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Exhibits
Visual Arts Studio and Art School
Animal Style
December 8 - January 25
Animals have always served as an inspiration in art. Whether they are wild or domestic, the study of animals can help us better understand the world and ourselves. “Animal Style” is an exhibition of contemporary works by Southern California artists with an affinity and respect for the diverse creatures that share our planet. Many of the artists are graduates of the Laguna Canyon School of the Arts. The exhibit showcases mixed media and will run through January 25, 2020.
Talented local artists Amber Foote and Michael McGregor will have their fabulous works of art on display as well as artists:
Karin Ashley
Emily Bertucci
Barbara Brown
Cody Jimenez
Monique Johnson
Christopher Slaymaker
Trevor Walker
Laura Weinberger
Amber Foote is a fine art painter in oils and acrylics. She paints portraits, still-life objects and animal artwork, striving to recreate a sense of realism and personality. Her still-life paintings often have a play on words or a humorous feeling about them.
Talented local artists Amber Foote and Michael McGregor will have their fabulous works of art on display as well as artists:
Karin Ashley
Emily Bertucci
Barbara Brown
Cody Jimenez
Monique Johnson
Christopher Slaymaker
Trevor Walker
Laura Weinberger
Amber Foote is a fine art painter in oils and acrylics. She paints portraits, still-life objects and animal artwork, striving to recreate a sense of realism and personality. Her still-life paintings often have a play on words or a humorous feeling about them.
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Michael McGregor is a representational artist, specializing in oil and acrylic paintings, with a proclivity for animals, nature and quality beer. He obtained an MFA from Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, CA and a BA from Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA.
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Norman P. Murray - Cabanas by Marlene Gerloff
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2019 EXHIBITS ARCHIVE
Annual Photography Competition
This exhibit was sponsored by the City’s Cultural Arts Committee and Mission Viejo Friends of the Art, the exhibit showcased local talent of all ages. It gave budding artists the chance to compete for non-cash prizes in categories that included originality, use of color, composition, black and white, use of technology and pictures entered by photographers 17 and younger. The exhibit was displayed September 22 through October 27 in the Mission Viejo Library Gallery.
Parkway Gallery
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An exhibit with the art of Chuck Jones and the Real Heroes Collection by Fernando del Rosarito was presented in September 2019.
Chuck Jones was the legendary creator of the Looney Tunes characters Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Pepé le Pew, Marvin Martian, and one of the fathers of Bugs Bunny and Daffy. Fernando del Rosarito's original art collection is in honor of everyday heroes. His collage art utilizes the comic book pages from his own collection as a kid. This is a way of sharing his story and inspiration with the public. It is an art collection 32 years in the making. Click here for more information about the gallery. |
In the Studio - Potocki Art Gallery
The show represented the creativity, vision and talent displayed by members of the California Art Education—Southern Area.
CAEA, an affiliate of the National Art Education Association, is the organization dedicated to the advancement of art education at all levels in the state of California. CAEA’s goal is to increase public awareness regarding art education; develop and implement strategies for statewide arts advocacy; inform the membership about current issues in art education; recognize the achievements of art educators and students; and to assist the California State Department of Education with the development and implementation of curriculum mater.
The exhibit was featured in the Potocki Art Gallery during September 2019.
CAEA, an affiliate of the National Art Education Association, is the organization dedicated to the advancement of art education at all levels in the state of California. CAEA’s goal is to increase public awareness regarding art education; develop and implement strategies for statewide arts advocacy; inform the membership about current issues in art education; recognize the achievements of art educators and students; and to assist the California State Department of Education with the development and implementation of curriculum mater.
The exhibit was featured in the Potocki Art Gallery during September 2019.
Chuck Jones Exhibit
The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity was pleased to present, “Character: Chuck Jones, Artist and Animator,” at the Potocki Center for the Arts. The exhibit featured hand-painted celluloid art editions, fine art giclées, hand-pulled lithographs, and mixed-media work from the fertile imagination and hand of Chuck Jones. Four-time Academy Award recipient and the legendary creator of the Looney Tunes characters Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Pepé le Pew, Marvin Martian, and one of the fathers of Bugs Bunny and Daffy, Jones has been honored worldwide as a creative genius.
The exhibition explored the relationship between Jones’s fine art figure studies and his animated masterpieces. On display were examples of work created during the “Golden Age” of animation and contemporaneous figure studies Jones created under the guidance of Donald Graham, longtime figure study professor and mentor at CalArts.
Guests viewed their favorite cartoon characters as they romped and cavorted through many of your favorite cartoons such as “What’s Opera, Doc?”; “Duck Dodgers and the 24 ½ Century”; “One Froggy Evening”; and “Robin Hood Daffy.” You’ll be saying “what’s up, doc?” in no time.
Artwork courtesy of Chuck Jones Gallery
The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity was pleased to present, “Character: Chuck Jones, Artist and Animator,” at the Potocki Center for the Arts. The exhibit featured hand-painted celluloid art editions, fine art giclées, hand-pulled lithographs, and mixed-media work from the fertile imagination and hand of Chuck Jones. Four-time Academy Award recipient and the legendary creator of the Looney Tunes characters Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Pepé le Pew, Marvin Martian, and one of the fathers of Bugs Bunny and Daffy, Jones has been honored worldwide as a creative genius.
The exhibition explored the relationship between Jones’s fine art figure studies and his animated masterpieces. On display were examples of work created during the “Golden Age” of animation and contemporaneous figure studies Jones created under the guidance of Donald Graham, longtime figure study professor and mentor at CalArts.
Guests viewed their favorite cartoon characters as they romped and cavorted through many of your favorite cartoons such as “What’s Opera, Doc?”; “Duck Dodgers and the 24 ½ Century”; “One Froggy Evening”; and “Robin Hood Daffy.” You’ll be saying “what’s up, doc?” in no time.
Artwork courtesy of Chuck Jones Gallery
Marillyn Brame "Visual Arts" Student Exhibit
This exhibit featured local art students of Artist Marillyn Brame -
Marillyn Brame, Ph.D., is Director of the Visual Arts Art School and Designer of Visual Arts Murals. She currently teaches classes for children and adults in all media, from beginning drawing to advanced painting techniques. Her background includes commercial art, advertising design, industrial art, theatrical design and engineering design and publication. She holds an advanced degree as a Dr. of Hypnotherapy, and maintains a clinical hypnotherapy practice in Mission Viejo.
Dr. Brame owned The Arts Art School and Gallery in Winter Park, Florida, Design Graphics, a graphic design and advertising studio, in Torrance, California, and Camart Design Advertising Agency in Westminster, California. She is a Past President and Director of Community Relations for Orange County Fine Arts, a member of the Board of Directors of the Center for a Brand New Day in Garden Grove, the City of Mission Viejo Cultural Arts Committee, the Mission Viejo Activities Committee, and the Arts Committee of Orange County Mental Health Board. She designed a sixty foot long curving mosaic tile wall on the Oso Creek Trail for the City of Mission Viejo, as well as eight of the ten columns in the Centennial Garden, the final Tierra Nativa Project of the Oso Creek Trail. Her paintings are in collections from Florida to California and the City of Mission Viejo owns one, a view of the Oso Creek Trail, which is a part of the Mission Viejo Library’s permanent art collection.
This exhibit featured local art students of Artist Marillyn Brame -
Marillyn Brame, Ph.D., is Director of the Visual Arts Art School and Designer of Visual Arts Murals. She currently teaches classes for children and adults in all media, from beginning drawing to advanced painting techniques. Her background includes commercial art, advertising design, industrial art, theatrical design and engineering design and publication. She holds an advanced degree as a Dr. of Hypnotherapy, and maintains a clinical hypnotherapy practice in Mission Viejo.
Dr. Brame owned The Arts Art School and Gallery in Winter Park, Florida, Design Graphics, a graphic design and advertising studio, in Torrance, California, and Camart Design Advertising Agency in Westminster, California. She is a Past President and Director of Community Relations for Orange County Fine Arts, a member of the Board of Directors of the Center for a Brand New Day in Garden Grove, the City of Mission Viejo Cultural Arts Committee, the Mission Viejo Activities Committee, and the Arts Committee of Orange County Mental Health Board. She designed a sixty foot long curving mosaic tile wall on the Oso Creek Trail for the City of Mission Viejo, as well as eight of the ten columns in the Centennial Garden, the final Tierra Nativa Project of the Oso Creek Trail. Her paintings are in collections from Florida to California and the City of Mission Viejo owns one, a view of the Oso Creek Trail, which is a part of the Mission Viejo Library’s permanent art collection.
Real Heroes Collection
About the artist Fernando Del Rosarito and the REAL HEROES story.
This collection of original composed art is in honor of the two things that are dear to me: superheroes and inspirational quotes by extraordinary people. Growing up as a foreigner in this wonderful country, I was not a popular, athletic or charismatic kid. As an awkward boy trying to find his place in a new country, I found solace and inspiration in the stories and characters of the superheroes I would see on television or read about in the pages of a comic book. As I developed my own identity and confidence, my interest expanded to poetry, philosophies, and quotations by extraordinary people. I was drawn to movies and documentaries of struggle, adversity, and accomplishment. 
At that point, I realized that superheroes do exist in the real world. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Bruce Lee, Nelson Mandela, Muhammad Ali, Walt Disney and Michael Jordan are just a few of the many individuals that have inspired me. Like many of the superheroes I grew up with, these people were not always perfect. They made mistakes. They struggled. They failed. But they got back up and tried and tried again. They were ordinary people like us, who gave it a little bit “extra” to become extraordinary. This original art collection is in honor of what has inspired me throughout the years and is an expression of my creative perspective. Every one of these comic book pages is from my collection as a kid. And this is my way of sharing my story and my inspiration with the public. It is an art collection 32 years in the making.
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2018 EXHIBITS ARCHIVE
Melt: Grand Opening Exhibit
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2018 January-April:
MELT: Grand Opening Exhibit Artists: Cavazzi, R. Even, J. Langford Guest Speakers: J. Repka, B. Stephens, I. Naesse, D. Walsh Click here to view: |
Plein Air Painting
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2018 April-June:
Plein Air Painting & Preview Gallery At Potocki Artists: Debbie Abshear – Corinne Eikanas – John Eagle – Tracy Roschak – Debbie Morines – Pamela Turner Yoko Colins – Kevin Peterson – Susie Koch – Sandra Morrison Click here to view: |
The Great Generation Artists:
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2018 June-August:
Students sharing their hidden talents at the Potocki Center for the Arts. Featured artworks created in Ann Klein's mixed media class. Click here to view: |