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OC + LA Art Guide: May

May 2, 2016 by | Uncategorized

ORANGE COUNTY Museum Exhibitions The Hilbert Museum of California Art: Narrative Visions: 20th Century California Art from the Hilbert Collection Bowers Museum: April 16, 2016 – August 28, 2016 Once Upon a Time March 19, 2016 – September 5, 2016 Mummies of the World December 12, 2015 – May 29, 2016 Popol Vuh: Watercolors of Diego Rivera

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Interview With Curator Gordon McClelland

April 14, 2016 by | Uncategorized

Recently, our Art Ambassadors teamed up with students from the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts to film an interview with Gordon McClelland, curator of the inaugural exhibition “Narrative Visions” at the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University. We will be posting the full interview soon, but in the meantime, enjoy this preview.

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Contemporary Women Sculptors

April 11, 2016 by | Escalette Permanent Collection of Art

In an industry traditionally dominated by male artists, it is refreshing and, in some instances, rare to discover art made by women. Today we are taking a look at sculptural work by contemporary female artists, as sculpture is a medium that is often associated with masculinity. In the past few years, various exhibitions have surfaced that

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April Art Guide for LA and OC

April 4, 2016 by | Membership & Events

Important Events Slow Art Day! April 9 2016, a day dedicated to the appreciation and detailed viewing of art. Orange County Museum Exhibitions Openings: 4/2 OCMA Upcoming Exhibitions Ongoing: Bowers Museum Current Exhibitions Laguna Art Museum Current Exhibition Closing: No closing exhibitions in April. Gallery Highlights 4/2 – 4/23 Chicali 13 at OCCCA 4/2 –

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Slow Art Day Instagram Contest!

April 1, 2016 by | Membership & Events

It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. – Henry David Thoreau Museum visitors spend an average of 15 to 30 seconds looking at a work of art. Slow Art Day is a global event dedicated to lengthening this amount of time. Spending more time with a work of art results in

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Expressionism

March 28, 2016 by | Uncategorized

Expressionism is an artistic style that emerged simultaneously throughout Germany in the late 19th century and continued into the early 20th century, partially in response to a phenomenon called “fin de siecle,” which means “end of the century” in French. Not unlike when people in the 1990s were afraid that computers were going to stop

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Carole Caroompas' Study for a Briar Rose

March 21, 2016 by | Escalette Permanent Collection of Art

Women’s History Month is here, which gives us the wonderful opportunity to talk about one of our many talented female artists, Carole Caroompas and her intriguing drawing, “Study for Briar Rose.” Carole Caroompas was born in Oregon City, Oregon and currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California where she is a professor at Otis

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Screenprinting

March 14, 2016 by Haley Hopkins | Escalette Permanent Collection of Art

Some of the Escalette Collection’s most fantastic pieces belong to the medium of screenprinting, and while that might ring a bell for some, to others the process is a total mystery.  As the infant of the printmaking family, it only became a technique used in fine art during the mid-1930s, unlike to other printmaking methods

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