USA Nationwide OCCCA call for entries, "Animal Magnetism" (deadline July 21)

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http://artscenecal.com/Announcements/2008/0708/OCCCA0708.html

Animal Magnetism
An all media national juried exhibition
Visit http://www.occca.org to view and download prospectus

Deadline for entries: Saturday, July 21, 2008
(received not postmarked)
Exhibition runs: September 4 - 28, 2008
Reception: September 6, 6 PM to 10 PM

Orange County Center For Contemporary Art
117 N Sycamore. Santa Ana, CA 92701
714 667 1517
E-mail grau@prodigy.net
http://www.occca.org
Hours, Thursday and Sunday, 12-5pm; Friday, Saturday, 12-9pm
1st Saturday Receptions: 6-10pm
First Friday Films: 8pm
Please direct e-mail inquiries about the exhibition to the gallery's address
(above); DO NOT use Reply button, it will send to ArtScene.

Juror:
Mat Gleason, editor and publisher of Coagula Art Journal
Recently praised by the British critic Julian Stallabrass in his book, Art
Incorporated, The Story of Contemporary Art, Mat Gleason has a keen eye for
quality and authenticity, ferocious wit and an intimate knowledge of the
jungle.

A catalog of accepted works will accompany this exhibition.

Animals, real and imaginary. We fear them, pamper them, tame them, trap
them, eat them, lobby on their behalf, experiment on them, strut them as
status symbols, and exterminate them. How do contemporary artists represent
them?

From the caves of Lascaux, to the halls of the Louvre, there is no escaping
them. With their long pedigree in the history of art, they prowl the great
museums of the world. And today, animals leap from the work of contemporary
artists, symbolically expressing their ideas and emotions. OCCCA's terrific
exhibition space will showcase a menagerie of superb examples of this trend,
from the traditional to the avant-garde, from the realistic to the
fantastic, in painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video and new
media.

Please pass this on to interested parties
See prospectus online at http://www.occca.org

OCCCA is located
at the corner of 2nd and Sycamore in the Santa Ana Artists Village.
There is no entrance fee. Please see the web site for more information,
http://www.occca.org, or call the gallery during regular operating hours.

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