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04/10/2025

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Join ArtsOC at Santa Ana's The Frida Cinema on Saturday, October 11, to see the nominees for Best Short Film at the annual Viet Film Fest - the largest international Vietnamese film festival in the diaspora. Use the exclusive code ARTSOC10 in the "Have a discount code?" field at checkout to save 10%. The Viet Film Fest screens virtually Oct. 4-19 and in-person Oct. 10-12. https://vietfilmfest2025.eventive.org/schedule/68a5819c0227cd8fc80043d7

24/06/2024

If you visit Irvine, or live, work or study there, we want your input! FINAL WEEK to share your thoughts about the future of public art in Irvine.

In an effort to continue the City of Irvine’s commitment to the arts, the Public Arts Committee was created to provide input, guidance, and recommendations for arts and cultural programming in Irvine. The Public Arts Committee is an advisory body of the City of Irvine, reporting to the Community S...

14/06/2024

Kudos to the Culture OC writers and editors for winning these awards! This fledgling arts journalism endeavor is being driven by these seasoned professionals. It's much needed in our community as a result of the seismic changes to the media landscape over the past two decades.

Awards for the Culture OC writing team includes five first place honors for 2023 stories.At the annual awards ceremony for the Orange County Press Club held on June 13, 2024, the writing team at Culture OC took home 14 awards, including five first place honors. Awards were received in every category...

24/05/2024

Do you live, work, play or study in Irvine? We want to know your ideas about public art in Irvine! Take the survey... https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/ad8a668426044452a269813e5a309b48

17/05/2024

We are delighted to announce the honorees at this year's Orange County Arts Awards!
Full details: https://artsoc.org/events-and.../orange-county-arts-awards/

16/05/2024

Action Alert! We’ve worked so hard over the past ten years to achieve small incremental increases but the CA Arts Council is STILL funded BELOW what it was 20 years ago! We must fight this proposed cut. CA friends and colleagues please do your part with this easy tool to communicate with your legislators. https://bit.ly/4bYk9iz

04/05/2024

We are here at today’s CicloIrvine event to promote the public visioning sessions starting this week for the public arts plan we are preparing for the city of Irvine.

02/05/2024

We at Arts Orange County are pleased to be the contractor preparing the City of Irvine Public Arts Master Plan, and have scheduled several Visioning Sessions over the coming weeks--open to those who work, study, or play in Irvine as well as for residents. So, if any of these apply, we invite you to join us. Complete details and free registration here: https://www.cityofirvine.org/community-services-department/public-arts-master-plan

29/04/2024

29/04/2024