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Lexa Walsh: Sisters InfoShop

Lexa Walsh: Sisters InfoShop in collaboration with the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, February 4 through May 14, 2023 Opening Reception with Sisters Engaged Activities Saturday, February 4 from 7-10pm Sisters InfoShop, an exhibition and socially engaged residency project by Lexa Walsh, is a platform for the legacy of progressive women religious in California and beyond. With a […]

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Christopher Wormald: YOU + A.I. = A.I.M.

CHRISTOPHER WORMALD YOU + A.I. = A.I.M. November 5, 2022 through May 14, 2023 Opening Reception: Saturday, November 5 from 7-10PM YOU + A.I. = A.I.M. delves into humanity’s relationship to technology and its revolutionary, mundane, or destructive impact on the world.  This project is an ever-expanding series depicting past, present, and future imagined scenarios through the […]

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squiggly white light installation against black wall

Mariangeles Soto-Diaz: Gentle Prowess Deliberations

MARIANGELES SOTO-DIAZGENTLE PROWESS DELIBERATIONSSeptember 3, 2022 – January 15, 2023a socially engaged artist-in-residence project Performance: 7:30pm, Saturday, December 10th, 2022Part of Mariangeles Soto-Diaz’s ongoing artist residency at Grand Central Arts Center (GCAC) in Santa Ana, CA, Gentle Prowess Deliberations is the third project in a series in which the artist incorporate judo principles and elements into art objects, installations, performances and […]

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LaRissa Rogers: We’ve Always Been Here, Like Hydrogen, Like Oxygen

LaRissa Rogers We’ve Always Been Here, Like Hydrogen, Like Oxygen  Double channel video // 7min 22sec // 2020 Artist LaRissa Rogers washes her body as a ritual of labor and self-care. She does this on the Richmond Slave Trail and the African Burial Ground in Richmond, VA, and places her body in these locations to […]

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Body on the ground (in shot left arm and left leg)

Fox Maxy: Maat

Fox Maxy Maat what does it mean to come from somewhere?  ABOUT THE ARTIST Fox Maxy is a film director and artist in San Diego of Kumeyaay and Payí­³mkawichum ancestry.  The artist’s work has screened at the Museum of Modern Art’s Doc Fortnight, BAMcinemaFest, LACMA, BlackStar Film Festival, ImagineNative Film Festival, and Rotterdam (IFFR), among other places. In […]

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GUINNESS BOOK WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT BY JOEY CASTANON – JULY 2 @ 7:30PM

GUINNESS BOOK WORLD RECORD ATTEMPTBY JOEY CASTANONIN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CURRENT EXHIBITIONYUMI JANAIRO ROTH: SPIN (AFTER SOL LEWITT)Saturday, July 2 beginning at 7:30PM On Saturday, July 2nd beginning at 7:30 pm, Los Angeles-based sign spinner Joey Castanon will attempt to set a Guinness Book World Record – number of times in one minute, completing a trick in the spinning world […]

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Mariangeles; Soto-Diaz: iHola! Unconfirmed Makeshift Museum in Santa Ana

MARIANGELES SOTO-DIAZ iHOLA! UNCONFIRMED MAKESHIFT MUSEUM IN SANTA ANAMay 7 – June 12, 2022 a socially engaged artist-in-residence projectPhase 1 – Saturday, May 7 from 7-10PM storefront gallery research and development Artist Mariangeles Soto-Diaz’s practice is multilayered. She describes herself as a â“prismatic, conceptual maximalistâ” who integrates social practice, performance, and installation, approaching each project […]

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promotional poster for platform lecture series with images of Umar Rashid, Caleb Duarte and Bill Kelley, Jr. "AN EVENT SERIES OF SOCIALLY ENGAGED ARTISTS, COLLECTIVES, AND CURATORS IN CONVERSATION"

PLATFORM #7: Umar Rashid, Caleb Duarte in conversation with Bill Kelley, Jr.

PLATFORM #7 UMAR RASHID and CALEB DUARTE in conversation with BILL KELLEY, JR.            Tuesday, March 8, 5:00 p.m.Zoom link: https://csub.zoom.us/j/81703682625The event is free and open to the public, presented live via Zoom with a recording available for post live-stream viewing. ConSortiUm, a collaborative project of art museums and galleries from the California State University (CSU) system, is […]

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Yumi Janairo Roth: Spin (After Sol LeWitt)

Spin (After Sol LeWitt)  Yumi Janairo Roth March 5 – June 12, 2022 Opening Reception: Sat. March 5 from 7 – 10pm – with AArrow Sign Spinners PROGRAMS – Collaborative programs throughout the exhibition will take place with:AArrow Sign SpinnersThe Spindustry Podcast hosted by Joey Castanon, with first episode confirmed guests LAXART Director Hamza Walker and […]

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