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CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL MEETS THURSDAY IN IRVINE
OC ARTS COMMUNITY ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND
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The California Arts Council, our State's arts agency, will hold its regular bi-monthly meeting here in Irvine on Thursday, January 25, 10 am to 4 pm. The meeting will take place at the new OC Music & Dance Center, 17620 Fitch Avenue, Second Floor, where Arts Orange County also has its offices. Directions here. There is a public comment period scheduled to begin at approximately 11:30 am, with speakers limited to 2 minutes. "We strongly encourage local artists, arts organization representatives and arts concerned citizens to attend this meeting," commented ArtsOC President & CEO Rick Stein. "It's valuable to observe the serious deliberations given to handling the State's investment in arts and culture overseen by this body and it's important to show the Council that Orange County has a robust arts ecology that merits their investments here." Presently, no Council member is a resident of Orange County, the last having been local attorney and arts patron Wylie Aitken, who served for five years, including two as Chair through 2016.
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PACIFIC SYMPHONY WILL TOUR CHINA IN MAY
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The Pacific Symphony will tour China from May 9-15, its first trip to Asia. The five-concert series will begin in Shanghai, visit three regional cities in China, including Chongqing, and finish at Beijing's National Centre for the Performing Arts (pictured above). The program, to be repeated at each venue, includes three short pieces from Leonard Bernstein, tied to the composer's centenary celebration this year. Also on the bill will be works by Mozart, Mussorsky and Ravel. Violinist Pinchas Zukerman is accompanying the orchestra. He will be the featured soloist on Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3.
Read more here.
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WHERE'S CITY HALL? BEHIND A TEMPORARY INTERACTIVE PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION IN LAGUNA BEACH
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"A kaleidoscope of color in purple, orange, pink, blue, and green covers the lawn in front of Laguna Beach City Hall. The sculpture - six rings collectively known as "Light Beam" - was created in 2017 by Los Angeles-based artist Alexis Rochas of Stereo.bot and has become a focus of attention for visitors to the city's downtown since being installed Saturday, Jan. 13...."Light Beam" will be on display through March 10."
Read more here.
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| Philharmonic Society's CEO Taking the Helm at the Houston Symphony |
John Mangum, President & Artistic Director of the Philharmonic Society of Orange County has been appointed to serve as Executive Director and CEO of the Houston Symphony in Texas. There he will preside over one of the nation's ten largest orchestras with a $34 million operating budget. When he came to OC from San Francisco Symphony nearly four years ago, Mangum succeeded longtime Philharmonic Society leader Dean Corey, who was retiring. Mangum is credited with sustaining the organization's artistic legacy by conducting a successful endowment campaign. More here.
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| MUZEO's CEO Leaves to Head Arizona Museum |
Dan Finley, who has served as Executive Director of MUZEO, the museum & cultural center in downtown Anaheim, since 2014, is stepping down from that position to become Executive Director of the Desert Caballeros Western Museum, a museum accredited by the American Association of Museums, located in Wickenburg, Arizona north of Phoenix. Finley previously served as head of the Autry Museum in Los Angeles. More here.
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Ed Moses, Iconic SoCal artist, dies at 91
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Ed Moses, the legendary, iconoclastic and outspoken Southern California artist, has died at 91. His impact was felt internationally, but he also was connected to Orange County, having taught during the 1970s at University of California, Irvine. Read more here.
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