| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Santiago Art District Art WalkPresented by Santiago Art District at Santiago Art District February 18, 2012 Every Third Saturday: Come visit the Santiago Art District Art Walk, located across from the historic Amtrak train station in Santa Ana.
The art walk begins at 7:00pm and galleries stay open until at least 10:00pm. With nearly 20 galleries to visit-- all showing various types of works in various mediums-- there’s something for everyone. Santa Ana is quickly becoming The City for art, music, and food.
Stay for a bit at each gallery, meet the... | Santiago Art District | 02/18/12 | Santa Ana |
The Last Five YearsPresented by Mysterium at Mysterium Theatre February 14-February 19, 2012
The story explores a five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein, a rising novelist, and Cathy Hyatt, a struggling actress. The show uses a form of storytelling in which Cathy's story is told in reverse chronological order (beginning the show at the end of the marriage), and Jamie's is told in chronological order (starting just after the couple have first met). The characters do not directly interact except for a wedding song in the middle as their time lines... | Mysterium | 02/14/12-
02/19/12 | Santa Ana |
EnigmaPresented by Orange County Fine Arts, Inc at Orange County Fine Arts Showcase Gallery January 11-March 2, 2012 OCFA Showcase Gallery presents "Enigma" featuring Evelyn Morris "Creative Photographer."
Reception with Refreshments and Live Entertainment, plus artists demonstrations by Marilee Stockman and Ferial Nassirzadeh
Saturday January 14, 4 pm - 7 pm
Paintings, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Photographs, Jewelry and Glassworks will be for sale. | Orange County Fine Arts, Inc | 01/11/12-
03/02/12 | Santa Ana |
Santa Ana Artists Village Art WalkPresented by Santa Ana Arts District at Santa Ana Arts District March 3, 2012 Join the gallery owners of the Artists Village in downtown Santa Ana for an evening of dining, shopping for original art and viewing open lofts. Orange County's hippest new neighborhood invites you to stroll down the four blocks of the Second Street Promenade from Broadway Avenue to Spurgeon Street on the First Saturday of every month from 7:00pm-10:00pm.
The monthly event will give you access to buy original art work from some of Southern California's freshest, edgiest and most... | Santa Ana Arts District | 03/03/12 | Santa Ana |
Warriors, Tombs and TemplesPresented by Bowers Museum of Cultural Art at Bowers Museum of Cultural Art October 1, 2011-March 4, 2012 Warriors, Tombs and Temples: China's Enduring Legacy
Bowers Museum is proud to announce the sequel to Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor,l, Warriors, Tombs and Temples: China’s Enduring Legacy.
Showcasing the latest discoveries from Emperor Qin’s tomb complex of warriors, including the one and only mysterious green-faced warrior, this extraordinary new exhibition provides an intimate glimpse into 3 ancient dynasties – the... | Bowers Museum of Cultural Art | 10/01/11-
03/04/12 | Santa Ana |
GothicPresented by Orange County Center for Contemporary Art at Orange County Center for Contemporary Art February 2-March 10, 2012 The Orange County Center for Contemporary Art will be unveiling Gothic art from around the world. Gothic is a mix of Medievalism, Romanticism, science fiction, Victoriana, punk, the uncanny, the grotesque, and the erotic, inseparable from despair, fear and rapture. Gothic reveals the shadow within, the skull beneath the skin.
Juror: Amy V. Grimm, Independent Curator and Assistant Professor of Art History & Museum Studies: Irvine Valley College
| Orange County Center for Contemporary Art | 02/02/12-
03/10/12 | Santa Ana |
Bowers After-Hours: Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory & The Conquest of EverestPresented by Bowers Museum of Cultural Art at Bowers Museum of Cultural Art March 10, 2012 Dr. Wade Davis presents his lecture, “Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory & the Conquest of Everest.” Dr. Davis is a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, Fellow of The Explorers Club, noted Canadian anthropologist and ethnobotantist, filmmaker and photographer, and author of over 12 books, returns to present a fascinating lecture on his newest book, Into the Silence, which traces the lives of climbers through the agony of the Western Front, and tells the story of... | Bowers Museum of Cultural Art | 03/10/12 | Santa Ana |
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory & The Conquest of EverestPresented by Bowers Museum of Cultural Art at Bowers Museum of Cultural Art March 10, 2012 Dr. Wade Davis, filmmaker, photographer and author of over 12 books, returns to present a fascinating lecture on his newest book, "Into the Silence," which traces the lives of climbers through the agony of the Western Front and tells the story of the expedition from both the British and Tibetan perspectives. | Bowers Museum of Cultural Art | 03/10/12 | Santa Ana |
Santiago Art District Art WalkPresented by Santiago Art District at Santiago Art District March 17, 2012 Every Third Saturday: Come visit the Santiago Art District Art Walk, located across from the historic Amtrak train station in Santa Ana.
The art walk begins at 7:00pm and galleries stay open until at least 10:00pm. With nearly 20 galleries to visit-- all showing various types of works in various mediums-- there’s something for everyone. Santa Ana is quickly becoming The City for art, music, and food.
Stay for a bit at each gallery, meet the... | Santiago Art District | 03/17/12 | Santa Ana |
Chamber Music with Pacific Symphony Youth EnsemblePresented by Bowers Museum of Cultural Art at Bowers Museum of Cultural Art March 24, 2012 Revel in the beauty of chamber music and nourish your soul with the peaceful sounds of the Pacific Symphony Youth Ensembles. From brass to strings, Orange County’s most talented young musicians present an enchanting afternoon filled with harmonious instrumentals. | Bowers Museum of Cultural Art | 03/24/12 | Santa Ana |
Neuroscience And Notes: How Music Can Help Keep Your Brain SharpPresented by Bowers Museum of Cultural Art at Bowers Museum of Cultural Art March 25, 2012 As a part of the “Art is Good for Your Health” lecture series, the Bowers Museum presents “Neuroscience and Notes: How Music Can Help Keep Your Brain Sharp” which shows how brain circuits are activated through music, exploring creativity, motor skill, emotion, listening and memory through performance, lecture and discussion. Examples of Lerner and Loewe and pianists with Alzheimer's disease are included. The audience is invited to participate in a musical activity... | Bowers Museum of Cultural Art | 03/25/12 | Santa Ana |
Precious MomentsPresented by Reflective Image Gallery at Reflective Image Gallery February 25-March 31, 2012 Celebrated photographers, artists and printmakers, Barbara and Ludo Leideritz are kicking off the 2012 year at Reflective Image Gallery in Metro Point with their show, entitled “Precious Moments; the works of Barbara and Ludo Leideritz”, showcasing their abilities to create magical images, inviting the viewer into their visually-inspiring realm.
Barbara’s intimate botanicals reveal her unique and keen sense of form and composition, that, when combined with her... | Reflective Image Gallery | 02/25/12-
03/31/12 | Santa Ana |
Santa Ana Artists Village Art WalkPresented by Santa Ana Arts District at Santa Ana Arts District April 7, 2012 Join the gallery owners of the Artists Village in downtown Santa Ana for an evening of dining, shopping for original art and viewing open lofts. Orange County's hippest new neighborhood invites you to stroll down the four blocks of the Second Street Promenade from Broadway Avenue to Spurgeon Street on the First Saturday of every month from 7:00pm-10:00pm.
The monthly event will give you access to buy original art work from some of Southern California's freshest, edgiest and most... | Santa Ana Arts District | 04/07/12 | Santa Ana |
The Cacophony Society-Zone ShowPresented by Grand Central Art Center at Grand Central Art Center February 4-April 15, 2012
The Cacophony Society is a loosely organized group playfully embracing principals of chaos and discord in the pursuit of “experiences beyond the mainstream.”
Founded in San Francisco in 1986 from the ashes of the secretive Suicide Club, the Society was particularly active in that city, Los Angeles, and Portland throughout the 1990s. It is perhaps best known as the seedbed from which the Burning Man Festival sprung, and as inspiration for “Project... | Grand Central Art Center | 02/04/12-
04/15/12 | Santa Ana |
Here in Your SpacePresented by Grand Central Art Center at Grand Central Art Center February 4-April 15, 2012 Here in Your Space focuses on the work of three artists - Guy Ben-Ner, Christian Jankowski and Gillian Wearing - engaging in private/pubic space. In the home setting displays of Ikea, the aisles of a supermarket and atrium of a shopping mall, the artists use the medium of video to capture their own private performative actions within these public spaces. All three videos occur in corporate environments - the privately owned spaces that, for much of United States society, have become our... | Grand Central Art Center | 02/04/12-
04/15/12 | Santa Ana |
Santiago Art District Art WalkPresented by Santiago Art District at Santiago Art District April 21, 2012 Every Third Saturday: Come visit the Santiago Art District Art Walk, located across from the historic Amtrak train station in Santa Ana.
The art walk begins at 7:00pm and galleries stay open until at least 10:00pm. With nearly 20 galleries to visit-- all showing various types of works in various mediums-- there’s something for everyone. Santa Ana is quickly becoming The City for art, music, and food.
Stay for a bit at each gallery, meet the... | Santiago Art District | 04/21/12 | Santa Ana |
Santa Ana Artists Village Art WalkPresented by Santa Ana Arts District at Santa Ana Arts District May 5, 2012 Join the gallery owners of the Artists Village in downtown Santa Ana for an evening of dining, shopping for original art and viewing open lofts. Orange County's hippest new neighborhood invites you to stroll down the four blocks of the Second Street Promenade from Broadway Avenue to Spurgeon Street on the First Saturday of every month from 7:00pm-10:00pm.
The monthly event will give you access to buy original art work from some of Southern California's freshest, edgiest and most... | Santa Ana Arts District | 05/05/12 | Santa Ana |
Santiago Art District Art WalkPresented by Santiago Art District at Santiago Art District May 19, 2012 Every Third Saturday: Come visit the Santiago Art District Art Walk, located across from the historic Amtrak train station in Santa Ana.
The art walk begins at 7:00pm and galleries stay open until at least 10:00pm. With nearly 20 galleries to visit-- all showing various types of works in various mediums-- there’s something for everyone. Santa Ana is quickly becoming The City for art, music, and food.
Stay for a bit at each gallery, meet the... | Santiago Art District | 05/19/12 | Santa Ana |
Santa Ana Artists Village Art WalkPresented by Santa Ana Arts District at Santa Ana Arts District June 2, 2012 Join the gallery owners of the Artists Village in downtown Santa Ana for an evening of dining, shopping for original art and viewing open lofts. Orange County's hippest new neighborhood invites you to stroll down the four blocks of the Second Street Promenade from Broadway Avenue to Spurgeon Street on the First Saturday of every month from 7:00pm-10:00pm.
The monthly event will give you access to buy original art work from some of Southern California's freshest, edgiest and most... | Santa Ana Arts District | 06/02/12 | Santa Ana |
Santiago Art District Art WalkPresented by Santiago Art District at Santiago Art District June 16, 2012 Every Third Saturday: Come visit the Santiago Art District Art Walk, located across from the historic Amtrak train station in Santa Ana.
The art walk begins at 7:00pm and galleries stay open until at least 10:00pm. With nearly 20 galleries to visit-- all showing various types of works in various mediums-- there’s something for everyone. Santa Ana is quickly becoming The City for art, music, and food.
Stay for a bit at each gallery, meet the... | Santiago Art District | 06/16/12 | Santa Ana |
A Class ActionPresented by The Museum of Teaching and Learning at Old Orange County Courthouse September 10, 2011-June 29, 2012 A Class Action: The Grassroots Struggle for School Desegregation in California
In March 1945, five fathers in Orange County, California, brought a class-action lawsuit against four school districts on behalf of their own children and 5,000 other children that were being forced to attend segregated “Mexican schools.”
This exhibit will tell the story of their landmark lawsuit, Mendez et al. v. Westminster School District et al., and reveal how community... | The Museum of Teaching and Learning | 09/10/11-
06/29/12 | Santa Ana |
Masters of Adornment: The Miao People of ChinaPresented by Bowers Museum of Cultural Art at Bowers Museum of Cultural Art November 15, 2008 - Ongoing This exhibition presents women's textiles and silver jewelry from the Miao culture living in southwest China. Featuring approximately 80 objects, mostly drawn from the Bowers Museum's permanent collection, the exhibition includes several distinct examples of Miao women's festive wear paired with finely crafted jewelry. More than an examination of masterful techniques and styles, these objects reveal hundreds of years of Miao history and tradition and the required patience and dedication to... | Bowers Museum of Cultural Art | 11/15/08-
Ongoing | Santa Ana |
California Legacies: Missions and Ranchos (1768-1848)Presented by Bowers Museum of Cultural Art at Bowers Museum of Cultural Art January 28, 2011 - Ongoing California Legacies: Missions and Ranchos (1768-1848) features objects related to the settlement of Alta California through Spanish land grants, life at the California Missions and the wealth and lifestyles of the first families who flourished under Mexico`s rule of California known as the Rancho period. The collection originating from Orange County`s missions and ranchos includes the first brandy still to be brought to California, a statue of St. Anthony that originally stood in the... | Bowers Museum of Cultural Art | 01/28/11-
Ongoing | Santa Ana |
Ancient Arts of ChinaPresented by Bowers Museum of Cultural Art at Bowers Museum of Cultural Art June 10, 2011 - Ongoing An ongoing exhibition.
Journey back through 5000 years of Chinese history and follow the efflorescence of arts throughout one of the world’s oldest living civilizations. From large painted ceramic pots used during the Neolithic period, to sculptures of camels and horses made at the height of the Silk Road, to beautiful embroidered silk court robes and ivory carvings from the 19th century, this exhibition presents the importance of fine art made to be admired during life and... | Bowers Museum of Cultural Art | 06/10/11-
Ongoing | Santa Ana |
Spirits and Headhunters: Art of the Pacific IslandsPresented by Bowers Museum of Cultural Art at Bowers Museum of Cultural Art June 10, 2011 - Ongoing Photographer Chris Rainier guest curates thisongoing exhibition of art from the South Pacific. Spanning the geographic region collectively referred to as Oceania, this comprehensive exhibition highlights masterworks from the three cultural regions of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia. Particular focus is placed on New Guinea, land of the headhunter, and the rich artistic traditions infused into daily and ritual life. Submerge into a visually stunning world and come face to face with... | Bowers Museum of Cultural Art | 06/10/11-
Ongoing | Santa Ana |
California: The Golden YearsPresented by Bowers Museum of Cultural Art at Bowers Museum of Cultural Art June 10, 2011 - Ongoing An ongoing exhibition.
Since 2005, the Bowers California Arts Council has collaborated with the museum’s Collections Department and the Balboa Art Conservation Center, San Diego, to preserve the quality of the paintings’ canvases and frames. These early California paintings represent one of the most notable areas within the collection—all made possible through donations since the museum opened its doors in the 1930s.
Many of the museum’s most important... | Bowers Museum of Cultural Art | 06/10/11-
Ongoing | Santa Ana |
First CaliforniansPresented by Bowers Museum of Cultural Art at Bowers Museum of Cultural Art June 10, 2011 - Ongoing An ongoing exhibition.
This installation showcases the Bowers` extensive permanent collection of Native American art and artifacts in stone, shell, plant fiber (through spectacular basketry) and feathers. These primary resources help tell the story of the culture of Native Californians. Although groups from all regions of California are represented in the exhibit, special attention is placed on local groups that inhabited the coastal regions of Southern California. The Boeing Company... | Bowers Museum of Cultural Art | 06/10/11-
Ongoing | Santa Ana |
Pre-Columbian ExhibitsPresented by Bowers Museum of Cultural Art at Bowers Museum of Cultural Art June 10, 2011 - Ongoing Pre-Columbian art from Mexico and Central America displayed in a series of galleries communicates the power and sophistication of the mysterious cultures that rose and fell in ancient America. Emphasis is placed on the ceramic and stone arts of West Mexico, Costa Rica and Panamá. A gallery devoted to the famous "Limestone Tomb of Lord Pacal" includes a lifesize reproduction of the elaborately decorated and highly symbolic limestone sarcophagus excavated at the pyramid in the... | Bowers Museum of Cultural Art | 06/10/11-
Ongoing | Santa Ana |
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