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Past Exhibitions

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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Nobuhito Nishigawara: Seeing

Nobuhito Nishigawara: Seeing February 7 – April 12, 2015 Opening Reception: February 7, 7-10pm Nobuhito Nishigawara’s work focuses on the dichotomies and junctures of two cultures that prevail upon the artist, his homeland of Japan and current nation of residence the United States. Through the medium of ceramics, he utilizes characters, poses and gestures sourced […]

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I’ve Got a Mind of My Own – Performance by Zach Kleyn – January 3 @ GCAC

JANUARY 3RD I’VE GOT A MIND OF MY OWN Performance by Zach Kleyn 6pm – exclusive performance 7-10pm – additional performance elements throughout the evening http://www.zachkleyn.com/ Part ventriloquist vaudeville, part Christian story-hour, part musical, and part purification ritual, I’ve Got a Mind of My Own is a performance by Zach Kleyn that returns to a […]

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Red Line Tours – Coordinated by Cog-nate Collective – January 3 @ GCAC

JANUARY 3RD RED LINE TOURS Coordinated by Cog-nate Collective 5-8pm installation in project space / red line stops throughout downtown http://snaproject.tumblr.com/Walks Between 1911 and 1950 the Red Line trolley system of Pacific Electric Light connected Downtown Los Angeles to Downtown Santa Ana, serving as the primary method of transportation and connection for working-class, African American […]

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Vireo: The Spiritual Biography of a Witch’s Accuser – A Serial Opera for Episodic Broadcast

Announcing Vireo: The Spiritual Biography of a Witch’s Accuser A Serial Opera for Episodic Broadcast Online & on TV Lisa Bielawa, Composer & Producer Charlie Otte, Director Erik Ehn, Librettist Announcing Two Unique Taping Sessions Open to the Public Monday, February 23, 2015 from 7-8pm Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from 5-6pm The Yost Theater | […]

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A Busy Week @ Grand Central Art Center

It’s been a busy time at Grand Central Art Center, so we thought we would share some of our recent  activities… Cog•nate Collective  (Amy Sanchez and Misael Diaz) continues their socially engaged projects as artists-in-residence. They have been conducting a series of public walk workshops  throughout Downtown Santa Ana, bringing additional guest artists to GCAC […]

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