EVENTS

2007-2008 SD ART PRIZE
Recognition of Excellence in the Visual Arts

IMPORTANT DATES:

Current Exhibition:

SD Art Prize in North County
Innocence is Questionable
Featuring all 2006/2007 SD Art Prize Artists
Raul Guerrero and emerging artist Yvonne Venegas
Jean Lowe and emerging Artist Iana Quesnell
Ernest Silva and emerging Artist May-ling Martinez
Opening Reception: March 1, 2008 6 - 9 pm Free for members of CCAE, $10 to non-members
Exhibition March 1 to May 31, 2008
curated by Mary Catherine Ferguson, museum director
Innocence is Questionable Press Release
Gallery Talk by  Yvonne Venegas. March 5, 2008 12:30pm - 1:30 pm followed by In Studio until 3 pm:Demystify the art making process with an artist demonstration.
Gallery Talks 2:00pm - 3:00pm:
Ernest Silva April 2
Jean Lowe May 3
Iana Quesnell May 10
Raul Guerrero May 16
May-Ling Martinez May 23
California Center for the Arts, Escondido
340 N. Escondido Blvd. Escondido, 92025
Hours : Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sunday Noon - 4:00 p.m. Closed Mondays
For more info: 760.839.4170 Teresa Ramirez, Assistant Director of Communications for Institutional Programs, CCAE

Vision to Page Competition: Enter on line through the North County Times
Enter now at vision2page.nctimes.com
Words on Art in support of the exhibition, Innocence is Questionable
Featuring   2006/2007 SD Art Prize Artists
Raul Guerrero and emerging artist Yvonne Venegas
Jean Lowe and emerging Artist Iana Quesnell
Ernest Silva and emerging Artist May-ling Martinez
California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum as above
This competition is sponsored by SD Visual Arts Network ($400 in prizes) and the North County Times who are supplying the judges, online entry form as well as publishing the winners. Press release

Upcoming Exhibitions:

SD Art Prize
Dangerous Women: Eleanor Antin with emerging artist Pamela Jaeger
Opening Reception: May 17, 7 pm to 9 pm
Cap and Julie Pinney - honorary chairpersons
Exhibition continues June 30, 2008
R3 Gallery 2421 India Street San Diego, 92101
Gallery Hours: by appointment only
Art Notes on Eleanor Antin and Pamela Jaeger edited by Ingrid Hoffmeister with Bettie-Sue Hertz, San Diego Museum of Art Contemporary Curator; Kevin Freitas, Art as Authority; Mark Murphy, Cultural Instigator, Collector, Publisher and owner Murphy Designs and Alice Diamond.
Eleanor Antin: Historical Takes will be on display at the San Diego Museum of Art from July 19–November 2, 2008.

Past Exhibitions:

Research: Roman de Salvo and emerging artist Lael Corbin
Opening Reception: Sat. Jan 26, 7 pm to 9 pm
Patti and Coop Cooprider - honorary chairpersons
Wine/Beer and Hors D'oeuvres, DJ: Ejival Jimenez
Exhibition continues April 19, 2008.
L Street Gallery 628 L Street, San Diego, 92101
(Across from the Omni Hotel)
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm
Art Notes on Roman de Salvo and Lael Corbin edited by Ingrid Hoffmeister with Ellen Phelan, art actvist and educator, Doug Simay, Simayspace and Kevin Freitas, Art as Authority

STOP. YIELD. MERGE: Marcos Ramirez ERRE and emerging artist Allison Wiese
Opening Reception: September 29, 7 pm to 9 pm
Vivian Lim and Joe Wong - honorary chairpersons
Exhibition continues Jan 18, 2008
Road signs and eye charts dominate this show – both artists use these ready-made architectural fabrications to express truths or observations that communicate ideals of individuality, anachronistic displacement, as well as social and political sentiments that are both present and archaic.
L Street Gallery 628 L Street, San Diego, 92101
(Across from the Omni Hotel)
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm
Art Notes on Marcos Ramirez Erre and Allison Wiese edited by Ingrid Hoffmeister
with Erika Torri, Joan & Irwin Jacobs Executive Director Athenaeum Music & Arts Library; Larry Poteet and Lucía Sanromán, Assistant Curator Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

SD Art Prize: 2006/2007
Fata Morgana: New works by Raul Guerrero and emerging artist Yvonne Venegas
Opening Reception: August 26, 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Cocktails and Hors D'oeuvres, DJ Ejival
Jonathan and Wendy Segal, Jonathan Segal Architecture and Development- honorary chairpersons
Exhibition continues August 26th – November 8th
L Street Gallery 628 L Street, San Diego, 92101
(Across from the Omni Hotel)
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm
Art Notes on Raul Guerrero and Yvonne Venegas edited by Ingrid Hoffmeister with Teddy Cruz UCSD, Stephanie Hanor MOCA and Julia Fry,SD Foundation
Robert Pincus, Union Tribune, Sept 7 review of Fata Morgana "Heads of the Class"

SD Art Prize: 2006/2007
Green Acres featuring Jean Lowe and Emerging Artist Iana Quesnell
James Robbins, AIA, Principal at RJC Architects - honorary chairperson
Exhibition continues November 18, 2006 – February 16, 2007
L Street Gallery 628 L Street, San Diego, 92101
(Across from the Omni Hotel)
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm
Art Notes on Jean Lowe and Iana Quesnell edited by Ingrid Hoffmeister with Derrick Cartwright, executive director of the San Diego Museum of Art and Amy Adler, professor UCSD
Art Rocks Interview with Quesnell, Nov, 2006
Robert Pincus, Union Tribune, Behind the Scenes, Dec, 2006

SD Art Prize: 2006/2007
Domestic Deviation: Ernest Silva and Emerging Artist May-ling Martinez
Opening Reception:Sat. March 3, 7 to 9 pm
Cocktails and Hors D'oeuvres
Larry and Debra Poteet - honorary chairpersons
Exhibition continues March 3 – June 17, 2007
L Street Gallery 628 L Street, San Diego, 92101
(Across from the Omni Hotel)
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm
Art Notes on Ernest Silva and May-ling Martinez edited by Ingrid Hoffmeister with Tina Yipella, director SDSU Art Gallery/Foundation and Mary Beebe, Stuart Collection of USCD.

SD Art Prize 2007/2008: New Contemporaries
Featuring Emerging Artist nominated for the SD Art Prize 2007/2008
Simayspace at the Art Academy
Tania Candiani, Alida Cervantes, Lael Corbin, Matt Devine, Brian Dick, Christopher N. Ferreria,
 Andy Howell, Pamela Jaeger,   Nina Karavasiles, Ben Lavender, Camilo Ontiveros, Jason Sherry,  Tristan Shone, Shannon Spanhake, Brad Streeper,  Nina Waisman, Allison Wiese
Opening reception: June 22 from 6 pm to 9 pm
Exhibition continues until July 27, 2007
840 G Street, Downtown SD, 92101
619.231.3900 doug@simayspace.com
Hours:  Monday through Friday 9 am - 6 pm, Saturday 9 am - 1 pm
Event Media sponsor: The Espresso
Click here for your invite to the reception on June 22
Simayspace New Contemporaries by Doug Simay , June 17,2007
Art Rocks Interview: New Contemporaries with Doug Simay and Shannon Spanhake, June 2007
LetsPlayDowntown view the opening, meet the people, see the art!

2006/2007 SD Art Prize Finale Exhibition
Featuring All SD ART PRIZE Artists
Raul Guerrero and emerging artist Yvonne Venegas
Jean Lowe and Emerging Artist Iana Quesnell
Ernest Silva and Emerging Artist May-ling Martinez
Opening Reception: June 30, 6:30 to 9 pm
Cocktails and Hors D'oeuvres
DJ Music and Performance by Sledgehammer Theatre presenting “I Once Was” by Scott Feldscher and Pea Hicks performed by Markee Rambo-Hood. This is a brief sketch for a future Sledgehammer Site-Specific Opera and is the same team that was voted one of the best the theatrical experiences of the year by the Union Tribune for their 4 part Awake series. The piece runs approximately 15 minutes and will perform continuously between 6:30-7:15 p.m. and again between 7:45-8:30 p.m
Exhibition continues until September 15.
L Street Gallery 628 L Street, San Diego, 92101
(Across from the Omni Hotel)
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm
Special Omni room rates $199 for those attending the opening

Performance Slam multi-genre Invitational, April 20 from 5 to 7 pm
in support of the exhibition, Innocence is Questionable
Featuring   2006/2007 SD Art Prize Artists
Raul Guerrero and emerging artist Yvonne Venegas
Jean Lowe and emerging Artist Iana Quesnell
Ernest Silva and emerging Artist May-ling Martinez

Performers:
Art criticism - Kevin Freitas, Art as Authority
Dance - Sara Plaisted ,  Urban Tribal 
Instrumental - Zuriel Waters
Poetry -  Jaysen Waller
Performance art -   Ted Washington, Pruitt Igoe
Satire -  Ed Decker
Theater - Marilyn Klisser and Aura Thielen, Emerge Art Center
California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum
This competition is sponsored by SD Visual Arts Network ($100 prize for the one voted best by the attending public) $5 entrance fee

LOCATIONS:

EXHIBITIONS
Downtown SD
L STREET GALLERY
OMNI HOTEL / 628 L STREET, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101

SIMAYSPACE at the Art Academy
840 G Street, Downtown SD, 92101

North County
CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS, ESCONDIDO
340 N. Escondido Blvd. Escondido, 92025

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