contemporary artists including; Ed Ruscha, Bruce Nauman, John Baldessari, Keith Haring, Robert Mapplethorp, Barbara Kruger, Roy Lichenstien, Diane Arbus, Jackson Pollock and many more, all meticulously crafted but with a strange twist… Chainsaws!
For the last eleven years Hugh Brown has been the Creative Director of Rhino Records, the best known and most successful archival and reissue design label in the world. His groundbreaking designs have garnered eleven packaging and design Grammy nominations and three wins. He has won over fifty other awards from Print Magazine, I.D. Magazine, Communication Arts, AIGA, and many others.
Hugh has been a working artist for 35 years specializing in photography, printmaking and assemblage. He has had seven solo shows and been in many group shows including two at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and three at the Triton Museum of Art. One of his proudest moments was his second place finish in the "Design a chair for Barbie" Competition sponsored by Vitra Design Museum, Metropolis Magazine, Mattell and W, not because of the second place finish but because the entry caused a fist fight among the judges.
Artist website: www.sawmeister.com


Project Room Gallery
Eugenie Goldschmeding: Recent Work
May2-June 14, 2009
Grand Central Art Center is pleased to have Eugenie Goldschmeding as its 36th international Artist in Residence. Goldschmeding creates an installation of biomorphic forms and strikingly elegant drawings on paper. She is widely exhibited throughout Europe in solo exhibitions and has participated in group shows across the United States and abroad. In 2006 she began the first of two residencies in Paris, France and has been the recipient of four grants. Her recent works at the Grand Central Art Center mark Goldscmendig’s first solo exhibition in the U.S. Originally from the Netherlands, Goldschmeding currently lives and works in Paris.
Lectures and open studio visits to be announced.


Rental and Sales Gallery
Clowntown
A group exhibition featuring Extremo the Clown, Dark Vomit and Mulder 142
April 4-May 3, 2009

A three ring circus of coulrophobic (the fear of clowns) creations by artists Extremo the Clown, Dark Vomit and Mulder 142. Grand Central Art Center invites you to enter the fantasmic, weird and wacky world of Seattle-based artist Extremo the Clown and his sideshow of characters created in airbrush and acrylic. Admission is free.

Jewelry artists featured:
Stuart Bredenstein, Hemet Chaplot, Erin Dolbey, Erin Fagen, Jonathan Holden, David LaCroix, Amanda Lockrow, Marilu Morency, Shana Salaff and Aimee Sones.


UPCOMING SHOWS AND EVENTS:

Hot Rod Resurrection VII
Grand Central Art Center and ACES Car Club
Car show and Car Culture Art Exhibition PLUS Live Rockabilly Bands
Hot Rod Trio
Pioneers
Atomic Three
Ragged Old Sailor
May 9, 2009 8am-5pm Free admission
Art Exhibition runs through June 7, 2009

All are welcome to participate in or attend this unique car show on the Artist Village Promenade featuring car culture vendors, artwork, custom car competitions, and Rockabilly bands.

ACES website:www.acescarclub.us

Rock, Paper, Scissors, SUPERSTAR!
Grand Central and the Arts Orange County Imagination Celebration
May 9, 2009 11-2pm
Free Event For Kids and Families!
Learn how to be a famous painter, sculptor or even a future actor or rockstar! An exciting event for kids of all ages to make art and learn about artists at a contemporary art gallery. Students can choose from different art project stations including sculpture, painting, and new media. They also have the opportunity to participate in an acting workshop with theatre and dance professionals! Free drinks and snacks provided.

DONATE NOW to support programs, educational events and exhibitions! Contributions can be made online. Just press the Donate Now button. (www.grandcentralartcenter.com). All donations are tax deductible and your support is greatly appreciated. You can also make donations at the Grand Central Art Center located at 125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, CA 92701. Donation and support contacts: Tracey Gayer, Finance and Development, 714-567-7238 or Dennis Cubbage, Director, 714-567-7234.

Rats is a Four-Letter Word

Press Release for Rats is a Four-Letter Word
Press Release

April 12, 2009

Rat Powered Films is proud to present "RATS IS A FOUR-LETTER WORD" film fest at the Yost Theater in Downtown Santa Ana.

“Rats is a Four-Letter Word” is a diverse collection of short documentaries, dramas, comedies and animation with several of the filmmakers having more than one contribution.

Santa Ana-based Akorn Productions gives us four excerpts from the feature length “Primer” highlighting local artists, historians, and all-around characters.

Michael Mohan’s three works from the “Interrogation” series deal with a misguided high school guidance counselor. A more comedic entry, from the “You Can Awesome” series about, again, misguided personalities, this time in the form of kids TV show hosts.

The shows two lengthiest productions at about ten minutes each are Matthew Lessner’s “Darling, Darling” featuring a young Michael Cera in very strange circumstances and Brent Green’s even stranger animated film “Hadacol Christmas.”

Maurice Chauvet’s “Three-Fifty” is a comedy about an Orwellian video store. A Rat Powered favorite, Jim Munroe’s “My Trip to Liberty City” is a humorous, Canadian take on the videogame Grand Theft Auto. Bob loves T. Arthur Cottam’s “Dirty Words: The Letter C,” Amy… not so much.

Admission is free; donations are welcome.

Films start at 7:00pm
Yost Theater
307 Spurgeon Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701


Contact information:
Amy Caterina 714 478 4540
Bob Pece 949 842 6149
www.ratpoweredfilms.com
ratpoweredfilms@mac.com

posted by amy caterina and bob pece at 1:20 pm

CSUF and GCAC.... oh so proud of you all!

Adam Navarro, Courtney Howe, Meredith Hinckley and Paul Collins at KCACTF
Cal State Fullerton Theatre Majors Win National Awards
Pairs Make History at Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival


April 24, 2009 :: No. 179


Meredith Hinckley
Cal State Fullerton theatre arts majors won the top two acting awards, plus a major design prize presented during at the 41st annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. The weeklong theatrical showcase and competition in Washington, D.C., ended Sunday.

It’s the first time in the history of the Irene Ryan Scholarship auditions that students from a single university won both national titles.

Judges selected graduate students Meredith Hinckley of Santa Ana (with acting partner Paul Collins of Santa Ana) and Adam Navarro of Costa Mesa (with partner Courtney Howe of Rancho Santa Margarita) from CSUF’s Department of Theatre and Dance for the two $2,500 national Irene Ryan fellowships. The awards recognize their work in campus productions of “The Night of the Iguana” and “As You Like It,” respectively.

In a separate award, Howe was named “Best Partner” in the Irene Ryan Competition.

In addition, CSUF’s Joseph Holbrook of Buena Park, won the Barbizon Award for Theatrical Design Excellence in Scenic Design for his designs for the campus production of “Urinetown the Musical.” The honor includes a $500 honorarium and all-expenses-paid trip to New York City for the National Design Portfolio Review at Lincoln Center, as well as a professional development residency.

Joseph Holbrook’s award-winning design for the campus production of “Urinetown the Musical.” Photo by Edwin Lockwood.
The students secured their place at the national festival during the regional competition held in February at Cal State Fullerton. The Region VIII festival attracted 1,500 students from universities throughout the West.

“We are so proud,” said James R. Taulli, associate professor of theatre and dance who chaired the Region VIII festival. “It’s astonishing that of the thousands of participating Irene Ryan Acting students and Barbizon Design students from throughout the nation, that three of the national winners would come from California State University, Fullerton.”

In further recognition, Hinckley also won the Classical Acting Award of Excellence, which includes a two-week internship at Canada’s prestigious Shaw Festival. She also received Utah’s highly coveted Sundance Theatre Lab Acting Fellowship, for a three-week workshop in July.

Navarro, meanwhile, also received the Voice And Speech Trainers Association scholarship, as well as a yearlong internship at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C.

In the design arena — in addition to Hollbrook’s award — CSUF’s Latasha Tobias of Rancho Cucamonga received the O’Neill Institute Internship for the summer, as well as an invitation to attend the Broadway Master Lighting Class in New York in May. Tobias is pursing a master of fine arts degree in art-illustration.

Susan Hallman, chair and professor of theatre and dance, characterized the abundance of CSUF awards as “a remarkable achievement and testimony to the quality of our students, faculty, staff and institutional support.”

The history-making showing for Cal State Fullerton at the national festival comes on the heels of the university celebrating the naming of the Clayes Performing Arts Center, in recognition of a $5 million gift to the College of the Arts from the estate of Joseph Clayes III. The former student body president and member of the Class of ’61, was a patron of the arts.

Awards and Festival Background

The Barbizon Awards provide student designers with feedback from professionals working in the field, give outstanding student designers national recognition and provide the opportunity for student designers to exhibit their work at the Kennedy Center.

The Irene Ryan Scholarships provide recognition, honor and financial assistance to outstanding student performers wishing to pursue further education.

The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, launched in 1969, is a national theater program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities nationwide. It has served as a catalyst in improving the quality of the nation’s college theater programs. The program has grown into a network of more than 600 academic institutions throughout the country.

Marketing Masterminds - Our board member Jon Gothold

Cover Story
Marketing Masterminds
Compiled by OC METRO staff
Published: April 01, 2009

These local, top-notch motivators blend a flair for creative, out-of-the-box thinking with a savvy understanding of what drives consumers and business leaders to their products and services. What makes them tick? Read on to learn about the brains behind their campaigns.

* Jon Gothold
DGWB Advertising and Communications partner and executive creative director

If you watch TV, it's hard to imagine that you haven't seen those Wienerschnitzel commercials featuring The Delicious One - the little hot dog that goes running around the streets, chased by people who want nothing more than to gobble him up. And few people know that little guy better than Gothold.

WHAT YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT THE DELICIOUS ONE CAMPAIGN: TDO, as we refer to him, has become a part of pop culture. There are toys and antenna toppers, stickers, children's books, calendars and life-size costumes so he can appear at public events.

The Wienerschnitzel commercials lead a very active afterlife on the Internet, and he has become a topic for college professors in states that don't even have our restaurants. Whenever I tell folks that we have the Wienerschnitzel account, they usually say, "Oh, I love that little running hot dog guy!"

The Delicious One has made the transition from advertising to being an object of desire. It doesn't get too much better than that in our business.

WHAT YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB: I get my greatest satisfaction from working with other talented people on a common goal and seeing what we come up with. I'm proud to have been one of the original creators of TDO, but it was a team effort all the way. I really don't feel that anything I might have done on my own is as great as the things I have come up with as part of a very talented team at DGWB. I just love the spark that happens when great minds collide; there's nothing quite like it.

FAVORITE TV COMMERCIAL AND WHY: One of my favorite commercials of all time is the Apple 1984 commercial, which introduced the Macintosh computer. Although I had nothing to do with creating that spot, I did help play a role in getting it on the Super Bowl.

At the time, I was working for an event marketing company in Los Angeles, and we had the Apple account. We were responsible for the introduction of the Macintosh to the Apple sales force at the end of 1983. We did all the staging and creative elements that would be shown to the sales force and the trade show prior to the consumer launch. Steve Jobs had been the driving force behind the 1984 TV spot and wanted to use it as the launch spot for consumers, but he was getting tremendous pushback from the other top brass at Apple because it didn't show the product - your classic advertising stalemate.

Together with Jobs, we worked up a scheme. Jobs got the naysayers at Apple to agree to a bet: If he could get the sales force to support the spot at the role-out, then Apple would agree to run it during the Super Bowl. They took the bet.

The day came. Jobs got up on stage and whipped the crowd into a frenzy with one of his most impassioned speeches ever. Then we dimmed the lights and ran the spot. Before the commercial was finished, a spotlight went on, and we slowly lowered a Macintosh computer from the ceiling above the audience. We had it rigged up so that it was turned on, and you could hear its mechanical voice saying "Hello. My name is Macintosh."

Needless to say, the place erupted. Jobs handily won the bet, and 1984 was the beginning of the Super Bowl as the advertising medium we know today. We had figured out a way to get the product into the spot without putting the product into the spot.

FUNNIEST JOKE YOU KNOW (But keep it clean): A guy moves up to a remote section of Alaska to open a liquor store. He's been there six months and hasn't really met anyone, least of all a woman, and he's very lonely. One night, he hears a knock on his door. He opens it up, and there before him is a wild-eyed, bearded grizzled old mountain man.

"Howdy, friend. My name is Chester, and I'm yer neighbor. I'd like to invite you to a Christmas party."

"That sounds great," replies the man.

"Well, I have to warn ya, there's gonna be a lot of heavy drinkin'."
"That's OK" the man says. "I own a liquor store, and I know a thing or two about drinking."

"Well, there's gonna be a lot of fightin', cause that's just how we do things in Alaska."

"I'm an ex-Marine. I think I can take care of myself," the man replied.

"And there's gonna be some pretty kinky sex."

"Well," the man said, "I've been here for six months all by myself, so that sounds OK to me. What should I wear to this party?"

"Well," the old mountain man said, "It don't matter much, cause it's just gonna be you and me."

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