The current status of political art is a dreary one, with too many artists lacking the acumen or the Zeitgeist awareness to create work that says... More >>

"Brett and I come from the Show-Me State, meaning we are doers, not talkers," says Jesse Fortune, giving a shout-out to his fellow art gallery... More >>

While my colleague wholeheartedly embraced the George Hurrell movie-star portraits in the modest upstairs gallery of Laguna Art Museum (see Stacy... More >>

Eric Cocoletzi was used to people talking shit on Santa Ana. As a water polo player at Saddleback High School, he had to endure players from... More >>

In 1974, songwriters Peter Allen and Carole Bayer Sager penned "Everything Old Is New Again," putting to melody the long-standing idiom and... More >>

Sitting between tables of handmade jewelry vendors and raucous breakdancing crowds at Santa Ana's monthly Artwalk this February was a large... More >>

Curated with clarity and vision by Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) director Dennis Szakacs, "Richard Jackson: Ain't Painting a Pain" is the... More >>

One of the areas that never gets much attention in a film (at least not by the audience) is costume design—unless someone's dressed like a... More >>

A giclée of My Only Child (Part One), a collage by artist Florian-Ayala Fauna, has hung over my writing desk for almost a year now. Every... More >>

My niece and nephew are 11 and 14, respectively. Nicole wants to be a math teacher, and Nick would like to teach science. They're smart kids with... More >>