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Arts Orange County is the leader in building appreciation of, participation in and support for the arts and arts education throughout Orange County. |
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Have You Registered to Vote? Register Online through Oct. 22nd |
Arts Orange County encourages every eligible voter to go to the polls on November 6th. If you are not registered, you can still do so! Online voter registration continues through October 22 here. If you are registered, but know someone who isn't please encourage them to participate by registering online now and voting on election day. |
Statewide Arts & Nonprofit Alliances Endorse Props 30 & 38 |
Candidates Arts Survey Results to be Posted Soon |
As it did two years ago, Arts Orange County, in collaboration with the California Alliance for Arts Education, is conducting an arts education-related survey of School Board candidates in all OC school districts with elections this year. Additionally, ArtsOC, in collaboration with California Arts Advocates, is conducting an arts-related survey of all State Senate and State Assembly candidates in Orange County. Links to the results of these surveys will be sent in an upcoming ArtsOC e-newsletter issue. Arts Orange County does not endorse candidates for office, but encourages its constituents to become informed voters by providing information about candidates and their positions. |
Laguna Beach Arts Alliance City Council Candidates Forum |
The Laguna Beach Alliance for the Arts, an association of 20 nonprofit arts organizations in that community, continued its longstanding tradition of conducting its own Candidates Forum to discuss issues related to the arts community in advance of the local City Council election. This year's forum, held on September 15 at the Laguna Playhouse, was attended by five Council candidates: Steve Dicterow, Jane Egly, Verna Rollinger, Robert Ross and Robert Whalen. It was moderated by President of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Greg Vail. Read the Laguna Beach Independent article here. |
Second Season of UK National Theatre Screenings Begins:
"Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" - Oct. 11 |
ArtsOC Marketing Consortium to Hear Trevor O'Donnell |
Trevor O'Donnell, author of Marketing the Arts to Death, is the featured speaker at Arts Orange County's Marketing Consortium luncheon on October 30th. His latest blogpost sums up his passion for marketing the arts with its ironic title: "Arts Marketing Sucks--So Let's Change the Art." He concludes this post by saying: "Forgive me for for having the temerity to suggest that there's nothing wrong with art the way it is, but if the marketing sucks, shouldn't we fix the marketing before we start trying to fix the art?" O'Donnell is a longtime arts & entertainment marketing guru whose clients have included Disney Theatricals, Cameron Macintosh, Nederlander Organization, Center Theatre Group, Music Center of LA and others. ArtsOC Marketing Consortium meetings are limited to large budget arts organization and university arts school marketing staff and mid-sized arts organization executive directors, however, others are welcome on a space-available basis. If interested in attending, please contact Rick Stein. |
Dance Critic Laura Bleiberg Launches Blog "Emphasis Dance" |
Longtime Orange County Register dance critic (18 years!) and freelance dance writer (Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, LA Weekly, Orange Coast Magazine), Laura Bleiberg launched her own dance-centric online publication in July. "Emphasis Dance" includes dance news, features and criticism. Recent articles include an homage to the late Yvonne Mounsey and a feature about the recent visit to Orange County by Alonzo King's LINES Ballet and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. |
RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS & ARTS ORGANIZATIONS - ArtsOC.org
ARTS & CULTURAL EVENTS + CALLS FOR ARTISTS + AUDITIONS + JOBS + CLASSES + VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES - SparkOC.com |
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OC Arts Organizations:
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EMERGING NATIONAL LATINO THEATRE NETWORK WILL HOLD AN ORANGE COUNTY CONVERSATION
Saturday, November 11, 11 am
Nicholas Studio
South Coast Repertory
As part of an effort begun last June at the Theatre Communications Group conference in Boston, a National Latino Theatre Network convening will be held in Orange County on Saturday, November 11 at South Coast Repertory, co-sponsored by Arts Orange County. More information may be obtained by contacting Sara Guerrero. |
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PRESENTATION FOR MUSEUM & VISUAL ARTS LEADERS
Thursday, October 25, 8:30 am
Grand Central Art Center
Santa Ana Artists Village
Adrienne McGraw of Exhibit Envoy, formerly California Exhibition Resource Alliance, will offer a free presentation to Orange County's visual arts community about their traveling exhibition programs. Grand Central Art Center of California State University, Fullerton and Arts Orange County are co-hosting this convening. Please RSVP to Jan McKay. |
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SOUTH COAST REP JOINS NEW
"BLUE STAR THEATRE" NETWORK
South Coast Repertory is one of five California theatres (and the only one in Orange County) to participate in Blue Star Theatres, a new program created by Theatre Communications Group that intends to recognize the contributions of service families, in part by offering discounted or complimentary admission to all military personnel and their families, as well as veterans. |
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SEGERSTROM CENTER APPOINTS NEW VP-DEVELOPMENT:
JENNIFER ATKINSON
Segerstrom Center for the Arts has announced the appointment of Jennifer Atkinson as its new Vice President for Development. Atkinson comes to the Center from the Hoag Hospital Foundation, where she was executive director for major and principal gifts. Prior to that, she served as executive director for the Western States Office of Development for the University of Michigan. Earlier in her career, Atkinson worked at University of California, Irvine's Henry Samueli School of Engineering as well as University of California, Los Angeles' Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Prior to moving to California, Atkinson held senior positions at the Colorado School of Mines Foundation, Northwestern University and the Chicago Academy of Sciences. Atkinson is a graduate of Lake Forest College. |
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ARTS & LEARNING CONSERVATORY
SOLE OC GRANTEE IN NEW ROUND
OF CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL
ARTISTS-IN-THE-SCHOOLS FUNDING
California Arts Council has announced that it awarded $1 million in funding to 139 organizations statewide under its "Artists in Schools" program. The sole grantee in Orange County was Arts & Learning Conservatory to help students at TeWinkle Middle School in Costa Mesa to design and perform a retelling of Romeo and Juliet in the style of Dr. Seuss. Students will be actively involved in all aspects of the production. Their grant amount was $4,355. The application deadline for 2013-14 school year has not been set, but is typically in March. Arts Orange County encourages OC arts organizations to review the current grant program guidelines and make plans to apply next year. |
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