Palm Court Arts Complex
The Palm Court Arts Complex is home to the Great Park Gallery and the Great Park Artists Studios, housing a publicly-accessible artists-in-residence program. This new civic space also features Hangar 244, a 10,000 square foot event center; a shaded outdoor performance plaza enhanced by 54 Canary Islands date palms; and the Great Park’s first site-specific permanent public art installation.
Visitors will discover that the Marine Corps Air Station El Toro’s World War II-era atmosphere and architecture have been preserved by means of adaptive reuse of existing buildings, a strategy that aligns with the Park’s ecological values. The Palm Court’s re-purposed military structures now form a cultural campus supporting the development of a fresh approach to establishing an interdisciplinary, public arts program.
| You can see the following exhibits by visiting the Great Park Gallery during open hours: Thursday-Friday: Noon-4:00 p.m. Saturday-Sunday: 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Portrait Project: In Case You Get Lost
The final installation of the Portrait Project: In Case You Get Lost Coming Soon: Farmers to Flyers: Marine Corps Air Station El Toro and Mid-century Orange CountyOn exhibit July 14, 2012-March 31, 2013
Farmers to Flyers: Marine Corps Air Station El Toro and Mid-century Orange County is a site-specific exhibition of historical photographs, artifacts and videos that describe MCAS El Toro’s impact on Southern California. This special exhibition, based on 400 foundational interviews with El Toro veterans, also explores related topics, such as agriculture, dramatic urban growth, industrial expansion, freeway construction, parks and master planned cities. The exhibition is a project of the Orange County Great Park Corporation and the Center for Oral and Public History, California State University, Fullerton. Find out more by visiting our upcoming events page, signing up for email updates (on the right), or by following us on Facebook and Twitter. |
| The Artists Studios Hours: Saturday-Sunday: 10:00am-4:00pm Andre Woodward  Residency lasts from May to October of 2012 Local Southern California-based artist Andre Woodward explores the intersection of nature, technology and humanity. His work features manmade and non-living materials harmoniously coexisting. His art has been showcased in the book My Green City and on the covers of Sculpture Magazine and the most recent Visions from the New California catalog. His projects have been exhibited throughout California at the 18th Street Art Center, the Torrance Art Museum, with solo exhibitions at the Huntington Beach Art Center, Whittier College and Villa Montalvo. The Legacy Project  The Legacy Project is dedicated to documenting and interpreting the former Marine Corps Air Station at El Toro, simultaneously honoring the history of the site and celebrating its transformation into the Orange County Great Park. This group of six photographers, assisted by legions of students and friends, have created over 200,000 images of El Toro in addition to shooting several videos. Their most notable work is the world’s largest photograph, The Great Picture, a 32-by-111-foot image of El Toro created in a former F-18 hangar. Photo: Detail from Nature Prevails ©Mark Chamberlain Check out some of the Great Park’s past Artists-in-Residence: |
Deborah Aschheim makes installations, drawings and sculptures based on invisible networks of perception and thought. Her recent work exploring the subject of memory has led her to collaborate with musicians and neuroscientists. Her project for the Orange County Great Park is based on her life long fascination with Richard Nixon.
Korean-American pianist Kevin Kwan Loucks has been hailed as "a shining talent" (Völser Zeitung, Italy), "impeccable" (La Presse, Montréal), and an artist "with exhilarating polish, unity, and engagement" (The Orange County Register, California). He has performed in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Prösels Castle in Italy, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, Lichtenstein Palace in Prague, and Aspen's Harris Concert Hall where he was featured on National Public Radio's Performance Today. 
Amy Caterina integrates fiber art, photography and video in her work. Her unique style of free-range knitting includes objects and environments that comment on the real and the artificial. Caterina also works as a freelance curator and is an avid yarn bomber. Amy resides in Santa Ana and holds a master's degree in photography with an emphasis in video from California State University Fullerton.
| Arts Happenings at the Great Park bring the community together to experience — and participate in — art in the Park. Programs are developed to cover a wide variety of media and interests, and include events developed in collaboration with Arts Orange County and our Artists-in-Residence.
The Spoken World with Marc Bamuthi Joseph  Saturday, June 16 6:00pm – 8:00pm Free Parking & Admission Using his signature art form of “choreopoetry,” a highly theatrical and mesmerizing blend of spoken word and dance movement, Marc Bamuthi Joseph will articulate the story of achieving manhood in the United States through the lens of hip hop, global travel and urban environmental health. The Spoken World is a three-part experience that includes an excerpt of the award winning Word Becomes Flesh, which examines pregnancy through the eyes of fatherhood. Part two, taken from the 2008 premiere of the break/s, is a travel diary across planet hip hop. The actor recalls voyages to Senegal, Haiti, Bosnia and Japan, examining the way hip hop culture has transformed the perception of American citizenship across the world. In part three, Joseph performs the first section of his 2011 premiere red black and GREEN: a blues. This section uses poetry and movement to connect the dots between a mourning mother at festival for life in Chicago and a motherless vocalist learning about the environment in Sudan.
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