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SDVAN Monthly Message for Jan 2024
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Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,

Don't ask what it means or what it refers to. Don't ask what the work is. Rather, see what the work does. – The twelve and last quote from Eva Hesse

 Our current banner is in support of Challenging the Inner Critic , clay workshop led by Ellen Speert and Cheryl Tall on how to hand build a representation of the voice that shouts or whispers unwanted messages, bringing the opportunity to quiet (if not totally silence) her is on Jan 13 from 9 to 5 in Encinitas And leter in Jauary, we are happy to support the . David Zapf Collection at Phes Gallery from Jan 21 – Feb 17. Opening Sun. Jan 21, 1- 4 pm will benefit the Zapf family. Artists include David Baze, Johnny Coleman, Raul Guerrero, DeLoss McGraw, and Philipp Scholz Rittermann.

A+ Art Blog: 2024 State of the Arts by Patricia Frischer

Art Resource Focus:
The Studio Door Unleashed by Patric Stillman

New SmArt Collector:
Trends from Artpser in 2023/2024
This is a summary overview of the 2023 Art Market report on global collecting by Art Basel & UBS. The report is based on surveyed High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs), described as “those with disposable household financial assets of over $1 million in 2023 who purchased work over $10k.

Read the entire  RAW column  for December 2023

OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN)

The San Diego Visual Arts Network and Mission Fed ArtWalk are please to again off The Business of Art Scholarship for the 2024 Mission Fed ArtWalk in Little Italy on April 27 and 28. The scholarship will be awarded to one emerging visual artist who has a body of work to be shown and sold at the event. To apply for The Business of Art Scholarship, kindly fill out this two-page application and submit it along with five photographs of five artworks created by you to sean@artwalksandiego.org by 5:00 pm, January 12, 2024. Applications will be reviewed by The Business of Art Scholarship partners and one scholarship recipient will be announced in early 2024.

Calling all artists teachers! The new Pacific View Arts Center, part o fhte Coity of Encinitas Art Program is asking for innovative and exciting new visual arts courses for their soft launch in the summer of 2024. Classes that speak to sustainability and inclusion and that include a variety of cultures would be welcome. Healing Arts, fiber arts, printing making, all painting mediums and genres are included plus whatever you can invent that can be accommodated! Lectures, workshops, series of studio classes are all possible. The center is for all the arts, so courses that cross over from dance, music, drama, spoken word are also considered. The application gives you more details and they have newly made it super easy to pay for inexpensive liability insurance. Get your application in by mid-January and start a discussion with the arts programming department. If your class is too large (approx. over 17) for Pacific View, they can fit you into another Encinitas class room facility. It could be a class on using natural materials to make your own watercolors, using thrift store find to make cosplay costumes, Classes/lectures could deal with upcycling, legacy, belonging, experimentation, commemoration, renewals, monetizing your art…if you have a theme suitable for Encinitas, go for it! More info: Jess Roberts 760633.2745

F1VEart Studio & Gallery at Liberty station is renting their front gallery space in Feb, April, June August and Oct in 2023 for two weeks each for a fee of $300 for Southern Californian artists. This generously includes a studio space for the two weeks with no commission on work sold. Contact: f1ve@f1veart.com

Bread & Salt 2024 Artist in Residence program awards residencies to local, national and international artists each year. Residencies of three months include studio and gallery space. Artists selected for this program are at all stages in their careers and work in all media. Deadline Dec 31.

Art Produce 2024 Artist in Residence also has a deadline is Dec. 31. Residencies are project based, intended to support development of new work or on-going works. Artists in any discipline and at any stage of their careers may apply. Residencies are scheduled March-September and vary in length from several weeks to several months.

Oceanside Theater’s next call for artist will launch Dec 20 with the theme Black Perspective - Community, Family, Heritage. These exhibitions are always themed with the performances.Make sure and join their mailing list to get notices.

The Studio Door is making a call for artwork that represents the many faces of the Crow in reality and fantasy. The Crow Show 2024 from March 1 - 30, 2024 is jurored by Patric Stillman with a deadline for applications of Jan 31, 2024. Other deadlines include Proud+ 2024 (7th national exhibition of LGBTQIA+ visual arts) July 2 - Aug 3, 2024 with application deadline: May 28 and Liberated Forms is seeking artwork that represents body and sex positive visual art and is a celebration of Diversity and Desire, 2024 from August 8 - 31, with applications deadline July 6, 2024. More info: forallweknow@thestudiodoor.com 619-255-2867

REMEMBER:

 There were 250 submission to the cycle being reviewed by World Design Capitol 2024 Programs and San Diego Tijuana WDC Design Council which is composed of a diverse group of community members and leaders in design. December 4 is the date they will notify applicants of their status. They also announced their plans to launch a new opportunity called the WDC 2024 Community-Driven Design Grants Program. This program aims to support local organizations and businesses in delivering community-driven design activities that engage diverse communities across the city and align with the objectives and outcomes of WDC 2024. The grant opportunity guidelines and proposal applications are now available and due Jan 31, 2024.

Submissions are now open until Jan 28th for OMA’s fourth Teeny Tiny Art Mart. is on! Create your 5" x 5" miniature masterpiece for a great cause. All works will be sold for $25 to help spread the word that art is for everyone with 100% of the proceeds helping to support OMA’s education initiatives.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in a partnership with South Arts and in collaboration with the other five U.S. Regional Arts Organizations, ArtsHERE will provide non-matching grant support for organizations that will strengthen grantees’ capacity to sustain meaningful community engagement and increase arts participation for underserved groups/communities. Ninety-give nonprofit organizations will get grants between $65,000 to $130,000. The deadline to submit a statement of interest is Fri, Jan19, 2024. Visit ArtsHERE.org   to apply. 

The Department of Art, Media, and Design at California State University San Marcos accepts applications on an on-going basis for their pool of part-time lecturers in Art and Visual Culture as well as Digital and Media Arts . Salary is commensurate with credential and experience.

You can see a list of Upcoming, Ongoing events and Virtual events always listed on SDVAN and our App map .

Remember Your donations are fully tax deductible SDVAN is a 100% volunteer organization with no brick and mortar overheads and so all your donations go to our programming needs. We also remind you that money given to SDVAN is money given to help the visual arts in the entire region of San Diego prosper and be recognized as a vibrant and creative resource. Please consider becoming more involved with SDVAN by giving of your time, expertise, and with you r donations . Those of you who can give $25 of more will be listed on the permanent sponsor page .  Feel free to contact us with suggestions or questions .

With kindest regards,

Patricia Frischer coordinator, SDVAN, patricia@sdvisualarts.net 760.943.0148

On a personal note:
Thank you to all that attended the SDVAN Holiday Potluck Lunch. It was splendid to see old friends and meet new colleagues. The food was outrageously good as always. There were a few forgotten items (a silver dish, a purple platter and a hand knit sweater vest) so if you are missing anything let me know. All the left-over accessory items have now gone to the Senior Hospice Charity Shop in Encinitas. I first suggested taking it to the Animal charity shop in Cardiff until someone asked me why a cat when need silver high heels!

Please SAVE the DATE: On Thurs. Jan 25 from 10 to12:30, there will be a united county-wide presentation of the results of the Arts and Economic Prosperity 6 report at the Museum of Photographic Arts . Seven local cities and 2 cultural districts gathered data for this national study. Randy Cohen from Americans for the Arts will make the key note speech and there will be a panel discussion.

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SDVAN Monthly Message for February, 2024
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Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,

 Form is beautiful because it helps us meet our worst fear, the suspicion that life may be chaos and therefore our suffering is without meaning. Robert Adams

Our banner is in support of a united county-wide presentation of the results of the Arts and Economic Prosperity 6 report at the Museum of Photographic Arts: The Unveiling Impact of AEP6: A Morning of Arts and Culture . Seven local cities and 2 cultural districts gathered data for this national study. Randy Cohen from Americans for the Arts will make the key note speech with a panel discussion. Thurs. Jan 25 10 to 12:30. Free but RSVP .

Art Reports by or about SDVAN by local writers

David Zapf Collection at Phes Gallery from Jan 21 – Feb 17 Picked RAW Peeled by Patricia Frischer
The Literati Influence on Contemporary Chinese Art Picked RAW Peeled by Patricia Frischer
Artists and Musicians Fill in the [BLANK] at St. Paul’s Cathedral Picked RAW Peeled by Lonnie Burstein Hewitt. Photos by Maurice Hewitt
20th SDVAN/ Synergy Anniversary, Ranch and Coast Magazine, Jan 2024

Art Resource Focus: Synergy Arts Foundation by Naomi Nussbaum

Read the entire  RAW column  for January 2024

OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN)

Arts: A Reason to Survive (ARTS') Board of Directors is leading a search for the next Executive Director & CEO. James Halliday has left that position after a wonderful period of energizing the organization.

Art on 30 th is making a call for artists for Red Hot Regional Show at the Ashton Gallery. Submit by Fri, Jan 26 th for this February show that celebrates red and is jurored by artist Jason Humphrey. Entry Fee: 2 for $35, 4 for $45.

The World Capitol Design SD/TJ 2024 is hiring for an expanded team. Communications & Marketing Intern- Photographer , Videographer & Editor, and Project Manager . Deadline to apply is Feb 1 so submit your resume, portfolio, and a cover to wdc@wdc2024.org .

It looks like the Hilton in Carlsbad is looking for a new Sales Gallery Coordinator . Art History is one of the skills required although the skills don’t seem all related to art galleries duties. It is full time, onsite employment.

Size Matters is Medium Photo’s annual juried exhibition celebrating small works in photography including a $1000 Purchase Prize with additional awards up to $500. Works under 10” long with all 3D photo-based works to daguerreotypes, archival inkjet prints, cyanotypes welcome. Juried by Crista Dix of the Griffin Museum in Winchester, MA, on view April 2-30 at the Athenaeum Music and Arts Center in Barrio Logan. Submissions due Feb 11.

The UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute (QI)’s Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts and Sciences (IDEAS) is now accepting proposals for its 2024 season to propose works that push the boundaries of their disciplines. Submission for the $1500 grant is due by Feb 15 but only open to UC San Diego faculty, alumni, and graduate and undergraduate students. More info: call for proposals online.

The California Art Education Association (CAEA) is holding their Annual K-8 Student Exhibition from Feb 26 to Mar 26 at the Carmel Public Library. Delivery of art is due Feb 22.

REMEMBER:

San Diego Natural History Museum is looking for a new Volunteer Coordinator. This is a part-time on-site job that pays $21 - $23/hr.

Studio Ace is looking for a Shop Manager at $18 - $22. This position will be responsible for the running of their community gift shop, working collaboratively with the Studio ACE Gallery and Education segments of the organization.

AFROTURE is a photography and lens-based art event that amplifies Afro-Diasporan work. Submissions for I See You: Beauty Through The Black Len s are due Jan. 31. The exhibit is Feb. 24 at Luxe Gallery at City College.

Calling all artist teachers!  The new Pacific View Arts Center part of the  City of Encinitas Art Program  is asking for innovative and exciting new visual arts courses for their soft launch in the summer of 2024. Classes that speak to sustainability and inclusion and that include a variety of cultures would be welcome. Healing Arts, fiber arts, printing making, all painting mediums and genres are included plus whatever you can invent that can be accommodated!  Lectures, workshops, series of studio classes are all possible.  The center is for all the arts, so courses that cross over from dance, music, drama, spoken word are also considered. The  application  gives you more details and they have newly made it super easy to pay for inexpensive liability insurance. Get your application in by mid-January and start a discussion with the arts programming department. If your class is too large (approx. over 17) for Pacific View, they can fit you into another Encinitas class room facility. It could be a class on using natural materials to make your own watercolors, using thrift store find to make cosplay costumes, Classes/lectures could deal with upcycling, legacy, belonging, experimentation, commemoration, renewals, monetizing your art…if you have a theme suitable for Encinitas, go for it!  More info:  Jess Roberts  760633.2745

F1VEart Studio & Gallery  at Liberty station is renting their front gallery space in Feb, April, June August and Oct in 2023 for two weeks each for a fee of $300 for Southern Californian artists.  This generously includes a studio space for the two weeks with no commission on work sold. Contact:  f1ve@f1veart.com  

The Studio Door  is making a call for artwork that represents the many faces of the Crow in reality and fantasy. The Crow Show 2024 from March 1 - 30, 2024 is jurored by Patric Stillman with a deadline for  applications  of Jan 31, 2024. Other deadlines include Proud+ 2024 (7th national exhibition of LGBTQIA+ visual arts) July 2 - Aug 3, 2024 with application deadline: May 28 and Liberated Forms is seeking artwork that represents body and sex positive visual art and is a celebration of Diversity and Desire, 2024 from  August 8 - 31, with  applications  deadline July 6, 2024. More info:  forallweknow@thestudiodoor.com  619-255-2867

There were than 250 submissions to this cycle being reviewed by World Design Capitol 2024 Programs and  San Diego Tijuana WDC Design Council  which is composed of a diverse group of community members and leaders in design. They also announced their plans to launch a new opportunity called the WDC 2024 Community-Driven Design Grants Program. This program aims to support local organizations and businesses in delivering community-driven design activities that engage diverse communities across the city and align with the objectives and outcomes of WDC 2024. The  grant opportunity guidelines and proposal applications  are now available and due Jan 31, 2024.

Submissions  are now open until Jan 28th for OMA’s fourth Teeny Tiny Art Mart. is on! Create your 5" x 5" miniature masterpiece for a great cause. All works will be sold for $25 to help spread the word that art is for everyone with 100% of the proceeds helping to support OMA’s education initiatives.  

With kindest regards,

Patricia Frischer coordinator, SDVAN, patricia@sdvisualarts.net 760.943.0148

On a personal note:

 I am looking forward to seeing as many of your as possible at the MOPA where the results of the County wide Arts and Economic Prosperity report will be announced. The Unveiling Impact of AEP6: A Morning of Arts and Culture . Join me at 10 am for coffee and a pastry. Thurs. Jan 25 10 to 12:30. Free but RSVP .

Find time to visit David Zapf Collection at Phes Gallery until Feb 17, with a walk through Sat . Jan 27 at 5 pm to learn more about the work and put a bid on the art for sale. The closing reception and announcement of silent auction results on Sat. Feb 17th.

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SDVAN Monthly Message for March 2024
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Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,

Aethetics are higher than ethics. Oscar Wilde

Our banner this month is in support of Octavia E. Butler: Seeding Futures at the New Children’s Museum is aroom-sized installation inspired by Butler’s story to imagine worldmaking in fantastical ways to adapt to and shape change in the future. Opens March 7 th.

See It Now: A Sensory Extravaganza in Escondido Picked RAW Peeled By Lonnie Burstein Hewitt.
The Russell Lecture: Elliott Hundley - Too much? Picked RAW Peeled by Patricia Frischer
Octopi + AI @ Gallery QI Picked RAW Peeled By Lonnie Burstein Hewitt.
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Picked Ripe: Words and Photos by Lonnie Burstein Hewitt
Superflex: Beyond the End of the World and Artists in Conversation at ICA San Diego / North Picked RAW Peeled by Patricia Frischer
Poetry in Motion: The wind-friendly sculptures of Jeffery Laudenslager
Encinitas Advocate and Picked RAW Peeled by Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, photos by Maurice Hewitt
Seen and Unseen at Oceanside Museum of Art
Picked RAW Peeled by Patricia Frischer
Korean Artistry Inside & Outside SDMA
Picked RAW Peeled By Lonnie Burstein Hewitt. Photos by Maurice Hewitt.
Art Unites Community Conversation: AI Art and the Future of AI
Picked RAW Peeledby Blanca Lucia Bergman
SDVAN Summary: Arts and Economic Prosperity 6 County-Wide Unveiling – Advocating locally for the Arts
Picked RAW Peeled by Patricia Frischer
SDVAN Summary: City of San Diego Creative Economy Report on Creative Business and Non-Profit Communities Picked RAW Peeled by Patricia Frischer
SDVAN Summary: Americans for the Arts Advocacy 101 - Advocating for the Arts in 2024
Picked RAW Peeled by Patricia
SDVAN Summary: Americans for the Arts Federal Appropriation Bills - Funding Earmarks for Arts and Culture
Picked RAW Peeled by Patricia Frischer

A+ Arts Blogs Why weren’t we asked?by Patricia Frischer and Silent Conversations by Patricia Frischer  
Art Resource Focus:
Institute of Contemporary Art by Jordan Karney Chaim

Read the entire  RAW column  for February 2024

OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN)

Art on 30 th is calling artists FreshRegional Exhibition jurored by artist and teacher Dot Renshaw at the Ashton Gallery in Hillcrest. Deadline for entry. March 1.

Space4Art has two studios available for rent this March, a private live/work studio for $2,225 pm, plus a brightly-lit, windowed work-only studio $485 pm Applicants must be San Diego-based and committed to participating in the Space 4 Art community. Preference will begiven to artists with a demonstrated commitment to a life in the arts and a community-based practice, regardless of whether this work is their sole source of income. Please Read FAQs for all the details.

It’s that time of year again for the 2024 Mission Trails Photo Contest . Adults plus categories for teens and even children 12 and younger with cash prizes. Entry deadline: April 1. This contest is for non-professional photographers only. Photos must be taken within Mission Trails Regional Park from an authorized trail. Selected photos on view at the Visitor Center from May 23 - July 7.  

Remember:

Congratulation to Jim Bliesner who will become the new San Diego Museum of Art Artist Guild president on July 1st. Jim was previously vice president. Angelika Villagrana will continue to do a sterling job as interim president until then. She let us know that there is a new deadline for the first every SDMA Artist Guild exhibition Live at the Museum of Photographic Arts at MOPA@SDMA Community Gallery. The juror is Dr. Hugh Davies, the show runs Nov 9 – March 9 2025 and the new deadline for submissions has to move to a much earlier date: Fri, March 15.

Escondido Community Foundation (part of the SD Foundation) has a new public art project ‘Art Speak: Escondido’. Part 1 of the proposal is the RFQs due Feb. 20. Organizations and artists that are moved forward through the RFQ process will be invited to submit a full proposal for art projects ranging from $15,000 to $50,000 by May 15. More info: Mike Peterson 619-732-0789 ext. 645

Calling all youth artists aged 5-18 for ArtReach’ s Dreams in Color for mini-masterpieces to exhibit at Mission Fed Artwalk  April 27th-28th. Submissions are due by April 5th directly to the ArtReach office and all donated pieces will be sold at with 100% of the proceeds supporting their mission to ignite youth creativity.

Creative Capital 2025 Grants open March 4. innovative and original new project proposals in visual arts, performing arts, film/moving image, technology, literature, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged forms. The deadline for submitting is April 4, 2024 at 4PM ET. Join a  live, virtual information session  on Wednes. March 6, at 1PM ET tolearn more about the Creative Capital Award.

You can see a list of Upcoming, Ongoing events and Virtual events always listed on SDVAN and our App map .

Remember Your donations are fully tax deductible SDVAN is a 100% volunteer organization with no brick and mortar overheads and so all your donations go to our programming needs. We also remind you that money given to SDVAN is money given to help the visual arts in the entire region of San Diego prosper and be recognized as a vibrant and creative resource. Please consider becoming more involved with SDVAN by giving of your time, expertise, and with you r donations . Those of you who can give $25 of more will be listed on the permanent sponsor page .  Feel free to contact us with suggestions or questions .

With kindest regards,

Patricia Frischer coordinator, SDVAN, patricia@sdvisualarts.net 760.943.0148

On a personal note:
A few of my friends are having shows coming up and I am excited to see Irene de Watteville at the Allied Craftsman show March 30 to August 18 and Ving Simpson’s show curated by Vallo Riberto now to May 12, both at Oceanside Museum of Art, plus Deanne Sabeck will be showing at RB Stevenson in La Jolla on March 16.

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SDVAN Monthly Message for April 2024
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SDVAN Monthly Message for July 2024
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SDVAN Monthly Message for November 2024
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SDVAN Monthly Message for December 2024
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