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From handing out art kits, to providing online experiences, to shutting down altogether, Orange County’s museums and art galleries are doing their best to figure out how to adapt during these uncertain times.
After holding out as long as possible, the Laguna Festival of the Arts and Pageant of the Masters have finally made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 season.
In our series “The Decade Ahead,” Voice of OC’s Arts & Culture writers speculate on what is on the horizon for Orange County in the next ten years. This month: Richard Chang tackles what is possibly in store for the county’s museums and visual arts scene.
Despite delays, the UCI Institute and Museum of California Art looks toward the future under the guidance of its new museum director, Kim Kanatani.
As first-generation arts leaders in Orange County, curator Virginia Arce and local artist Albert López, Jr., collaborate to showcase “local and cultured” emerging artists at the Irvine Fine Arts Center.
Though the future of the Great Park remains uncertain, the Irvine-based Arts Complex is celebrating nine years with confidence.
Jennifer Frias, the new director of the Begovich Gallery, says the collection’s 600 artworks will be more accessible to students and the community going forward.
After waiting for over a decade, OCMA finally begins construction on its new building which will be located on the Segerstrom Center for the Arts campus.
Since the recent whitewashing of a Sergio O’Cadiz mural in Santa Ana, interest in his work is resurging and a retrospective of his work can be seen on the Cypress College campus.
REVIEW: Two O.C.-based artists, Gregory Gallardo and Joel Woodard, shine at Founders Hall Art Gallery at Soka University.