Paul Ramirez Jonas in Residence for Site Visit!

Paul Ramirez Jonas at Grand Central Art Center with GCAC Associate Dir. Tracey Gayer, Director/Chief Curator John D. Spiak and Chief Preparator Matthew Miller.

Artist Paul Ramirez Jonas is here for the week doing a site visit of Grand Central Art Center and downtown Santa Ana as we prepare to develop a future Social Practice residency project together.

Ramirez will return at future dates as an artist in residence to realize his vision.

Here is a link for more information on the artists work:
http://www.paulramirezjonas.com/selected/new_index.php#20&31_2010&sub202&02_Dictar%20y%20Recordar

Information on the Grand Central Art Center Artist in Residence initiative can be found at:
http://grandcentralartcenter.wordpress.com/artist-in-residence-program/

OH MY GOD! WE’RE HAVING A FIRE!…sale…

OH THE BURNING! IT BURNS ME!
(obscure Arrested Development reference)

Do you like books???  Real, tangible books that you don’t have to read on your 3.5″ iphone screen?  Then Grand Central is the place for you.  Almost ALL BOOKS are $10!(a few annoying restrictions apply) but for the most part, Almost ALL BOOKS are $10!  Just look for the table that says “All books on this table $10″  There aren’t just one or two books on sale for $10, most of our books are now $10!  Just take a gander at the list below.

$10 BOOKS INCLUDE:

100 Artists See Satan
Mark Mothersbaugh: Beautiful Mutants
The Original Art of Basil Wolverton
Sandow Birk: The Depravities of War
Joe Sorren
Thomas Kinkade: Heaven on Earth
Suggestivism
The Saddest Place on Earth: The Art of Camille Rose Garcia
Jeffrey Vallance: Relics & Reliquaries
Aspect of Mel’s Hole
Edward Colver: Blight at the End of the Funnel
Allegedly: The Hugh Brown Chainsaw Collection
AND MANY MORE…

Some of the restrictions that apply:
No $10 sale price for the books, Manuel Pardo, The Curiosities of Janice Lowry, Empire, The Vallance Bible, and few other books not published by Grand Central Press

…watch the obscure Arrested Development reference here.

Sorry We Missed You, Shall We Try Again Next Month?

If you weren’t here, you really missed out…  

on a doozie of an Art Walk!  If you don’t believe me, just read a fan letter we got from an actual person, and not at all something I just wrote

Told you so!  And if you still don’t believe the MAYHEM from the opening, then read this article from the OCRegister.  Click Here to read it.

CACOPHONY SOCIETY ZONE SHOW

You may already be a member

February 4 – April 15 in the GCAC Main Gallery

For more information Click Here

HERE IN YOUR SPACE

Featuring works by Guy Ben-Ner, Christian Jankowski, and Gillian Wearing

February 4 – April 15 in the GCAC Project Room

For more information Click Here

ROAD LESS TRAVELED with BELLY SPROUT’S – NOW OPEN – FEB 1, 2011

Yesterday at 11am, Road Less Traveled with collaborative partner Belly Sprout opened their doors to the public in a beautifully remodeled space of Grand Central Art Center. Here are a few images to entice you. We invite you to visit!