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Artist in Residence, Adriana Salazar from Bogota, Colombia – GCAC Collaboration with OCMA for 2013 California-Pacific Triennial

Grand Central Art Center is proud to announce the arrival of Artist in Residence, Adriana Salazar from Bogota, Colombia.   Adriana will be in residence for the next two months as she develops two major site-specific installation – one in our main gallery and one that will take place at the Orange County Museum of […]

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New Exhibitions, President Garcia Visit, MFA Open Studios – Kick-Off May @ Grand Central Art Center

This past Saturday, Grand Central Art Center celebrated the opening reception of our new exhibitions – Divested Interest: Exchange Dialogues with Cog•nate Collective & Ramiro Gomez, curated by California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) College of the Arts graduate students Emily D. A. Tyler and Martha Rocha of the Exhibition Design program, and artist Saskia Jorda’s […]

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Serving Students and Faculty of Orange County!

It has been a busy couple of weeks at Grand Central Art Center, with many classes visiting our current exhibitions.   Through faculty of Irvine Valley College, Fullerton College, as well as numerous class visits and individual critiques by our Cal State University Fullerton Department of Visual Art faculty, GCAC has been active. Kyung Sun […]

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Unraveling Tradition: Saskia Jorda

Saturday, May 4 – Sunday, July 14, 2013 Opening Reception Saturday, May 4, 2013, 7 – 10 p.m. during the Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk Unraveling Tradition is an installation that sets out to explore the coming-of-age tradition of the Quinceaí­±era, popular in Latin American cultures.  Through this project, artist Saskia Jorda reflects on what […]

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Divested Interest: Exchange Dialogues with Cogâ•nate Collective & Jay Lynn Gomez

Curated by Martha Lourdes Rocha & Emily D. A. Tyler Saturday, May 4 – Sunday, July 14, 2013 Conversations #4 Saturday, May 4, 2013, 6 – 7 p.m. Join the curators for an informal discussion with the artists as part of GCAC’s ongoing public program event series Conversations. Opening Reception Saturday, May 4, 2013, 7 […]

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Saskia Jorda Wraps First Part of Residency

It has been a busy few months for artist in residence  Saskia Jorda, who has been at Grand Central Art Center engaging the topic of quinceaí­±era with our local community, with assistance of CSUF BFA student  Angelica Perez-Aguirre.  She’s met with numerous individuals and  groups, spent time in great conversations, has had generous collaborative assistance […]

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Kronos Quartet’s David Harrington Kicks-Off GCAC Santa Ana Sites Series

Last evening,  Grand Central Art Center  kicked-off  Santa Ana Sites, a series being developed by GCAC through community collaborations, which aims to  present contemporary performance in public and private spaces, in and around downtown Santa Ana. Santa Ana Sites #1  featured  David Harrington, Founder and Artistic Director of the  Kronos Quartet.   Through our collaborative […]

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The Raitt St. Chronicles: A Survivors Oral History Update – GCAC Collaboration with Santa Ana Public Library

The Raitt St. Chronicles: A Survivors Oral History is well underway, so we thought we would provide an update on this Grand Central Art Center collaborative project with the Santa Ana Public Library Teen Program.   GCAC Artist in Residence Jules Rochielle has been deeply involved with the development and progress of the project, along […]

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Workshop (3/17) & Update on Artist in Residence Saskia Jorda’s Unraveling Tradition

Grand Central Art Center Artist in Residence Saskia Jorda and her artistic collaborator, California State University at Fullerton visual art student Angelica Perez-Aguirre, invite you to join them at GCAC this Sunday, March 17th from 2-4pm, for a hands-on workshop in the development of the project Unraveling Tradition. With the intention of bringing about a […]

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