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SUMMER WORKSHOPS HELD AT CENTER FOR LIVING PEACE
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Mindful Knitting
1–4 pm, $25 (includes all materials); $20 admission for members of families attending together
Novice, intermediate, and advanced knitters welcome! Basic instructions will be given along with patterns to be taken home to finish project.
Age level 9 years + (parent participation might be necessary)
Instructor: Veronica Soto, MFA
Through the process of noticing, we can develop a kindness towards ourselves and our world. This class will focus on knitting and working collaboratively through a quiet state of being to piece together to produce a wonderful blanket or bath kit for those in need. Creating artwork can take various forms, lets create something that can bring warmth to people who deserve it!
Knitted products will be donated to Families Forward for distribution to local homeless and low-income families in Orange County.
Sunday, September 26, 2010 and Sunday, October 24, 2010
The Art of Bookmaking, Part II
1–3 pm, $20 (includes all materials); $15 admission for members of families attending together
Instructor: Veronica Soto, MFA
Discover different cultures and make one up on your own with this flag book. Participants will construct a flag book that allows them to see a person or persons /environment or environments in one form and then mix them up to get other variations. Each individuals perception is unique, let’s share with each other what is the same and what is different.
In the second half of the workshop, Participants will create a family codex. A codex is a book as we know it, with separate pages bound together and a cover. What was originally a Roman invention, replaced the scroll and eventually became our modern books. A Codex is a term used for a manuscript or handwritten books. Participants will construct a Family Codex in which they will draw/illustrate and write how they and their family live peace as well as illustrate their summer experiences.
CLASS LOCATION:
Center for Living Peace
4139 Campus Drive
Irvine, CA 92612
(949) 854-5500
(located in the University Center shopping complex between Focus dance studio and Lee's Sandwiches)
For more information on the Center for Living Peace, visit goodhappens.org.
Image courtesy of Center for Living Peace |
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OCMA at the Great Park
Sunday, July 10 3-9:30 pm
Admission and parking are free. Visit www.ocgp.org for more information.
Bring Out Your Inner Artist at Growing the Park
Orange County Great Park's Fifth Anniversary Celebration will feature
hands-on art and live music from local arts groups
Growing the Park is a family fun festival taking place this Saturday to mark
the fifth anniversary of the Orange County Great Park. Bring out the
potential in your little artists with hands-on arts activities including
projects led by OCMA volunteers and staff, coordinated by Arts Orange
County. Growing the Park includes five themed sections reflecting the
ultimate goals of the Great Park, including enriching and supporting arts
education in Orange County.
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THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH & OCMA FORM ART PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW CIVIC CENTER
On June 22, the Newport Beach City Council will consider a unique public/private partnership agreement with the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA). Under the agreement, negotiated by Mayor Keith Curry, OCMA will program an outdoor Sculpture Park as part of the City of Newport Beach’s 16-acre Civic Center and Park development project.
Mayor Curry explained, “OCMA is a tremendous resource to the Newport Beach community. Under this agreement, we will utilize the professional expertise of the museum to create world-class outdoor art exhibits that will be incorporated into our Civic Center design. The park and the public will benefit greatly from the professional capabilities of the museum staff, the ability to utilize its extensive and renowned collection, and the museum’s reputation within the art world.”
Curry added, “Working together, we will create a venue that will become a prestigious and sought after exhibition space for some of the nation’s leading artists. It allows us to do so much more, and to become so much more, than if the City tried to do this on its own.”
Under the terms of the agreement:
• The City will make available sites within the Civic Center suitable for public art exhibition.
• OCMA will provide at least one piece of artwork for public exhibition in the Civic Center every two years. In addition, the museum may make available art for temporary exhibitions from time to time.
• The City will provide maintenance, security and insurance for artwork exhibited in the park.
• The City and OCMA will collaborate to seek grant support from organizations such as the National Endowment for the Arts and other private arts supporters.
• When appropriate, OCMA will utilize the Civic Center site as an outdoor, satellite space for
concurrent exhibitions at the museum, extending the art experience deeper into the
community.
“We are excited about the opportunity to work with OCMA to provide a higher standard of artwork than would be possible without their involvement,” Curry said. “I believe this project will capture the
imagination of many arts patrons in our community who will want to be part of creating a lasting
artistic contribution to Newport Beach.”
OCMA Director Dennis Szakacs stated, “This agreement acknowledges and celebrates the essential role of art and artists in our communities and our civic life. The City is to be congratulated for its visionary approach to this project. We look forward to producing projects that will delight and
stimulate visitors to the Civic Center Sculpture Park.”
The partnership does not increase the cost of the Civic Center project and it is anticipated that the artwork projects will be loaned from the museum’s existing collection or be substantially financed by private fundraising and grants. The grounds will be open and free to the public, providing access to important sculpture in a unique and beautiful setting. This new partnership venture will greatly enhance the City’s reputation as an art and tourist destination.
Access official press release in the Press Room.
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From February 8–19, 2010, the Orange County Museum of Art and Philharmonic Society of Orange County presented the Art and Music program with special guest presenters composer John Zeretzke and visual artist Tim Sullivan. TheArt and Music program is an annual interdisciplinary educational program for high school students that explores the connections between the creative disciplines of visual art and music in a two-hour experience including a guided gallery tour, live musical performance, and hands-on creative workshop. The Art and Musicprogram meets California state learning standards for Visual and Performing Arts .
The Art and Music program was instituted in 1987 and has grown in popularity every year. OCMA and the Philharmonic Society of Orange County have been collaborating to bring arts education to the community for more than 20 years. The program has served more than 5,600 students in the past three years and plans to accommodate an additional 1,000 students in 2010. Participating school districts have included Newport-Mesa, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Los Alamitos, Huntington Beach, and Santa Ana.
This year’s program featured The Moving Image: Scan to Screen, Pixel to Projection, an exhibition highlighting important video and new media works from the museum’s permanent collection. The exhibition included videos by pioneering artists who have incorporated the use of sound in their work such as John Baldessari, Nam June Pak, Bill Viola, and Goody-B. Wiseman. Visual artist Tim Sullivan (b. 1974), whose video, Magic Carpet Ride 2006 (2006), was featured in The Moving Image, led students in a creative workshop exploring the inspiration and technique behind his widely-popular video works that often reference pop culture, personal history, art history, and folklore.
The music portion of the program, which seeks to emphasize the many ways in which music and visual arts connect and share the same concepts and qualities, features award-winning composer and musician John Zeretzke who conducted a presentation demonstrating the art of setting sound to moving images using a variety of modern instruments including a synthesizer, electric violin, and loop machine. Zeretzke referenced the stylistic and technical innovation of such cutting-edge composers as Philip Glass, Jimi Hendrix, John Cage and Peter Gabriel to teach students how images and music work together to create meaning.
ABOUT THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY
The mission of the Philharmonic Society of Orange County, a not-for-profit corporation, is to foster, promote and increase the knowledge and appreciation of music and the arts through the presentation and performance of national and international stature and the development and implementation of a wide variety of education outreach programs.
EDUCATION PROGRAM SUPPORT
Major support provided by the Visionaries, Anonymous, Mrs. Richard Steele, Bloomberg L.P., The Boeing Company and The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation.
Significant provided by Ameriprise Financial, Inc., Bank of America, Pacific Life Foundation, Rockwell Collins and Wells Fargo. With additional support from Deutsche Bank, William Gillespie Foundation, The Allergan Foundation and Carl and Pat Neisser. Support for the Visual Arts Residency program is provided by the Nimoy Foundation.
Images:
Teens participating in Art and Music 2009
Self portrait by guest artist Tim Sullivan
Composer John Zeretzke |
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