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SDVAN Monthly Message for December 2011
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ONE AND ALL!
  
- New Our home page banner is in support of:
- New Give Big San Diego. We are asking you to donate to the San Diego Visual Arts Network/Synergy Art Foundation/San Diego Synergy Arts Network on Wed Dec 14 from 7 am to Thurs Dec 15 to 7 pm using a Visa or Master card and your money will be matched from approx. 25 - 35 cents on the dollar by Give Big San Diego,which is a project of the SD Foundation. This is a perfect time to swell the impact of your gift by making your annual donation to SDVAN with a minimum of $25. On Dec 14/15 go to this link Give Big San Diego and you will be redirected to the donation page where you will please enter San Diego Synergy Arts Network as the choice for your donation.
- Remember Please join us in Cardiff by the Sea on Tue, Dec 13 from 11 to 2 for our annual SDVAN pot luck lunch and accessory exchange. (jewelry, shoes, scarves, belts, purses). Bring one dish that serves 8 and clean out your closets. Repaired or barely used items can be exchanged at no charge, just for the fun of finding a new home for your clutter Please RSVP to patricia@sdvisualarts.net for directions. Our lovely invite illustration is by Lori Escalera.
- Remember We promote the visual arts in San Diego and would love you to join us in any way you can. If you can not attend our party this year, an annual donation is a great way to start. Please give generously before or after Dec 14 and 15 and Donate online, by phone or by post. Take a look at the 2011 donors and join this list of adored patrons. All donors names with links remain on this list for a full year. Donations of $25 or more go on our permanent sponsor list. Your contributions are tax deductible. More info: patricia@sdvisualarts.net
- New Voice Your Choice for our Greater SD Vision from Nov 30 to mid Jan by clicking the link to Show Your Love . There are four focus areas: 1. LIVE: Cost of Living, Housing, Transportation, Water, Environment:. 2. LEARN: Education; 3. WORK: Jobs, Economic Development, Border, a nd 4. ENJOY: Arts & Culture, Parks & Recreation, Entertainment, Facilities. This is your chance to be heard
- New DNA of Creativity: We are pleased to announce we are the recipient of a Smart Foundation Grant and a Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation Grant for DNA of Creativity. This project will connect artists to scientists and culminate in 2013 with large teams efforts producing exhibitions, lesson plans and other documentation of the collaborative process. Click this link to register your intent to participate.
- New SmART Collector: Take a look at the revised Top Ten Most Powerful People in the Art world list for 2011including buying strategies from major collectors from the Wallstreet Journal
- New PICKED RAW PEELED Check out the report on Converstations on Beauty at the Mingei; Raymond Elstad at SD Dance Place; and SAF Blank to Beauty Fundraiser.
- .Remember submit your December events for PICKED RAW before the end of November. Branching Out in our Picked RAW section will feature new resources just listed for the first time on SDVAN
- Our last meeting of the year is our holiday potluck lunch on Tuesday, Dec, 13 from 11 to 2 pm. Please RSVP to patricia@sdvisualarts.net for directions. The lovely invite is by Lori Escalera and remember to start organizing your food and accessories for the exchange.
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 your donations. Those of you who can give $25 or more will be listed on the sponsor page. Feel free to contact us with suggestions or questions. Everyone is invited to attend our committee meetings.
Patricia Frischer
coordinator, SDVAN, 760.943.0148
On a personal note: HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ONE AND ALL. Worth saying twice!
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SDVAN Monthly Message for November 2011
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
- New Our home page banner this month is in support of our annual ask campaign in November and December. Please join us at SDVAN to have some fun and make a difference in the region we love. We promote the visual arts in San Diego and would love you to join us in any way you can. An annual donation is a great way to start and so very appreciated. Please give generously. Donate online, by phone or by post. Take a look at the 2011 donorsand join this list of adored patrons. All donors names with links remain on this list for a full year. Donations of $25 or more go on our permanent sponsor list. Your contributions are tax deductible.
 
- San Diego Art Prize 2011 is in its fifth year and has recognized 24 outstanding local artist with cash awards and shows and a further 57 with exhibitions in the 4 th year of the New Contemporaries Emerging Artist program.
- Art Meets Fashion 2011 involved over 120 participants who volunteered and prepared 17 exhibitions and 2 fashion show.
- DNA of Creativity will connect artists to scientist and culminate in 2013 with four large teams, exhibitions, lesson plans and documentation of the collaborative process. Click this link to register your intent to participate.
- Remember SDVAN Opportunity: An exhibition honoring the elderly with be held early next year. Hats Off to Life is a show of hats and photos to help illustrate their personal stories. It will be showcased at Hera Hub and with a fashion show at the Fairwinds Ivey Ranch. Only a few more spaces for interested artists are available. More info:info@sdvisualarts.net
- New ArtsReadySD: SDAI Professional Artists Series presented by Synergy Art Foundation and San Diego Visual Arts Network and funded by San Diego Regional Disaster Fund, a supporting organization of The San Diego Foundation is holding a second session on Wed. Nov 9, 6-9 pm at the San Diego Art Institute. (1439 El Prado, The House of Charm, Balboa Park, 92101) You will get lots of tools for organizing your studio and making it safe and it is being combined with a session on starting an art blog by Don Masse. Presentations will be made by Patricia Frischer (SDVAN), Naomi Nussbaum (SAF) and Meryl Zwanger (SD Foundation). $10/SDAI members $5. More info: Lesley Anderson 619-236-0011
- New A+ Art Blog London Newletter Part Two includes Frieze Art Fair and shows at Tate Modern, Degas at the Royal Academy, Frank Stella at the Haunch of Venizen, Raqib Shaw at the White Cube, Grayson Perry at the British Museum, more news of the design shows at the Victoria and Albert Musuem, Pipilotti Rist at the Hayward Gallery and the Turner Prize show at the Baltic in Gateshead and many more totaling 12 illustrated pages of coverage b yPatricia Frischer, coordinator of SDVAN. Blog back at http://pickedrawpeeled.blogspot.com/
- New September RAW Gossip Column has a fresh crop of opportunities and scads of local news with a sprinkling of worldwide happenings.
- .Remember submit your November events for PICKED RAW before the end of October. Branching Out in our Picked RAW section will feature new resources just listed for the first time on SDVAN
- New Our last meeting of the year is our holiday potluck lunch on Tuesday, Dec, 13 from 11 to 2 pm. Please RSVP to patricia@sdvisualarts.net for directions. Watch for the lovely invite by Lori Escalera and remember to start organizing your food and accessories for the exchange.
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 your donations. Those of you who can give $25 or more will be listed on the sponsor page. Feel free to contact us with suggestions or questions. Everyone is invited to attend our committee meetings.
Patricia Frischer
coordinator, SDVAN, 760.943.0148
On a personal note:
Seduced by Dance is a solo show featuring the Dance Photography by Raymond Elstad opening on Friday Night Liberty, Nov 4th from 5 to 8 pm. The show will run the entire month of November at the NTC Promenade of Liberty Station. There will also be dance performances by Malashock Dance, the Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater and the San Diego Ballet during the opening. Best of all they will be serving Blackberry Mojitos during the reception
Synergy Art Foundation is inviting local artists to participate in a fun and creative fundraiser called From Blanks To Beauty. All monies will benefit Synergy's Emergency Artists' Support League (SD-EASL), which has, since 2003, provided grants to numerous local visual artists in catastrophic circumstances. The exhibition/silent auction of 10 by 10 inch canvases by local artists will be held on Thurs, Nov17 from 6:00pm - 10:00pm at The Mosaic Wine Bar, For more information or questions, please contact synergyartf@gmail.com
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SDVAN Monthly Message for October 2011
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
- New SDVAN Opportunity: DNA of Creativity Please Click this link if you….
Have a proposal in mind?
Are looking for fellow team members?
Are waiting to be excited about an art and science project?
Please pass this survey on to anyone who might want to become involved in the DNA of Creativity project. Coming soon is a link to an application form and sample proposal. We will be having our first public meeting in the new year at Mira Costa College in Cardiff by the Sea to answer questions and further aid team formations. For more information on the DNA of Creativity: http://www.dnaofcreativity.org/. We look forward to hearing from you all. P.S. Don’t forget to discover the resources we are compiling at http://merc-art-science.blogspot.com/ edited by Kaz Maslanka.
 
- Remember SDVAN Opportunity: An exhibition honoring the elderly with be held early next year. Hats Off to Life is a show of hats and photos to help illustrate their personal stories. It will be showcased at Hera Hub and with a fashion show at the Fairwinds Ivey Ranch.Only a few more spaces for interested artists are available. More info:info@sdvisualarts.net
- New A+ Art Blog London Newletter Part One includes news of the huge London Design Festival with 200 participants and 280 events by Patricia Frischer, coordinator of SDVAN. Blog back at http://pickedrawpeeled.blogspot.com/
- New September RAW Gossip Column gives you the sad news of the passing of Lois Stecker who will be greatly missed but also happier news about four new opportunities in the visual arts world.
- .Remember submit your October events for PICKED RAW before the end of September. Branching Out in our Picked RAW section will feature new resources just listed for the first time on SDVAN
- New Our last meeting of the year is our holiday potluck lunch on Tuesday, Dec, 13 from 11 to 2 pm. Please RSVP to patricia@sdvisualarts.net for directions.
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 your donations. Those of you who can give $25 or more will be listed on the sponsor page. Feel free to contact us with suggestions or questions. Everyone is invited to attend our committee meetings.
Patricia Frischer
coordinator, SDVAN, 760.943.0148
On a personal note: As you may know I am in London (with a side trip to Scotland) for the entire month of October. It is a very exciting time to be in England. Not only do I have the opportunity to attend the events of the London Design Festival but I am also planning to see the Turner Prize at the Baltic and the Freize Art Fair in Regent’s Park. Weather is fabulous here, crisp but warm and dry with the leaves just starting to fall.
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SDVAN Monthly Message for September 2011
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
- New Contemporaries IV THIS IS YOUR INVITATION to the Public Reception Sat. Aug 27, 6-9. Show to Aug 31, 2011 at Alexander Salazar Fine Art 1040 7th Avenue , SD, 92101 with Mely Barragan, Adam Belt, Susannah Bielak, Fred Briscoe, Isaias Crow, Shay Davis, Damian Gastellum, Gretchen Mercedes, Han Nguyen, Jaime Ruiz Otis, Lee Puffer, Christopher Puzio, Cheryl Sorg
- Remember SDVAN Opportunity: An exhibition honoring the elderly with be held early next year. Hats Off to Life is a show of hats and photos to help illustrate t personal stories. It will be showcased at Hera Hub and with a fashion show at the Fairwinds Ivey Ranch.Only a few more spaces for interested artists or photographers, .Confirmed artists include: Denise Bonaimo, Ariane Brittany, Patricia Frischer, Rosemary KimBal, Robin Przybysz, Debb Solan, Thomine Wilson and Pam Zimbalist. Confirmed photographers include: Raymond Ellstad and John Schell More info:info@sdvisualarts.net
- .Remember submit your September events for PICKED RAW before the end of August. Branching Out in our Picked RAW section will feature new resources just listed for the first time on SDVAN
- New Next SDVAN Meeting - General Meeting Tuesday, September 13 from 10 am to noon.This will be a meeting on Our Greater San Diego Vision and the ShowYourLoveSD project. Please RSVP to patricia@SDVisaulArts.net for agenda and driving instructions.
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 your donations. Those of you who can give $25 or more will be listed on the sponsor page. Feel free to contact us with suggestions or questions. Everyone is invited to attend our committee meetings.
Patricia Frischer
coordinator, SDVAN, 760.943.0148
On a personal note:
It will be hard to attend everything that is happing in Sept in SD. But we hope to see you at Sat Aug 27 at the New Contemporaries IV and Sept 1-4 at Booth 11&12 at Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair. Then don’t forget ArtWalk on the Bay isSept 10 & 11, 10 am to 5 pmat the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Park.
Synergy Art Foundation is inviting local artists to participate in a fun and creative fundraiser called From Blanks To Beauty. All monies will benefit Synergy's Emergency Artists' Support League (SD-EASL), which has, since 2003, provided grants to numerous local visual artists in catastrophic circumstances. Synergy is providing two hundred (200) 10" x 10" blank canvases to local artists. Canvases will be issued on a first-come first-served basis. Interested artists may pick up a blank canvas (two (2) maximum per artist) at any one of four locations spread throughout the county. Artist must drop off completed artwork by Sat Oct 15 at one of two locations. The exhibition/silent auction of works will be held on Thurs, Nov17 from 6:00pm - 10:00pm at The Mosaic Wine Bar, For more information or questions, please contact synergyartf@gmail.com
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SDVAN Monthly Message for August 2011
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
- Our banner this month in support of New Contemporaries IV
THIS IS YOUR INVITATION to the VIP Opening Reception Monday Aug 1, 6-9. Public Reception Sat. Aug 27, 6-9. Show to Aug 31, 2011 at Alexander Salazar Fine Art 1040 7th Avenue , SD, 92101 with Mely Barragan, Adam Belt, Susannah Bielak, Fred Briscoe, Isaias Crow, Shay Davis, Damian Gastellum, Gretchen Mercedes, Han Nguyen, Jaime Ruiz Otis, Lee Puffer, Christopher Puzio, Cheryl Sorg
- Remember San Diego Art Prize 2011 at Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair Sept 1-4 VIP Opening Thurs. Sept 1, 2011 from 7 -9 pm Booth #11 & #12 Ruben Ortiz-Torres with emerging artist Tristan Shoneand Jay Johnson with emerging artist Adam Belt , Hilton San Diego Bayfront, Hotel, 1 Park Boulevard, 92101. Hours: Fri and Sat, Sept 2/3 from noon to 8 pm, Sun, Sept 4 from noon to 5 pm
- New SDVAN Opportunity: An exhibition honoring the elderly with be held early next year. Hats Off to Life is a show of hats and photos to help illustrate t personal stories. It will be showcased at Hera Hub and with a fashion show at the Fairwinds Ivey Ranch. If you are an interested artist or photographer, get in touch with us for full details. info@sdvisualarts.net
- New SDVAN Opportunity: We are looking for a illustration for our holiday party and year end call for donations. If you have a suitable image please send it in jpeg format to patricia@sdvisualarts.net
- New A+ Art Blog To Brave to Fail by Patricia Frischer, coordinator of SDVAN. Blog back at http://pickedrawpeeled.blogspot.com/
- New July RAW Gossip Column report highlights all the opportunities as well as nuggets of info culled from hundreds of email and web browsing over the month. This is your one stop to catch up on the movers and shakers of the SD Visual Arts scene.
- .Remember submit your August events for PICKED RAW before the end of July. Branching Out in our Picked RAW section will feature new resources just listed for the first time on SDVAN
- New Next SDVAN Meeting - General Meeting Tuesday, September 13 from 10 am to noon. Please RSVP to patricia@SDVisaulArts.net for agenda and driving instructions.
- New Postphoned until Nov 9, 2011. For those of you who missed this first chance: ArtsReadySD: SDAI Professional Artists Series presented by Synergy Art Foundation and San Diego Visual Arts Network and funded by San Diego Regional Disaster Fund, a supporting organization of The Arts and Cu.lture Program of the San Diego Foundation is a workshop for emergency preparedness held on Wed Nov 9, 6-9 pm San Diego Art Institute. (1439 El Prado, The House of Charm, Balboa Park , 92101) It is only $10 or$5 for SDAI members. You will get over $75 worth of organizational tools for artists at this workshop. More info:Lesley Anderson 619-236-0011
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 your donations. Those of you who can give $25 or more will be listed on the sponsor page. Feel free to contact us with suggestions or questions. Everyone is invited to attend our committee meetings.
Patricia Frischer
coordinator, SDVAN, 760.943.0148
On a personal note:
La Jolla Fashion Film Festival held on Fri/Sat. July 29 & 30 th from 7:30-9:30 pm at the Museum of Contemporary Art ( 700 Prospect Street, La Jolla 92037) $50-$75 per night. After party BarFly More info: Fred Sweet . In it’s second year, We see this as a big opportunity for San Diego to take a place on the world stage. We hope to see you there.
Thomine Wilson from Art West Agency asked me some questions on the subject of Creativity and you can read that post: Interviews of Creativity.
Meet the Artist: Marianela De La Hoz at Oceanside Museum of Art on Sat July 30 from 2 to 5 pm. Marianela is also showing in LA right now and is a hot ticket!
Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man: works by Ruben Ortiz-Torres at the The San Diego Museum of Art will start July 30 and continue until Oct 16. Ruben is one of this year’s SD Art Prize recipients and will be display at the Art SD Contemporary Fair where he will also be speaking.
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SDVAN Monthly Message for July 2011
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
- New Banner is in support of the La Jolla Fashion Film Festival held on Fri/Sat. July 29 & 30 th from 7:30-9:30 pm at the Museum of Contemporary Art ( 700 Prospect Street, La Jolla 92037) $50-$75 per night. After party BarFly More info: Fred Sweet . In it’s second year, We see this as a big opportunity for San Diego to take a place on the world stage. We hope to see you there.
- Remember On view at the San Diego International Airport SDVAN Art Meets Fashion Exhibition at Terminal Two Baggage Claim with six display cases up until September. There is now also a display supporting the AMF Lesson Plans (free to download) of the Paper Doll from the Elevation Team, Robin Przybysz teacher from Santa Fe Christian Schools
- Remember Art Meets Fashion Artists Exhibition at NTC Promenade until July 30 at the Mandell Weiss Gallery at Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater, Dance Place San Diego (2650 Truxtun Road, Suite 108, SD 92106) More info: Jean Isaacs 619.225.1803
- SAVE THE DATES New Contemporaries IV Opening Reception Monday Aug 1, 6-9. Show to Aug 31, 2011 at Alexander Salazar Fine Art 1040 7th Avenue , SD, 92101 with Mely Barragan, Adam Belt, Susannah Bielak, Fred Briscoe, Isaias Crow, Shay Davis, Damian Gastellum, Gretchen Mercedes, Han Nguyen, Jaime Ruiz Otis, Lee Puffer, Chris Puzio, Cheryl Sorg
- San Diego Art Prize 2011 at Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair VIP Opening Thurs. Sept 1, 2011 from 7 -9 pm Booth #11 & #12 Ruben Ortiz-Torres with emerging artist Tristan Shoneand Jay Johnson with emerging artist Adam Belt , Hilton San Diego Bayfront, Hotel, 1 Park Boulevard, 92101. Hours: Fri and Sat, Sept 2/3 from noon to 8 pm, Sun, Sept 4 from noon to 5 pm
- Remember RSVP by June 30 For those of you who missed this first chance: ArtsReadySD: SDAI Professional Artists Series presented by Synergy Art Foundation and San Diego Visual Arts Network and funded by San Diego Regional Disaster Fund, a supporting organization of The Arts and Cu.lture Program of the San Diego Foundation is a workshop for emergency preparedness held on Wed. July 6, 6-9 pm San Diego Art Institute. (1439 El Prado, The House of Charm, Balboa Park , 92101) It is only $10 or$5 for SDAI members. You will get over $75 worth of organizational tools for artists at this workshop. More info: Andrea Rodriguez Chamberlain 619-236-0011
- New A+ Art Blog Out and About in June by Patricia Frischer, coordinator of SDVAN. Blog back at http://pickedrawpeeled.blogspot.com/
- New May RAW Gossip Column report gives you a heads up and the low down on our local scene with a few extra world wide nods to creative happenings.
.Remember submit your July events for PICKED RAW before the end of June. Branching Out in our Picked RAW section will feature new resources just listed for the first time on SDVAN
- New Next SDVAN Meeting - General Meeting Tuesday, July 12 from 10 am to noon. Please RSVP to patricia@SDVisaulArts.net for agenda and driving instructions.
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 your donations. Those of you who can give $25 or more will be listed on the sponsor page. Feel free to contact us with suggestions or questions. Everyone is invited to attend our committee meetings.
Patricia Frischer
coordinator, SDVAN, 760.943.0148
On a personal note:
Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man: works by Ruben Ortiz-Torres at the The San Diego Museum of Art will start July 30 and continue until Oct 16. Ruben is one of this year’s SD Art Prize recipients and will be display at the Art SD Contemporary Fair where he will also be speaking.
Exhibit Ambush is an art and fashion show at Horton Plaza on Oct 22 but their mandatory participants meeting is July 6, 2011 from 6pm-9pm at 770 11th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101. For more info: Antoinette L. Ransom 818.400.6308. This group is coming down from LA so a good chance to make some LA contacts.
The Escondido Municipal Art Gallery has asked curator Ruth West to look for a few invitational pieces to highlight the show, Intersect: Art + Science, Deadline for submission is July 7. National Endowment for the Arts funding will allow a digital catalog. This call is open to all media. Please email artsciwest@gmail.com to get full details of submission. There are also workshop/lectures opportunities. Exhibition duration: August 9 - September 30.
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SDVAN Monthly Message for June 2011
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
- New AMF Press and photos from the AMF Fashion shows:
John Schell Video Art Meets Airport Fashion Runway Show (Highly recommended!)
Boyd and Evans UTube video - Slapped together by Patricia Frischer, Airport Fashion show, April 28, 2011
Kira Corser - Images from Airport Fashion show on Facebook, April 28, 2011
Natalie Warr - Images form Airport Fashion show on Facebook, April 28, 2011
Katherine Sweetman - Airport Fashion show photos, April 28, 2011
Patricia Frischer Facebook - A small selection of photos by Boyd and Evan of the Airport Fashion show, April 28, 2011
Stacy Keck for 944 - Images of Airport Fashion Show, April 28, 2011
John Schell - Images from Airport Fashion show on Facebook, April 28, 2011
John Schell - Images from NTC Fashion Event on Facebook, May 6, 2011
Marti E Kranzberg Light Play Photography - Images from NTC Fashion Event May 6, 2011
Guy Lombardo - Images from NTC Fashion Event on Facebook, May 6, 2011
Kome N. Parnell - Images of NTC Fashion Show, May 6, 2011
- Remember On view at the San Diego International Airport SDVAN Art Meets Fashion Exhibition at Terminal Two Baggage Claim with six display cases up until September. There is now also a display supporting the AMF Lesson Plans (free to download) of the Paper Doll from the Elevation Team, Robin Przybysz teacher from Santa Fe Christian Schools
- New For those of you who missed this first chance: ArtsReadySD: SDAI Professional Artists Series presented by Synergy Art Foundation and San Diego Visual Arts Network and funded by San Diego Regional Disaster Fund, a supporting organization of The Arts and Cu.lture Program of the San Diego Foundation is a workshop for emergency preparedness held on Wed. July 6, 6-9 pm San Diego Art Institute. (1439 El Prado, The House of Charm, Balboa Park , 92101) It is only $10 or$5 for SDAI members. You will get over $75 worth of organizational tools for artists at this workshop. More info: Andrea Rodriguez Chamberlain 619-236-0011
- New PICKED RAW PEELED There are already 11 items in the May blog including reports and nags. Blog back at http://pickedrawpeeled.blogspot.com/
- New A+ Art Blog Putting our Tax dollars to Work or what I would do if I were Arts and Culture Commissioner by Patricia Frischer, coordinator of SDVAN. Blog back at http://pickedrawpeeled.blogspot.com/
- New May RAW Gossip Column report by Alexandra Rosa is now posted so you can stay up to date with happenings here and around the world.
.Remember submit your June events for PICKED RAW before the end of May. Branching Out in our Picked RAW section will feature new resources just listed for the first time on SDVAN
- New Next SDVAN Meeting - General Meeting PLEASE NOTE The next meeting has been changed to Tuesday, July 12 from 10 am to noon. There will be a meeting in September and a final holiday party in December.
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 your donations. Those of you who can give $25 or more will be listed on the sponsor page. Feel free to contact us with suggestions or questions. Everyone is invited to attend our committee meetings.
Patricia Frischer
coordinator, SDVAN, 760.943.0148On a personal note:I hope to see many of your at the SD Art Prize opening on April 1
On a personal note: The Neurosciences Institute - La Jolla, CA on Thursday, June 02, and h osted by: Bronowski Art&Science Forum. Dr. Richard Krauzlis , of the Salk Institute looks at eye movements and Dr. Jack Greenstein, Art History prof at UCSD looks at late medieval and Renaissance art. What they find to discuss together should be fascinating. More info: Ro n Newby
Conscious Co-op Celebration Auction of Jeans Thurs. May 26th 6-9pm at Martha Pace Swift Gallery. Building 201, 2820 Roosevelt Road, SD. Fashionistas, art enthusiasts, philanthropists are welcome! The event is free to the public. Proceeds from denim purchases will benefit Jeans 4 Justice, a San Diego based 501(c)3 social change organization. RSVP for the event! More info: Jess Johnson
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Monthly Message for May 2011
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
- New Banner in Support of Art Meets Fashion . Our thanks to Dan Adams and N-GOM Teen Producer Project - Dulce Martinez, Paloma Arias, and Trevor Seines of Media Arts Center San Diego, artists from AMF: From Abstract to Alternative, Online Competition sponsored by Zhibit.org at L Street Fine Art (April 7 to May 31), Virginia Lee Lukei of the Artists Exhibition at the Mandell Weiss Gallery in Dance Place presented by Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater (May 1 to July 30) : Fringe Events - Jeans 4 Justice Art Meets Fashion Exhibit in the Martha Pace Swift Gallery (May 6 to June 5,), Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater Dance performance at the Legacy Plaza and Sybil Stockdale Rose Garden at the NTC Command Center( Friday, May 6 at 6 pm) and Deborah Francis AMF Mannequin Project Exhibition at Sophie’s Gallery and ARTS (May 1 – 31)
- Remember On view at the San Diego International Airport SDVAN Art Meets Fashion Exhibition at Terminal Two Baggage Claim. Six display cases will give you a good taste of the 11 exhibitions for the participating teams held in three hubs NTC Promenade at Liberty Station, Downtown and North Park. This airport display is up until September.
Art Meets Fashion is Big, BIG, BIG - make a $125 donation to view the VIP event at the SD Airport on April 28. info@sdvisualarts.net . Rana Sampson, First Lady of San Diego - Art Meets Fashion VIP Honorary Patron and Jodi Kadesh, NBC San Diego Traffic & Weather Anchor - Art Meets Fashion Master of Ceremonies
Friday, May 6 AMF Team opening receptions at NTC Promenade, 2640 Historic Decatur Road, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
- Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater performance
- AMF Teams Fashion show
- Our Open Catwalk is very simple...no need to sign up before or even RSVP. Just show up on May 6 in your local designer clothes and fill out a card with name and designer and our MC for the night Jessica Johnson ( Jeans4Justice ) will announce you to the assembled masses. This will happen after the dance performance and the more formal but still casual team fashion show. Shy? Ask a friend to wear your clothes. Come in a group and you can all perform together. Questions info@sdvisualarts.net
- NTC Exhibitions all opening on Friday May 6 from 5 to 8 pm
- April-May in downtown San Diego
- Continuing in North Park
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New April RAW Gossip Column report by Alexandra Rosa. for those essential tidbits of information about art world stirrings.
- Remember submit your May events for PICKED RAW before the end of April.. Branching Out in our Picked RAW section will feature new resources just listed for the first time on SDVAN.
- New Next SDVAN Meeting - changed to Tuesday, July 12 from 10 am to noon.
Art and Science Project, DNA of Creativity Tuesday, June 21 from 6:30 to 8:30. To RSVP and receive agenda patricia@sdvisualarts.net.
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 your donations. Those of you who can give $25 or more will be listed on the sponsor page. Feel free to contact us with suggestions or questions. Everyone is invited to attend our committee meetings.
Patricia Frischer
coordinator, SDVAN, 760.943.0148On a personal note:I hope to see many of your at the SD Art Prize opening on April 1
On a personal note: I intend to be at all the events for Art Meets Fashion. The big question is what will you wear! Here is a special event where I am showing some new jewelry that I made with the help of many glass and jewelry artists. Have fun and make some art or fashion this month!
San Diego Visual Arts Networkand Zhibit.org are happy to sponsor an Art Meets Fashion Fringe event at L Street Fine Art. Kay Colvin , director of L Street Gallery, is juror for this competition. Teen category winners for this competition are now announced and present will be 1st prize Ngom Teen Producers Project with Dulce Martinez, Paloma Arias, and Trevor Seines from the production company composed of at-risk teens organized by the non-profit organization,Media Arts Center San Diego. Two of their works will be on display. 2nd place prize Dagmar Bjork,Model-turned-entrepreneur/iconic Designer will be present . Bonus trunk show: Playing With Fire includes glass jewelry by Lisa Van Herik, Michelle Kurtis Cole, Kaarin Vaughn and Patricia Frischer
Attention all DNA of Creativity followers, it is not too early to book your place at the one and half day Art of Science conference June 14-15 at California Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology (CALIT2) at UCSD.
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SDVAN Monthly Message for April 2011
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
- New Banner in Support of Art Meets Fashion . Our thanks to the eleven Art Meets Fashion teams: Evolution Transformed , Elevation, La Femme Noir, N-GOM, , Wired, The Gilded Cage,Beauty’s Privilege , UME: Honoring Multiculturalism, Crossroads , Reflection and Flow, and Arts Collide
- New On view at the San Diego International Airport starting April 2, the new SDVAN Art Meets Fashion Exhibition at Terminal Two Baggage Claim. Six display cases will give you a good taste of the 11 exhibitions for the participating teams held in three hubs NTC Promenade at Liberty Station, Downtown and North Park. This airport display is up until September. Mark your calendar for the Public launch (Fri, May 6) at the NTC. Only a few special VIP seats remain at the AMF Fashion Show (April 28) at the airport. Contact Patricia Frischer to donate $125 for this special viewing.
- New April 16 AMF Team opening receptions in North Park:
- AMF: From Abstract to Alternative will open on April 29 from 6 to 9 pm at the L Street Gallery 628 L Street, San Diego, 92101 (Across from the Omni Hotel) and shows San Diego artist featured from this international online competition sponsored by Zhibit.org
- New AMF Lesson Plans: We will be giving out over $2500 in grant money to educators who wrote lesson plans which will be posted for all to download for free. We hope teachers are inspired by these creative efforts all with CA Standard Content requirements.
- New AMF Press release PDF March 2011 to see samples of some of the fashions.
- New San Diego Magazine from Napkin Sketch to Runway 4 page spread on AMF.
All New Home and Editor for SDVAN Blogging – a message from Kevin Freitas
Our goal with Picked RAW Peeled is to turn up the sound a tad more by exposing the arts and culture being produced here in San Diego to an even larger population – via the written word. Those who write about the arts solidify its place in history and insure its continuum. We here at Picked RAW Peeled insist (respectfully of course) that you pick up a pen, grab a notebook, go see some art, write about it, and finally, send it to us so that we may share it with others. Picked RAW Peeled can and will become a valuable resource and eventual archive of all that is good in the arts in San Diego. Why don’t you join us? The pleasure will be ours.
- New A+ Art Blog The DNA of Creativity by Patricia Frischer, coordinator of SDVAN. Blog back at http://pickedrawpeeled.blogspot.com/
WE ARE GOING BLOG CRAZY THIS MONTH…CHECK OUT THESE TWO OTHER BLOGGING OPPORTUNITIES
- New SDVAN presents a DNA of Creativity blog edited by Kaz Maslanka. Fusing the Energies of San Diego Arts and Sciences with a goal of producing a series of projects to enhance the viewing public’s perception of creativity and its role in our lives. Blog back your comments at http://merc-art-science.blogspot.com/
- There are blogs on the Art Meets Fashion dedicated website as well as on many of the Art Meets Fashion Team website. (see links above in our banner credit)
- New ArtsReady San Diego at Space4Art coordinated by Synergy Art Foundation, sponsored by SDVisualArtsNetwork had about 40 participants. Here is a very brief sample of some of the testimonials from the participants: “This was one of the most practical and well-organized workshops. All of the information presented was so relevant and the testimonials were eye opening experiences……Awesome tools given to us at no charge……..Fabulous! I learned so much. You are very generous and amazing. I am so grateful to have attended.,,,,,,,Frankly, I wasn't expecting to actually enjoy a talk on the subject of Fire Insurance. However, I was most impressed with your organization, the speakers, the entire event. And the lunch was delicious too!”
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New March RAW Gossip Column report by Alexandra Rosa. for those essential tidbits of information about art world stirrings.
- Remember submit your April events for PICKED RAW before the end of March.. Branching Out in our Picked RAW section will feature new resources just listed for the first time on SDVAN.
- New Next SDVAN Meeting Tuesday, April 12 from 10 am to noon. Besides the fabulous networking, we will be discussing funding for the Art and Science Project, DNA of Creativity as well as giving updates on Art Meets Fashion To RSVP and for an agenda. patricia@sdvisualarts.net.
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 your donations. Those of you who can give $25 or more will be listed on the sponsor page. Feel free to contact us with suggestions or questions. Everyone is invited to attend our committee meetings.
Patricia Frischer
coordinator, SDVAN, 760.943.0148On a personal note:I hope to see many of your at the SD Art Prize opening on April 1
If you are Interested in censorship then Under Wraps: Controversy and Art in Public Spaces – a panel discussion will be held Wed. March 30 at 6:30 at the Expressive Arts Institute adjacent to the Martha Swift Gallery at the NTC Promenade. Panel includes Ann Berchtold, Kinsee Moran. Alan Ziter and Robert Pincus amongst others and is introduced by Kevin Freitas and moderated by Katherine Sweetman. .More info 619.337.4891 or 619.239.1713 ajgsandiego@att.net For DNA of Creativity fans:
Bronowski Art & Science Forum with Professors Francesca Polletta, Professor of Sociology UC Irvine and Grant Kester, Associate Professor of Art History and Chair of the Visual Arts Department, UC San Diego. “Are Two Heads Better than One? Collaboration in Art and Politics” These two scholars examine the current status of collaboration across the arts and the social sciences. “What we're interested in are efforts to make political decisions and art collaboratively rather than individually, in the case of art, or hierarchically, in the case of politics. Is Democratic Art Possible? Is Democratic Politics Practical?” April 21 at 7 pm, Free tickets are required for admittance. Contact Ron Newby or go dirctly to the website.
Don't forget Doug Simay's Picks from LA. Check it out before any trip to LA or just for the fun of what is happening just to the north of us.
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SDVAN Monthly Message for March 2011
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
Fashion Designers:April Cromer (AMF team Elevation photo Aurelia d’Amore) ,
Alexandra Hart (AMF team Transformation/Evolution photo Henry Young),
Osbaldo Ahumada (AMF team La Femme Noir photo Duke Windsor)
- New You don’t have to fly away at the San Diego International Airport to see the new SDVAN Art Meets Fashion display opening on March 26 at Terminal 2 Baggage Claim. This show in 6 display cases will give you a good taste of the 11 exhibitions for the participating teams held in three hubs NTC Promenade at Liberty Station, Downtown, and North Park. Mark your calendar for the public launch of this event on Fri, May 6 at the NTC and for a few special VIP’s at the fashion show at the airport on April 28. But this airport display is up until September so watch for it this side of security…no pat down necessary.
- New Art Meets Fashion on ArtRocks Internet Radio with Felena Hansen and Patricia Frischer, Feb, 2011
- New Check out these team AMF websites: AMF: Transformation, AMF: Arts Collide, AMF: N-GOM, AMF: Reflections and Flow , AMF: Crossroads, AMF: Beauty’s Privilege, AMF: UME and AMF: Elavation
- Remember AMF Sponsorship Funding Please look at these links and pass them on to anyone you know who might be interested. We have three main ways to contribute. Corporate Sponsorship packages, Private Contributors, In-kind Donation (food and drink and art supplies for teens lesson plans). Contributions over $125 assure a seat at the Airport fashion show on April 28. Contact Carolann Dekker for more info: carolann@dekkermarketing.com
- Remember Teens 14 -18 AMF On line competition : Extended deadline to April 15, 2011. To enter visit the competition page
- Remember You can still contact us if you are interested in being part of an Art Meets Fashion: The Fringe Events. There are over 35 events listed! No rules, you set the date and place for your own AMF fringe event.
- New A+ Art Blog LA Contemporary Art Fair Video by Patricia Frischer, coordinator of SDVAN. Remember you can now comment on all the blogs including this one.
- New SDVAN presents a special DNA of Creativity event: Synthesis: Processing and Collaboration Including Virtual Reality installation for the StarCAVE
Thurs Feb 24 at noon. Special guest Tom DeFanti, Director of Visualization and Senior Research Scientist at CalIT2, Trish Stone, Tour Director, Gallery Coordinator at Calit2 , Atchinson Hall,. UCSD Division, 858-336-6456
Maps, directions and parking can all be found on the website
Please RSVP for car pooling: patricia@sdvisualarts.net 760.943.0148
- Remember ArtsReady San Diego This FREE workshop for SD regional artists provided information on preparing for unexpected disasters. This project is coordinated by Synergy Art Foundation, sponsored by SDVisualArtsNetwork and funded through a grant from the San Diego Regional Disaster Fund, a supporting organization of the San Diego Foundation. For those who were not able to attend, please contact us and we will do our best to arrange to give you the tools and instructions needed to start the process of emergency preparedness. You can still receive the free gifts:inventory flash drive, Art Tracker software, Studio Protector wall poster. msbzmsbz@hotmail.com 760.729.2821.
- New ARTROCKS Internet Radio: ArtsReady San Diego Special Guest Hosts: Patricia Frischer of San Diego Visual Arts Network & Naomi Nussbaum of Synergy Art Foundation with Special Guest: Felicia Shaw, Director of Arts & Culture, The San Diego Foundation
The San Diego Foundation.
- New! Press interviews: Patricia Frischer of San Diego Visual Arts Network & Naomi Nussbaum of Synergy Art Foundation - On the Relation Between the Two Organizations, ArtRocks Internet Radio Interview, Feb 2011
Patricia Frischer of San Diego Visual Arts Network & Naomi Nussbaum of Synergy Art Foundation - On the future of the Arts in SD , ArtRocks Internet Radio Interview, Feb 2011
- New Kevin Freitas on Lee Puffer at Art Produce
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- PICKED RAW PEELED: THANKS to this month’s writer: Louisa Garcia . Our special thanks to Ann White for proofing these reports.
- Remember submit your March events for PICKED RAW before the end of February.. Branching Out in our Picked RAW section will feature new resources just listed for the first time on SDVAN.
- New Next SDVAN Meeting Tuesday, April 12 from 10 am to noon. To RSVP and for an agenda. patricia@sdvisualarts.net.
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 your donations. Those of you who can give $25 or more will be listed on the sponsor page. Feel free to contact us with suggestions or questions. Everyone is invited to attend our committee meetings.
Patricia Frischer
coordinator, SDVAN, 760.943.0148
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SDVAN Monthly Message for February 2011
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists
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- New Banner is in support of Art Meets Fashion Team Beauty’s Privilege which has an eight case display at the San Diego International Airport opening this month in Terminal 2 but behind security so you have to be a traveler or staff to see it unfortunately. The team members are Tim Cantor artist ,Gordana Gehlhausen fashion designer, David Hartig, photographer, and Denise Bonaimo educator. They are included in the AMF team exhibitions at ShopGoga May 7 – 21. The Beauty’s Privilege team is inspired to create works exploring loss and love then ultimately finding beauty in the midst of tragedy and adversity. This team is all about pure emotion and fantasy. We thanks David Hartig for the use of his image and the whole team for their art and fashion images
- New Art Meets Fashion Video release by Adam Levins and Jessica Mandeville Please watch!
- New AMF Sponsorship Funding Please look at these links and pass them on to anyone you know who might be interested. We have three main ways to contribute. Corporate Sponsorship packages, Private Contributors, In-kind Donation (food and drink and art supplies for teens lesson plans). Contributions over $125 assure a seat at the Airport fashion show on April 28. Contact Carolann Dekker for more info: carolann@dekkermarketing.com
- New AMF Art Educator Grant proposals for funding – application now available for AMF educators, Due Feb 15
- New AMF Open Catwalk Launch at NTC Promenade of Liberty Station Fri. May 6 from 5 to 8 pm with Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater performance, fringe events and all participants invited to party
- New AMF Artists Exhibition at SD Dance Theater - May 6 to July 31 at the San Diego Dance Theater, Dance Place San Diego, NTC Promenade of Liberty Station
- New Exhibition of local Online Competition winners will be held April – June at the L Street Gallery 628 L Street, San Diego, 92101 (Across from the Omni Hotel). This competition was sponsored by Zhibit.org .
- Teens 14 -18 AMF On line competition : Extended deadline to April 15, 2011. To enter visit the competition page
- You can still contact us if you are interested in being part of an Art Meets Fashion: The Fringe Events. There are over 35 events listed! No rules, you set the date and place for your own AMF fringe event.
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- New SD Art Prize Update: The emerging artists have all been nominated and contacted the two established artists have been chosen for the 2011 SD Art Prize. New Contemporary IV are Mely Barragan , Adam Belt, Susannah Bielak, Fred Briscoe, Isaias Crow, Shay Davis, Damian Gastellum , Gretchen Mercedes, Han Nguyen, Jaime Ruiz Otis, Lee Puffer, Chris Puzio , Cheryl Sorg. The catalog for this show is being prepared and the show will take place at Alexander Salazar Fine Art from Aug 1 to Aug 31, Opening Reception Monday Aug 1, 6-9
- .New The Two 2011 SD Art Prize established artists have been chosen and will be choosing their emerging artists in the coming months. Once that is done, the names will be announced. The four artists will then show both at the Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair from September 1 -4, 2011 at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel and Athenaeum Music & Arts Library March 30 – May 5, 2012, Reception on March 29, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Remember the 2010 SD Art Prize 2010 Einar and Jamex de la Torre and emerging artist Julio Orozco are showing from April 2 to May 7, 2011 Opening reception: April 1 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library 1008 Wall St. , La Jolla, 92037 More info: athpr@pacbell.net 858.454.5872
- ArtsReady San Diego on Sat. Feb 19. This is a FREE two-hour workshop for SD regional artists that will provide information on preparing for unexpected disasters. There will be FREE inventory tools to organize your studio, track your artworks, materials, and mailing list, and much more. Please sign up now to reserve your place. There are two session to choose from 11 am to 1 pm or 2 to 4 pm and a free lunch will be laid on for both groups together. Both workshops will be held at Space4Art at 325 15th Street, Downtown San Diego 92101. This project is coordinated by Synergy Art Foundation, sponsored by SDVisualArtsNetwork and funded through a grant from the San Diego Regional Disaster Fund, a supporting organization of the San Diego Foundation
- .New For those who want to attend but can't make this date, please also RSVP and we will do our best to arrange to give you the tools and instructions needed to start the process of emergency preparedness. If you signed up and can not attend it is important to let us know. That is the only way you can still receive the free gifts. If you have signed up, don't forget to fill in your registry form ASAP if you have not done so. RSVP and questions: msbzmsbz@hotmail.com 760.729.2821
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New On Feb 9, we will be promoting ArtsReady and Art Meets Fashion on Art Rocks! Radio. Please tune in or listen to the archived program
- New January RAW Gossip Column report by Alexandra Rosa. A bumper crop of opportunities of all sorts so check it out.
- PICKED RAW PEELED: THANKS to this month’s writer: Louisa Garciaand Katherine Sweetman . Our special thanks to Ann White for proofing these reports.
- Remember submit your February events for PICKED RAW before the end of January. Branching Out in our Picked RAW section will feature new resources just listed for the first time on SDVAN.
- New Next SDVAN Meeting Science and Art Project Brainstorming discussion Sat Feb 5 from 3 pm to 5pm. Please click here for Agenda. To RSVP . patricia@sdvisualarts.net.
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 your donations. Those of you who can give $25 or more will be listed on the sponsor page. Feel free to contact us with suggestions or questions. Everyone is invited to attend our committee meetings.February is a romantic time of the year and we are all about love at SDVAN. We would love to see you at our next SDVAN meeting Feb 5. Don't forget to show us a little love with your kind donation.
Patricia Frischer
coordinator, SDVAN, 760.943.0148
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