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Past Exhibitions

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Diana Berg: The Alchemy of Memories and Traumas

Pop-Up Exhibition GCAC Artist-in-Residence Storefront Studio Saturday, November 1, 2025 Opening Reception from 7 – 10PM This pop-up exhibition, The Alchemy of Memories and Traumas—the result of a one-month residency at the Grand Central Art Center—is a ritualistic journey through loss, memory, and healing, where Ukraine-based artist Diana Berg, originally from Mariupol and now living […]

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Image Description: Six cartoony smiley faces are lined up in two rows against a blue background. They may be familiar to those who have seen a pain scale pictogram. Each face has a different color, making a gradient that goes from deep green to deep red, with yellow and orange faces in the middle. The first face is smiling widely and the last face is frowning in crying. Each face in between shows the smile progressively going from a smile, to a so-so expression, to the frown. On top of these faces, is a woman's outline in black. Her long curly hair resembles the artist's. The body is repeated 3 times. The entire image has a wavy, distorted effect that blurs the lines and shapes.

Renee Reizman: Disability Drawing Club – Magic Eye

July 5 – Ongoing DISABILITY DRAWING CLUB SESSION Saturday, August 2 starting at 7:30PM (during Art Walk) Part hangout, part drawing workshop, DDC is a safe space that allows people with disabilities, chronic illness, and mental illness to be unapologetic about their bodies. It also broadens representation of the disabled experience within one’s community. DDC’s […]

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Image of shirtless tan man with dark hair in front of yellowish background with text that read "The Lebanese Sunbathing Championship" as subtitles.

Mounira Al Sohl: The Sea is a Stereo, Paris Without a Sea

image credit: Still from Mounira Al Solh’s The Sea is a Stereo, Paris Without a Sea, 2007-08.  Courtesy of the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut / Hamburg. June 7 – August 24, 2025 OPENING RECEPTION Saturday, June 7 from 7-10PM The Sea is a Stereo is an ongoing series of reflections by artist Mounira Al Solh on a […]

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Hank Willis Thomas: A person is more important than anything else…

June 7 – September 14, 2025 Opening Reception: Saturday, June 7 from 7-10PM A person is more important than anything else…, a five-channel video installation, is a profound social commentary created by artist Hank Willis Thomas. This compelling work, lasting 28.5 minutes, is driven by the powerful cadence and intonation of James Baldwin’s voice, weaving together […]

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Jennifer Reeder: Nevermind

March 1 – May 11, 2025 Opening Reception: Saturday, March 1 from 7 – 10PM Nevermind is a non-narrative post-punk aria, one in Jennifer Reeder’s three-part video series significantly inspired by Steina and Woody Vasulka’s Let it Be (video, 1970). This project is about the manifestation of gender and rebellion in media culture. It threatens the power of the hero […]

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Rachel Hakimian Emenaker: Deep Roots Among Fallen Trees

March 1 – May 11, 2025 Artist Gallery Talk / Exhibition Walkthrough Saturday, May 3 at 6PM At the intersection of globalization, migration, and memory, Deep Roots Among Fallen Trees offers a reflection on architecture as a space where loss and regeneration coexist, where memory is both preserved and erased. This installation delves into how diasporic communities continue to develop […]

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Dino Perez: Baile / Caile

February 1 extended through June 15, 2025 In the 1980s and 1990s, many families migrated from Mexico to Orange County, California, particularly Anaheim and Santa Ana. These cities became hubs where immigrant communities, including the artist’s family, found belonging and built new lives. As a first-generation Latinx growing up in this environment, artist Dino Perez […]

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Front yard of home located on street corner with 58 colorful yard signs installed on the front lawn. Each sign bearing the name of former candidates for US President that lost their election.

Nina Katchadourian: Monument to the Unelected

Nina Katchadourian: Monument to the Unelected, (2008 and ongoing) September 26 through November 17, 2024 Grand Central Art Center in collaboration with Community Engagement LOCATION: Monument to the Unelected is viewable on the lawn at 896 S. Oakwood St. Orange, CA 92869 PLEASE NOTE: Our advance thanks to visiting patrons for their respect to the property, neighbors and surrounding […]

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Santa Ana Time Capsule Opening Event

Daniel Tucker, Rosten Woo, and Manny Escamilla Program and Opening of the Time Capsule Saturday, September 7 @ 6PM Join us on Saturday, September 7th at 6 pm for a program to mark the unlocking and opening of the ten-year Santa Ana time capsule installed at Grand Central, developed originally in 2014 as part of […]

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