Road trip down to Santa Ana…

Headed down to Santa Ana today to check out the ’10th Anniversary Exhibition’ at the CSUF Grand Central Art Center. The big opening reception to celebrate the exhibition is next Sat, March 7th with events planned throughout the day. The show has been up for a couple weeks and we wanted to head down today and check it out, since there are so many shows again this coming weekend, we knew we wouldn’t be able to get down to the opening reception this Saturday. Full details below…

Robert Williams

Laurie Hassold

Extremo The Clown

Suzanne Williams

Charles Krafft

Mark Ryden “Little Blue Boy”

Mark Ryden “Spectaculum Carnis (King Of Industry)”

Mark Ryden “Lincoln’s Hands” etching


Camilla Rose Garcia

This multi-media exhibition features highlights from over 200 exhibitions + 35 artists-in-residence and more.
Notable artists such as Mark Ryden, Camilla Rose Garcia, Jeff Gillette, Robert Williams, Suzanne Williams, Extremo the Clown, Charles Krafft, Sandow Birk, Mark Mothersbaugh, and Shag are just some of their past artists showing in celebration of this landmark milestone in Grand Central Art Center’s history.
Grand Kick Off Schedule of Events:
12-3pm KICK OFF EVENT
  • Special Guest speakers Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido and Cal State Fullerton President Milton Gordon
  • Printmaking Demos by Watermark Printmaking Press
  • Facility and Gallery Tours
  • Music by CSUF String Quartet and jazz band Trio Sangha
  • Flamenco Dance Performance lead by Claudia de la Cruz

4-7pm SPECIAL PROGRAMMING

  • Facility and Gallery Tours with founding Director Andrea Harris-McGee
  • Music by DJ Slippy
7-10pm FIRST SATURDAY ARTWALK AND OPENING RECEPTION
  • Continuing 10th Anniversary Celebration with cake and refreshments
  • Music by Big Skin: Michael Knowlton Duo
  • Music by favorite local band Peanut
CSUF Grand Central Arts Center
125 N. Broadway in Santa Ana 92701 / 714.567.7233
On view through April 11th (free to the public)
For full details, click here.

The CSUF Grand Central Art Center celebrate their 10th anniversary…

On Saturday, February 7, 2009, The CSUF Grand Central Art Center, a staple of Orange County’s contemporary art scene, celebrates its 10th year anniversary of incredible programming, exhibitions and events with a huge retrospective exhibition including some very heavy hitters.

This multi-media exhibition features highlights from over 200 exhibitions, 35 artists-in-residence, our art catalogs published by Grand Central Press and more! Notable artists such as Mark Ryden, Jeffrey Vallance, Camilla Rose Garcia, Jeff Gillette, Robert Williams, and Extremo the Clown are just some of their past artists showing in celebration of this landmark milestone in Grand Central Art Center’s history.

February 7th 7-10 pm – soft opening. Admission is Free.

March 7th 7-10PM – Main kick off event party. Admission is Free.

Featured Artists:
Extremo the Clown
James Hill
Michael Knowlton
Manuel Pardo
Elizabeth Turk and Kirara Kawachi
Suzanne Williams
Franco Angeloni
Mark Mothersbaugh
Rosemary Covey
Laurie Hassold
Thomas Kinkade
Jeff Gillette
Amy Caterina
James Lorigan
James Doolin
Mark Ryden
Edward Colver
Jeffrey Vallance
Eric Jones
Jim Jenkins
Sandow Birk
Charles Krafft
Robert Williams
David Michael Lee
Myron Conan Dyal
Camille Rose Garcia
and more

Exhibition runs through April 11th

For full details, click here.