Past Exhibits
The Muckenthaler Legacy
A Fullerton Family History and A Home for the Arts
Sponsored by Arcadia Publishing
October 6–December 31 . 2011
Celebrate the launch of a new book, exclusively dedicated to the history of The Muckenthaler family and their extraordinary home through historic photographs, most never before published.
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American Nostalgia
July 7-September 25 . 2011
Contemporary artists and illustrators reinterpret the traditional themes of
Norman Rockwell for a unique exhibit in a historic mansion built in 1924.
More than thirty years after his death, iconic American artist Norman Rockwell’s art is still enormously popular. This invitational group exhibition examines the enduring themes represented in the art of Norman Rockwell–patriotism, family and the American ideal–through the works of over 25 contemporary artists and illustrators.
Contributing Artists
Aaron Jasinski, Alina Chau, Bradford Salamon, Brigette Barrager, Dave Pressler, David Macdowell, Eli Trinh, Fred Harper, Greg Newbold, Hugh Dunnahoe, Jay Merryweather, Jenikah, Joe Biel, Joe Devera, John T. Quinn III, Julie Lee, Justin DeGarmo, Kelly Vivanco, Mike Wimmer, Patrick Ballesteros, Rich Tuzon, Ron Velasco, Ronald J. Llanos, Soey Milk, Stacey Aoyama, Steven James Petruccio, Soyoun Lee, Tina Anderson
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Fukui Sister City Exhibit
Sponsored by Fullerton Sister City Association
April 7 – June 26 .
The Muckenthaler Cultural Center celebrates Fullerton ’s Sister City Fukui, Japan with a new exhibition of graphics by artists from both cities. Artwork by members of the Fukui chapter of JAGDA, the Japan Graphic Designers Association, will be exhibited with digital artwork and prints by Fullerton based artists to explore the beauty and heritage of each city.
Participating artists from Fullerton include Anthony Trasport, Michael Eckerson Cliff Cramp , Candace and Michael Magoski, Richard McMillan, Hala Swearingen, Randall Chambers, and Mark Mendez.
The artists from Fukui are Ryoji Ohashi, Hajime Sakai, Kazuo Suzuki, Susumu Tanaka, Katsumi Nakano, Toshihide Nishibata, Kenichi Hashimoto, Yoshifumi Maeda, Rioichi Matzda, Michiaki Matsuyama, Hiroko Myohchin, and Hajime Yoshimura.
Brush Strokes 2011: Traditional and Contemporary Calligraphy with Seal Carving Images
February 4 – March 27 .
Featuring major trends in Asian calligraphy brushwork by masters Tae Sun Hwang and Dr. Young Hoon Kim, this exhibition will also include examples of seal carving with both seal stones and impressions made from them.
In the Ranch Foreman Gallery we’re featuring Jongkuk Lee’s first American exhibition of Hanji, a traditional Korean paper sculpture. Living in the mountains for more than 15 years, Mr. Lee grows mulberry trees to make paper for his extraordinary two-and-three dimensional painted sculptural forms.
José Lozano: El Que Pinta
October 8 – December 31, 2010
This special exhibit will feature a retrospective of work by Jose Lozano. Born in Los Angeles, Lozano was raised in Jaurez, Mexico, and Southern California. His colorful paintings, prints, and drawings reference popular culture of both of the countries of his childhood, as well as observations of neighborhoods past and present. His distinctive linear style is derived in part from comic strips and other traditionally “low” art forms.
Jose Lozano: El Que Pinta traces the artist’s evolution over three decades in drawings, paintings, limited edition prints, artist’s books, and other media. The exhibition will also include illustrations from his 2009 book for children, Once Around the Block / Una vuelta a la manzana and images from LA Metro Loteria, the Los Angeles Metro La Brea station.
Jose Lozano earned his MFA from California State University, Fullerton. He has received grants from the J. Paul Getty Foundation and the California Arts Council. He was recently selected to design the artwork for the Los Angeles Metro La Brea station. His work has been exhibited at the UCLA Armand Hammer Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Orange County Museum of Art and the Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica and other venues.
Korean Sister City Exhibit
The Muckenthaler celebrates Fullerton’s Sister Cities with a special group exchange exhibition featuring artists from Yong-in, Korea and Fullerton. The show travels to Yong-in early next year. In all, 25 different artists showcase paintings, ceramics, sculpture, textile, and works in other media.
A city of 831,000 people, Yong-in is located about twenty-five miles south of the South Korean capitol Seoul. The city is famous for it’s IT industry, Everland Theme Park and a recreation of a traditional Korean village. The region is also known for it’s vibrant visual arts culture.
Eight artists from Yong-in will be present for the opening reception(which includes a calligraphy demonstration) in the Muckenthaler galleries on July 9 and take place at 5 PM just before the Jung Trio concert.
Artists from representing Yong-in are Ki Pyung Kong, Young Ran Kim, Joo Ick Kim, Soon Kwan Ma, Jeong Ae Park, Byeon Hae Ik, Hae Chang Seo, Oe Ja Son, In Ja Shim, Jun Seop Ahn, Seong Man Oh, Kyung Sung Lee, Bum Joon Lee, Duk Moon Jung, Soo Yung Jung, Churl Moon Jin, Yu Soon Choi, Hyun Jung Choi, and Man Gab Hur. Representing Fullerton are James Dahl, Carol Henke, Rowan Harrison, Young Shin Kim, and Steve Metzger.
Kurt Weston:
Seasons in the Prayer Garden
Kurt Weston is a legally blind photographer who works in both color and black and white.
“My limited visual acuity–total blindness in my left eye and limited peripheral vision with no central vision in my right eye–permits me to see the world much like it appears in an impressionist painting.” Using digital magnification, the artist views and augments images initially seen only through his limited peripheral vision.
For the past several years, Weston has been experimenting with unusual and altered photographic “views” and “perspectives” that redefine and recontextualize the very nature of seeing for both the sighted and blind communities.
His precisely detailed, saturated colored images of garden flowers capture an unsettling individualism in each blossom. These almost other-worldly portraits bypass conventional ideas of nature photography by confronting the viewer with singular instances of the strangeness of beauty itself. Hillsides and parks are experienced in sometimes fleeting, sometimes still, sometimes even out of focus mesmerizing tapestries of living color, sweeping the viewer into the world of the artist’s unique vision.
“Seeing, as we all know, is a combination of all our physical, mental, psychological and spiritual states,” Weston says. “We speak about ‘seeing’ something clearly as seeing something accurately, truthfully and in its entirety.”
Kurt Weston earned his MFA from the California State University, Fullerton. His work has been exhibited at the Berkeley Art Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in New York and other venues. In 2009, his work was included in the California Museum of Photography’s acclaimed exhibition “Sight Unseen: International Photography by Blind Artists.” (Currently scheduled to tour internationally.)
All Fullerton High School Art Exhibition
The Muckenthaler galleries spotlight the next generation with our 2nd annual Fullerton High Schools Art Exhibition. Drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, sculpture and ceramics from the young artists from Sunny Hills, Troy, Fullerton Union High and other local high schools will be on display throughout our galleries.
Pine Design ’10: Cub Scout Pinewood Derby Cars
Back for the third year! We feature pinewood derby cars from Orange County Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts. Starting with a standard block of pinewood and four plastic wheels, scouts customize simple wood race cars into dream machines, fantasy vehicles, or just plain lean-mean racing machines to compete in the tradition of pinewood derby races. Our Ranch Foreman’s Gallery will show the best of OC’s imaginative young designers.
Cliff Cramp and Don Derler
To celebrate our 16th Annual Motor Car Festival, the Main Gallery hosts a two-person exhibition of paintings and prints by Cliff Cramp and Don Derler. Both are artists and car enthusiasts.
Cliff Cramp teaches both traditional and digital illustration at California State Fullerton. His art captures the excitement of auto racing and pays tribute to classic cars of yesteryear.
Don Derler has produced paintings for many of our previous Motor Car Festival’s posters and programs as well as fanciful depictions of timeless automotive design.
Muckenthaler Cultural Center/North Orange County
Community College District Student Exhibition
June 11 – 27
Summer begins with a special show of art by students from Muckenthaler classes. Pottery, painting and fine craft fill our galleries.
