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Davy Sumner: Tines

Davy Sumner:  TINES June 3  –  August 13, 2017   Based on an 1859 experiment by German Scientist Franz Melde,  TINES  are tuning forks that are vibrated by precisely directed magnetic fields. Pulsing a strong electromagnet at the resonant frequency of a tuning fork causes it to start oscillating (and producing sound). The deer-like sculptures […]

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GCAC Residency Project “Vireo” Releases May 31st on KCET

Artist Residency Project of CSUF Grand Central Art Center (GCAC) “VIREO: The Spiritual Biography of a Witch’s Accuser”   To Be Released by KCET VIREO is a Made-for-TV Opera, Composed and Conceived by    GCAC Artist-in-Residence Lisa Bielawa on a Libretto by Erik Ehn and Directed by Charles Otte Broadcast World Premiere June 13 On […]

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Julie Orser: Captain Rooftop

Julie Orser: Captain Rooftop April 1 – June 11, 2017 OPENING RECEPTION: APRIL 1 from 7-10pm   The camerawork and sound design for Julie Orser’s single channel video work Captain Rooftop (2017) takes a feminist approach against traditional seamless cinema. Orser’s “Captain” figure is an obsolete masculine character that makes a strong attempt to posture, […]

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SanTana’s Fairy Tales: Sarah Rafael Garcí­­a

SanTana’s Fairy Tales Sarah Rafael Garcí­­a March 4 – May 14, 2017 Developed through a  one-year onsite artist-in-residence at Grand Central Art Center, SanTana’s Fairy Tales is a visual art installation, oral history, storytelling project initiated by artist/author Sarah Rafael Garcí­­a. The project integrates community-based narratives to create contemporary fairytales and fables that  represent the […]

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Electroacoustic Drawing: Davy Sumner

Electroacoustic Drawing Davy Sumner March 4 – April 16, 2017 Performance of the work March 4 from 7-10pm Electroacoustic Drawing is an audiovisual performance for three hand-wired drawing mechanisms. DC motors spin markers across a 14-foot canvas, resulting in thick strokes, irregular geometric shapes, and splatters. The internal gearings of the motors and the canvas […]

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Lainey’s Latest: Art Los Angeles Contemporary

It was an above average Thursday at Grand Central, the heat had been turned back on ending the dark ages of puffer jackets, scarves, and beanies in the office and, on top of that, it was beautiful day in Santa Ana.   Doing my usual work: checking emails, making promotional buttons, and preparing for the […]

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That’s a Wrap! – Recap of Vireo’s Final Filming, Episodes 10-12

Vireo is a CSUF Grand Central Art Center artist-in-residence project with Lisa Bielawa, in partnership with KCET Artbound. This month, Vireo wrapped production of its 12-episodes serial  broadcast opera with a marathon of shoots across the Bay Area. From stunning scenery in the California Redwoods to the inside of a 1962 Plymouth Valiant, here’s a […]

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Permanent Change of Station, Leave No Traces: Gosia Herc-Balaszek

Permanent Change of Station, Leave No Traces Gosia Herc-Balaszek February 4 through April 16, 2017 In the artist’s own words: Camp Pendleton: ten thousand people and no ghosts. The nomads leave no trace. Their dwellings are in the spaces that are neither public nor private. They hover above and between the surfaces that protect them […]

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Lainey’s Latest: Sweet Life

This past Friday, January 13, our preparator Christopher Wormald performed at the Sweet Life exhibition in Chinatown, Los Angeles.   The art exhibition and benefit show for Syrian refugees was organized by Jacquie Li.   Li asked participating artists to submit works that spoke to the surrealism of the current state of the world.   […]

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