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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)
There are classes held at St. Sophie's Gallery where you can design a piece of jewelry and a related sculpture in the spirit of Calder, the American artist famous for inventing the mobile. This clas taught by Cyndy Fought is an official Little & Large class supported by San Diego Visual Artists Network. Wednesday evenings June 3, 10, 17, & 24th. Snacks provided. $40 / RSVP by May 24th and receive a $10 discount. More info: Wendy Morris 619.593.2205 ReEnVisioning A World Beyond Borders is a joint project between Qualcomm, project creator Brenda Regier and Beyond the Border International Contemporary Art Fair .(BTB) This will be a chance for Qualcom employee worldwide and their children to submit photos captured on a 3G mobile phone. Selected photos will be exhibited as part of the large-scale mobile phone digital installation at the BTB held September 2-4, 2009 at the Grand Del Mar hotel in San Diego. Work will also be published in Qualcomm’s global marketing materials and posted to the external Web site. San Diego Visual Arts Network is the official fiscal agent for donations to BTBICAF and is the designated beneficiary for specific SD Art Prize events of the fair. Ben Strauss-Malcolm has curated an amazing show for Quint Contemporary Art ( 7739 Drury Lane, La Jolla, 92017) called Homing In and featuring 50 local artists of every age and most mediums. For those of you who are wondering how this works fits in to Mark Quint’s space, never fear, no work is over 24 inches. Many of the SD Art Prize nominated and awarded artists are featured (David Adey, Alida Cervantes, Lael Corbin, Roman De Salvo, Brian Dick, Tom Driscoll, Raul Guerrero, Jean Lowe, Kim Macconnel, Richard Allen Morris, Iana Quesnell, Ernest Silva, Matt Stallings) but the work of San Diego’s top tier contemporary artists hasn’t been seen in the same place at the same time since 1985, when the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art presented “A San Diego Exhibition: Forty-Two Emerging Artists.” This should be a wonderful reception Fri. May 29, 6 – 8 pm and you have until July 11 to see the show. More info: 858.454.3409 Clay Walker: A Retrospective at Perry L. Meyer Fine Art has been extended until June 27 and this is a chance to see painting and a wonderful sculpture plus, of course, prints by this very talented local artist at a gallery that specializes in prints. There are some outstanding woodcuts by Artemio Rodriguez show Drawn In at Noel-Baza Fine Art amongst the exciting drawings….you can ask to see some of these works if you missed the show and watch out for works by photographer Becky Cohn through June 18. Happy 4 th Birthday to the The A List. Join them for Party Arty June 4th, 2009, 7:30pm - 9:30pm at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. This is where young professionals can express their creativity to paint or design your own cupcakes. Music by Midnight Debke. A List members free; nonmembers $10. Save the date for Sushi’s Red Ball Saturday, June 13th 7pm - Midnight Tickets are now on sale. Click Here for more info. o.o.t.s. is their visual art exhibition consisting of young artists from Vienna, Vancouver, and Los Angeles on until June 9 but Gallery is by appointment 619.235.8466 Mission Federal Artwalk 2009 was an amazing success, with an estimated 120,000 attendees who experienced 16 blocks of arts, music and culture in action, including 300 talented artists, 31 unique bands, and the delicious cuisine of Little Italy. This incredible event also contributed an estimated $1 million dollars back into our local San Diego economy at a time when we need it most. Congratulations to ArtWalk's Sandi Cottrell and Paula Kwast, the featured artists of Mexico, the businesses of Little Italy, as well as all Mission Federal ArtWalk official sponsoring partners for putting on a first-class, spectacular 25th Anniversary event. Remember 2009 ArtWalk on the Bay, Embarcadero Marina Park North, Sept 12 & 13, 10am - 5 pm Congratulation to Jeff Yeomans whose work appear graces the pr for this year’s La Jolla Festival of the Arts held June 20-21 (Genesee at Regents Rd). You can see Jeff’s work all year long at Art Expressions Gallery We are so pleased to see the announcement of Jennifer Spencer’s work which will be shown at San Diego Dance Place at the NTC Promenade, Liberty Station until Sept 8. The show is titled Dancing to Abstraction and is images of the Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater. OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN) Beyond the Border International Contemporary Art Fair. (BTB) is offering a great resume building opportunity for unpaid interns for gallery liaison, event planning and public relations. Times vary but there is an introduction in June, instruction in Aug and the fair is Sept 2-4. More info: Marie Vickers Horne Felicia W. Shaw , Director Arts and Culture Strategy and Analysis at the San Diego Foundation announced the need for a full time development director position supporting the Environment and Arts and Culture focus areas of the San Diego Foundation. For more info: Anne Kilpatrick, Human Resources Manager at anne@sdfoundation.org. Ditore Glass Works, Inc . is offering partial scholarships for Kathleen Sheard’s workshop from July 26-31. There are limited number of scholarships available based on class enrollment but to be considered you should email five images of your work with your reason for choosing the class or teacher and a statement of your need along with your current resume. More info: Dick Ditore 858.780.0552 Jim Yuran of Ego-Id is looking for an artist(s) who makes recycled art, preferably out of paper, for an exhibit/open house at one of San Diego’s premier printing companies (www.ranroy.com). The facility is absolutely beautiful and it will showcase the art to many of the top designers and marketing people in the city, as well as business decision makers. The opening is July 24 but they need to make selections soon so contact them soon: jim@ego-id.com 619.283.1210 Artists have from May 15 - June 5 to submit for the Alley Cat Summer Fest juried show in El Cajon. This is put on by the Friends of East County Arts, Inc. which is a 25 year old non-profit organization with a mission is to promote the visual and performing arts in the Greater East County. To date they have given in excess of $500,000 in grants to various community organizations and the district schools in East County. This is their third year of sponsoring the competition. Artists Reception and Awards ($1,750.00) is Fri, July 17th 5:30 to 7:30 PM. David Beck-Brown wants very much to rent out Live/Work spaces to artists in Spring Valley. There is a 2-bedroom duplex for $1200, water and electricity paid, fully refurbished, private road, off road parking, available now. A second unit available June 1 for $990 has a fenced yard, pets OK, water and electricity paid. Additionally there is a 12x7x8 foot storage containers for just $150 with street access. Contact David and help him add to this growing artists colony. 619.462.1302 The Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild presents the 9th Annual “A Finer Art Affaire” 2009 to be held Sunday September 13th, 2009 from 10AM to 5PM. California's most outstanding artists are invited to display two dimensional art oils, ceramics, glasswork & woodworking. Register early to reserve your spot for a $150.00 booth fee. More info: Laurenn Barker 858.759.3545 At the entrance to the Golden Hill community, on the busy corner of 20 th Street and Broadway, is an approximately 12' x 12' plot selected to display and promote the work of local, talented San Diegan artists and Golden Hill Art is announcing a call for artists to show for several months, rotating to make room for other sculptors in the hopes of bringing a variety of different styles and images to the community. Golden Hill Art is the a non-profit arm of Golden Hill Rentals created out of a desire to support local artists and musicians and foster love and appreciation for arts in Golden Hill. Golden Hill Art also provides studio spaces to promote the work of resident artists and advertises local performances. Bart Ziegler also has 1000 square feet of basement studio space to rent in Golden Hill for 90 cents a square foot. Interested in either, please contact b’Art 619.239.2278. So here is the deal so that you don’t have to read the RFQ unless you want to: The city is encouraging owner of old store front to get updates for their shops. An architect is chosen but if the design includes an art work, there is more money for the team (called higher construction cost rebates). So the City of San Diego seeks artists or artist teams for inclusion in a pre-approved list to be used by participants in the Storefront Improvement Program administered by the Economic Development Division of the City Planning and Community Investment Department. Any artist or artist team permanently residing in San Diego County is eligible to apply. Applications Due: July 8, 2009. More info Dana Springs The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture also seeks an artist or artist team to create permanent, documentary public artwork(s) such as drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, videos or multi-media artworks, which record the unique nature of City Heights and engender community. Art Budget: $25,000 Application Deadline: July 17. Full RFQ: http://www.sandiego.gov/arts-culture/pdf/rfq.pdf More info: Nigel Brookes 619,236.6798 A design for the new library in Fallbrook , California has been selected and it's construction will begin August, 2009. There is now a request for proposals for six art projects. This includes a donor wall, three gates, a fence, a trellis cover and a two-sided wall. The deadline for submission is May 29. More detailed descriptions of the project locations and RPF download are provided on the website Fallbrook, Ca Library Rfp or call Martin Betz at 310.889.4757.. Tom Noel and Larry Baza of Noel-Baza Fine Art Gallery are jurors for the Art of Pride show which has announced its call for artists. The Pride theme this year is “Stonewall 2.0 - Activism for Equality”. The show will be at the Pride Festival and the Ray Street Annex Gallery in North Park. There is no fee to enter and $325 in prizes. Entry deadline is June 8 For more info: John Keasler The La Jolla Art Association is holding a Poetry and Art show in their new La Jolla Shores location with a $35 fee and is making a call for artists. For info: Tony Cuban 858.579.3615 The Solana Beach Public Arts Advisory Commission is currently developing a Temporary Art Policy and are creating a database of artists who might be interested in displaying their sculptures in that city. They are requesting a website link or photos of work to be sent to Katie Pelisek . TRANSITIONS Bev Stuber of the Oceanside Museum of Art Artists Alliance tells us of the sad news that the OMA School of Art is now closed. The OMA will instead support a children's art program to be held at the Museum on a bi-monthly/quarterly basis. On June 30th, 2009 the doors of The Ubiquitous Bee Gallery & Studio will be closing because Jacqueline Nicolini is movingto Sicily in August for 2-3 years with her husband. We wish her well and suggest you don’t delay if you want one of her originals and to take a final class. We wish her good luck and great inspiration in her new surroundings. From the LA Times: Derrick R. Cartwright, who has headed the San Diego Museum of Art since 2004, has been appointed director of the Seattle Art Museum. He will succeed Mimi Gates, who will end her 15-year tenure at the end of June. In San Diego, Cartwright is credited with building the Balboa Park museum's international reputation, reaching out to a diverse community and enhancing the exhibitions and publications programs. When he moves to the Northwest, he will oversee an urban cultural center with three locations: the Seattle Art Museum downtown, the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park and the Olympic Sculpture Park. MUSUEMS On Saturday, May 30, 2009, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diegowill host the first annual Artification: Teen Artfest, an event planned and produced by MCASD's Teen Art Council (TAC). From 7 to 10 pm, teens are invited to take over the Museum's downtown Jacobs Building galleries for a night of fun and artistic revelry. This free event will feature live music by local bands, teen DJs, gallery tours led by teens, teen-produced films, hands-on art-making activities, complimentary refreshments, and more. Applications are now available for next year’s teen council. Huge congratulation to them for this innovative program to involve teen in contemporary art. We are thrilled to see Jonathan Segal honored in the MIX: Nine San Diego Architects and Designers at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego through September 6. There are 8 other architects and designers who lead local architectural design firms that are redefining housing design, development, and urbanization in the San Diego region and beyond including Teddy Cruz, Jennifer Luce, Sebastián Mariscal, James Gates and James Brown, Todd Rinehart and Catherine Herbst, Lloyd Russell, The architects and designers featured in MIX are known for their expertise and experience in designing and building spaces appropriate to a location. For this reason, each architect, designer, and firm will be defining their own representation for the exhibition, with new site-specific presentations of their own design. At age 50 Esther Krinitz decided to tell her story in cloth, stitching thirty-six beautiful and poignant appliqué and embroidered panels. Oceanside Museum of Art is giving us all a chance to learn the story of young girl’s remarkable journey of living through the Holocaust in Poland in their upcoming exhibition Fabric Of Survival: The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz which opens with a Holocaust Memorial Service on Sun, June 14 th from 2:00-4:00 pm. The exhibition is on view through October 25, 2009. June 28 is a p resentation by Bernice Steinhardt and Helene McQuade, daughters of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz. For images please view their flickr account The Palm Club Museum Ball comes to Oceanside Museum of Art on July 25 from 6:00 - 11:00 p.m. once again at the OMA and the Civic Center Plaza. Reservations are $200 per person 760.435.3720. For both events, more info: Danielle Susalla 760.435.3722 Art Alive 2009 , SDMA’s annual art and flower extravaganza is June 12 to 14. If flowers and art are your fancy…and why wouldn’t it be? Then this yearly event is done deal. Celebrating its 28th year, Art Alive is the San Diego Museum of Art’s preeminent fundraiser and one of the most widely attended events of its kind in the United States. For three full days the Museum is transformed into a glorious spectacle of art and flowers, creating SDMA’s enchanting summer exhibition. The Museum comes alive with floral arrangements presented by professional and award-winning designers. Live flowers in concert with Old Master, Asian, and American artworks create a glorious spectacle, transforming the Museum into a vibrant sea of color in the heart of Balboa Park. This year’s interpretations emphasize the Museum’s incredible presentation of Spanish and Italian paintings, and other select works from the permanent collection. The floral presentation is punctuated by a host of special events—including a member preview, an opening-night celebration, and special Culture & Cocktails. I have always been a big fan of Richard Avedon; he was instrumental in bringing high fashion photography to the forefront. This exhibition is a real treat! Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power from June 6 to Sept 6 at the SD Museum of Arts traces Avedon’s interest in and fascination with American politics through 200 portraits created from the 1950s until the photographer’s death in 2004. Organized by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., with the cooperation of The Richard Avedon Foundation, New York, and the Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, the exhibition contains rarely seen photographs from the collection of The Richard Avedon Foundation, including works that have never before been exhibited or published. The Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA) in Balboa Park is pleased to present Ansel Adams: A Life’s Work. The exhibition includes over 80 photographs by the 20th Century master, and celebrates Adams as an artist and conservationist. A Life's Work will be on view May 23, 2009 through October 4, 2009, and features an overview of Adam's work from his early years in the Sierra Nevada's and Yosemite Valley to his work in the Japanese Internment Camp at Manzanar, as well as his well-known masterpieces. More info: Aki Martin 619.238.7559, ext. 203 The summer of new is here! The New Children’s Museum continues to unveil new art and new fun all summer long. The goal is to provide innovative ways for you and your family to think, play, and create and NCM has launched an eclectic line-up of programming through August 2009. Keep It New includes one-of-a-kind workshops, exciting events, hands-on art activities, and more! One of these is from the Lux Art Institute whowill partner in a two-part series of The Valise Project, a renowned component of Lux’s educational programming, You missed the first but on Sat, July 25 experience Jean Lowe’s Animal Tales, which will be a treat for all those who attend. TIDBITS From Colette Carson Royston, Chair and Victoria L. Hamilton, Executive Director of the Commission for Arts And Culture: “We are pleased to inform you that the FY10 budget that Mayor Jerry Sanders presented to the City Council today includes the same level of funding as FY09 for the Commission's two allocations programs (OSP and CCSD) and the public art fund…..” Thank you, ladies and thank you Mayor Sanders! From both Lynn Jennings of the SD Puppet Guild and Jennifer Oliver of Young Audiences:If you are a teacher in the arts or work in the field of arts education, please log on and register for Teaching Artists Research Survey by NORC at the University of Chicago that should be coming soon. She spoke with the researcher, Nick Rabkin (author of Putting the Arts in the Picture and other arts education resources) conducting the survey and feels this is something that could be helpful for all of you in the Teaching Artist Profession. ArtPrize invites artists of all kinds from around the world to participate in an unprecedented competition that will award nearly one-half million dollars to prize winners, including $250,000 to the artist who receives the most public votes. The entire city of Grand Rapids, Mich is turning itself into a gallery for this event which is underwritten by a local patrons Dick & Betsy DeVos Family Foundation. Artists are charged a $50 entry fee and have to pay all the expenses of getting to Grand Rapids as well as finding their own venue amongst that offered online. Will it work? It is a daring plan that could put Grand Rapids on the map. One of the four shorted listed artists for the annual Turner Prize in the UK is Richard Wright . Wright you may remember added gold leaf to the Museum of Contemporary Art , San Diegodowntown galleries in one of their first shows. The other artists are Lucy Skaer, Roger Hiorns and Enrico David. David Hockney has an iphone with the application that gives him the ability to paint pictures on the screen and send to his friends. Mini-masterpieces and flowers that never die! Congratulations to twenty six of UC San Diego’s Master of Fine Arts (MFA) candidates who showed in the UCSD Open Studio 2009 , who are participating in The Dark Tower, a group exhibit at compactspace ( 105 East 6 th Street, LA, 90014). The show is curated by artist, filmmaker and UCSD visual arts faculty Cauleen Smith and continues until June 30. We always applaud when local SD artists are shown in LA. The Affaire in the Gardens Art Show held in May in Beverly Hills includes again Alejandro Marínez-Peña. We are always happy to see TJ artists showing outside of our region. We got news from the SD Puppet Guild that Basil Twist is coming to San Diego to perform Dogugaeshi at the Potiker Theatre at the La Jolla Playhouse from June 10- 14, 2009 Alexandra Rosa
You are invited to The SD Art Prize 2009 show of Kim MacConnel and emerging artist Brian Dick . The Opening Reception is Sat. April 25, 7 pm to 9 pmat the L Street Gallery 628 L Street, San Diego, 92101 (Across from the Omni Hotel) Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm We look forward to seeing many of you there on the night. We are pleased to announce that Tom Driscoll is the emerging artist chosen by Richard Allen Morris for the fall showing at the L-Street Gallery. In a Bacchic celebration of the days getting longer and the weather getting warmer, The Andrews Gallery in Leucadia plan to put on a series of free events open to the public with eruptions of music, art, dance, and poetry on Saturdays in May. These events will be loosely centered around Matt Curreri and The Exfriends, a musical ensemble that has been dubbed "one of San Diego's best indie bands" by the San Diego Union Tribune (2008). They will showcase painter Floyd Elmore (Colosseum) as a new feature as well as a poetry series with readings from a diverse selection of San Diego County poets. They will fuse art and music in highlighting the work of San Diego local Owen Burke, who's hand crafted instruments display stunning levels of artistry, craftmanship, and sound. More info: Drew Synder 760.230.2680 On April 23 Art Expressions Gallery ( 2645 Financial Court, Suite C) presents Facing East an exhibition of fine art with Eastern influences, including recent works by printmakers, a ceramist and a furniture maker. The show opens with an artists’ reception from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. and continues through May 30. More info:858.270.7577 Times 3 is an exhibition of photographs through time by Will Gibson, Joe Nalven and Paul Sewell. Each artists is showing two series of work but we were particularly caught by the description of the Abandoned Americana by Sewell who delves into the world of color. “I wanted to document an America of times gone by, of places and objects long forgotten, and color was the best way to achieve this.” Sewell takes the viewer on an almost ethereal journey to a place and time that was simpler. A time when “Anything was possible.” Is that the dream we all seek? Maybe right now… The show starts onApril 29 to May 26 but the reception Sun, May 3, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts (15498 Espola Road, Poway, 92064) More info: Joe Nalven 858.679.1242 The Bronowski Art & Science Forum is presenting the artist Becky Guttin “Migration and Large Scale Projects” on Wed. May 13, 6:30 PM at the Trustees Room of The Salk Institute. Just recently, Guttin has been invited to participate in three International Biennales this summer, 2009; the acclaimed Venice Biennale as well as biennales in China and Korea. For more info: Ron Newby Becky has just signed up with Galeria JAN in La Jolla and you can see her work included in the Little & Large promotion in July. Katherine Sweetman tells us of her latest project at Voz Alta Project; The Infinity Lab Goes Crayo-Loco© in their new exhibit, "Nine Transient Things." After reflecting upon the recent avant-garde art terms "un-monumental" and "Altermodernism," the infinitists take low-tech to the next level by creating nine 3' square drawings of their performance gear using only Crayola® crayons as materials. During the opening and closing receptions, DJ Dan Camacho will mix soundscapes on three turntables. Also on display is a top-secret installation of a new "Blue Chip [artist] Special." Opening Reception: Sat, May 2, 2009 from 7p-11p.and closing Reception: Sat, May 16 from 7p-11p @ Voz Alta Project, 1754 National Ave. Barrio Logan, CA 92113. This is the time of the year for student art shows at the schools. DRIVE is the SDSU MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Everett Gee Jackson Gallery from May 2 – 7. Party with them on May 2 starting at 6 pm. More info: Silvia Valentino Karabashlieva 619.379.6514 Also opening May 2 is the Annual Student Art and Photography show at the Boehm Gallery of Palomar College. More info: Joanna Bigfeather 760.744.1150. The Spring 2009 Student Art Show at Mesa College opens April 30 (until May 14). We love the title, Art Your Can Sink Your Teeth Into. More info: Pat Vine 619.388.2829 La Jolla Art Association has moved and is having a Grand Re-Opening. Come celebrate with them on April 27 at 8100 Paseo del Ocaso, La Jolla Ca ( La Jolla Shores). They have all member shows, classes, and demonstrations. They are just introducing a newly established Youth Division (artist's 5 years thru 20 years) More info: Tony Cuban 858.459.1196 Fifteen area artists and members of San Diego Watercolor society have been accepted in the prestigious Western Federation of Watercolor Societies’ 35 th annual juried exhibition to be held in San Diego at SDWS gallery beginning May 1 with an opening reception starting at 5 pm. To be selected into this prestigious show is recognition of outstanding achievement in watermedia techniques. Ninety five selections were made from over 1000 entries.The San Diego Watercolor Society artists living in the San Diego area who have been juried into this exhibition are: Gloria Galbraith, Ann Slater, Line Jullie’, Marge Rauch, Kathy McChesney, Stan Goudey, Lynn Knowles, Diane Estrada, Jennifer Meeder, Amanda James, Virginia Cole, Mary Sievers, Chuck Rouse, Keiko Tanabe, Suzanne Geller, and Richard Hawk. More info: Jane LaFazio 619.876.4550 What relationship is more complex than that of mother and daughter? The process of creating affirmation dolls is handed down from African American slave mothers, who practiced this tradition with their daughters as a way to preserve a sense of dignity, hope and survival of spirit. Creating Affirmation Dolls : a workshop for mothers, daughters, sisters and friends with Ellen Speert on Sat, May 9 from 9 to 5 is only $95. What a great mother’s day present. Ellen is also offering a new Colored Pencil Drawing in the Garden taught by her drawing mentor Irina Gronborg, Sat May 16, same time and a Tibetan Mandala Workshop ed by The Venerable Choeze Lotsel Gyamtso (Lobsang Tsultrim), a Tibetan Lama Sat and Sun, May 30-31 from 10 to 3. First Friday Art Walk Lo Jolla will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on the first Friday of each month. Talmadge Art Show is coming again to the San Diego Women’s Club ( 2557 3rd Ave. SD 92103) on Sun, May 3.Fifty-four artists showcasing and selling handmade works of art including glass, clothing, purses, oil paintings, watermedia, mixed media, wire art and lots of jewelry. The artists of the Art Glass Guild are the guest artists for the Spring Show. Free parking, free admission, For more info: Sharon Gorevitz 619.559.9082 ARTS (A Reason to Survive) Creative Director Rob Tobin and Del Mar artist Betsy Schulz have teamed up for a community art project to make over the student garden at McKinley Elementary School in North Park. The team is working with McKinley's Carol Stephenson, Richard Kenyon, David Whitehead and all 45 of their second grade students. This exciting project is a combination of painting, mosaics and landscaping centered on the theme of The Octopus' Garden. One Weekend Only on May 2 & 3, the Fallbrook Art Center presents their 16th Annual International Wildlife Art Show & Sale featuring 27 participating artists from across the United States and Canada. The 2009 show is dedicated in memory of Janice Griffiths in recognition of her love and support of wildlife art and the environment. More info: Mary Perhacs 760.728.1414 We wish lots of luck to those working to raise funds to renovate a 7,000 sq ft 1910 building, which can be used as a future art center at the corner of Sampson and Logan. For more info: Mario Torero 858.774.1286 Steve Breen , the editorial cartoonist for The San Diego Union-Tribune, has won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial. You can read the whole story in the UT but we think it is interesting to note that his work is not thought to be mean spirited. “The people whom he targets in a cartoon, whom he criticizes, they call him asking for the original.” OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN) Don’t forget the Art of Photography call for Artists. You can read the Prospectus and you have until Fri. May 22 to enter. The show is held again at the Lyceum Theatre Gallery at Horton Plaza from Aug 29 and There is an urgent call (deadline May 20) for artists for a very worthy environmental show put on by the City of Encinitas Commission for Arts City Arts Program . The Reuse, Reinvent, Recycle exhibition is a juried show which will award $1,300 in cash prizes and will take place at the Encinitas Library. For more info: Jim Gilliam or go to the website and look under City News and Events. SD Airport Authority Art Program has an Open Call for exhibits which includes organizations, groups and individuals* interested in submitting for the Cultural Exhibits Program. All media may be proposed for review. Submissions are reviewed by an Exhibits Review Panel annually or semi-annually as needed. The duration of exhibits is up to six (6) months depending on the nature of the exhibit and the selected site. Exhibits can be scheduled up to three years in advance. *Please note that the WestEnd Gallery is the only exhibit space available to groups outside of the San Diego region. Next submittal deadline: Fri May 8, 2009. For more info: Constance White 619.400.2891 Business for the Arts and Nonprofit Art Organizations Certificate Course starts on May 15 at the University of San Diego Douglas F. Manchester Executive Conference Center. Patricia Frischer will be a keynote speaker on Aug 19 for the segment on Museum and Art Gallery Special Events Management. You can take one course or all of them. $349 per course and perfect for those training for a career in the arts. For more information on this amazing new course: Karla Duarte 619.260.5986 Magee Park in Carlsbad comes to life the 2nd Sunday of every month, from 11-3. They will be igniting creativity in Carlsbad Village w ith a new event they are calling ArtSpark , This is an new art venue featuring original art that will focus on Young@Art burgeoning artists from May - July. They are calling for artists to participate who are just beginning to garner recognition in the local North County Community. Booth prices are only $25! Hands-on interARTaction is a large component of this venue and will nurture kids so they may look to the future with appreciative eyes! Thanks to The Carlsbad Village Business Association in association with Consider IT Done who are promoting this new arts activity. More info: Lisa Hamel There is a Southwestern Artists' Association Plein air contest which is unusual as each of the entries must be painted entirely out-of-doors anywhere in the area of Balboa Park on May 4, 2009 between the hours of 11am to 1:00pm to be eligible for prizes and awards.. Entry fee is $5.00 to be paid during registration and there is no pre-registration. Artists return to Gallery 23 at 1:00pm. Judging will take place at 1:30pm followed by presentation of awards. The top three winners will hang in Gallery 23 for the month of June. More info:Maryellene Deason 619-463-4959 The Balboa Park Learning Institute is a new professional education program of the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership, the collaborative body and collective voice of 24 diverse cultural institutions in Balboa Park, San Diego, California. They are looking for their first Director who will lead and shape the Learning Institute in the formative stages of its development into full operation. This program is conceived to be an innovative and groundbreaking collaborative learning model for adults working in the cultural sector. For more info: David Lang 619.232.7502 Sushi is seeking a new Director. Founded in 1980, Sushi recently opened a new 6,500 square foot performance, gallery, and office space in Downtown San Diego’s East Village neighborhood. Sushi maintains an annual operating budget of $250,000 which is expected to grow substantially as a result of an expanded level of activity underway at the new space. The organization is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and employs a staff of three. Sushi’s Director will be responsible for implementing Sushi’s mission of cultivating alternative voices in the contemporary arts and providing a laboratory where creative exploration, community engagement, and new ideas flourish. Closing date Fri, May 1. For more info: dirsearch@sushiart.org Valley View Casino 1st Annual Art Show (July 25) is making a call for artists with inexpensive booth fee of $50 and no commission. For more info: Russ Coletti 760.712.7546 The Ramona Art Guild is now accepting entries for its Open Juried Show 2009 to be held June 1-28, 2009 at the Poway Center for Performing Arts. The exhibition will be juried by Michael Steirnagle. Entry deadline is May 15, 2009, and must be submitted as jpeg files by email only. Prospectus is online. For more info: Susan Bainbridge 858.603.9344 . The San Diego County Fair begins June 12th. The deadline for registering your photo entry is April 24 th but finished pieces must be delivered May 13-14. Warp 9 Imaging is offering a special for fair entries. They will print, mount and mat your photo entry for only $49. The photograph will be printed on Premium Luster paper using our high quality Epson printers. The print will be hinge mounted on a 16"x20" foam core backing with a 4-ply black or white mat. Using this service guarantees that your entry will meet the show requirements. But the order deadline is May 5th. More info: Larry Stein La Jolla Art Association has a new location in the La Jolla Shores and artists, photographers, sculptors and art organizations who wish to rent gallery are booking shows for this year and next. Join together with other artists whose work you admire and put together your own group show. To see which time periods are available, consult the LJAA calendar and click Events on the left side of our web page. The gallery has 100 linear feet of wall space (approximately 40 pieces of artwork can be hung on the walls plus an additional 4 –8 pieces on various sized easels. There are pedestals for sculptural pieces. The gallery rental fee is $600 per week for a non-member plus a 25% sales commission. For more info: Kris de Young 858.459.1196 The Athenaeum announced a call for entries for their 18th Annual Juried Exhibition. The Jurors are Michael Krichman Executive Director, inSite/San Diego- Tijuana and Mathieu Gregoire Artist and Project Manager, Stuart Collection, UCSD. The show is on view Aug 1 - Sept 5 so the deeadline to submit is June 23. Click the link to see the prospectus. Distinction Gallery in Escondido has a few studio spaces available. They do a great job of showing and advertising the artists in the spaces. For more info: Melissa Inez-Walker 5 th Annual LeucadiART Walk announced a call for artists for their August 30 events.Love the slogan, “101 artists on Hwy 101". For more info: Paula Kirpalani 760.436.2320 City of Encinitas and Mizel Family Foundation Community Grant Program is now accepting applications for the grant program. Applications are available for download on the City website: but look for the link on the home page, left column, under City News and Events. The deadline to submit applications is Thursday, May 28, at 4:00 pm. and grants can be for as much as $5000 for non-profit organizations only. The 4th annual University Heights Arts Open announces its call for artists with a deadline of June 15. to be included in the (5,000+ full color) UH Arts Open programs. This is a juried exhibit. Artists can apply to display outdoors at the Trolley Barn Park on Adams Ave (limited to 50 artists) or as an open studio artist (provided they have their own workspace located in University Heights). The only fee to participate is $25. More info: Judy Riffle 619.508.4075 There are still spaces at the 13th Annual North Park Festival of the Arts on Sunday, May 17 we hear. Last year’s attendance topped over 35,000. Deadline is April 30 while spaces last. More info: Jude Thomas The San Diego Performing Arts League is pleased to invite you to attend Arts in Crisis: A Kennedy Center Initiative symposium that will provide planning assistance to arts and culture organizations seeking to survive today’s economic downturn. Sponsored locally by The San Diego Foundation and the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture as part of the “Survive and Thrive” Initiative, the day-long event will help performing arts managers and their volunteers put the recession in perspective and provide helpful tips for sustaining their organizations in the midst of economic turmoil. It takes place on Monday, April 27 from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm at The Joe and Vi Jacobs Center ( 404 Euclid Avenue, SD 92111) and is free. For more info: Marc Emmelmann, 619.238.0700. El Cajon Community Development Corporation announces a call for artists to paint utility boxes. More info: Christina Burke, Community Development Coordinator, 619.401.8858 or click here for more information. TRANSITIONS Catherine Sass leaves the Port of San Diego, we hear, after doing an amazing job of bringing art for every taste to the major entry to our city. Our thanks to Kevin Freitas for passing on the sad news that Glenn Dobrusky, was accidentally killed in a chainsaw accident while at work. He was 58 years old.”Dubrusky was an excellent sculptor, at the top of his craft, producing some of his best work in years. He was dedicated, passionate, genuine and one helluva nice guy. He put to shame all those chainsaw happy, grizzly bear carving faux sculptors pandering their wares from Tucson to Utah. I will miss his candor, his gruff voice on the telephone, and unpacking his treasures freshly delivered to the gallery's doorstep. I will miss the man, I will miss his art. Farewell my friend, I hope the Good Lord has a place for a pelican or two. The full story can be read here.” MUSUEMS Jane Hammond: Fallen opens at the MCASD Downtown location, Jacobs Building on April 26 and runs through July 5, 2009 This installation is about both accumulation and loss. It features a field of leaf forms, each of which bears the name of a U.S. soldier who died in Iraq. When the piece was first shown in New York in 2005 it comprised 1,511 leaves; for its San Diego presentation, the number will exceed 4,000.Fallen is on loan from the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.The show is curated by Robin Clark who we are pleased to say contributed to the Art Notes for the SD Art Prize for Kim MacConnel. If you are a wine lush like me…I mean wine lover like me you won’t want to miss joining Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) in the most anticipated wine event of the year! VINTAGE is the signature benefit series for the MOPA. This year, VINTAGE includes two unforgettable events: 100 Point Wine Tasting on Saturday, May 9 th, 2009 and Grand Tasting and Wine Auction on Saturday, May 30 th, 2009. Proceeds benefit the museum’s world-renowned exhibitions, film and education programs. Happy first birthday to the The New Children's Museum. The will be celebrating on Sun. May 10 during monthly Target Free Second Sunday. Come enjoy an Xtreme Fun Dance Party and performances by the Monarch School Steel Drum Band, San Diego Youth Symphony, Oak Park Percussion Group and The Paul Green School of Rock Music Band. The day will be filled with hands-on art projects, giveaways, tours, and tons of engaging family fun at the Museum. There is also a birthday celebration fundraiser ($50 adult $25 children)on May 3 at 4:30 to help assure that the facility is stocked with free paint, clay and design materials . More info: info@thinkplaycreate.org 619.233.8792 More free fun for kids If you live north, you might want to head to the Free Family Day at the Oceanside Museum of Art on May 3 1:00-4:00 for a day of imagination where you can design wearable recyclable clothing and build sculptures out of recycled objects and make scented watercolor paintings. Internationally recognized fiber artist Valentyna Roenko Simpson is creating a new series of fiber portraits for her upcoming installation Cell Memory that opens May 4 th and will be on view in the Parker Gallery through July 2, 2009 at the Oceanside Museum of Art. Each portrait will be graphically designed, hand felted with merino wool and machine embroidered. “Meet the Artist” on Sat, June 20 th at 2:00 p.m. for an informal talk about the process. For info: Danielle Susalla 760.435.3722 Mingei Fusion in Balboa Park on Thurs, May 14, 6 - 9 pm ($100- $150) is an evening of international cuisine and performing arts. A variety of restaurants and caterers will offer tastings with wine, beer and sake pairings while musicians and other artists perform throughout the evening. A VIP Lounge will feature seated table service by an exclusive caterer. Limited to 300 total. You must be 21 or over to attend this event. More info: 619-239-0003, ext. 133 But in response to current economic conditions, Mingei International Museum in Escondido will reduce its public hours and lower its admission prices for one year beginning May 1. New hours will be Thursday, Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Offsetting the shorter hours will be lower admission prices of $3 for adults and $2 for seniors, youth (6-17), students and active duty military with ID. But also remember Second Saturday hours will be 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. featuring family programs during the day and free admission between 4 and 8 p.m. and La Jolla Bank will sponsor complimentary admission on the First Thursday of each month. TIDBITS Lisa Roche who edits our SmART Collector feature has a book recommendation for arts organizations during these tough time: The Art of the Turnaround by Michael Kaiser His ten basic rules for bringing financially distressed arts organizations back to life and keeping them strong include the requirements for successful leadership, the pitfalls of cost cutting, the necessity of extending the programming calendar, the centrality of effective marketing and fund raising, and the importance of focusing on the present with a positive public message. This report via Richard Kessler : The recent San Diego School District survey indicated that respondents are more supportive of cuts to other areas than for the arts (and physical education). Respondents would prefer moderate increases to class size (very interesting) instead of cutting band. Respondents would rather consider cuts to medical benefits and support services (professional development, etc.), than cutting visual and performing arts programs. Respondents would prefer to close schools with low enrollment, cut JROTC, and assign one principal to two small schools, rather than cut the arts. We are noticing that as the publicly funded art is shrinking (SDMA cut their staff by 25%) the commercial market is pushing out with many more collaboration like Little & Large with it massive venue participation. Read more in this months A+ Art Blog The Exposition Construction Authority of Los Angeles may convert Bergamot Station into a maintenance yard. This would mean approximately thirty galleries and a museum would lose their home in one of Los Angeles' premier visual art centers. For more info: Wayne Blank 310.453.7535 Petra & Jens Herrmann are doing us proud in Germany with a show titled South of the Border featuring artists from Baja California, Mexico Alida Cervantes, Julio Orozco, Jose Hugo Sanchez and Ricardo Sanders at KunstRaum H&H through May 23. Others show at thier gallery are Ricardo Sanders from Tijuana in September and John Dillemuth from San Diego in November. How wonderful to see a SD/Baja Norte presence in Europe. For those of you who are artists making more than $20,000 a year and needing health insurance, here is a tip from Irene de Watteville that she picked up in New York. Freelancers Union. This is also confirmed by Dennis Batt. The Bling
Synergy Art Foundation (SAF) is conducting an Artist Live/Work survey to evaluate the needs of San Diego County artists and arts organizations for permanent, affordable live and work space. The information collected will be will be shared with elected officials, community housing organizations, arts organizations, developers and potential donors, to inform them of the need for such projects in San Diego. It also will be useful in developing design guidelines and amenities for potential projects. Please take the time to complete the survey (about 10 minutes) and please forward this survey to any artists/arts organizations you think may be interested. It is critical to reach as many as possible. Fill out the survey is you need either work space or live work space. Please complete by April 15. The new Se Hotel in downtown SD ( 1047 5 th Avenue, 92101) is now going to be open to the public on the fourth floor pool level which is called Kama Sīrĕn starting the weekend of March 27/28. Our readers are invited to come for free hors d'oeuvres from 5 to 7 and entertainment starting at 8 pm. There is a wonderful bar and the future will bring a variety of arts events. The Little and Large launch party will be held here on July 8 so mark you calendars and go visit and enjoy before that. We love the motto for this hotel, “Bringing Life to Luxury.” Richard Allen Morris is showing Small Ones at R.B. Stevenson Gallery (7661 Girard Aven. Suite 201, La Jolla, 92037) until April 30. If you are a new collector and want to start at the top than you could no better than purchasing work form this show. Prices are as low as $200 and there are dozens of yummy gooey art works under $1500. More info: R B Stevenson 858.459.0803. And this from the March 23 New Yorker Magazine’s Goings On About Town, “ The self-taught Richard Allen Morris, whose champions include John Baldessari, began making art while stationed on an aircraft carrier during the Korean War, he’s been working under the radar in San Diego ever since. The artist’s eclectic oeuvre – Pop-expressionist portraits, impasto-think abstractions, sculptures of guns made from studio scraps – is the subject of Morris Code at the Peter Blum Gallery, in Chelsea”. You can be assured that prices in New York will not be the bargains you can get in San Diego. Buy Now! On March 16-18, if you test drove a Scion, you could give a donation to SDVAN. We received $690!!! We really appreciate the effort the Toyota Scion company and the American Marketing Consultants Inc. AMCI made on our behalf. This money is earmarked for the SD Art Prize as it was Ann Berchtold (Beyond the Borders Art Fair Sept 2-4) that made this connection for us. Is this Allison Wiese month? Allison Wiese and Marisol Rendon (both SD Art Prize) are featured in the Transfer Connection 4 show at Southwestern College Gallery until April16. More info: 619.216.6605 Allison is also included in University Of San Diego Art Department Faculty Exhibition opens this month until May 24 at the Fine Arts Galleries, Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, (5998 Alcala Park, SD). Artists include Allison Wiese and Iana Quesnell (both SD Art Prize), Mike RIch, Bekkah Walker, Christopher Adler, Adam Belt, Neal Bociek, Andy Cross, Adriana Cuellar, John Halaka, Bill Kelly, Maryann Luera, Duncan McCosker, Saba Oskoui, and Joe Yorty More info: 619.260.4261. POST -Card is curated by Brian Dick at Sushi (390 Eleventh Avenue, SD) until April 21 and even if you missed the opening performance this looks like a show worth seeing when fourteen artists make work in the context of cheap, disposable, anachronistic postcards including Allison Weise (there she is again), Eleanor Antin, Kim MacConnel, Jean Lowe, (all SD Art Prize) and Jamex and Einar de la Torres. More info: info@sushiart.org 619.235.8466 Bring your stamps! Grossmont Art Alumni Invitational 2009 at Hyde Art Gallery, Grossmont College (8800 Grossmont College Dr.El Cajon, 92020) last just until March 26 but the reception is March 25.More info: Teresa L. Markey 619.644.7299 James G. Respess is having a one person show at Mission Trails Regional Park Center, One Fr. Junipero Serra Trail, SD, 92119. This work is perfectly chosen for its location. The show will run from March 28 to April 24 but the reception is on April 5th from 1 to 4 PM. To see examples visit his website: Green Flash Photography and email or call him for more information at 858.272.1926. From March 15 to June 15, the work of artists from San Diego and Tijuana will be on display on 50 life-size fiberglass cows adorning the streets of La Jolla through CowParade La Jolla. Making its California debut, CowParade has been held in more than 50 cities on six continents and has raised more than $25 million for charities through live and online cow auctions at the end of each exhibit. Proceeds from CowParade La Jolla benefit local charities Rady’s Children’s Hospital and the Zoological Society of San Diego. If you want to do a tour, a good place to start is the Madison Gallery where you will see two of these critters and can pick up a map for the rest. Vicky DeLong and Danielle Smith were partners in creating the cow Isadora you see above. Denise Bonaimo and Don Knapp are two more cow partners...get along little doggy.It’s official. Gagosian Gallery has had an office presence in La Jolla for three years but now they will have a gallery space at 7938 Ivanhoe Ave # A, La Jolla, 92037 and that bodes well for the high end market at least. More info: 858.458.9428 Commesso: Made in America "Gemstone Fine Art" in The Parker Gallery,located on the 2nd level of Oceanside Museum of Art on view until May 1. Artist and Curator Dennis Paul Batt will talk about "Gemstone Fine Art" on Sat April 25th at 2:00 p.m. For more information: Danielle Susalla 760.435.3720. Free with admission to the Museum. Trios Gallery is having a Mosaic Exhibit from March 29 (reception 2-5) to May 10 in conjunction with the The Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA) 8 th Annual Mosaic Arts International juried exhibition taking place at the Museum of Man in Balboa Park until April 26. If you have not been go to all and be amazed! Its not to late to see Echoes in the Ice: Collages by Rik van Glintenkamp until April 16 at San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery , ( D101, 7250 Mesa College Dr., D-101, SD, 92111). The exhibit draws from van Glintenkamp's body of work, profiles of fifty daring men who explored the Arctic and Antarctic and also highlights the upcoming adventure of Mesa College student Hermes Castro. Castro was partially paralyzed after being hit by a drunk driver in 2006. Last year, he attended a talk at the college by renowned British explorer Sir Robert Swan, the only person to walk across both Poles. Swan was impressed by Castro's spirit and determination, and invited him to join the March 2009 "Inspire Antarctic Expedition." Swan is underwriting fees and expenses for the trip, while the Mesa College Interclub Council and Associated Student Government are fundraising to purchase special equipment, gear, computers, and airfare. More info: Pat Vine, Gallery Coordinator 619.388.2829 Seminal Projects announces an exhibition of new audio-mechanical sculptures and photo/print collages by Jason Sherry, titled Time Space Trials and the Packrat Dirge (or the Theme from Human Interest Story). This will be the artist's second solo exhibition at the gallery, on view from March 27 through May 2, 2009. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, March 28, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Jason was one of the emerging artists from last season SD Art Prize. In Gallery Two are works by Mark Mulroney, titled Nude Drum Solo. More info: Luis De Jesus at 619.696.9699 Hot wax indeed! There are two exhibitions featuring encaustic paintings. Hot Wax is the title of the show at the Front Porch Gallery ( 2903 Carlsbad Blvd 92008) opening on March 28 with artists Josie Rodriguez, Betty Hock, Judith Parenio and Ruth Gooch. Until May 3. More info: Steve Nossan 760.795.6120 St. Claire Gallery (at the East County Business Center , 270 East Douglas Avenue, El Cajon, 92020) holds it reception on Sun, March 29 th from 3:00 to 6:00 pm. and is showing encaustic works by Wilma Lopez plus another 190 works by 36 artists in a variety of mediums. Until April 10. More info: Howard Bagley 619.401.4000 How can you resist an exhibition that happens in pitch darkness. Artists are exploring the dimensions of sound/art in the manner of John Cage. The Sound of IT includesTimothy Gaewsky, Seth Cluett, Robert Fraher, Amy E. Day, Tania Kupczak, Neil Matthiessen, Travis Janssen, Mark Eden, and RobeSound Of It at Garage Gallery (4141 Alabama Street #4, SD, CA 92104) opening Friday, April 10, 7:00pm More info: Larry Caveney 6192976032 Debby and Larry Kline have a fascinating show at California Center for the Arts Escondido called Divi/Nation. We especially like the art they made while at restaurants dining together. Intimate and personal, these works don’t appear to have a political agenda like much of the other work, but are visually charming. Nina Waisman (SD Art Prize) has works as well in a feature called Between and her walkway of sound explosion is threatening and fun at the same time.. Both shows on until June 21. Art for your floors (or walls if you prefer) is being offered by Mixture with a line of hand made rugs, which you can commission from your own choice of art design. Or if you are an artist yourself, your own design can be transformed. The company and product is HZL by Henzel out of Sweden. Curator Melissa Stager (of Susan Street Fine Art Gallery ) has started a alternative project we are calling Rooms in Cedros and their first nineRooms,LIVEArtINSTALLATIONS took place on short notice in March. Nine artists and their processes were on exhibit for one night with the help of the South Cedros Property Owners Association. The exhibition included installation and performance pieces by MiraCosta College professors, Yoshimi Hayashi and Anna O’Cain, and San Diego Artists, Chris Warr, Hollis Swan, Benjalmin Eldworlds, Jessica Gannon, Joshua Bellfy, Justin Morrison, and David White, (Agitprop). Live music was also included an this event which is ongoing but will change venues on Cedros expects to unite a large diverse crowd from both the San Diego and North County areas who are coming together to explore the engaging multi dimensions of live art. We are happy to see that this took place on Cedros Third Thursday Gallery Walk Night. Watch for future events by Ms. Stager. We hear that the galleries in La Jolla are finally getting it together for a First Friday La Jolla event each month starting April 3….hurrah! We will await more details and try to keep you informed. The TNT from the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diegois temporarily suspended due to the economic downturn (Last one is April 2). Interesting how the museums cut programs and the galleries start them up when things get tough. Don’t you just love life! Did you know that there is a San Diego Science Festival on right now until April 4. Chris Orfescu is presenting just one of 500 different activities and you can see his NanoArt exhibition is at the Mission Valley Library. Cheryl Tall, Sandra Chanis, Lori Escalera, Michael Steinagle celebrated their show the Goddess Eternal at the Solana Beach City Hall Gallery (635 S. Pacific, 92057) and the Spring Equinox with a lively Goddess Art reception on Sat March 21 (It was Cheryl’s birthday!). See for yourself the Goddess reception. Show until April 11. More info: design.etc@cox.net 858.720.2454. Also see Lori in the August Blick Studio Catalog...page 305! The second annual Gaslamp Art Showcase will be held on March 29 from Noon to 5 pm on the streets of our famous entertainment district in downtown San Diego. They will feature a wide variety of talented artists in a diverse showcase including The Brokers Building is located at 402 Market Street between 4th & 5th Avenues with the following artists all in one space: Madeline Sherry, Anthony SantosJoan Matheson, Carl Schmidt, Scott Gengelbach, Rod Engel,Sonia K.. Glassman , Judy Mandel, Anoop Patel,LaVerne Brock,Richard Glassman,Chobo & AnnieLou. OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN) Front Porch Gallery in Carlsbad is looking for Curators to make best possible use of our 1,000 square foot gallery for an exhibit later this year or early next year. They will provide marketing, P.R., invitations, an Opening Reception and cost of installation for successful proposals. This exception opportunity for a curator is wide open and could be a theme show, guest artist, group show, sculpture, paintings, photography, etc. But spirituality, aging, intergenerational projects and special consideration to installations or interactive proposals will be favored. Send a 100 word proposal including costs (if any) for installation. They will be reviewing proposals immediately and ongoing through July. More info: jweaverling@frontporch.net. Bonita Museum & Cultural Center Audi Lawson Gallery announces a call for artists for their Juried Photography & Digital Art Exhibit from May 9 – June 13. Open to all SD county artists including color, black and white and digital mediums. The juror is Arthur Ollman former director of the Museum of Photographic Arts and now Director of the School of Art, Design and Art History at San Diego State University. There is a $20 entrance fee for 2 works and awards will be given on the opening night May 9. The deadline for entry is Wednesday, April 22, 4:00 pm. For more info: bonitamuseuminfo@sbcglobal.net 619.267.5141. Keikichi Honna announced his latest call for Spamalot. Send him the best internet scam story you create, or you've heard/received. He says, “Originality is a big point, and no cookie cutter varieties. (and no Obama stimulus package deal thing). Winner will be announced sometime in the future. And s/he will be showered with cash award and some of my crappy art work!” We can wait to see the winner and what Honna makes of it. The dates for the 2009 ArtWalk on the Bay are now set for September 12 and 13 at downtown San Diego’s beautiful Embarcadero Marina Park North. This event showcases art in the most stunning waterfront setting imaginable. Each year, attendance has grown for this event, to an estimated 30,000 visitors in 2008. Warm, sunny San Diego weather and magnificent waterfront views make this event a must for fine artists. To apply, click here. A few openings are still available for artists seeking to exhibit at The Seaport Village Spring Art Show over Easter Weekend. In addition to all of the on display and for sale, there will also be live music and other performances at this family-friendly weekend event at San Diego's waterfront dining and entertainment complex. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, April 10, Saturday, April 11 and Sunday, April 12, and attendance is free of charge. Applications can be found on the website. More info: Sigal Brown 760.547.6832 There is a budding art area called Art in the Alley with a duplex located in north Spring Valley (south of Mount Helix). One side is a refurbished two bedroom Craftsman with a fenced yard and view for $1100 per month. The other is a Mammoth Mountain style open-beam wood ceiling with two bedrooms and an enclosed patio area which has paid utilities at $1200. Storage space is available for extra cost. Both are being refurbished in this with new tile, carpet, paint, and so forth. For more info: David Beck-Brown 619.957.4083 Gallery La Mesa is looking for artists to complete its fall 2009 line up. Please email art images and a short artists statement to Kirstin Sturdivan 619.462.5760 There is a new online literary and arts journal for San Diego just starting out. Check out The Latent Print. Not much information yet, but might be one to watch and they are requesting submission in lots of cultural areas. There are Only 3 Studios Left at the Barracks 19 Leasing which is the Art & Design Center in the North Promenade Barracks of the NTC Foundation (2690 Historic Decatur Road at Dewey Road, SD 92106) Just announced: The Balboa Park Learning Institute is a new professional education program of the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership, the collaborative body and collective voice of 24 diverse cultural institutions in Balboa Park, San Diego, California. They are looking for thier first Director to lead and shape the Learning Institute in the formative stages of its development into full operation.Submit a cover letter and resume via e-mail to bpcp@bpcp.org by Friday, April 10. TRANSITIONS Andrew Newell Wyeth (American, July 12, 1917— January 16, 2009) was one of the most recognized, appreciated and famous American contemporary artists; art historians have defined his art as sentimental and antithetical to the abstract theory of the 20th century. In honor of the artist, who passed away on January 16, 2009, the following two artworks, part of the permanent collection of SDMA, are now on view in the American gallery: The Pikes (1965) by Andrew Wyeth and Andrew Wyeth (1994) by Arnold Newman. Make sure to stop in soon to see these works. MUSEUMS The fragrance “OMA” will be launched Saturday, March 28 th from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the opening reception of Institutional Wellbeing: An Olfactory Plan for Oceanside Museum of Art. This site-specific installation created by conceptual artist Brian Goeltzenleuchter explores the perception of fragrance as an art media for interior environments. Goeltzenleuchter, a UCSD graduate and San Diego resident, will design the fragrance “OMA” to accompany the exhibition as both a scent presented in the installation and as a retail product available in the museum’s store so that visitors can incorporate the museum experience into their personal environment. The exhibition will be on view through August 9, 2009. Brian will also be making a scent portrait of curator Teri Sowell as part of the Movers and Shakers exhibition phase two coming in Jan of 2010. You can also join the OMA for a Daytime Bus Trip to the Getty Center Thursday, April 23 rd. The deluxe coach will depart from the museum at 10:00 am and return at 5:00 pm. For more info: Danielle Susalla 760.435.3722 We love that the Lux Art Institute is now free on Saturday April 4 from 11 to 5 for adults only on Wed April 15 and May 20 from 7 to 9 pm. Our thanks to Supervisor Pam Slater-Price, County of SD, City of Encinitas and the Mizel Family Foundation for making the wonderful resource free on those days. Currently in residence is Victoria Adams. More info:760.436.6611 Jane Hammond: Fallen will be on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego's downtown location from April 26 through July 5, 2009. The artwork is comprised of a low platform covered with over 4,000 digital prints of unique leaves, each inscribed with the name of a U.S. soldier killed during the war in Iraq. Also on view at the same time and location, Sandow Birk who The first comprehensive retrospective of the works of Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman, is coming to the Mingei in Balboa Park on March 29. This 50-year collaborative partnership exhibition focuses on their outstanding work in decorative art and design and highlighting their central role as designer-craftsmen who helped shape the California Mid-Century Modern style. Want to go to the Mingei but the bank balance is low? Community Sunday admission from noon to 4 p.m. is $5 for families and $3 for individuals the last Sunday of the month and they are throwing in a DISCOVER MINGEI! Museum Treasure Hunt with prizes. TIDBITS In Paris, the auction houses have discovered an under-served group of collectors. At Sotheby's Contemporary art sale in Paris this December, an astonishing 30% of the buyers were new to Sotheby's. Grégoire Billault, Director of the Contemporary Art department, identifies many of these new bidders as French and European collectors who have neither the time nor inclination to travel to London or New York to attend a sale. But when the art arrives in their backyard, so to speak, these collectors have propelled sales at Sotheby's in 2008 30% above the previous year despite the worldwide economic crisis affecting the December sales. Our home grown National city born John Baldessari makes a splash in Germany in the Museum Haus Lange. Catch this view of him sitting in a ear coach besides two nose wall vases. John and Yoko Ono are receiving the Golden Lions life time achievement awards at the Venice Biennale this year. Congratulations to Lori Lipsman and her co-exhibitor Hee Ouk Kim for their show at LA ArtCore (120 Judge John Aiso St. 90012) in Los Angeles on until March 29. If you thought you might get an NEA grant now that funds seem to be forthcoming, think again, unless you have already received a grant from them. The NEA is requiring that any applicant for the direct grants must have received an NEA grant within the last four years. The agency has set this requirement as a result of direction from the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB). OMB has recommended obligating funds to existing award recipients as a method of ensuring that the applicant pool can be considered quickly and to ensure quality. Complete details on applicant eligibility and the rest of the recovery grant program are available on the NEA's Recovery website . Under the “duh..” category, someone at the NEA spent money to prove that unemployment rates for artists has risen more steeply than other professional categories of employment. Give us a break or better yet, give us the cash! The parent company of The San Diego Union-Tribune announced that it has reached an agreement to sell the newspaper to the Beverly Hills private equity firm Platinum Equity for an undisclosed price. La Jolla-based The Copley Press Inc. had been seeking a buyer since July 2008, when it hired investment bankers to explore strategic options amid a nationwide decline in newspaper advertising and circulation.Today some people are strapped for cash, others strapped for kicks. Times are tight, and somehow bondage is back in style, with black straps pulling looks together, especially on the object of everybody’s favorite fetish─the feet. Step softly and break out your strappy sandals for Spring! The Bling SD Art Prize: New Contemporaries II opened at the Noel-Baza Fine Art ( 2165 India Street, SD, 92101) and will run until March 21 with a reception on March 13 from 6 to 9. Presented by the San Diego Visual Arts Network this is your chance to see all thirteen artists nominated for the SD Art Prize emerging artist category. More info: noel-baza@cox.net 619.876.4160 Were you one of the lucky ones to be at the panel Snapshots: Changing perspectives in the San Diego Art Scene with Philly Joe Swendoza (ArtRocks!), Robert Pincus (SD Union Tribune), Patricia Frischer (San Diego Visual Arts Network), and David White (Agitprop Gallery) and Moderator: Katherine Sweetman (Director, Lui Velazquez) and held at Art Produce Gallery and hosted by Lynn Susholtz (3139 University Ave, SD 92104). Here is your link to the summary of the evenings hot topics by Patricia Frischer with a chance to enter your comments. More info: Kevin Freitas (Art as Authority) 619.337.4891 We are so excited to see a new community project Art @ the Core in North Park and City Heights that utilizes art as a catalyzing force for positive change. They want to increase access, engagement and participation in the civic process through cultural development. Stone Paper Scissors, transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project, Eveoke Dance Theatre and North Park Main Street are all involved and Stone Paper Scissor s will have art classes every Thurs from 4:00-5:00 pm at North Park Recreation Center ( 4044 Idaho St. SD 92104). For more info: Lynn 619.584.4448 We don’t know how much money they raised at the Garage Sale at Agitprop in Northpark, but it was certainly a fascinating concept. Read all about the show written up by David White and see the photos at Art As Authority. Contributions were made by Joy Boe, Judith Pedroza, Eddie Miramontes, Josh Bellfy, Joe Yorty and David White himself. Cardiff artist Mireille Des Rosiers is featured in a solo exhibit during February at the Paul Bartl Gallery inside New Village Arts Theatre. Born and raised in Haiti, Des Rosiers earned arts degrees in Montreal and at UCSD and has exhibited her colorful oil and acrylic portraits around the world. She is involved in the Movers and Shakers project as an artist for both the first and second season. This exhibit ties into Black History Month and New Village Arts' opening of "Bulrusher," a Pulitzer Prize-nominated drama about black identity until March 1. If you have not seen this space, do drop in as it is much more than usual art lobby gallery. The painting looked super and we were glad to see landscapes as well as portraits by this artist to watch. More info: Laura Kurner 760.433.3245. Congratulations on her grand opening as Irina Negulescu’s new studio La Jolla Fine Art Gallery comes to life at 7602 Fay Ave on Sat, March 21st from 5-8 pm. More info: irina@negulescu.com We were there but the local film maker Jeff Durkin of Breadtruck Films has just released the Conspire documentary and it is as good as the evening. Thanks to Sanctuary 143 for producing the evening and posting the film. On the first weekend of February, my spies visited 5 different shows in North County including Mireille Des Rosiers’ show mentioned above. They were all jam packed….art is alive and well contrary to reports from nay Sayers. The West Coast Drawing Show at The Boehm Gallery at Palomar College ( 1140 West Mission Road, San Marcos, 92069 until April 4) was an elegant mix of very high quality work. We were thrilled especially to see art by Ted Washington, Robert Nelson, Anthony Beltran and one work by Cheryl Cotman. K.D. Benton showed a large hells angel type figure which gives you a clue to her inner fantasies perhaps! Some lovely banners, as always, at the Arts Alive 2009 Auction. Bidding starts at $150 and your can bid by phone at 760.943.1950. The live auction is May 31 at Cardiff Town Center Courtyard….that’s a first. Half the money goes to the artists and the rest to either 101 Artists Colony, Cardiff 101 or Leucadia 101. Cool jazz at Trios Gallery was on tap during their evening parties now held about once every two month, but watch for a busier schedule coming in the late spring. Hearts for Healing, a community project aiding Scripps Memorial Hospital in Encinitas and part of its Arts for Healing Program which is coordinated by Gerrit Greve, was a sell out with sales are going 100% to the hospital. You can still buy the book of these delightful works by the students of R. Roger Rowe School in Rancho Santa Fe and Santa Fe Christian School. Thanks to Nate & Ralyn Wolfstein for their generous donation for materials. Perry L. Meyer Fine Art (2400 Kettner Blvd. Suite 104 SD, 92101) presents “Clay Walker: A Retrospective” from March 13, 2009 – May 2, 2009 with an opening reception in conjunction with Kettner Nights Fri, March 13, 2009 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. clay Walker passed away in March of 2008 after spending his last years in Escondido. For more info 619.358.9512 info@plmeyerfineart.com Mary Brooks has resurfaced and is promoting works by Eliza Tolley now on display on the 18th Floor of the AT&T Building, 101 Broadway #1800, SD, 92101 on show until March 27. Her own works with Lory Smith on display at Mission Beach Coffee Break, 2888 Mission Beach Blvd, SD 92109. And watch for their new frame shop opening March 2nd on Kurtz Street. More info: 619.424.5886 Dragon Knights silts walker will knock you socks off at the anniversary celebration for the one year anniversary of the new Encinitas Public Libraryon Sat, Feb. 28, from 1:00-4:00pm. More info: Jim Gilliam 760.633.2746 OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN) The Beyond the Border International Contemporary Art Fair. San Diego’s first Contemporary Art Fair is scheduled for Sept. 2-4, at The Grand Del Mar Hotel and will feature 40 exhibitors from around the world showcasing over 500 works of art created by more than 200 established and emerging contemporary artists. The event is designed to attract over 3000-4000 international, national and regional qualified art collectors. This is a fair with a difference as it is dedicated to and will showcase the work of new contemporary art practices with an emphasis solo projects. Beyond the Border-Art, Inc, the producer, is a strategic business-consulting firm comprised of leading professionals in the areas of art, marketing, architecture and development. If you would like your gallery to be considered for BTBICAF please submit your application by going to the following link: http://beyondtheborder-art.com/exhibitors.html or by contacting Curatorial Director, Maureen Gibbons or Ann Berchtold The Art of Photography Show 2009 international exhibition at Lyceum Theatre Gallery in the Gaslamp is coming again and will open on Sat, August 29th, The Prospectus and entry details are now available with a deadline of May 22. The online entry process is very easy, simply filling out a short registration form and then uploading your images as JPEG files. Charlotte Cotton is the Judge for the Art of Photography Show 2009. Ms. Cotton is Curator and Head of the Photography Department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and is highly respected in the global photographic community, so it's a significant honor to be selected by her.$10,000 IN AWARDS (Double what was awarded last year) and still $25 for the first entry, $10 for each additional entry. Our hats are off to La Entrada or The Entrance which is new low-income housing development in Barrio Logan, but also a public art project that will transform the community of Barrio Logan. You can see the public mural installation video by Eduardo Cervantes, Carlos Solorio, Geraldine Lozano and Werc or go tot the corner of Beardsley and Logan Avenue and see the actual painting on two sides of the building. The next step is a collective group of artists, The Prizm Process, who will paint murals on the doors of resident’s homes, small business, and abandoned buildings. On Saturday, March 7, 2009 from 10 am to 2 pm, you can meet them at the center of Chicano Park, when they will distribute a map of doors and begin painting. Everything will be supplied. They are also holding a series of educational workshops all from 10 am to 2 pm. The next is Screening Roots on March 14th conducted by Phat Roots at Voz Alta Community Pictures on March 21 st is conducted by Carlos Solorio and meeting at Chicano Park, then disperse within the Logan Community to gather photographs of Logan. And finally Urban Textiles on March 28th conducted by Geraldine Lozano and Karina Valdez at The Gateway Apartments. For more info: Crol A thriving art teaching studio is for sale in La Jolla. Contact Sophie Plassard who is moving and trying to find an artist/teacher to take over about 40 students and her Birdrock La Jolla Art studio space starting in May. The New Children’s Museum is looking for some hip teens to join the Mind Your Own… Teen Advisory Council. Open to high school students from schools throughout San Diego County, the council offers direct input into the process of Museum programming and an opportunity to respond to exhibitions and programs. Access to artists and the opportunity to work alongside them is a central feature of the program. Learn more about how the Teen Council gets involved. Lux Art Institute is looking for a full time Director of Development to implement and grow all resource development activities including the annual and capital funds, major gifts, grant and foundation support, membership programs, sponsorship, special events, and planned giving. Bachelor’s degree with 3 – 5 years of fundraising and supervisory experience if needed with a firm grounding in writing, research, and strong attention to detail required. Contact Dan Buryj 760.436.1400 25th Anniversary Mission Federal ArtWalk Artist Project is seeking artists to create their own artistic interpretation of a kite in support of ArtReach art education program. The Art of the Kite will generate a great deal of publicity for the artists over the months prior to Mission Federal ArtWalk and will be featured in the event magazine, on their web site, and at displays throughout the county in the months leading up to the 25th Anniversary of Mission Federal ArtWalk. For more information, please email info@missionfederalartwalk.org New classes at the SD Art Department include: Plein Air Painting Weekend Workshop with Judith D'agostino, Get It While It's Hot: The Art Of Encaustic Painting with Josie Rodriguez, Basic Photography For Film & Digital Cameras with Tom Shjarback, Tool Stamping & Joining Metal with Denise Bonaimo, Find The Art In Collage: Express Yourself with Carla Christensen, Silk Painting II with Jan Janas and for the kids Art Around the World & More with Thia Nevius. More info: Andrea Chamberlain 619.299.4278. Urban Trees 6 call for artist was announced and artists must submit by April 6 at 5 pm. This is such a great project for SD and allows our sculptors to get paid ($2500) for making and then loaning their creations for all to see for 12 months. More info: 619.686.7247 The Women's Caucus for Art San Diego has a call for artists for their Herstory Exhibition: Ain't Nothing Gonna Stop Us Now! Juried Exhibition, March 7-29, 2009. This show is open to all women artists, held at the Women's History Museum and Educational Center located at 2323 Broadway #107, (Golden Hill) San Diego, (619) 233-7963. This multi-media exhibition will be juried by widely renowned artist, and S.D.S.U. Art Professor, Janet Cooling. Deadline for submissions: Saturday March 7. For prospectus and more information visit the website or call Cynthia Gott 619.508.7155 or Laura Jean Thompson 619.750.6205. If you live near Oceanside, here is an incentive to join the Oceanside Museum of Art Artists Alliance. They have put all a call for artist for their exhibit “Strokes of Color” to be held at Oceanside Art Gallery ( 602 Mission Avenue). Members of the OMA Artist Alliance are invited to submit up to four pieces of art for a juried show to be held March 7, to April 11. Entry is on March 7. For more info: Bev Stuber The Ordover Gallery at the San Diego Natural History Museum announced a call for entries for the Best of Nature Photography Show. Entrees may be submitted between January 15 and March 15, 2009. The international juried show of outstanding nature photography will be on view between June 27 and September 13, at both The Ordover Galleries. The show is juried by staff of the San Diego Natural History Museum and Abe Ordover. Entry due by March 15 online. For more info: 858.720.1121 MUSEUMS Watch for the new exhibitionCommesso: Made in America "Gemstone Fine Art" in The Parker Gallery, located on the 2nd level of Oceanside Museum of Art on view March 2 - May 1. Artist and Curator Dennis Paul Batt will talk about "Gemstone Fine Art" on Sat April 25th at 2:00 p.m. Commesso: Made in America is the first art museum exhibition of the American made fine art of creating commesso di pietre dure e tenere, stone mosaic pictures. The artwork is made from precise placement of hand cut rocks and gemstones, with an occasional shell or other hard material. Today Commeso is a nearly extinct art form with few American practitioners and is rarely exhibited. For more information: Danielle Susalla 760.435.3720. RSVP to lecture free with admission to the Museum: 760-434-8825. The Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA) 8 th Annual Mosaic Arts International juried exhibition takes place at the Museum of Man in Balboa Park from Feb 28-April 26. Included are seventy two exceptional mosaics selected from submissions by over 200 artists in seven countries chosen by an esteemed panel of judges including our own Irene de Watteville (Mover and Shaker 2008) who is a tile artist and Board Member of the Tile Heritage Foundation. Two other San Diego Artists were juried into the show: Kim Emerson and Laura Mika. “….This exhibition will inspire museum visitors as they discover the tactile innovation of contemporary mosaic art,” says Karen Ami, SAMA President. Four hundred SAMA members will convene March 25-28 in San Diego for the 8 th Annual Mosaic Summit which includes workshops, presentations by internationally recognized mosaic and design industry professionals, networking and a vendor show. The keynote speaker this year is SD’s James Hubbell, award winning artist and architectural designer. SAMA members will be giving back to the community hosting their conferences by working marathon style at Bayside Community Centerto create a mosaic mural masterpiece. For more info: Kim Emerson 619.379.1123 Hot off the press: Three Balboa Park museums – Mingei International Museum, the Museum of Man and the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) announced a three-month reduced admission program. From March 1 through May 25, 2009 (Memorial Day), the three museums will offer half-price admission on Saturday and Sunday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon. We couldn’t be more delighted to see such activity at The New Children’s Museum beginning in February; Design It, Print It is a chance to get creative carving with wax in the Paint Studio. Children will see their designs come alive when ink is added to create a one-of-a-kind print. The Design Studio will be transformed with Flower Power into a whimsical plastic garden, complete with a watering tower and moveable sculpture! Kids can create their own zany garden sculpture out of interlocking grass shapes or build a fantastic flower with color sticks, bottle caps, and recycled toy parts. But the biggest news is that a family of four can now go to your local library and check out a pass to visit the museum for free! The New Children’s Museum (NCM) is proud to launch Check Out The New Children’s Museum in partnership with San Diego Public Library. You get full membership benefits at the Museum. This includes free admission to the galleries, hands-on art projects in the studios, as well as discounts at the cafe and store. Want to know more about Art Resouces for Children in SD then please check out our new feature page especially for them. Mingei International Museum presents Masters Of Mid-Century California Modernism — Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman. This retrospective will present for the first time a comprehensive view of the Los Angeles-based couple’s collaborative partnership and their outstanding work in decorative arts and design, and will highlight their central role as designers who helped shape the California Mid-Century Modern style. The exhibition, which opens March 29 at the Museum’s Balboa Park location, will continue through October 18. Plus plenty of time to see Shibui - The Subtle Beauty of Japanese Craft extended to June 28 and India Adorned - Selections from Mingei International Museum’s Stephen Huyler Collection extended to September 6. More info: Martha Ehringer 619-239-0003, x. 113 In 1991, Lou Stoumen established an endowed gift to be given through Museum of Photographic Arts to a photographer whose work related in spirit to his own humanistic style of photography. Mikhael Subotsky, whose documentary photographs of South African prisons are both compassionate and revealing is the 2009 Stoumen Prize Winner, On view until May 17, Lou Stoumen Award Winners: The Legacy exhibition at MoPA begins with his photographs and continues with previous Stoumen winners Debbie Fleming Caffery (1996), Kenro Izu (1999), James Nachtwey (2002), and Gary Schneider (2006) by examining the photographs that won them the award alongside new work created after receiving it. Several new exhibitions start this month including: Considering Edward Curtis: Recent Gifts to the Permanent Collection and Picturing the Process: Exploring the Art and Science of Photography and join two other begun in January: Lou Stoumen: The Naked Truth and Edward Steichen: The Early Years. With an Ansel Adams show and the intriguing Jo Whaley: Theater of Insects coming this summer, it is a bumper year for MoPA. Beginning Thurs, February 19,the Lux Art Institute is asking for drop-off of fabulous designer unused or gently used items that are clean and in good condition. Drop-off hours are Monday-Friday, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, thru Friday, April 17. Lux Art Institute will be hosting an exciting, upscale Designer Estate Sale on Saturday, April 18, from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, to help raise funds for its education programs on Sat, April 18, from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM.Think: gowns, party dresses, sweaters, blouses, men's suits, handbags, shoes, silk scarves, hats, antiques, unusual objets d'art, unique furniture, china, and sports equipment. Everything and the kitchen sink!! 1550 S. El Camino Real, Encinitas, 92024 More info: 760.436.6611 We are sad at the passing of Aida Mancillas, a SD artist and city commissioner with the City of San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture. Aida Mancillas was an artist working in San Diego, California on projects ranging from paintings, installations, and artists books, to large scale public art works. She received her undergraduate degree in Visual Arts from Humboldt State University, and an M.F.A. in Visual Arts from the University of California, SD. Ms. Mancillas has received numerous awards for her work including a national fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for "works on paper," one of 17 awarded nationally in 1991. Her public art work has garnered Orchid Awards from the American Institute of Architects, SD, and has also been honored by the American Planners Association. Ricardo Vela is closing the Ricardo Vela Gallery which will now become an exclusively online website. Device Gallery has moved from La Jolla to central San Diego a 1815 B Main Street , 92103. Drawn to the juxtaposition between the classical and the unusual, the gallery features work bound by artistry and skill, rather than genre or medium. You can get more info about this gallery which exhibits work that embraces the spirit of invention and ingenuity from Amy at 619.278.8455 TIDBITS The high tech highlight of the SD Art Prize: New Contemporaries II was the use of dog tags with bar codes for each guest. A scanning camera took pictures and we could all see ourselves using the code number the next day online. So cool. Ego Id Media are leaders in One-to-One digital marketing solutions and the FotoZap picture marketing system is their baby. A group of California foundations, known as the Foundation Coalition, have been working together since June 2008 on grant making and community activities focused on the needs of minority-led and small grassroots nonprofits that serve minority populations. Their report “Strengthening Nonprofit Leadership and the Capacity of Minority-Led and Other Grassroots Community-Based Organizations” outlines their planning process and the initial grant making activities of the foundations. We found this information on the Annenberg Foundation website site. So check it out if it applies to your group. Read the Foundation Coalition's report, Strengthening Nonprofit Minority Leadership and the Capacity of Minority-Led and Other Grassroots Community-Based Organizations, for background and details. Good luck to the seven San Diego artists showing in Santa Ana in the show called Health. Adam Hathorn, Chandu Reading, Die Kuts, Monica Hoover, NEKO, thatkidpeep and SURGE. We were glad to see news of Christine Lee in a recycled project in SF. We loved her shim show at Art Produce last year. If you are a teaching artist in any discipline (visual arts, music, dance, theater, writing, etc.) or manage teaching artists, please register for the first National Teaching Artist Research Project. The Obama campaign pledged to advance arts education and to create an Artists Corps. What we learn through this study will help assure that new policies and practices create meaningful opportunities and real support for artists who do extraordinary work but who have rarely been recognized. This study focuses on teaching artists who live or work in the metro areas of Boston, Providence, or Seattle, in Chicago, and throughout California. For more info: Shawnee Barton, SD Artist and Arts Advocate or Nick Rabkin, Teaching Artist Research Project 773.256.6026. Americans for the Arts is pleased to offer three types of scholarships to arts leaders throughout the country to assist them in participating in the Americans for the Arts 2009 Annual Convention. The purpose of these scholarships is to provide assistance for arts professionals to attend the convention to network with peers and share strategies for success. Three types of scholarships are available; Emerging Leader, Underserved Community and a simple $500 for those who need the help. All applicants get a reduced rate of $375 to attend the conference. For questions regarding scholarships, please contact Stephanie Evans 202.371.2830. The U.S. Senate, during their consideration of the economic recovery bill, strongly approved an egregious amendment offered by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) that stated “None of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for any casino or other gambling establishment, aquarium, zoo, golf course, swimming pool, stadium, community park, museum, theater, art center, and highway beautification project.” Oh, dear. Artists Stacy Smith (SDVAN Movers and Shakers artist 2008) is knitting 44 sweaters in honor of our 44 th President Obama as part of her pledge to Starbucks! If you want to help, check out her blog and contact her. Local non-profit organization The San Diego Musicians Collective (co-founded with Jefferson Jay in 2005) is holding a fundraising benefit concert on Wednesday March 4 at 8 pm at The Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach. info:619.223.7625RAW January 2009
The SD ART PRIZE in its third year is proud to present thirteen local emerging artist chosen by art professional and leading artists. These New Contemporaries II Artists will be exhibited as a group at Noel-Baza Fine Art from Wednes. Feb 18 to Sat March 21. But wait, there’s more…..these artist are eligible to be chosen by Kim MacConnel or Richard Allen Morris, this year’s established artists for a mentored show at the L-Street Gallery of the Omni Hotel later in the year. The catalog for this show gives illustrations and biographical material about all the artists. ALL emerging artists in the SD region are eligible to be chosen by the established recipients each season including but not limited to nominated artists in this and previous New Contemporaries exhibitions. And even more, the public is invited to a reception for these artists on March 13 from 6 to 9 pm. Emerging Artists: David Adey, Tania Alcala, Michele Guieu, Keikichi Honna, Omar Pimienta, Daniel Ruanova, Marisol Rendon, Tara Smith, Matt Stallings, K.V. Tomney, Jen Trute, Gustabo Velasquez, Yuransky. Thanks to Troy Washington for his article Eyes on the Prize in Riviera Magazine page 42 Jan 2009, New Contemporaries II and the SD Art Prize, and to Robert Pincus, SD Union Tribune, MacConnel, Morris tabbed for S.D. Art Prize honors. There is a chance before that to hear Marisol Rendon speak about her work on Thurs, Feb 5, from 7 to 10 Pm at MCASD Downtown with Mely Barragán as they discuss their art on view in the exhibition, Drawing the Line. We were particularly impressed with the work of Keikichi Honna (SD Art Prize 2009) and Sandee Manuel who went to Tijuana to commission a giant piñata, when they also found a shop dedicated to making figures of Nativity scene. They were awe struck by the view of unfinished white baby Jesus figures without eyes, hung up side down all over the ceiling, and stack on the floor. So when they were invited to participate in Conspire organized by Sanctuary 143 , they used twenty blind baby-J figures to create a series of artworks. The event was held at a 1920's hotel building ( Martin Building+Flats, 401 Olive, SD, 92103) renovated into a hip apartment and was enjoyed by a large crowd. Commemorating our 44th president Obama, Keikichi Honna made a one dollar Obama Dollar bill from the real US one dollar bill. This is genuine legal tender and the same time limited edition art. Each dollar bill is numbered and signed (an edition of 44) and available for auction on eBay. You get the bill plus, one paper cup from Seven/Eleven and assortment of Change We Can Believe In (not exceeding 1US$). We were so happy to see three of our SD Art Prize artists on the Robert Pincus Art: Craft, vision, obsession – the right ingredients for creativity article which was rather like a best picks of 2008. Lael Corbin, David Adey and Eleanor Antin all made an impression. From The Russian Academy of Arts, St. Petersberg to the Community Room of the Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive, a Russian Art Exhibition of more than 45 artworks is a cultural exchange between Russia and Encinitas. Hosted by Studio 2nd Street and Synergy Art Foundation and funded by the City of Encinitas and Mizel Family Foundation both giving thanks to Ron and Vanessa Lemen who have worked for more than a year on this project. You are not too late to go to the reception on Sat, Jan 31, 4:00-7:00pm. With Art, Music and Refreshments and all free. Show continues until Feb 27 th. For more info: studio2ndstreet.com 760.479.1848 The ArtWalk team announced their exciting new partnership with Mission Federal Credit Union who is now the title sponsor of the newly named Mission Federal ArtWalk. They share together a concern for focus on art education for children (ArtReach) and community involvement. We are all delighted to know that this event has a solid future with this wonderful new collaboration. Mission Federal ArtWalk is April 25/26, 2009 – Noon to 6: and ArtWalk on the Bay is Sept 12/13, 2009 – 10 to 5. Congratulation to Sophie’s Art Gallery where they are celebrating ten years with a tin manGotta’ Have Heartexhibition and fundraiser on Fri, Feb 6 from 5:30 to 8 pm. More info: sophiesgallery@stmsc.org 619. 593.2205 We are all looking forward to the Bronowski Art & Science Forumon Thurs, February 5, at 6:30 PM when Reesey Shaw , Director, The Lux Art Institute will speak about the Lux and its evolution. The talk is at the Trustees Room, of the Salk Institute. For more info: Ron Newby. Appearing at the Lux right now is Jolynn Krystosek. Don’t miss a chance to view the exquisite wax floral relief carvings, large-scale paper cut-outs, and feather embellished watercolors of this young artist-in-residence who you can meet until January 31. The show continues until March 18 and there is a free Saturday from 1 to 4 on Jan 31. Now is a good time to see the newly cleaned and repaired 8 year old mural titled Journey toAztlán. Created by contemporary Mexican American artists Einar and Jamex de la Torre, the mural is located on the north and south retaining walls along Harbor Drive in front of the Convention Center in downtown San Diego. The City of San Diego through the Commission for Arts and Culture recently completed the conservation of this local City-owned work of art with finances from a National Endowment for the Arts grant. The mural pictorially illustrates a surreal dreamscape composed of six colors, studded with mirrored glass masks adapted from the enigmatic grinning and laughing masks of the Pre-Columbian Veracruz period. The San Diego Foundation has been awarded a two-year, $500,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to help fund the development of an online local news network to better inform San Diego citizens and inspire action. The Regional Information Initiative will have digital story stations and multi-media artists will be available in public libraries and other population hubs region-wide. A “San Diego-pedia” of people, places, things and other topics that distinguish the region will be developed. More than 150 artists and carvers from the United States, Canada and Japan will compete for awards and exhibit their work at the 36th annual California Open Wildlife Art Festival Feb. 14-15 at Liberty Station’s NTC Promenade in the Corky McMillin Event Center, 2875 Dewey Road, Point Loma. Show hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sat and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sun. Entry is $5. Children under 12 are free. The festival is sponsored by Pacific Southwest Wildlife Arts Inc., a nonprofit organization that promotes and supports wildfowl art, particularly the traditional hunting decoy. For more information, contact Bob Berry 619.588.7141 or 858.748.6643. One we were sorry to miss was the Charles Bronson and Elon Ebanks opening at the Vista Gallery. We were told almost 200 people attended over the 3 hours and sales in the thousands---the Musician Jam went to midnight. Luckily there was a video made and you can see it by clicking here. The same night was the Off Track Gallery opening in Encinitas and although there was no jam session, it was jam packed! Post Cards and Paper Dolls is the next show of new collage paintings by Susan Snyder at The Andrews Gallery starting on Feb 7 with a reception at 7 pm. This artist splits her time between San Diego and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and her style between abstract and collage kitsch. This show ends Feb 28. The Andrews Gallery ( 1002 N. Coast Highway, in Encinitas) is a new fine art gallery and live studio dedicated to providing fresh work of the highest quality to the North County San Diego community. Open 7 days a week. Call ahead for hours. 760.230.2680. OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN) On Sat Feb 14th, yes that is Valentine's Day, treat yourself to this unusual pairing of Dancing Brush Painting, Tai Chi and the Vietnamese Culinary Arts with chef, Jayne Nguyen Moulton, The class will begin at 10:00 a.m., ending 5-ish. (So you will still have time to dress for your romantic dinner) Fee is $150, which includes your dining experience and painting materials. For more info: Rosemary KimBal 760-943-7496 Call for Entries: Biennial Artists\' Books Juried Exhibition at the Athenaeum Unique and one-of-a-kind books or editions of no more than ten with awards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. There is a fee of $15 for Athenaeum members, $20 for non-members with a deadline to submit of March 6, 2009. Port of San Diego is seeking artists to submit proposals for original sculptural artworks for its Urban Trees 6 exhibit. Up to 30 proposals will be selected. Download Call-for-Artist (RFP) from Port web site. Artworks will be exhibited along North Embarcadero pedestrian promenade between Broadway & Hawthorn Street in San Diego. Deadline April 6. For more info: Allan Tait 619.686.7246/7247 Call for entries for Best of Nature Photography Show which is the International Photography Competition at the San Diego Natural History Museum. For more info check out the link or contact Lollo Enstad 619.255.0220 The on-going monthly group led by Pamela Underwood called The Expressive Arts Lab is now open to new members! Sat mornings from 10 to 12:30 for the next six months starting Feb 21 is $180 which includes the journal & all materials. The intention of this group is to provide a long term monthly commitment, thus ensuring a sense of safety to explore personal and global themes through visual art, sound, movement and poetry. With no art background necessary, this might be your place to start that New Year’s resolution to be more involved in the arts. More info: Pamela 858.857.8820 La Entrada or The Entrance is a project to paint a mural at the corner of Logan and Beardsley. There will be 10 to 12 diverse workshops in different venues within the Logan Community open for everybody in connection with this project. The workshop leaders like the workshops are from different artist backgrounds such as photography, film, painting, storytelling, writing, music, screen printing and graffiti art! In order of workshops these include Irene Castruita, Geraldine Lozano, Mario Torero, Vyal, Victor Ochoa, Werc, Phat Rootz, Carlos Solorio, Eduardo Cervantes, Armando de la Torre. Now it gets interesting: The Plan is to paint as many doors artistically within the Logan Community, including businesses doors, friend’s doors, community doors, abandoned buildings doors, doors without a home and then finding a home for them. No experience is necessary and all are invited to participate in any way they can. .Several sessions are planned with the first Sat, Feb 28 from 10 am to 2 pm at the center of Chicano Park and the second one on Sat. March 7 Saturday at the same time and place. Everything will be supplied. Contact Crol If you want to be more involved in this project, there is an orientation meeting on Sat. Feb 14 at 2 pm at Chicano Park. More info on that from Mario Torero . A call for artist comes in from the Art of Framing who is hosting “Idol Worship” a national juried group show in March. Artists are asked to submit pieces by email by February 27th featuring famous idols or icons throughout history. Good news, there is no entry fee. For more info: Blythe Goodwin 619.563.9770. Plus a bumper crop of artists studios are available at a variety of prices and sizes. Check out the opportunity listing for more details for spaces at SDAI , Barracks 19 Leasing at NTC Liberty Station, and even the new Yoga Swami in Encinitas where they are renting out studio and gallery spaces for the first time. MUSEUMS During the month of February, the San Diego Museum Council and Macy’s invite San Diegans to visit more than 30 participating institutions at half-price admission with a free Museum Month pass. With so many museums and organizations to visit—from botanical gardens to science, and animals to visual arts, the Museum Month pass is a chance to try it all! The special Museum Month brochure and pass, sponsored by Macy’s, will be available free of charge at all San Diego County Macy’s stores beginning February 1st. We are delighted to hear of this exhibition about one of the great visual artists of all time.The Da Vinci Experience will open at the SD Air and Space Museum (2001 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park) on Feb 1, and runs until Dec 31. The exhibition will contain reprinted art and interactive models built by a group of Florentine artisans who have spent the last half century studying the original notes and drawings of Da Vinci's various projects, and have created this international exhibition of fully-functional and interactive models of Da Vinci's creations. These models offer fun hands-on activities for all ages. The exhibition also has a classroom activity guide with historical information and activities about Da Vinci. The Museum’s Education Department is also offering a class about Da Vinci which you can read about in their Educator’s Guide. For more general info: Gail Brenner 619.234.8291 or call the Education Department on ext.119. New fun at the Oceanside Museum of Art with Art After Dark, which is a quarterly party starting Fri, Jan 30, 2009. From 7-10:00 pm. Cost is $15 but only $10 for OMA members and you will see their two shows Lowbrow Art: Nine San Diego Pop Surrealists (including Pamela Jaeger and Jen Trute both SD Art Prize) and Quilt Visions 2008: Contemporary Expressions plus a special video installations by local artists Robert Twomey and Peter Schwartz , hear DJ Danny Massure, eat sushi from Harney Sushi, drink beer from Stone Brewing Co and there will be a drawing workshop with OMA Art instructor Harry Hamernik so you can get your hands dirty as well! But for free you can become an artist for a day on Family Fun Day Feb 1 st from 1:00-4:00 p.m. You can create a unique hand made art quilt. No sewing experience is needed. Children can also enjoy an informational docent tour geared specifically for kids at 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego will open Cerca Series 2009 with Javier Ramírez Limón at its La Jolla location. The exhibition--curated by MCASD Assistant Curator, Lucía Sanromán, will feature photographic works by this Tijuana-based artist who documents different moments in the process of migration and adaptation of Mexican communities in the Southern United States. Javier Ramírez Limón is the fifth recipient of MCASD's annual purchase award honoring regional artists of exceptional promise.On view through May 10, 2009. And don’t forget the Jasper Johns: Light Bulb, on view through May 10, 2009. A traveling exhibition organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Jasper Johns: Light Bulb focuses on Johns’ first sculpture, Light Bulb I (1958), a recent gift to MCASD. The exhibition brings together for the first time Johns’ light bulb sculptures and related drawings and prints, including several drawings and modified prints from the artist’s collection that have never before been exhibited. Debby and Larry Kline announces their new exhibition Divi/nation opening at the California Center for the Arts Museum on Feb 7 from 6 to 9 and continuing until June 21. The Klines will discuss their work on March 14, from 2-3 PM. Then on May 16 th visitors are invited to interact with artwork by playing The Game at Hand while the artists film participants playing this unusual game of chess. For more info Teresa Ramirez 760-839-4111 Also at California Center for the Arts MuseumBetween - works from the past 8 years of Nina Waisman (SD Art Prize emerging artist 2008), opening at the same time and including 2 recent interactive sound works, as well as prints and paintings sharing similar concerns. TRANSITIONS Barrack Obama has moved into the White House. Quincy Jones has started a petition to ask President-Elect Obama to appoint a Secretary of the Arts. While many other countries have had Ministers of Art or Culture for centuries, The United States has never created such a position. We in the arts need this and the country needs the arts--now more than ever. If you agree with this request, please take a moment to sign this important petition and then pass it on to your friends and colleagues. On Wednesday, January 21, 2009, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee considered an $825 billion economic recovery package that currently includes $50 million in special funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and a number of other arts-related items. Americans for the Arts and The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) presented the Public Leadership in the Arts Awards at the USCM winter conference on January 19, 2009, in Washington, DC. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger received the State Arts Leadership Award for his support of increased funding for arts education by $600 million in 2006. An alliance of arts leaders and policymakers in San Francisco convened in December to launch a National Campaign to Hire Artists to Work in Schools (NCHAWS) by using federal job stimulus funds. The concept has been presented to the Obama-Biden Transition Team and to Speaker Nancy Pelosi for consideration under the new Administration's prodigious Jobs and Growth stimulus package. Artists of all stripes represent a cost-effective investment to bring their performing, visual, and technical talents to a variety of school, neighborhood, housing, health, and community development settings. In the coming weeks, the steering committee of the National Campaign will be engaging artists and arts advocates in all 50 states in the elaboration of this proposal and building a broad-based constituency to promote its adoption by the new Administration and Congress. For more information and to add your endorsement: Michael Nolan, project consultant, 415-282-9043 TIDBITS We were delighted to hear that Becky Guttin’s "Migration Kit" was selected by MOCA curator Alma Ruiz for inclusion in “Women Artists on Immigration: Crossing Borders, Confronting Barriers, Bridging Identities.” The exhibition will be on view at the Korean Cultural Center ( 5505 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90031) from February 20 to March 7, 2009. Kudos to local artists Sherry Krulle-Beaton whose work Rainclouds was displayed in the annual Topanga Canyon Gallery Juried Open Exhibit chosen by Laddie John Dill. Dr Nicholas Penny , the director of the National Gallery in London, who has previously criticized the growth of blockbuster exhibitions that offer up major artists, is advocating recession austerity for 2009 with exhibitions consisting of a single work of art and costing only £1. "It is about learning to look at one picture and that is what people did, they stood for a long time and looked, puzzled over it, drew it, argued about it….." If things get worse we suggest Penny charges a penny. On a cold Washington DC morning Joshua Bell stood for 45 minutes at a metro station playing Bach violin concertos. Only 6 people stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but walked on. He collected $32. The violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the finest musicians in the world. On a three and a half million dollar violin, he played one of the most challenging concertos written. Two days before playing in the subway, Bell sold out a Boston theater where admission was in the hundred dollar range. Playing incognito in the metro station, he had been invited by the Washington Post to take part in a social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. Our choice of art travel destination is Doha, Qatar. Last fall was the grand opening of the Museum of Islamic Art, said to be the last cultural building by I.M. Pei, the 91-year-old architect. The city also boast a number of new contemporary art galleries in Doha’s historic souk, the Souq Waqif. The Emir and his daughter are said to be responsible for this focus on the arts. Alexandra Rosa
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