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REAL ART WEST: Art a la mode by Alexandra Rosa (Don't forget - Check out the Picked RAW choices for next month)
We hope to see you al at Movers & Shakers 2: Who’s Who in San Diego Visual Arts at Art Expressions Gallery . T to celebrate the opening, a reception will be held on Thursday, Jan 21 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm to honor the Movers and Shakers, as well as the artists who created their portraits. San Diego Visual Art Network will be showcasing portraits in an online gallery with linked images produced by San Diego Visual Artists Guild . The show is on view from Jan 21 to Feb 6 2010 where all these invited artists will exhibit portraits of VIPs in the SD Visual Arts scene. Want to attend the VIP portion of the evening....they are looking for volunteers. Here a wonderful project we just heard about. When someone commissions a thumbprint portrait personalized to them from Cheryl Sorg, 25% of the $1,200 selling price (so, $300) gets donated to one of a handful of organizations who work to fight the problem of human trafficking, especially as it affects women and children through sex trafficking, forced prostitution and the sexual exploitation of children. Cheryl is also creating a large installation piece entitled Taken which will consist of black and white thumbprint portraits of survivors - former sex slaves - using their thumbprints and their stories. Additionally, there will be an enormous collection of smaller inked thumbprints and a catalog that tells the victims' stories, gives facts about sex trafficking, gives information about organizations fighting the problem, etc. This project is meant as an awareness-raising piece. She wants to create an exhibition and auction that will be comprised of thumbprint portraits of celebrities and high-profile artists, writers, journalists and politicians and is in the recruitment stage of this project. We are happy to have one of Cheryl images in our upcoming Movers and Shakers exhibition. Contact her for more information: cheryl.demollerat@att.net Kudos to Ann Berchtold and her team as The Beyond the Border International Contemporary Art Fair (BTB ICAF) announced expansion plans for 2010 which include moving the 2 nd year event to a larger home in downtown San Diego. BTB ICAF has signed a three-year contract with Hilton San Diego Bayfront, the newest luxury hotel in downtown San Diego, boasting the largest ballroom space in San Diego. “Moving downtown allows us to double the number of galleries we can include and opens the door to satellite fairs and collaborative programming with downtown arts institutions. In addition, our Fair can now begin to directly influence the artistic DNA of downtown”, stated Ann Berchtold, founder and director of BTB ICAF. The fair in 2010 will be Sept 2-4, 2010. Watch this space for all sorts of updates. And remember that the SD Art Prize produced by SDVAN is the non-profit beneficiary for the fair. The next SD Art Prize event is the New Contemporaries III show at Project X in April. Those artists will be announced in the New Year. Congratulation to Downtown El Cajon where you can now see 12 works of art have been added to the landscape on utilities boxes and 9 new artists' submissions have been approved for the upcoming year. Get The Guide to Painting a Utility Box and learn all about the application process, rules, and guidelines. Contact Rebecca Reyes, Community Development Associate, 619.401.8858 or click here to get your copy. San Diego Center For Jewish Culture and the Gotthelf Art Gallery is presenting Manny Farber: Four Decades of Paintings and Drawings until Feb. 24. The exhibition presents a small, concise group of works painted between 1974 and 2008 and features prime examples of Mr. Farber’s wonderfully vibrant artwork and spans the artist's most active and prolific years before his death in 2008 at the age of 91. It is presented in conjunction with Quint Contemporary Art. For more info: 858.362.1114 gallery@lfjcc.com Congratulations to Rachel Blaser, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences at USD who won 1 st place for the English language round, and was a runner up for the worldwide competition at the International Photo Contest for National Geographic. Well done to Stephen Burns who was contacted by NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) about being the feature artist and producing the cover for the January/February issue of Photoshop User Magazine. You can buy a copy at any local bookstore. The article shares how to create 3D objects to be used in CS4’s 3D layers. OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN) Thumbprint Gallery is currently seeking artists to do 2 person shows for 2010. You may see our consignment options under SUBMISSIONS on our website. Thumbprint Gallery is located in the North Park neighborhood of San Diego and was established to offer a space for local emerging and established artists to showcase their work. For more info: Paul Ecdao 619.203.6030 The Kenneth A. Picerne Foundation will begin accepting Artist Outreach Project Grant applications beginning January 4, 2010. This grant supports accomplished visual, literary and performing artists, 55 years of age or older and living in North County, who are motivated to give back to their community. The Foundation will award twenty artists $12,000 to provide educational, mentoring or therapeutic art experiences of their own design to underserved people who lack opportunities to engage in meaningful arts programs. More info: Victor Nelson 949.267.1517 The Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) is pleased to announce that the Guidelines and Application Form for Round V of the Investing in Artists grants program . Following an initial three rounds of funding made to 54 artists in 2007 and 2008, CCI is pleased to continue the grants program from 2009-2011, supported by The James Irvine Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The Investing in Artists program provides grants in two categories, for: 1) Artistic Equipment and Tools; and 2) Artistic Innovation. Beginning in 2009, the grants program will contain significant guideline changes, including a new Artistic Innovation grants category, the rotation of application deadlines according to discipline-specific groupings, and the requirement of online application submissions only. Round V is designated for Visual Arts, Craft and Literary Arts applicants only, and the deadline for submission of online applications is January 11, 2010. For more info: Cora Mirikitani 800.418.1671 The 5th annual ArtWalk on the Bay’s 2010 dates have been announced as September 18 & 19 with a New Location: Hilton San Diego Bayfront Park. Artist application information is available on the site. The Best Western Yacht Harbor Hotel seeks an artist or artist team to create new, site-specific, original artwork(s) which may incorporate multi-sensory and eco-friendly water elements, for the newly renovated hotel. The hotel is located at 5005 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego, California. The process for artist selection is being administered by the Port of San Diego Public Art Department. The estimated budget is $32,000 and the deadline for submissions is Friday, January 15, 2010, at 5 p.m. PST. For more info: c-cjones@portofsandiego.org 619.686.7254 Pacific Beach Elementary School is seeking artist to create mural with high visibility. Mural will accent entrance to school & should be child-centered, multi-cultural, colorful, simple, graphic, and reflective of school's environment, hopefully resulting in a school logo. Previous mural experience necessary. Budget $3000, including honorarium. If interested, please email to receive images and more info about how to submit design for consideration. AndreaHales, PBE Mural Committee 858.472.2838 Enter Photos for the Vista Photo Contest with awards from $25-$50-$200 in Color and Black and White. For more info: Susan Roncone 760.305.8ART The Fallbrook Art Center is proud to dedicate the 17th Annual "Reflections of Nature" in memory of Janice Griffiths in recognition of her love and support of wildlife art and the environment. This year they have expanded to include "Nature in Miniature", a supplemental juried show in the Salon Gallery. Show dates: April 30, May 1 & May 2 with a submission deadline is Feb 15, 2010. For more info: Mary Perhacs 760.728.1414 MUSEUMS The San Diego Museum of Art is giving you this last chance to see Calder Jewelry before itcloses on Sunday, Jan 3. Art critic Robert Pincus of The San Diego Union-Tribune says “For those who know Calder’s art, it won’t surprise you that this work is witty, funny, formally rigorous, ingenious and beautifully made…” SDVAN still has a few supporting exhibition in the Little & Large promotion. Contemporary Fine Art Gallery and Hallmark Fine Art Gallery and Timmons Gallery to Dec 31 plus Gemological Institute Of America to Jan 3. We can not say this too much….DON’T MISS THE TARA DONAVAN show at The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD). We have spoken to no one who contests this as the most impressive show in San Diego. You can see these awe inspiring works until Feb. 28 downtown. Take your children and students and let them see what contemporary art is all about. Continuing at the Lux Art Institute is Specimen , a collection of items for sale collected by Mark Quint and Adam Belt. This is another innovative move by an art institute in San Diego (look at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido shop as well) to bring some creativity into the shopping experience which goes a long way to support the fundraising needs of the organization. With Beth Smith moving to Vision Art Quilt Galleryit will be interesting to see how the outstanding Oceanside Museum of Art’sgift shop changes. Specimen is open the regular hours of Lux Thurs & Fri: 1-5 pm and Sat 11am-5pm. Both the Mingei International Museum and the Museum of Photographic Arts have outstanding gift shops. Join them both for an exploration of how our respective exhibitions, SONABAI and Beloved Daughters, relate to women’s issues in India and throughout the world. A distinguished panel will share the stories of resilient Indian women who have struggled with and often transcended adversarial circumstances. Stories of Indian Women: Resistance, Resilience and Transcendence will take place at the MOPA’ s Auditorium: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 7 pm. $5 MoPA and Mingei members /$7 students/$10 non-members. Learn about the alchemical process behind John Zabrucky’s exhibition Industrial Alchemy at Oceanside Museum of Art on Thurs. , January 7 th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. for “An Evening with John Zabrucky.” The artist will present a power point lecture that demystifies the complex process behind his technique. The lecture is $5 and free for members of Oceanside Museum of Art. New Children’s Museum is forecasting 20 tons of real snow in downtown San Diego on Mon, Dec 28 2 – 4 pm in the Museum Park, and plenty of sleds, saucers and activities for kids and families. In addition to Snow Day, NCM has a variety of holiday themed workshops and special events through the new year including the 2nd Annual New Year's Family Celebration & Fundraiser, Jump Party, will be held on January 1. TRANSITIONS James "Skip" Pahl is officially retiring from the Oceanside Museum of Art once a new director has been found. Carolyn Mickelson, Chair of the Arts Commission, City of Oceanside and Vice- President, Board of Trustees, Oceanside Museum of Art confirmed this and is requesting names to be put forward for the position. 760.940.8200Gustaf is moving Planet Rooth to Hillcrest, sadly leave North Park, but happy to have the expanded 3000 square feet on Fifth Avenue between Thorn and Upas. Driven out by the beer drinkers that have moved in and from the need to expand his space, we wish him good luck in the new location. Contrary to rumors, Santa is still alive and well and delivering hope to the visual arts in San Diego. We love the space4Art project which is helping to transform the East Village at 325 Fifteenth St. SD (between J & K). If you need a transition to a new live work space or just a studio, let them know. TIDBITS Stephen C. Wagner (former Education director at SDAI)has signed the lease on a building on Folsom Street in San Francisco's South of Market area to openArc Studios and Gallery, a new space for artist studios, an art gallery, and art education center. They very cleverly have a connection with Blue Bottle Coffee cafe. Construction on the studio build-out started in Nov and they plan on being ready for occupancy by January 1st. Glasgow-based painter Richard Wright, 49 won the Turner Prize 2009 at Tate Britain and took home the 25,000 pound ($40,000) prize The Turner Prize is awarded annually to a British artist under 50 and always quite controversial. Wright destroys his large-scale wall murals after they have been exhibited. He triumphed over Roger Hiorns, Enrico David, and Lucy Skaer, who were the other short-listed artists. A new study from the National Endowment for the Arts finds a notable decline in museum attendance between 2002 and 2008 for adults 18 and older, and a sharper fall from 25 years ago. The drop was for virtually all art forms and for virtually all age groups and levels of education. The NEA's senior deputy chair, Joan Shigekawa, listed a few possible reasons: The rise of the Internet; less free time; and cuts in arts classes. Between 2002 and 2008, percentages fell, for museums/galleries from 26.5 to 22.7. Released Thursday, the NEA's 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts is the sixth such report to come out since 1982, when 39 percent of adults attended a "benchmark arts activity" at least once in the previous year. The percentage peaked at 41 percent in 1992, just as the Internet was taking off, and dropped to 34.6 percent in 2008. Alexandra Rosa
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