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POTOCKI CENTER FOR THE ARTS OPENS JANUARY 20
Mission Viejo Converts Conference Center to Arts Center
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The Thomas R. Potocki Conference Center, operated by the City of Mission Viejo, officially becomes The Thomas R. Potocki Center for the Arts on January 20, with a Grand Opening event. The facility has been transformed into a fine arts center for visual arts classes, workshops and exhibitions to meet the growing demand of the City's residents. This is one of the outcomes recommended in the Cultural Arts Master Plan developed for Mission Viejo in 2016 by Arts Orange County--though it was an idea that had already been contemplated by the City. More details here.
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SAVE THE DATE!
ARTSOC'S 9th ANNUAL CREATIVE EDGE LECTURE
Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 10 am
Irvine Barclay Theatre - FREE (Reservations Required)
Featuring ROBERT DUKE on the topic:
"ELEVEN YEARS OF PIANO AND I CAN'T GET A DATE:
CULTIVATING CREATIVITY IN HUMAN EXPRESSION"
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Bob Duke is the Marlene and Morton Meyerson Centennial Professor and Head of Music and Human Learning at The University of Texas at Austin, where he is University and University of Texas System Distinguished Teaching Professor, Director of the Center for Music Learning, and Clinical Professor in the Dell Medical School. For the past six years, he directed the psychology of learning program at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles. Dr. Duke's research on human learning and behavior spans multiple disciplines, and his most recent work explores the refinement of procedural memories and the analysis of gaze in teacher-learner interactions. A former studio musician and public school music teacher, he has worked closely with children at-risk, both in the public schools and through the juvenile justice system. He is the author of Scribe 4 behavior analysis software, and his most recent books are Intelligent Music Teaching: Essays on the Core Principles of Effective Instruction, The Habits of Musicianship, which he co-authored with Jim Byo of Louisiana State University, and Brain Briefs, which he co-authored with Art Markman, his co-host on the public radio program and podcast Two Guys on Your Head, produced by KUT Radio in Austin. More here.
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Fullerton's Fox Theatre Project Continues Its Long Journey
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For the past 30 years, the City of Fullerton has been pursuing plans to renovate and re-open the historic Fox Theatre as a hub within its downtown dining and entertainment district. The latest step taken relates to approval of an essential parking structure, but it appears that the overall completion of the project is still a few years away. Read more here in Voice of OC.
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Lines Between Fine Arts & Pop Culture Are Dissolving
(Is this news?)
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Audiences (not just girls, Cyndi!) just wanna have fun. The findings of a new study "Culture Track '17" conducted by a New York marketing & design firm were discussed recently at a high profile arts panel in Los Angeles. It seems that distinctions between "high art" and "pop culture" are less important than having a "fun experience"--which could be either. Read about it here.
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RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS & ARTS ORGANIZATIONS - ArtsOC.org ARTS & CULTURAL EVENTS + CALLS FOR ARTISTS + AUDITIONS + JOBS + CLASSES + VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES - SparkOC.com
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Arts Educator Appointed by Governor to Head California Arts Council
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Governor Jerry Brown has appointed a new Director of the California Arts Council: Anne Bown-Crawford, 65, Director of the Arcata Arts Institute and the Innovation Design Institute, programs within Northern Humboldt Union High School District and Fine Arts Department Chair at Arcata HS. Anne is also Chair of the CREATE CA leadership council, a coalition of organizations, CCSESA, CAEA, CDE, and CAC, whose mission is to rethink and create an educational environment for all California students that features arts education as a central part of the solution to the crisis in our schools. In this capacity she was appointed by Superintendent Torlakson to help write his Blueprint For Creative Schools. She earned a Master of Education degree from the University of California, Berkeley. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $147,870. Bown-Crawford is a Democrat.
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OC Fair Will be Home to Cirque du Soleil's Big Top Show for 10 Years
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OC Fair & Event Center and Cirque du Soleil recently announced the fairgrounds will be the official home of the Big Top Show for the next ten years. "Luzia" is the first show included under the new contract, and will run Feb. 21- Mar. 18. More details here.
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ArtsOC Program Featured in National TV PSA
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Ovation
, the arts TV network, is featuring ArtsOC's VOICES: Veterans Storytelling Project in a thirty-second public service announcement being aired nationally. The PSA is part of Ovation's "Stand for the Arts" campaign advocating for support of the National Endowment for the Arts, which the Trump Administration has targeted for elimination.
View the PSA here.
More about "Stand for the Arts" here.
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Public Invited to Provide Input as Work Begins on Costa Mesa Arts Plan
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Arts Orange County has begun work on developing an Arts & Culture Master Plan for the City of Costa Mesa and has set up a dedicated Facebook page to provide updates, accept posts of ideas from the public, and to share information. The target date for completion of the plan is July 2018.
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In preparation for the 33rd Annual IMAGINATION CELEBRATION, ArtsOC, Orange County Department of Education and Orange County Fine Arts have announced details for 2018 Imagination Celebration Poster Contest.
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