We always say that our gallery space, as nice as it is, is nothing without the great artists and art to fill it. Boy did Mary & The Venus Pixies fill the space. Art Guevara, Jack Martinez, and Steev Moreno make up the art group MVP. They took over our gallery space in september. Glad to have them over. The band El Robo entertained the crowd for a good minute. Black Flys crew was out in full force that night as well.
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Here is a quick blast from the past. Its our “City View” logo designed by ZANE. This was a mock up for a GCS Santa Ana flyer… sometime in ’09….
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In celebration of the November Art Walk and Day of the Dead, GCS presented “Bringing Out The Dead II”. An art show that brought out different aspects of life and death and the beauty that comes from both. This was the second year that this theme was explored and it was just as impactful as the previous show. The roster included some artists that are familiar to the GCS audience as well as a few new names. It was non-stop crowds all evening long as the night coincided with the “Noche De Altares” street festival two blocks over.
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Another great performance by BAMBU, Kixxie Siete, and Artie MCcraft…. have fun on the road fellas…
March’s featured art show brought out Jacob Romeo’s “Heads Up” art show. Inspired by video game and movie characters, this show was Jabob’s MFA thesis art show. Tons of people came out that night to support and purchase these easy to love renditions of beloved characters. Closing reception will be held on March 29th where the artist boasts “Everything Must Go”. Let’s hope all these great pieces find a nice home.
GCS clothing showing some neighborhood pride. Putting out a little something for the hometown heroes. Available in MENS tees, tanks and baseball tees and Womens Tanks… check our site for availability.
December 2012 Art Walk will feature a solo exhibition by Neko Burke entiltled “Sexy Hangover”.
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The Ink Bombers crew came out and set up their art show here for June’s art walk. Using a variety of styles and mediums including airbrush, acrylic and spray paint, the Ink Bombers made a very deep impression on the Downtown Santa Ana crowd. FUZE drinks was also on hand to give out a bunch of treats and their refreshing beverages to the crowd.
Thanks again to AR, Charlie, RASK, Izzy and the rest of the guys at Ink Bombers that made the show great. This was thier first time here but undoubtedly, this will not be thier last.
The May Art Show coincided with Downtown Santa Ana’s Annual Cinco De Mayo Street Fair and Carnival. Needless to say these civic events bring out bigger crowds than normal to the area.
Special thanks to DJ AB, our show this month entitled “Decolonize O.C.” was brought together by the musician Ras Ceylon. The night included an instore performance by Ras Ceylon, Lastman, Warbux, Hawk2, and A-Rush. Dj’s for the night were AB, Dawit Justice and June22. New art brought out by June22, Artemis Nolasco, Era and Earn. Earn also did a little double duty by painting live in our windows for all passerbys to witness.
GCS would like to thank CALIFAS ZULUS for coming out and making it a great night.
Thanks to Leo from Radio Futura for capturing a video of the opening art show “Subterranean Heads 2”!
Join us on March 17, 2012 for the “Bad Habits” art show featuring new art work by EONS. Event starts at 7pm!
I Wuz Here! x GCS Santa Ana presents “Against the Grain” art show March 3, 2012. This art show will feature new works by Haste, Hex CBS, Adee, DCypher, Esel, and Defie. Show starts at 7pm!
Everyone knows that we are catching up on loose ends. This blog post takes us back to the 1st art show of the year. “$50 and Under Art Show” went down January 7th, 2012 and it was our first completely open art show. Open art show you say, what is that? We’ll it was the first time that we accepted art work sight unseen as long as it fulfilled certain criteria. 1) The piece had to be an original 2) The piece had to be ready to hang and 3) it had to be priced $50 and under. Simple enough. And the response was excellent. We had over 140 original pieces from veteran GCS artists as well as those neighborhood cats that hadn’t had a chance to get up on these walls. Judging from the response we got, a second $50 and under art show should be in the works soon. Maybe we’ll top 200 pieces.
Special thanks to DCaster/taco comics/ Dave Castro for doing a live painting session in the front windows and then raffling off the piece at the end of the night. As always, Moe Man and Big Wiz were on the one’s and two’s. Thanks also to everyone that came out to the show. Here are some pictures if some of the lucky art buyers that got to take some beauty home with them.
February’s art walk brought us “Subterrenean Heads 2” art show. Curated with the help of 455er, this show brought out the likes of Mear One, Splat , YT, Jelly Bones, Biafra Art, Akil, Just195, Egads, ATGL Earl, Ebenholtz among others… This was the second part to the subterrenean heads series which focuses on street art and the creatures of the night. Talk about stickers, this show brought out the sticker lover in everyone. Highlights of the show included Mear One’s huge limited edition art prints, a spoken word performance by Mike the Poet, and some bay area newstands loaded with hard to find tags and stickers that made their way down here courtesy of Splat.
Special thanks to the artists and friends that brought out thier great art work for the show. And most of all, to the art fans and customers that made the night a great success. You know we doing this again!!!..
GCS and 455er is once again proud to present “Subterranean Heads 2”. An art show that explores graffitti and street art and the subterranean entities that work everyday on filling that underground space. 1st Saturday art walk always brings out droves of art lovers and with a roster that includes some of the most subterranean of heads, no one should miss this show. The first Subterranean Heads show back in August 2011 was a great success and this one should hit as well. There will also be a spoken word performance by Mike the Poet. Here is an article that describes him if you don’t know him yet.
Here’s your chance to enter your original art work at the GCS Santa Ana Gallery. Show is January 7th! For more details call us at (714)541-0300
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December’s art show brought us Aspeh’s “Within the Core”. This is the third or fourth time that we have had the pleasure of hosting Aseph in our gallery. The crowds were great as usual despite the cold weather. 3rdI, APE, Hurl, and Irene Garcia also displayed newly created pieces in support of the show. The show was predominated by original acrylic paintings, punctuated by Aspeh’s huge centerpiece created on digital media. For more info on Aseph, check out his site www.aspehone.com. Special thanks to Elvis Williams a.k.a. DJ REAL for the great tunes all night long. 
Introducing! This is the GCS Clothing Store Santa Ana’s newest incarnacion of our original content blog. In order to keep all of our friends, family, aquaintances, business partners, patrons, neighbors, lurkers, and all other interested parties informed and updated on the happenings and going ons here at the shop, we have resurrected the ancient artform of blogging. Here you will find words and images that relate to events and shows in our space. Artists profiles, product reviews and music suggestions will be found in abundance. We will accept your questions, comments, requests, and critiques about any or all of our posts. The most important part of this is that YOU enjoy. So do so!
