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Tag Archives: DTSA
The Art of Kray Art Show Feb 2, 2013
Feb 2nd, 2013. GCS was proud and honored to host this very special artist, designer and all around man of many talents Kray Sudderth. His prints are amazing and the mixed media installations were very impressive. Make sure you follow this guy, he is always producing new and exciting items. And did we mention he is a master printer and custom skate deck king.
The Raossance – Don’t Look, Don’t Touch May 17, 2014
Today we look back at an art show that we hosted in our broadway gallery last year with RAOS. The title of the show was The RAOSSANCE / Don’t Look, Don’t Touch. This was a great solo show for this artist, which combined original canvas paintings, ink and mixed media illustrations, wooden sculpture and a cardboard coffin installation. The colors were bright, the imagery unique and the execution was on point. We need more RAOS in our gallery. 
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Spaceship Tour kicks off at GCS Santa Ana March 14, 2015
March 14th, 2015. Gremlin, Hands, and the rest of the Wise Owls crew kicked of their “Spaceship” tour in our gallery saturday night. We’ve hosted these cats before and the turn out for the show was great. The night included performances by Asem Pria, Rock-Oh!, Modern Day Soulja, ESKO ,ADON, RX, Vibes and Koncept714.
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“F Words” art show May 4, 2013
May 4th, 2013. GCS was proud to host “F Words” art show presented by Fresh Force. For those of you that are not familiar with FF, these guys have been part of our gallery shows for quite some time now. Graff, photography, sculpture, illustration and fine art painting, these guys can do it all. Members include 3rdi, APE, Aseph, BIELS, HURL, GUTS, SWAG and VGML. Look out for more from these cats.
Blue Lot Santa Ana June 2013
June, 2013. Take a look at one of the times the Blue Lot on 1st st. and Bush got a make over. Keep posted for more from The Blue Lot. 
“Threads of Life” art show July 6, 2013
July 6th, 2013. “Treads of Life” art show curated by Jonathan Martinez. Art of the Endangered curated this exposition which included Bill Hayner and Jess Johnson.
August 3, 2013 Art Walk @ GCS Santa Ana
Aug. 3rd, 2013. Today we look back at the art show we had the pleasure of hosting back in August of 2013. Affectionately called “Summer Slam”, this show featured the work of Dino Perez, Deity, Kasey Mahoney, Joe Ded, RASK, AR and Hannah Webb. 
CODAK SMITH art show at GCS Santa Ana MARCH 7, 2015
March 7th, 2015. GCS has always strived to bring out the best artists and the best art to Santa Ana. This month, we were proud to host CODAK for a solo art exhibit that included a tee shirt release and mural installation. The dtsa was jumping with the beat swapmeet going on a few steps away from our shop and other various art show and music events scattered throughout the area. If you didn’t know, now you know…. CODAK don’t play. Look out for a lot more from this artist.
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Art Walk at GCS Santa Ana September 7, 2013
September 7th, 2013. This month was a collection of artists that we have always loved to show. Included in the night’s festivities was AR, Free Humanity, Jay Open, Liz Killz, Moeeglee, Pernille Damgaard, Germizm, Sick Dot One and Nick Macaulay. Joe Ded set up shop in our front windows for some live painting. Another successful artwalk! Thank you Santa Ana. 
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Rise of the Endangered by Jonathan Martinez April 5, 2014
April 5th, 2014. This art walk marked GCS Clothing Store’s 5th year in the city of Santa Ana. It was hard to believe that it was april of 2009 when GCS opened it’s doors in DTSA. To help us celebrate the date, we had the pleasure of hosting a solo art show by Jonathan Martinez entitled “Rise of the Endangered”. Original acrylic on canvas and ink on paper pieces filled the gallery. Two lucky recipients won the raffle and walked away with an original J. Martinez. And as Always, GCS is honored and happy to have had 5 years of bringing quality art, artists and events to the people of central orange county. 
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“The Missing Cards” art show by Liz Killz April, 2014
April 16th, 2014. A very rare wednesday art show in our gallery brought us Liz Covarrubias a.k.a. Liz Killz’s “The Missing Cards” photographic art show. The theme of the show was to update the traditional ‘loteria’ game pieces with symbols and icons that are a little more relatable to today’s audiences. Look out for more from this OC based photographer.
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Psycho De Mayo at The Yost May 4, 2014
May 4, 2014. The 2nd annual Psycho De Mayo went down at The Yost Theater in DownTown Santa Ana. When you put Psycho Realm, DTSA and the cinco de mayo weekend together, the show was bound to sell out and the venue was sure to get packed. The other headliners backing up Sick Jacken, Cynic, and Dj FM were Tijuana No!, Sean Price and DJ Muggs. Evidence and Murs also jumped on stage to treat the crowd to something a little special. Big ups Blacklisted Music Group for another great show.
May ’14 art walk GCS Santa Ana
May 3, 2014. Heres a look back at our May 2014 art walk. A collection of GCS veterans. This exposition brought together pieces from 4 or 5 different previous art shows here in our gallery. How many can you name? 
Psycho Realm Meet and Greet May 2, 2014
Take a look at the last time that GCS hosted Sick Jacken, Cynic and DJ FM, collectively known as The Psycho Realm, for a meet and greet in our art gallery. This time they were joined by 2Mex. As you can see, there was a good amount of fans that came out to see these artists. The event was scheduled to push the Psycho de Mayo concert at The Yost. GCS is always honored and appreciative to be able to host the type of events that bring artists closer to the people that support them.
introducing… CODAK SMITH’s “Inherent Laker” art piece
March 1st, 2015. In preparation for his solo art exhibit this Saturday March 7th, Codak Smith painted his latest piece entitled “Inherent Laker” on the electrical box outside our gallery. Come and take a closer look at it for yourself. Art show is during the first saturday art walk here in Downtown Santa Ana from 7pm until 11pm. Its free and all ages. He will have new works available at the show. 
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“Live Free” by ENDZ – album release in-store MAR 1st, 2015
March 1st, 2015 GCS Santa Ana was proud to host ENDZ from Locally Grown Collective for his “Live Free” album release show. Also on the night’s line up was Severe the MC, Sage One and Dj Lala, and Vel The Wonder. Great night, the room was packed and everyone was treated to a hell of a show. GCS would like to congratulate ENDZ once again on his album release (and birthday!). Look out for more from ENDZ and LGCLTV.
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Night of the Living Dead pt. 2 feat, NECRO, Madchild and NME
OCT. 26, 2014. Blacklisted music group and UGHHblog joined up to produce this year’s Night of the Living Dead show at The Yost theater in Downtown Santa Ana. Hosted by PAWZ ONE, the night included performances by NME featuring Sick Jacken and Madchild. All of which led up to a rare performance by Necro. The show was billed as performing classics, some of which Necro admitted to never have performed live before, so the santanero crowd got a very special show.
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Zombie Bart Kidrobot x The Simpsons
Today we look at one of our favorites here in the shop. Zombie Bart by the Kidrobot x The Simpsons collaboration. Its from a few years back, might not be too many of these floating around out there.
reintroducing… MONTANA COLORS to GCS
No introductions needed, but we’re going to say it anyway. MTN colors has returned to the new GCS clothing store location in Santa Ana… come in and get yours today.
“Return to Tell the Tale”… a solo art show by 3rdi NOV 1, 2014
Today we look at the night GCS clothing store came back from the dead and returned to Downtown Santa Ana. NOV 1st, 2014, in conjunction with the first saturday art walk, GCS opened it’s new doors to the world and hosted the show “Return to Tell the Tale”, a solo art show by Ivan “3rdi” Vega. How fitting it was to have this great artist commemorate our re-grand opening, we have had the honor of showing this guy for a few years now and we had to have him return to GCS and bless the new space and get us going on the right foot.
If you have not looked into this artist by now, well what are you waiting for. Check his site out here and look for more works from 3rdi at GCS in the near future.
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flashback… LTS KOG art show March 6, 2010
Today we take a stroll down memory lane to the time when we hosted LTS KOG art show during the art walk at our Broadway location. As you can see from the photos, it was a packed house.
art by Tommy Face
We were very happy to get the street artist Tommy Face in our gallery for FEB’s art show. He brought some handmade art on spray cans. And for only $20 each. Get yours today… 
SH_RK by Jonathan Martinez
One of the benefits of the new location is that we get to curate the art on the electrical box outside our doors. Our plan is to use them as a canvas to showcase the artists that are contained within. 3rdi was the first to renovate the front side of the box but our great friend Jonathan Martinez took over the side facing our front door. Here is a series of shots that show the work in progress. 
GCS All Stars art show, DEC ’14
Dec. 6th, 2014. GCS clothing store and art gallery presents a little show we like to call GCS All Stars. NO theme, just a show made up of artists that are familiar to our gallery walls. Artists included in this show were Free Humanity, Nick Macaulay, DES, Jess Johnson, Jordan Yescas, Edgar Zamorano, Marcos Camacho a.k.a Nerd Bird, Andre Sandoval, Steady Jenny, GERMIZM, Dino Perez and the works of Ivan Vega a.k.a 3rdi that were still available from the NOV art show. We’re still getting used to our new space and the crowds are steadily finding us in our new place.