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Recapping A Grand First Saturday – Hike / Gallery Talk / Reception / Art Walk @ GCAC!

Saturday, May 3rd, marked another successful first Saturday art walk! The monthly art walk event in downtown Santa Ana provides a night of open galleries and institutions, studios and street vendors, great live music and all the wonderful food of local restaurants. It’s always an enjoyable way to spend a southern California evening! The day […]

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ARTIST TALK: Julia Haft-Candell discusses her installation Fast And Slow

Join us on Saturday, May 3rd at 6pm for an exhibition walk-through with Julia Haft-Candell. She will be discussing her installation Fast And Slow in the Project Room. The talk is free to the public and starts one hour before the art walk!  

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SUSAN ROBB: WILD TIMES – Opening Reception 5/3 @ GCAC

SUSAN ROBB: WILD TIMES What is wild? Where is wild? Are you wild? May 3 through October 12, 2014 Opening reception: Saturday, May 3 from 7-10pm Artist Susan Robb‘s Wild Times merges new media, social engagement, and a 2,650 mile hike as an invitation to explore wildness as a geographic ideal and a state of […]

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Another Successful Imagination Celebration @ GCAC!

Each year, Grand Central Art Center participates in the month long, countywide celebration of the arts, Imagination Celebration. The overall countywide program is presented by Arts Orange County and the Orange County Department of Education, with each individual venue organizing their own contributions through visual, performing and creative arts activities. GCAC’s contribution took place this […]

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INTERNal Affairs: Out of the Woodwork

INTERNal Affairs is a series by GCAC Curatorial Intern and CSUF Art History major Shauna Hultgrien. Hello Internet friends! Did you miss me? I apologize for my absence but alas, duty calls. We have been quite busy here at Grand Central Art Center; between hosting an assortment of very talented (and extremely amusing) artists in […]

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Daniel Tucker – The Active Schedule of a GCAC Artist in Residence

You may wonder what an artist in residence at Grand Central Art Center does on a daily bases during their time with us. Besides engaging with the GCAC team, CSUF students, community members and visitors, they stay pretty active. Here is a quick summary of this week’s meetings and activities current artist in residence Daniel […]

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FREE HAND-ON ART WORKSHOPS – IMAGINATION CELEBRATION 2014 @ GCAC

IMAGINATION CELEBRATION 2014 in collaboration with Arts Orange County and Orange County Department of Education SATURDAY, APRIL 12 11am – 2pm Grand Central Art Center presents a day of FREE hands-on art workshops Celebrate the excitement of art with hands-on studio workshops for all ages. Workshops include: Drawing activities with Ryman Arts Hands-on art activities […]

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Last Night @ GCAC – Joshua Simon + Dutch Treat Dinner

Last evening Grand Central Art Center, in collaboration with Artis, presented a talk by Joshua Simon. Simon is the Director and Chief Curator for The Museums of Bat Yam, a complex of three museums located in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area in Israel. Joshua shared an overview of his institutions mission, including images, video and […]

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Mark Your Calendar (4/8 @ 6pm) – Talk by Joshua Simon and Dutch Treat Dinner

Grand Central Art Center and Artis present a talk by Joshua Simon Curating in Context – Joshua Simon on The Museums of Bat Yam Presented by Artis & Grand Central Art Center Tuesday, April 8 6:00pm FREE @ Grand Central Art Center   Joshua Simon will speak about his work as the Director and Chief […]

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