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30/30+: Juliana Rico – August 1 through October 11, 2015 @ Grand Central Art Center

OPENING RECEPTION: August 1 from 7-10PM Juliana Rico, Day 17 and Involuntary Response Series (38 minutes). For at least 30 minutes everyday, over the course of 30 days, artist Juliana Rico ran. Beginning from the same location, each day a new route was explored–north, east, south, and west. The duration was dependent on her physical […]

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Trees: Dave Creek – August 1 through October 11, 2015 @ Grand Central Art Center

OPENING RECEPTION: August 1 from 7-10PM Dave Creek, Trees (detail). In the artist’s own words: I don’t know why I look at trees so much; it’s dangerous when I drive. Every time I look at a tree I try to find the perfect available real estate within its body that could fit a structure – […]

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Liberty Weeps: Joseph DeLappe – June 6 through September 13, 2015

OPENING RECEPTION: June 6 from 7-10PM Joseph DeLappe, Liberty Weeps. Artist-in-residence Joseph DeLappe has installed his sculptural work Liberty Weeps In the lobby of Grand Central Art Center. Built onsite as a commissioned project for ManifestJustice, a pop-up exhibition held in Los Angeles in May, the work is collaboration between curator Yosi Sargant, sculptor/designed Charlie […]

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Audition Notice – Female Small Ensemble for Broadcast Opera

Audition Announcement!!!! Female Small Ensemble Singer-Actors – Role of “Forest Women” in Broadcast Opera Project  Vireo Audition date – June 7, 2015, afternoon (20-minute slots) Grand Central Art Center (GCAC)  in Santa Ana, CA, a unit of  Cal State University Fullerton’s College of the Arts, is holding auditions for 4-6 female singer-actors, of any voice […]

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Homeland: Jimena Sarno – May 2 through July 12, 2015 @ Grand Central Art Center

OPENING RECEPTION – WITH SPECIAL PERFORMANCE MAY 2 from 7-10PM   Jimena Sarno’s video and sound installation Homeland investigates power relations, surveillance, security culture and the urban landscape as a zone of conflict. Inspired by the questions in the American citizenship application form N-400, the work interrogates what constitutes a good citizen and what defines […]

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Mediations on Digital Labor: xtine burrough – May 2 through July 12, 2015 @ Grand Central Art Center

OPENING RECEPTION MAY 2 from 7-10PM Mediations on Digital Labor began with a hijacking of the Amazon.com Mechanical Turk website (Murk.com) for a critical, poetic, and alternative practice: Artist xtine burrough hired the Turkers to pause from physical labor. As a play on the Mturk model, for which an industrial-sized, global workforce is paid less […]

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Social Practice Initiative of Living Resources and Grand Central Art Center

Last year, we  announced a Social Practice Initiative of Living Resources and Grand Central Art Center. Living Resources, a outreach of a California-based nonprofit organization, teamed up with GCAC to provide a pilot-program grant and housing to community-driven “creatives” (artists, architects, social activists) – the original call that was sent out can be found here […]

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Thank You – Successful Live Taping of Serial Broadcast Opera Vireo

As you are all probably aware, this past  week  Grand Central Art Center and an amazing team were extremely busy at  The Yost Theatre  filming the first two episodes (pilot) of the  new serial broadcast opera  Vireo, by  GCAC artist-in-residence artist/composer Lisa Bielawa. (GCAC Artist-in-Residence (Vireo composer) Lisa Bielawa conducts the Kronos Quartet) We would […]

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GCAC MFA STUDENT RESIDENTS EXHIBITION

GCAC MFA STUDENT RESIDENTS EXHIBITION February 7 – March 15, 2015 Opening reception: Saturday, February 7 from 7-10pm Curated by Jennifer Minasian, CSUF Exhibition and Design MFA and John D. Spiak, GCAC Director/Chief Curator GCAC MFA Residents Exhibition  features the work of California State University Fullerton Graduate level artists/curator currently residing at Grand Central Art […]

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