Month: April 2016
WRITERS WORKSHOP / OPEN MIC – MAY 7
Saturday, May 7, 2016 Grand Central Art Center Artist-in-Residence BREATH OF FIRE LATINA THEATER ENSEMBLE presents Writers Workshop / Open Mic / Theatre-Making Spring Series SOLO-PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP lead by KAREN ANZOATEGUI, Latina writer and Emmy nominated actor, Karen Anzoategui, provides a new lens to solo performance. Performance-based theatre workshop aimed to help community members write, […]
GCAC RECEIVES MAJOR MAP FUND GRANT!
We are excited to finally be able to share the wonderful news€ ¦ CSUF Grand Central Art Center has been named one of this years 36 MAP Fund grantees, awarded $32,000 in support of Lisa Bielawa’s artist-in-residence broadcast opera project Vireo, and an additional $7,200 in general operations support for GCAC. The project is broadcast […]
RECORDINGS OF AN IMMIGRANT: VINCENT A. GOUDREAU and JUAN AQUINO – MAY 7 – JULY 10, 2016
RECORDINGS OF AN IMMIGRANT Vincent A. Goudreau and Juan Aquino May 7 – July 10, 2016 Opening Reception: May 7, 7-10pm “When you learn your golf swing with a machete, you never look up” – Juan Aquino Born and raised in Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Guatemala, Juan Aquino, started working in the cane fields with […]
THE CAREFORCE – MARISA JAHN @ GCAC
Marisa Jahn: The CareForce May 7, 2016 7 – 10PM The artist will activate the work during the first Saturday Art Walk. CareForce One, the mobile studio, will be located on the GCAC 2nd Street Plaza THE CAREFORCE The CareForce is a public art project and mobile studio (the CareForce One) amplifying the voices of […]
GCAC HOSTS GATHERING FOR NEW CITY OF SANTA ANA DOWNTOWN WALKING PATH
Grand Central Art Center hosted another great gathering on Thursday, April 14th, as community members came together to discuss and vote on a design for new City of Santa Ana Downtown Walking Path, schedule to be installed in the coming months. A project initiated by the outstanding work of Latino Health Access through their Wellness […]
HELP US MEET OUR CHALLENGE!
CONTRIBUTE TO THE CHALLENGE! (April 4, 2016 – Vireo rehearsal with Partch, PRISM Quartet, our lead voices Rowen Sabala, Emma MacKenzie, Maria Lazarova, Gregory Purnhagen, Ryan Glover and composer Lisa Bielawa) Orange County residents Joe and Nancy Walker have come forward to offer a challenge to Grand Central Art Center to match their generous $10,000 […]
GCAC HONORED TO BE A HOST FOR SANTA ANA MEDIA SUMMIT
Grand Central Art Center was honored to be a host for today’s Santa Ana Media Summit: Changing the Narrative, produced by Madeleine Spencer, Ryan Smolar and Rachel Potucek, with support from the City of Santa Ana. Additional supporters of the Summit included: Orange County Center for the Arts, Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce, OC Hispanic […]
SANTA ANA BUILDING HEALTH COMMUNITIES TOUR @ GCAC
On Friday, April 8th, the Santa Ana Building Healthy Communities group stopped by Grand Central Art Center on their walking tour of Santa Ana for a talk with our artists-in-residence Cog-nate Collective (Amy Sanchez & Misael Diaz). The artists shared information about their ongoing projects in the community,l including the current PUBLIC MARKET + PUBLIC […]
COGâ•NATE COLLECTIVE: PUBLIC MARKET + PUBLIC RESEARCH
PUBLIC MARKET + PUBLIC RESEARCH ARTIST WORKSHOP SERIES // APRIL 24 – JIMENA SARNO APRIL 29 – COLLECTIVE MAGPIE ORGANIZED BY GRAND CENTRAL ART CENTER ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE COGâ•NATE COLLECTIVE Public Market + Public Research is a series of in-situ workshops facilitated by artists working in the greater LA/Tijuana transnational region, which invite students to explore the […]