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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
SCA Member Show
Join Bob and I this Saturday night in Pomona at the SCA Project Gallery for the Annual Members Show. Hours are 6-9.00. Click here for directions!
Make sure to stop by Bob's new studio on the first floor of the Founders Building.Image slideshow of the Artwalk provided by the Pomona Art Colony Flickr Photostream!
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Rat Powered Films in Pomona this Fall
Rat Powered Films is proud to be working with A Window Between Worlds to create a new film that will be screened at the dA Center for the Arts in Pomona in the exhibition BREAKING FREE: Art as a Healing Tool, from October 1 - 31. A juried show SHELTER will run concurrently at the SCA Project Gallery.
We began interviews last Friday and are thrilled to be working with the men and women at A Window Between Worlds. Please take a minute to check out their site and the amazing projects that have been created as part of the art programs offered to people who have experienced domestic violence.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Smogdance!
The SmogdAnce Film Society
presents
Summer Shorts
featuring films from the ASU Film Festival
Saturday, August 22, 2009
at The dA Center for the Arts
252 S Main St., Pomona Arts Colony
doors open at 7pm, films start at Sundown, $5 suggested donation
festival seating in the gallery, you can bring your own chair
The DPOA will sponsor intermission with a visit from The Ice Cream Lady
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Richard
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On the myth of the artist and mental illness.
07:33
During his recovery, Richard was offered a job opportunity as a mental health specialist, based on his lived experience of a mental illness.
Pat
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Working with NAMI Orange County, Pat Taylor visited many of the 75 board and care facilities in Orange County.
She saw first hand the therapeutic effect that art making had on the patients, including her son Richard.
02:05
Her son Richard took part in several art projects at the care facility; including handmade pinecone wreaths that he collected, cut and contructed.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Theresa
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On photographing the homeless population of Santa Ana; beginning with black and white images inspired by her time volunteering at a homeless drop-in center.
02:02
Her experience with bipolar disorder.
Judy
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Her experiences with her own depression, as well as that of her daughter's.
Her daughter was diagnosed at 15, Judy at 49.
02:40
On the onset of depression while working on test project for her position in an aerospace company.
05:36
On creating artwork and curatorial projects.
Danny
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After Danny was discharged he stayed in Kansas for 5 more years.
Returning home, Danny visited the school he had attended years prior, Prentice School.
He was offered a job working with children with learning disabilities.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Inside-OUT exhibit: July 11 to August 16 - CSUF GCAC Project Room
Rat Powered Films is proud to be a part of ERASE STIGMA: Inside-OUT, an invitational exhibition of artists who have experience with various forms of mental illness either personally, in their families or as care givers. With their art they have reached Inside their lives and struggles to bring OUT their very different stories. It is hoped this exhibit, in conjunction with the mental health community of OC will create a community of understanding and give the public insight into mental illness.
We are creating an unique film, CONSUMPTION, interviewing people who work in the field of mental health, consumers, and people who have experienced the stigma of mental illness.
We will be updating the site with clips of the video and photos that will be featured in the exhibition.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Bob's Exhibition Update
Bob is currently exhibiting work in the dA Center for the Arts, in the Pomona Arts Colony, and the dba256 Gallery Wine Bar's show "Back in the Day." Rat Powered is also proud to announce he is the new president of the SCA Project Gallery in Pomona!
Monday, May 18, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Press Release for Rats is a Four-Letter Word
Press Release
April 12, 2009
Rat Powered Films is proud to present "RATS IS A FOUR-LETTER WORD" film fest at the Yost Theater in Downtown Santa Ana.
“Rats is a Four-Letter Word” is a diverse collection of short documentaries, dramas, comedies and animation with several of the filmmakers having more than one contribution.
Santa Ana-based Akorn Productions gives us four excerpts from the feature length “Primer” highlighting local artists, historians, and all-around characters.
Michael Mohan’s three works from the “Interrogation” series deal with a misguided high school guidance counselor. A more comedic entry, from the “You Can Awesome” series about, again, misguided personalities, this time in the form of kids TV show hosts.
The shows two lengthiest productions at about ten minutes each are Matthew Lessner’s “Darling, Darling” featuring a young Michael Cera in very strange circumstances and Brent Green’s even stranger animated film “Hadacol Christmas.”
Maurice Chauvet’s “Three-Fifty” is a comedy about an Orwellian video store. A Rat Powered favorite, Jim Munroe’s “My Trip to Liberty City” is a humorous, Canadian take on the videogame Grand Theft Auto. Bob loves T. Arthur Cottam’s “Dirty Words: The Letter C,” Amy… not so much.
Admission is free; donations are welcome.
Films start at 7:00pm
Yost Theater
307 Spurgeon Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Contact information:
Amy Caterina 714 478 4540
Bob Pece 949 842 6149
www.ratpoweredfilms.com
ratpoweredfilms@mac.com
Friday, March 27, 2009
April 30 Film Fest at the Yost Theater in Santa Ana!
Rat Powered Films is proud to present "RATS IS A FOUR-LETTER WORD" film fest at the Yost Theater in Downtown Santa Ana. Starting time is 7:00pm.
Here is a list of the films you will be enjoying!
My trip to liberty city (07:33)
Jim Munroe
A video travelogue of a Canadian tourist trying to stay out of trouble in the world of Grand Theft Auto III. Design of canadiantourist.jpg is credited to Patricio Davila and the skin to Marc Ngui.
Joe Musil (04:22)
Akorn Entertainment
Excerpts from “Primer,” a feature length documentary showing interesting characters and businesses in downtown Santa Ana. This selection is about a local theater designer.
You can Awesome (05:16)
Michael Mohan
By the time your children finishing watching this 1980’s educational program, they will be experts in math, mechanical function based on engineering, and snarf. They will also be dead.
Derek (07:45)
From the Interrogation Series
Michael Mohan
An all-too-real interpretation of the traditional high school guidance counselor…updated to contemporary morality. Derek is the first interview.
Three-Fifty (08:50)
Maurice Chauvet
The story of a man who tried to weasel out of his late fees at the local video store, only to discover the video store’s database has access to intimate details.
Tim Rush (06:32)
Akorn Entertainment
Excerpts from “Primer.” this is a local historian / gourmet cook.
Hadacol Christmas
(11:08)
Brent Green
Hadacol Christmas is about Green’s grandfather, Garland, as Santa Claus, inventing Christmas with a belly full of cough syrup and a head full of dying crows.
Liam (06:05)
From the Interrogation Series
Michael Mohan
Liam is the second victim.
Grand Central Art Center (05:08)
Akorn Entertainment
Excerpts from “Primer” about Grand Central Art Center.
Brandy (04:05)
From the Interrogation Series
Michael Mohan
The third and final interview.
Dirty Words: The Letter ‘C’ (03:42)
T. Arthur Cottam
Who knew there were so many dirty ‘C” words?
Darling, Darling (13:30)
Matthew Lessner
Meeting the parents of your date is always awkward. Young Harold, played by Michael Cera, takes this idea to a whole new level in this surreal production. (For sale on iTunes!)
The Crosby (05:13)
Akorn Entertainment
Excerpts from “Primer.” Now go there to finish your night off right.
Check out the Yost's website for more info: http://koos.org
Monday, March 16, 2009
ASU Short Film and Video Festival
Rat Powered Films is proud to announce the Annual Short Film and Video Festival, premiering at ASU Tempe, Arizona on April 18, 2009.
The fest will travel to Santa Ana this summer...
Rats! Inside the shooting of our slate.
So Bob wanted to make a film of the rats chewing and sniffing and acting adorable, using his super 8 camera. I think, hey rats love strawberry jam! I'll slather it on Kevin's dad's antique table, and let them run around and eat their jam.
They could not have been LESS interested in the jam; but LOVED the remote controls. Seen here are filmmaker R.T. Pece with rat wrangler Kevin.
**please feel free to download as a screensaver**
Monday, March 9, 2009
Rats is a Four-Letter Word
Rat Powered Films is proud to announce our April 30th date for "Rats is a Four-Letter Word" short film festival. We will be featuring Michael Mohan, Matthew Lesser, Akorn Entertainment, Jim Munroe, Brent Green, Maurice Chauvet and special guests!
The Yost Theater is Orange County's Historic Venue for the Visual and Performing Arts located at 307 Spurgeon Street, Santa Ana, Ca 92701. We will post directions and program in the coming weeks!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Amy & Bob Current Events
Bob Pece is currently exhibiting in Maas Pece at 5iftybucks Gallery, located 213 E. Holt Ave. Pomona. He is also participating in Bunny Gunner Gallery in the All You Can Eat show, located 266 W. Second St., Pomona; The Red Show at da Gallery and The Blue Show at SCA Project Gallery, also in Pomona.
Details: http://www.pomonaartwalk.com/
Amy Caterina is participating in the GCAC 10th Anniversary Show located at the CSUF Grand Central Art Center, 125 N Broadway, Santa Ana, CA 9270 1. Reception: March 7, 2009, 12-3 pm. Kick off event and afternoon party, 7-10 pm.
She is also participating in the Auction 100, at the Laguna Art Museum, February 28, 2009, located at 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach CA, 92651
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Rat Powered Films at the GCAC 10th Anniversary Show
The CSUF Grand Central Art Center, a staple of Orange County's contemporary art scene, celebrates its 10th year anniversary of incredible programming, exhibitions and events with a huge retrospective exhibition. This multi-media exhibition features highlights from over 200 exhibitions, 35 artists-in-residence, our art catalogs published by Grand Central Press and more! Notable artists such as Mark Ryden, Jeffrey Vallance, Robert Williams, and Extremo the Clown are just some of our past artists showing in celebration of this landmark milestone in Grand Central Art Center's history.
March 7, 2009, 12-3 pm. Kick off event and afternoon party, 7-10 pm. The BIG party Admission is Free.
Featured Artists:
Extremo the Clown, James Hill Michael Knowlton, Manuel Pardo, Elizabeth Turk and Kirara Kawachi, Suzanne Williams, Franco Angeloni, Mark Mothersbaugh, Rosemary Covey , Laurie Hassold, Thomas Kinkade, Jeff Gillette, Amy Caterina, James Lorigan, James Doolin, Mark Ryden, Edward Colver, Jeffrey Vallance, Eric Jones, Jim Jenkins, Sandow Birk, Charles Krafft, Robert Williams, Rat Powered Films, David Michael Lee, Myron Conan Dyal, Camille Rose and more.
The Cal State Fullerton Grand Central Art Center is the result of a unique partnership between the university and the city of Santa Ana. Located ten miles south of the main campus in the heart of downtown Santa Ana Grand Central Art Center is a mixed residential, commercial and educational complex. The art center is a 45,000 square-foot, half-city block deep and full city-block long, three-level structure containing live/studio spaces for visual arts graduate students, the Grand Central Gallery, the Project Room, the Grand Central Theater, Watermark Printmaking Workshop, the Gypsy Den Cafe, the Rental and Sales gallery, classrooms, and a studio and living space dedicated to the center's international artist-in-residence program.
Santa Ana community activist Don Cribb and Cal State Fullerton Gallery Director Mike McGee originally conceived the Grand Central Art Center in 1994 as the anchor and catalyst for a ten-square block area in the heart of downtown designated as the Artists Village.
Featured films:
YOU CAN AWESOME
Michael Mohan, TRT: 05:35
By the time your children finish watching this 1908’s educational program, they will gbe experts in math, mechanical function engineering and snarf. They will also be dead.
RETURN TO PURGATORY
Jay Barba and Brian Farrelly, TRT 07:31
Dead film, political and rock-n-roll legends star in this short. Jimi Hendrix attends a high school guidance session from George C. Scott and follows a different career path.
LOSING YOUR CHERRY
Jay Barba and Brian Farrelly, TRT 00:10:00
An educational film from the 1950’s where an animated fruit pie helps guide young boys into the scary but thrilling world of adult sexuality.
DANDY'S INFERNO
Antonio de Los Reyes, Gerit Vanderberg and Mary Allan
Dandy's Inferno is a domestic odyssey that follows one cat's quest for gastronomic nirvana. Embarking from the familiar comforts of home, Dandy confronts a labyrinth of surreal detours. A fantastic collage of animation, puppetry and magical sets, Dandy's Inferno blurs the line between logic and naked animal passion.
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Betsy Lohrer Hall, TRT: 03:48
A look at relationships...between two nations... a parent and child... a human being and his not-so-distant kin.
MY FATHER'S LUNCH
Tony Mendoza, TRT 00:06:58
My father has eaten lunch every day at the same restaurant for 30 years. His routine was amusing and I decided to go along with a video camera, on a day when something unexpected occurred.
MY TRIP TO LIBERTY CITY
Jim Munroe, TRT: 07:33
Jim Munroe’s video art series Pleasure Circuit Overload (42 minutes) is a series of seven pieces about videogames. Through movie preview spoofs, in-game machinima, quirky short drama and documentary interviewing, this diverse collection aims to deepen the cultural discourse around gaming.
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