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Month: March 2016

LOS CARPINTEROS: POLARIS – APRIL 2 – JUNE 12, 2016 @ GRAND CENTRAL ART CENTER

LOS CARPINTEROS Polaris,  2014 Single channel, color HD video projection (Blu-ray),  audio stereo. 10’40” Courtesy of Sean Kelly Gallery, New York / Ivorypress, Madrid / Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich © Los Carpinteros GCAC inaugurates its new Video Project Space with the single channel video and sound work Polaris, by Cuban artist collective Los Carpinteros. Polaris […]

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SHORT VIDEO – PAUL RAMIREZ JONAS: PUBLIC TRUST, 2016

PUBLIC TRUST, 2016 (Paul Ramirez Jonas with 2017 Whitney Biennial Curators Christopher Lew & Mia Locks, and Nate Carey in background) Our recent workshopping of  GCAC artist-in-residence Paul Ramirez Jonas  project  Public Trust, 2016  has had an outstanding response.  Public Trust, 2016  is a  major public art project commissioned for Boston  by the public art […]

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CIVIC LEADERS ROUNDTABLE @ GCAC

On March 23rd  from 12:00 – 1:00PM, Grand Central Art Center hosted a Civic Leaders Roundtable event, organized by the Cal State Fullerton’s University Advancement / Government & Community Relations team. The meeting was kicked-off with a welcome by Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Vicente Sarmiento, followed by self-introductions by those in attendance, who included: […]

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RECORDINGS OF AN IMMIGRANT PUBLICATION AND EXHIBITION

We are also anticipating the arrival of the new GCAC publication  Recordings of an Immigrant, a project by artist-in-residence Vincent Goudreau in collaboration with Juan Aquino.  The project will unfold as a full exhibition that opens May 7th and runs through July 10th here at GCAC.  The residency is supported by a grant from The […]

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VIREO BROADCAST SERIAL OPERA UPDATE

(Kirsten Sollek in  Vireo  episode 5,  The Cow) We continue to make outstanding progress on our GCAC artist-in-residence project with Lisa Bielawa, the broadcast serial opera Vireo, in collaboration with KCET ArtBound.  We filmed episode 5 in January and it is in the edit process now.  Episodes 3 & 4 were filmed last fall and […]

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Second Year Artists-in-Residence in Affordable Housing Communities Begin!

Grand Central Art Center, in partnership with newly formed non-profit Community Engagement, is excited to kick-off a second year of artists-in-residence in affordable housing communities. After last year’s successful pilot program, this year we have expanded to three additional communities located in our City of Santa Ana. The communities include: Heninger Village†¨ gated senior […]

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Images from March 5th Art Walk

We thought you might enjoy some images from our recent First Saturday Santa Ana Art Walk  – With over 2,200 individuals coming through the doors of Grand Central Art Center,  including 2017 Whitney Biennial  Curators Mia Locks  and Christopher Lew. Those in attendance enjoyed the opening reception of Jasmin Sanchez’s Flux; Public Trust, 2016  performance […]

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