Happy New Year!

Imagination Celebration - April 11-May 24 | Creative Edge Lecture - Apr 21 | Dia del Nino - Apr 26 | Arts Awards - Oct 14

Orange County Center for Contemporary Art Celebrates its 35th Anniversary

Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, a unique, all-volunteer, member-owned and operated art gallery in the Santa Ana Artists Village, is celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2015. Learn more about its mission, history and exhibitions schedule.

Call for OC Nonprofit Arts Organizations to Participate!

Orange County Community Foundation is calling upon all OC nonprofit organizations to participate in "I Heart OC", a 30-hour fund-raising marathon from which all organizations will be able to benefit. Read complete details.

9 Arts Movers & Shakers on
Register's 100 Most Influential People List

Included among the 100 Most Influential People in the Orange County Register's year-end list were: Oliver Bogner, Jodie Gates, Mark and Jane Hilbert, Oanh Nguyen, Jason Schiffer, M. Shadows, Anne Shih, Todd DeShields Smith, John Walcutt. Find out more about them.

RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS & ARTS ORGANIZATIONS - ArtsOC.org

ARTS & CULTURAL EVENTS + CALLS FOR ARTISTS + AUDITIONS + JOBS + CLASSES + VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES - SparkOC.com

Arts Orange County is supported in part through funds from

In Memoriam:

Lewis Baltz,

Visual artist & photographer

Best-known for his stark photographic images of Southern California life. LA Times obituary here.

In Memoriam:
Richard Challis,
Gallery owner

In 1950, Challis opened the Laguna Studio Gallery, showing the work of noted California watercolor painters such as Phil Dike, Rex Brandt, George Post and Roger Kuntz. OC Register obituary here.

In Memoriam:

Otho "Sonny" Budd,

Actor

50 years of performances at the Laguna Playhouse and with Ballet Pacifica. Laguna Beach Independent obituary here.

Arts Orange County is the leader in building appreciation of, participation in and support for the arts and arts education throughout Orange County.

It is a powerhouse in advancing Orange County's arts ecology, a trailblazer in advocating workforce development through arts education, a leader in building future audiences and a trendsetter in the world of nonprofit arts councils.

Arts Orange County, 3730 South Susan Street, Suite 100, Santa Ana, CA 92704