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SDVAN Monthly Message for December 2012
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
- New Our banner is in support of the Annual SDVAN Holiday Potluck Lunch: Tuesday, Dec 11, 11 am to 2 pm ( 2487 Montgomery Avenue, Cardiff by the Sea, Ca 92007). Please bring one dish or drink for 8 to share. There will be a FREE jewelry and accessory exchange. Raid your closets and give new life to old treasures. Our invite this year showcases a photo by Sharon Hinckley from her La Jolla calendar. RSVP: patricia@sdvisualarts.net 760.943.0148.
- Please give generously as we look forward to seeing all of your names on our 2012 Sponsors list which is now posted. Your donations are fully tax deductible. We thank you for your continued support of the San Diego Visual Arts Network, which works so hard to support the entire visual arts community and showcase San Diego as a city of innovation and creativity. Please remember that SDVAN is a 100% volunteer organization with no bricks and mortar overheads and so all your donations go to our programming needs.
- New SAVE THE DATE P Squared : PALETTE TO PALATE Save the date: Sat. April 27 from 7 pm.
Eat Your Art Out dinner party for 60 VIP patrons featuring artist-designed table setting, a sit-down tasting menu of delectable delights and includes an after party with band, Blank to Beauty Silent Art Auction of original works by our local artists, a food -related art boutique, and magical surprises throughout the evening. The event will benefit Synergy Art Foundation, San Diego Visual Arts Network and Feeding America SD .
 
- DNA of Creativity: We are very pleased to announce a further grant to help fund this project form the Smart Family Foundation. Follow our progress on th DNA of Creativity website.
SD View Art Now: (a smart phone app to locate local arts events near you)
Sea Changes: Act(project featuring plastic pollution, climate change, sustainable fishing)
Urban Succession (preserving wild life in urban settings)
PAMM - PolyAesthetic Mapping: The Muses (ways to think about the collaborations that artists and scientists experience)
- New November RAW Column is now posted. Historian - a broad-gauge gossip. Ambrose Bierce
- .Remember submit your November events for PICKED RAW before the end of Octoberr. Branching Out in our Picked RAW section will feature new resources just listed for the firsttime on SDVAN
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: I am thankful in spades for a fabulous grant for our DNA of Creativity projects, for the three venues for our SD Art Prize and New Contemporaries exhibitions, for our upcoming 10th Anniversary celebration with Synergy Art Foundation and for the opportunity to party with our friends at our annual holiday lunch. Hope you all had a full and fun start to the party season and that you were in the black for black Friday.
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SDVAN Monthly Message for November 2012
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
- New Our banner supports our end of the year ask. Please give generously as we look forward to seeing all of your names on our 2012 Sponsors list which is now posted. Your donations are fully tax deductible. We thank you for your continued support of the San Diego Visual Arts Network, which works so hard to support the entire visual arts community and showcase San Diego as a city of innovation and creativity. Please remember that SDVAN is a 100% volunteer organization with no bricks and mortar overheads and so all your donations go to our programming needs.
We continue with our programs highlighting the best of the best with our SD Art Prize and its mentoring program for emerging artist showcased in the New Contemporariesexhibitions.
- San Diego Visual Arts has positioned itself to be of optimum support for the visual arts community In 2013. The DNA of Creativity is one of the most inventive art and science collaborations for the STEAM initiative.(STEAM combines science, technology, engineering, art and math together). SD View Art Now,our smart phone app will pin points local arts events from the San Diego Visual Arts Network calendar on a GPS map identifying the viewers position. Our calendar is free and accesses the events in our directory of over 2000 visual arts resources. Both of these projects are moving San Diego in the right direction for innovative economic growth.
- New OctoberRAW Column is now posted. Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the erotic. Patricia Meyer Spacks
- .Remember submit you rNovember events for PICKED RAW before the end of Octoberr. Branching Out in our Picked RAW section will feature new resources just listed for the firsttime on SDVAN
- New Next meeting: Our annual Holiday Pot Luck Lunch with Accessory Exchange isTuesday, Dec 11, from 11 am to 2 pm (2487 Montgomery Avenue , Cardiff by the Sea, Ca 92007) RSVP: patricia@sdvisualarts.net 760.943.0148. Heads up….we are collecting used drinking glasses for our April fundraiser. We can use any type from mason jars to martini stemware…..don’t worry about scratches or frosted surfaces. Bring us your discards and we will find a use for them.
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: For the first time and to celebrate our joint 10 th year anniversary, Synergy Art Foundation and San Diego Visual Arts Network are hosting a joint fundraising bohemian bash in late April 2013. If you want to get in on the fun, join us for a brainstorming meeting on Nov 12 at 3 pm. RSVP: patricia@sdvisualarts.net.
We had a fabulous Eat Your Art Out: a Dr. Sketchy Anti-Art School: Haunted High Tea hosted by Nikki Haritatos with model Zoe Tantrum and the artists are Albertine Feurer-Young, Nancy Carp, Yesenia Maybee, Matthew Hohlfeld. Check out these photos from the event by Albertine and read the fabulous blog in Treat Yourself San Diego by Kseniya Bublikova who was one of our guest. Lunch was in the Sterlings Mobile Barber Co.'s Airstream Trailer and sketching followed at the The Ruby Room.
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SDVAN Monthly Message for October 2012
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
- New Our banner this month is in support of Eat Your Art Out: a Dr. Sketchy Anti-Art School: Haunted High Tea on Sat. Oct 20 12:30 -4:30 and will include a lunch, tea, model training, contest judging and sketching. Nikki Haritatos is organizing this for us with model Zoe Tantrum and the artists are Albertine Feurer-Young, Nancy Carp, Yesenia Maybee, Matthew Hohlfeld. To book your seat at this very limited event (only 6 places available) in support of San Diego Visual Arts Network, contact patricia@sdvisualarts.net, More deatails:Eat Your Art Out
- REMEMBER Book your seat on the bus ASAP for the October 5, 5:30 to 11:30 Entijuanarte 2012, Cultural Festival. SDVAN is once again organizing a free bus trip and entrance for VIPs to this annual event in Tijuana. Only 30 seats left on the bus boarding in Balboa Park. You will see over 250 visual arts exhibitions in painting, photography, sculptures plus contemporary performing arts including dancing and concert. Again at Cecut, this year the event honors and features Nuevo Leon, a district with enormous talent. For more info and to RSVP: patricia@sdvisualarts.net .
- New DNA of Creativity We are pleased to announce the launch of the website for the SD View Art Now smart phone app. This is only in beta test and all the links do not work, but you can read about the team and our progress towards a GPS tracking system for all events on our calendar. Fei Zhou did the stunning logo which is a memorial to Dennis Batt using his portrait to generate colors and the excitement connected with this first for San Diego. Watch this space for the further information and please continue to list your events on the site as these are the events that will appear on the google maps on the smart phones.
- New August RAW Column is now posted. Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around. Frank Howard Clark . This month there is a bumper crop of juried shows to enter.
- .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 Next meeting: Sat Oct 13, 10 am to noon ( 2487 Montgomery Avenue , Cardiff by the Sea, Ca 92007) RSVP: patricia@sdvisualarts.net 760.943.0148. Yes, it is a Saturday meeting for all of those who can not make it on a week day. This is the last meeting for the year as the Dec meeting is our annual holiday party. Tuesday, Dec 11.
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:
Please support Capturing the Wonder of Women is the first juried show and first exhibition to be held at the new space for the Women's Museum of California at NTC at Liberty Station opening Nov 16 th at 6 pm until Jan 30th, 2012 Submissions are only accepted via the online process with images as e-mail attachments. For more info: info@womensmuseumca.org 619.233.7963
The Art Of Photography 2012 Reception Sat. Sept 29, 6 pm. Judge Julian Cox Curator at the de Young Museum, SF. Curator Presentation Sun. Sept 30, 11 am San Diego Art Institute Balboa Park, SD, Exhibit through Nov 11th. For info: Steven Churchill: 619.825.5575
Art and Science Seminar and Networking presented by SEEE Seminar Series and Full STE[+a]M Ahead Mon, Oct1, 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. at SDG&E Energy Innovation Center ( 4760 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, SD, 92117 ) More info: Kim Richards
Vicki Leon opens her show on Sat Oct 20, 7 -9 pm at Noel-Baza Fine Art (2165 India Street, SD 92101 )More info: noel-baza@cox.net 619.876.4160
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SDVAN Monthly Message for September 2012
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
- New August RAW Column is now posted. Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone you don't. Earl Wilson
- .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
- REMEMBER SAVE the DATE: October 5, Entijuanarte 2012, Cultural Festival. SDVAN is once again organizing a free bus trip for VIPs to this annual event in Tijuana. A maximum of 50 boarding in Balboa Park will see over 250 visual arts exhibitions in painting, photography, sculptures plus contemporary performing arts including dancing and concert. Again at Cecut, this year the event honors and features Nuevo Leon, a district with enormous talent. If you are interested in joining us please RSVP to patricia@sdvisualarts.net to receive a formal invite.
- New SAVE the DATE for our next Eat Your Art Out will be a Dr. Sketchy Anti-Art School: Haunted High Tea: Good and Plenty on Sat. Oct 20 12:30 -4:30 and will include a lunch, tea, model training, contest judging and sketching. Nikki Haritatos is organizing this and artists and menu will be announced with an invitation soon
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:
I want to thank all the volunteers for the San Diego Art Prize 2012 at Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair. Twenty four Artists, students, art professionals and patrons are all helping us to spread the word about these artists and the San Diego Visual Arts Network. We invite every one to stop in to the booth and say hello and tell us what you think of the art at the fair.
San Diego Magazine’s Women Who Move the City Event 2012 will take place on Tues, Sept 18, from 6:30 – 8:30 PM at the La Costa Resort and Spa. This is the 7th annual event and we are pleased to say that Felicia Shaw (SD Foundation Arts and Culture) is our nominee and one of the 130 finalists for the 2012 Woman of the Year award. “This is a fantastic opportunity to network with some of San Diego’s most powerful and inspirational women,” says Jim Fitzpatrick, CEO and Publisher of San Diego Magazine.Tickets are $50 per person or $35 each for a pack of 6. For more info: 619.744.0516 BethanyO@sandiegomagazine.com
Mayors Forum On Innovation will be held on Sept 5, 2:00-3:00 p.m. at the Museum of Photographic Arts hosted by the San Diego Innovation Alliance in partnership with KPBS. Mayoral candidates Carl DeMaio and Bob Filner will be questioned on their vision for San Diego as an innovation region .The candidates will be joined by moderator Erik Anderson of KPBS and an esteemed panel including Joyce M. Gattas, Ph.D., Dean, SDSU College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts. Audience Members Are Encouraged to Send Questions to jeger@mail.sdsu.edu RSVP by September 3 to learning@bpcp.org. This event will be recorded and available for viewing from the KPBS website starting September 6.
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SDVAN Monthly Message for August 2012
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
New Our banner this month is in support of our next SDVAN Monthly Meeting Tuesday, August 14, 10 am to noon. Special presentation: Putting on Successful Art Events by Patricia Frischer. If you want to put on better events:
- Learn the role of passion and charm and how to become inclusive not exclusive.
- Find out what your events should provide the artist, the community and you, the organizer.
- Learn how to identify trends, match make promotion ideas, negotiate with venues and in kind donors, work with volunteers and create time lines and standard operating procedures.
To RSVP and for an agenda. patricia@sdvisualarts.net
- New July RAW Column is now posted. Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present. P. J. O'Rourke
- .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
- SAVE the DATE: October 5, Entijuanarte 2012, Cultural Festival. SDVAN is once again organizing a free bus trip for VIPs to this annual event in Tijuana. A maximum of 50 boarding in Balboa Park will see over 250 visual arts exhibitions in painting, photography, sculptures plus contemporary performing arts including dancing and concert. Again at Cecut, this year the event honors and features Nuevo Leon, a district with enormous talent. If you are interested in joining us please RSVP to patricia@sdvisualarts.net to receive a formal invite.
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:
Remember: La Jolla Fashion Film Festival Thurs/Fri/Sat. July 26 & 28 th, 8 - 10 pm at the Museum of Contemporary Art ( 700 Prospect Street, La Jolla 92037) $32-$112.50 See all events. More info: Fred Sweet.
Luminous Passage: Works in Glass and Light by Michelle Kurtis Cole and Deanne Sabeck starts on Sat. August 25 from 6 to 9 at the L Street Gallery at the Omni( 628 L Street, SD 92101) More info: Kay Colvin760.492.2876
The Art of Sound in San Diego included interactive sonic sculpture and installations, stage performances and pop up gallery performances, listening stations and video installation. Presented by Open Arts Collective at Space 4 Art Sat. August 25, 6-9 pm. (325 15th St, SD 92101) More info: Cara Mia Ciasulli 619.309.8537
Applications due by Friday, July 27! Girl Scouts San Diegoseeks a muralist (female preferably) to lead approximately 15 Girl Scouts in grades 6-8 to create a 10’ x 5’ portable mural to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouting through a series of eight workshops. The Finished painting will be exhibited throughout San Diego County, including at the Chula Vista Public Library. . Honorarium of $4,000 upon project completion (Friday, October 5, 2012.). See the full listing on SDVAN. For more info: Kathleen Stoughton 619.610.0813.
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SDVAN Monthly Message for July 2012
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
New Our banner this month is in support of . La Jolla Fashion Film Festival Thurs/Fri/Sat. July 26 & 28 th, 8 - 10 pm at the Museum of Contemporary Art ( 700 Prospect Street, La Jolla 92037) $32-$112.50 See all events. More info: Fred Sweet
- New We are delighted to announce the SD Art Prize 2012 emerging artist recipients. The established artist Arline Fisch has chosen Vincent Robles and Jeffery Laudenslagerhas chosen Deanne Sabeck. These four artists will show together at the San Diego Art Prize 201 2Booth #C19 at Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair: September 6-9, 2012 and again SD Art PrizeatAthenaeum Music & Arts Library from March 30 - May 4, 2013. The New Contemporaries Vat Susan Street Fine Art Gallery showing all the emerging artists nominated this year runs until July 3, 2012. So hurry to see :Shawnee Barton, Lauren Carerra, Noah Doely, Rob Duarte, Alexander Jarman, Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli , Lee M. Lavy, Ingram Ober, Vincent Robles, Deanne Sabeck, David Leon Smith, Brian Zimmerman This is your invitation to join us for the opening reception: Thursday June 7 form 6-9 pm
- New San Diego Art Prize and New Contemporaries V have received some great press as follows:
Kelly Bennett, Voice of San Diego, Art Report, Where art fits into the local election , June 12, 2012
James Chute, Union Tribune, SD Art Prize names emerging artist winners , June 11, 2012
- New We need only 4 more volunteers for the San Diego Art Prize 2012 at Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair., Sept 7-9, 2012. This year the fair is at Balboa Park Activity Center ( 2145 Park Boulevard, San Diego 92101.) Spaces still open on Friday and Sunday. Please send me your preference when you email me. You get free entrance to the fair! patricia@sdvisualarts.net
- New DNA of Creativity We are thrilled to announce an in-depth article about our very own DNA of Creativity project Linking Artists and Scientists: Getting Down to the Basics of Creativity by Whitney Dail posted on the National Endowment for the Arts blog in June.
- New The Urban Succession Team now has a website so you can follow their progress. All of the teams will eventually have website and we will keep you informed. Teams will be adding members and so if you are interested in any of the teams do let us know. patricia@sdvisualarts.net
- New SmArt Collector - Ask the Art Activist: Patricia Frischer is a new article in our Collector’s Marketplace section. This interview article by Cathy Breslaw is part of her Artfull Life blog.
Remember The Hats Off for Life Exhibition SDVAN produced this show, which feature hats created by artists to honor and celebrate the lives of some of the residents of Fairwinds Ivey Ranch. The show continues with photos by Melissa Au , Raymond Elstad, and Erika Johnson on viewuntil Fri June 29 at Fairwinds Ivey Ranch (4490 Mesa Drive, Oceanside 92056). More info: Denise Bonaimo 760.439.8090.
- New June RAW Column is now posted. To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea. Henry David Thoreau
- .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
- Next SDVAN Monthly Meeting The next SDVAN Monthly Meeting will be held on . Tuesday August 14 from 10 am to noon and will be a special art events workshop. 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
On a personal note:
SAVE the DATE: October 5, Entijuanarte 2012, Cultural Festival. SDVAN is once again organizing a free bus trip for VIPs to this annual event in Tijuana. A maximum of 50 boarding in Balboa Park will see over 250 visual arts exhibitions in painting, photography, sculptures plus contemporary performing arts including dancing and concert. Again at Cecut, this year the event honors and features Nuevo Leon, a district with enormous talent. If you are interested in joining us please RSVP to patricia@sdvisualarts.net to receive a formal invite.
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SDVAN Monthly Message for June 2012
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
- New Our banner this month is in support of .Susan Street Fine Art Gallery exhibit of all the nominated emerging artists for the SDVAN sponsored SD Art Prize June 2 to July 3. It is an exciting group including:Shawnee Barton, Lauren Carerra, Noah Doely, Rob Duarte, Alexander Jarman, Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli , Lee M. Lavy, Ingram Ober, Vincent Robles, Deanne Sabeck, David Leon Smith, Brian Zimmerman Show from June 2 to July 3. This is your invitation to join us for the opening reception: Thursday June 7 form 6-9 pm
- New The Hats Off for Life Exhibition SDVAN produced this show, which feature hats created by artists to honor and celebrate the lives of some of the residents of Fairwinds Ivey Ranch. The show continues with photos by Melissa Au , Raymond Elstad, and Erika Johnson on view from Fri. May 25 to Fri June 29 at Fairwinds Ivey Ranch (4490 Mesa Drive, Oceanside 92056). There will be reception at Fairwinds on Wednesday, May 30 at 7 pm to celebrate the viewing of the photos. More info: Denise Bonaimo 760.439.8090.
- New DNA of Creativity We are happy to announce the recipients of the DNA of Creativity grants. Batt App (a smart phone app to locate local arts events with an augmented reality component) Changing Oceans (project about the climate change and over fish shortages) Urban Succession (preserving wild life in urban settings) and PolyAesthetic Mapping (a structure to think about the collaborations that artists and scientist experience). Teams will be adding members and so if you are interested in any of these subjects do let us know. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook AND join the Blog. Send us an email and we will add you to the DNA of Creativity mailing list. patricia@sdvisualarts.net
- New The is our first call for volunteers for the San Diego Art Prize 2012 at Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair., Sept 6-9, 2012. This year the fair is at Balboa Park Activity Center ( 2145 Park Boulevard, San Diego 92101.) There will be two shifts 3 ½ hours shifts on Friday, September 7, 12:00pm – 7:00pm and Saturday, September 8, 12:00pm – 7:00pm and two 3 hour shifts on Sunday, September 9, 12:00pm – 5:00pm. We want three volunteers for each shift. Please send me your preference when you email me. You get free entrance to the fair! patricia@sdvisualarts.net
- New April RAW Column is now posted.“ The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them." Will Rogers
- .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 PICKED RAW PEELED: First Encinitas Arts Festival and The Door is Open: An Intergenerational Dance Project
- Caneclled Next SDVAN Monthly Meeting The meeing on Tuesday, June 12, 10 am to noon has been cancelled . The next SDVAN Monthly Meeting will be held on . Tuesday August 14 from 10 am to noon and will be a special art events workshop. 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
On a personal note:
We are so pleased to be going forward with the DNA of Creativity project. We are holding a celebration on Thurs May 31 from 7 t 9 pm. If you want to join a team, do RSVP and we welcome you to come and meet some of the selected grant team members.
We will, of course, be present at the Thurs. June 7 Susan Street opening New Contemporaries 5 when the emerging artists selected by the established artists will be announced. I hope you can join us with some of the best artists in town,to party right into the summer season.
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SDVAN Monthly Message for May 2012
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
- New Our banner this month is in support of . Valentine Viannay:, the SDVAN sponsored Participation Event Artist who will show on India Street in front of Blick Art store near Fir Stree and t.Stephanie Wang, the SDVAN sponsored Student Scholarship recipient of the Mission Federal Art Walk who will be showing at Space #111 on Beech Street between Kettner Blvd and the railroad tracks. You can see both for free on Sat/Sun April 28/29.
- Remember Just until May 5: San Diego Art Prize 2011 Exhibition of Ruben Ortiz-Torres with emerging artist Tristan Shone and Jay Johnson with emerging artist Adam Belt. at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (1008 Wall St. La Jolla, 92037) More info:press@ljathenaeum.org 858.454.5872
- Save the Date June 7 from 6 ot 9 pm. Susan Street Fine Art Gallery exhibit ofall the nominated emerging artists from June 2 to July 3. It is an exciting group including:Shawnee Barton, Lauren Carerra, Noah Doely, Rob Duarte, Alexander Jarman, Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli , Lee M. Lavy, Ingram Ober, Vincent Robles, Deanne Sabeck, David Leon Smith, Brian Zimmerman Show from June 2 to July 3.
- Remember The Hats Off for Life Exhibition at Hera Hub ( 9710 Scranton Road, #160 , San Diego, CA 92121) has gotten rave reviews. SDVAN produced this show, which feature hats created by artists to honor and celebrate the lives of some of the residents of Fairwinds Ivey Ranch. The show continues until May 18 and then the photos by Melissa Au , Raymond Elstad, and Erika Johnson will be moved and on view from Fri. May 25 to Fri June 29 to Fairwinds Ivey Ranch (4490 Mesa Drive, Oceanside 92056). There will be reception at Fairwinds on May 30 to celebrate the viewing of the photos. More info: Denise Bonaimo 760.439.8090.
- Remember DNA of Creativity Watch this space to find out the recipients of the DNA of Creativity grants in May. Want to know more and stay in touch? Follow us on Twitter, Facebook AND join the Blog. Click this link to register your intent to participate. Send us an email and we will add you to the DNA of Creativity mailing list.
- New April RAW Column is now posted.“ Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me. It's gossip." Erma Bombeck
- .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 PICKED RAW PEELED: Joe Brubaker: The Exquisite Garden at Cannon Gallery and UCSD Open Studios 2012
- Remember Next SDVAN Monthly Meeting Tuesday, June 12, 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
On a personal note:
On Sat. May 28 I will be among the crowd at Art Walk and also visiting the closing reception for Aliens at Zepf Alt. Gallery from 5 to 10 pm (1150 7th Avenue, SD 92101)
On Fri. May 4, we hope to be at the NTC First Friday to support Kira Corser at the Mandell Weiss Gallery in Dance Place presented by Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater. We will also stop in to the other spaces including Vision Quilt Museum to see the Secrets and Stories Exhibition and Lauren Carrera at Pulse Gallery.
On May 23, we will attend the Bronowski Art and Science Forum at 7 pm to hear Mary Devereaux , Ph.D., is a philosopher in the Research Ethics Program in conversation with Dena Rifkin, MD Professor of Nephrology both from UCSD
We are looking forward to two shows at the Athenaeum. The father and son are a combo show of Art and Science: Roger Guillemin & Le Corbeau opening on May 25 and the SDSU Scholarship show opens May 11.
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SDVAN Monthly Message for April 2012
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
- New Our banner this month is in support of San Diego Art Prize 2011 Exhibition of Ruben Ortiz-Torres with emerging artist Tristan Shone and Jay Johnson with emerging artist Adam Belt holds areception on March 30, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM. show until May 5, 2012 at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (1008 Wall St. La Jolla, 92037) More info:press@ljathenaeum.org 858.454.5872
- We are delighted to announce the SD Art Prize 2012 recipients. The established artists Arline Fisch and Jeffery Laudenslager will be making their choice of emerging artists to mentor later this year.
- Susan Street Fine Art Gallery will exhibit all the nominated emerging artists from June 2 to July 3. It is an exciting group including:Shawnee Barton, Lauren Carerra, Noah Doely, Rob Duarte, Alexander Jarman, Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli , Lee M. Lavy, Ingram Ober, Vincent Robles, Deanne Sabeck, David Leon Smith, Brian Zimmerman
- New Stephanie Wang is the SDVAN sponsored Student Scholarship recipient of the Mission Federal Art Walk and will be showing at Space #111 on Beech Street between Kettner Blvd and the railroad tracks. Valentine Viannay: is SDVAN sponsored Participation Event Artist and will show on India Street in front of Blick Art store near Fir Street. You can see both for free on Sat/Sun April 28/29.
- Remember The Hats Off for Life Exhibition at Hera Hub ( 9710 Scranton Road, #160 , San Diego, CA 92121) has gotten rave reviews.
North County Times: Oceanside Fashion Show to Feature Hats, Sat Jan 7, 2012
Union Tribune: Hats Off to Life fashion show honors seniors, by Linda McIntosh, Jan 11, 2012
Coast News: Community artists, models take hats off to life by Promise Yee Sat, Jan 20, 2012
La Jolla Light: Hats Off to Life by Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, March 1, 2012.
SDVAN produced the show which feature hats created by artists to honor and celebrate the lives of some of the residents of Fairwinds Ivey Ranch. The show continues until May 18. More info: Felena Hanson 619.889.7852.
Image by Jen Trute
- We want to let people know about these following articles and videos that were made in memorial to Dennis Paul Batt. Patricia Frischer A+ Art Thank you, Dennis Batt, Kinsee Moran at City Beat, his friend David Gough on his Art Blog, Patty Rangel’s Composite of Photos for the Memorial at OMA, the Union Tribune Obituary by Caroline Dipping, La Jolla Light by Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, A Virtual Memorial in Second Life by Patty Rangel , Sharon Hinckley Memorial Photographs, Memorial Photographs by Valentine Viannay, Lia Strell’s video from the memorial. There were also several events dedicated to Dennis three of which are Lia Strell Drum Circle on April 1 at 2 pm at Alta Vista Gardens, $5, Bahman Band playing at OMA on March 30 and the next SDBotanic Gardens Sculpture Exhibition in Carlsbad. The Legacy projects have been announced: The Batt App will be produced by the SDVAN to locate visual arts events by using your smart phones and Synergy Art Foundation will hold an Artists Film Festival in his name. We will try to keep you informed on the future of the SD Visaul Artists Guild and are happy to confirm that the Outdoor Arts Foundation founded by Dennis and Sandra Chanis will continue to exist.
- New A+ Art Blog United Arts Councils of SD? by Patricia Frischer, coordinator of SDVAN. Blog back at http://pickedrawpeeled.blogspot.com/
- New March RAW Column is now posted.“Today's gossip is tomorrow's headline." Walter Winchell
- .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
- Remember Next SDVAN Monthly Meeting Tuesday, April 10 from 10 am to noon. We are holding a special art marketing meeting so bring your marketing questions. 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
On a personal note:
I hope to see many of you at the opening for the 2011 Art Prize recipients at the Athenaeum this Friday, March 30.
A great friend of SDVAN will be opening her show Sandra Chansi L 12 +12: the Message in the Space at the Solana Beach City Hall Gallery from April 1 to May 15 with a reception for the artist on Wed. April 11 from 5:30 to 7:30. More info: Anita Edman 858.720.2454. I am lookin forward to seeing her latest mainly stone sculptures with a selections of watercolors.
I am on a panel at Studio C Contemporary on April 13 at 5.30 pm ( 140 E. Main St., El Cajon, CA 92020). Artists, journalists, writers, university professors, critics, and business people will discuss the role the arts play in bettering East County and its diverse population. The panel will be mediated by Justin Hudnall, creator and leading operative of The Far East Movement.
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SDVAN Monthly Message for March 2012
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
Image by Jen Trute
- New Our home page banner is in support of: Dennis Paul Batt 1952-2012. Memorial at Oceanside Museum of Art, Sat. Feb 25, 4:30-7 pm Artists are invited to bring a “Dennis related” work on paper no larger than 12": by 14" or miniature sculpture to be documented for the family. Materials will be available to create 2-D works at the event ( 704 Pier View Way, Oceanside, CA 92054). For info: info@sdvisualarts.net 760 943 0148. In lieu of flowers, donations should be made to Synergy Art Foundation and will be distributed to charities that Dennis supported. SDVAN is honored to have helped the family produce this memorial to celebrate his life.
- New A+ Art Blog Thanks to Dennis Paul Batt by Patricia Frischer, coordinator of SDVAN. Blog back at http://pickedrawpeeled.blogspot.com/
- Remember You are invited to the Hats Off for Life Exhibition reception on Thurs Feb 23, 4:30 - 7:30 pm at Hera Hub (9710 Scranton Road, #160 , San Diego, CA 92121). Sponsored by Heritage Senior Care, Inc produced by SDVAN, the show features hats created by artists to honor and celebrate the lives of some of the residents of Fairwinds Ivey Ranch . The show continues until May 18. More info: Felena Hanson 619.889.7852. Watch the video
New DNA of Creativity Ste(+a)m Art and Science Networking Meeting including networking and team recruiting for DNA of Creativity on March 7, 6-8 pm at Hera Hub ( 9710 Scranton Road, #160, SD, 92121) More info: Kim Richards 619.708.4430.
Team Application are due March 31. Information PDF & Word doc template. Want to know more and stay in touch? Follow us on Twitter, Facebook AND join the Blog. Click this link to register your intent to participate. Send us an email and we will add you to the DNA of Creativity mailing list.
- New February RAW Column is now posted.“Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.” Walter Winchell
- .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 Monthly Meeting Tuesday, April 10 from 10 am to noon. We are holding a special art marketing meeting so bring your marketing questions. 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
On a personal note: I hope to see many of you at the Hats Off to Life reception on Thurs. Feb 23 and/or the Dennis Batt memorial on Sat. Feb 25.
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SDVAN Monthly Message for February 2012
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
Your are invited to the Hats Off for Life Exhibition reception on Thurs Feb 23, 4:30 - 7:30 pm at Hera Hub (9710 Scranton Road, #160 , San Diego, CA 92121). SDVAN produced the show which feature hats created by artists to honor and celebrate the lives of some of the residents of Fairwinds Ivey Ranch . The show continues until May 18. More info: Felena Hanson 619.889.7852.
New Video for DNA of Creativiy If you missed the Information Meeting at MiraCosta College you can now watch the video which answers questions about the application process and explains the criteria for the $2000 grants. 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. Team Applications are now available. Information PDF & Word doc template. Want to know more and stay in touch? Follow us on Twitter, Facebook AND join the Blog. Click this link to register your intent to participate. Send us an email and we will add you to the DNA of Creativity mailing list.
- Remember Voice Your Choice for our Greater SD Vision before Jan 31 Yes, the time was extended, so it is not too late to click the link to Show Your Love. This is your chance to be heard
- .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
- Our first meeting of 2012 is Saturday, Feb 18 from 3 to 5 pm. At this annual brainstorming meeting we will be discussing future projects for SDVAN including an app for Smart Phones connected to our SDVAN calendar of events. 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: I predict in 2012 little parties are the future of our social life. Large noisy gatherings will become passé as we all decide to listen to each other instead of the roar of the crowd. Yes, I will be at the Hats Off to Life reception but look for me in a quiet corner.
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SDVAN Monthly Message for January 2012
Dear SDVAN Visitors, Art Resources and Artists,
New Our home page banner is in support of:
- DNA of Creativiy Information Meeting on Wednesday Jan 18, 7 pm to 9 pm at MiraCosta College, Student Center Conference Rooms A&B (3333 Manchester Avenue, Cardiff, CA 92007) More info: patricia@sdvisualarts.net 760.943.0148.
This project will connect artists to scientists and culminate in 2013 with large teams efforts producing exhibitions, lesson plans and other documentations of the collaborative process.Each accepted team will get $2000 in seed money for thier project. Team Application are now available PDF & Word doc. Want to know more and stay in touch? Follow us on Twitter, Facebook AND join the Blog. Click this link to register your intent to participate. Send us an email and we will add you to the DNA of Creativity mailing list .
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- New Hats Off for Life Fashion Show Sat Jan 14, 2:00 pm at Fairwinds Ivey Ranch (4490 Mesa Drive , Oceanside 92056).This fashion show and the exhibition that will follow in Feburary will feature hats created by artists to honor and celebrate the lives of some of the residents of Fiarwinds Ivey Ranch.More info: Denise Bonaimo 760.439.8090.
- We are so grateful for donations made to San Diego Visual Arts Network/Synergy Art Foundation/San Diego Synergy Arts Network through Give Big San Diego and to the SD Foundation. for matching these funds $.13 to the dollar. We raised over $900 to support the projects of SDVAN.
- Remember 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
- .Remember submit your January events for PICKED RAW before the end of December. Branching Out in our Picked RAW section will feature new resources just listed for the first time on SDVAN
- Our first meeting of 2012 is Saturday, Feb 18 from 3 to 5 pm. At this annual brainstorming meeting we will be discussing future project for SDVAN including an app for Smart Phones connected to our SDVAN calendar of events. 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: I hope this finds you all full of the good things in life, food, booze and the kindness of the season.Our Hats off to Life fashion show is Sat Jan 14 and then you can swing by the La Jolla Art Walk that same night Sat Jan 14. I shall look forward to seeing many of you at our DNA of Creativity meeting on Wednes. Jan 18 and to make it easy to remember our monthly meeting is Sat. Feb18. It is still the season to be jolly….fa la la along with me!
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