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Branching Out is a list of new art resources this month on SDVAN
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Picked RAW for May by Georgia Hoopes
UC San Diego Visual Arts Festival 2008 by UC San Diego Visual Arts This event brings together students from music, theatre, dance and visual art in a series of performances at The Loft, a new performance space managed by Art Power. The grand opening Monday, May 12, 2008 at 6:30 is free and open to the public. For other information please contact Yolie Torres at 858-534-2860.
Art After Hours at The Spanish Village Art Center; Where 37 art studios representing over 200 San Diego artists will be selling their fine art pieces. Come and enjoy the live music, refreshements and meet the artists working in their studios on Saturday, May 24, 2008 at 5:30 pm. If you have questions you may contact Jeffrey Hammer 619-233-9050.
Recycle, Reuse & Recreate by Connie Cannon is free and open to the public and features the timely issue of reducing the human footprint on the environment by creating art from items that would have found their way into the landfill. The artist's reception will take place at the Del Mar Art Space, 2010 Jimmy Durante in Del Mar at 6 pm on Friday, May 30, 2008. For more info: Connie Cannon 858-354-5538
SD Art Prize: Dangerous Women: Eleanor Antin with emerging artist Pamela Jaeger, Opening Reception: May 17, 7 pm to 9 pm, R3 Gallery 2421 India Street San Diego, 92101 Show continues until June 22.
And be sure you don't miss the exhibition, Innocence is Questionable featuring 2006/2007 SD Art Prize Artists Raul Guerrero and emerging artist Yvonne Venegas, Jean Lowe and emerging Artist Iana Quesnell, Ernest Silva and emerging Artist May-ling Martinez at California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum, 340 N. Escondido Blvd. Escondido, 92025 ,Hours : Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sunday Noon - 4:00 p.m. Closed Mondays until May 31. For more info: 760.839.4170 Teresa Ramirez
will feature the most POPular art, music, culture and cuisine San Diego has to offer. The $150 a ticket event starts a 6 pm on Saturday, May 17, 2008. For ticket and information call Jenna Mohler 619-297-2787.
Our editor is Georgia Hoopes, a member of the Point Loma Artists and the San Diego Watercolor Society's Vice President, International Exhibition. Georgia enjoys the fusion of Eastern and Western art traditions to create paintings of representational subject matter in a variety of water soluble mediums.
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Picked RAW for April by Georgia Hoopes
Aaron Jasinski "Seripham and Spacemen" by Distinction Gallery and Artist Studios presents the first solo show by Washington based artist. Jasinski will be present at the opening reception, April 12th from 6-11pm. This free event will be highlighted by live music and wine by Vinz Wine Bar. While you're there you are invited to visit the open studios of Distinction's 14 resident artists. Please contact Melissa Inez Walker at 760-781-5779 for more information.
Performance Slam by California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum which premiers with three minute creations for a one night event on April 20, 5 to 7. Ted Washington, Pruitt Igoe is the performance artists and MC and he is supported by Art criticism - Kevin Freitas, Art as Authority , Dance - Sara Plaisted, Urban Tribal, Instrumental - Zuriel Waters , Poetry - Jaysen Waller, Satire - Ed Decker, and Theater - Marilyn Klisser and Aura Thielen, Emerge Art Center.
Both of these events are in support of of the exhibition, Innocence is Questionable featuring 2006/2007 SD Art Prize Artists Raul Guerrero and emerging artist Yvonne Venegas, Jean Lowe and emerging Artist Iana Quesnell, Ernest Silva and emerging Artist May-ling Martinez at California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum, 340 N. Escondido Blvd. Escondido, 92025 ,Hours : Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sunday Noon - 4:00 p.m. Closed Mondays until May 31. For more info: 760.839.4170 Teresa Ramirez
Estudia
Noel-Baza Fine Art
La Jolla Art Festival
Escondido Figure Drawing Group
Brokers Building Gallery
Gaslamp Art Showcase
San Diego Fine Art Society
Walk the Walk Presents
Pixelyard
Two of our first-time listings have the following events in April:
San Diego Fine Art Society wants you to join them on Thursday, April 17 th from 6:00 – 9:00pm at the University Club atop Symphony Towers, 750 B Street, 34th floor, San Diego, CA 92101 for an evening of expert-led discussion on what it takes to create and evaluate our own personal art collections. Guest speakers include Jori Finkel, frequent contributor on arts issues for the New York Times and Art + Auction Magazine, Patricia Frischer, coordinator of the San Diego Visual Arts Network and the San Diego Art Prize, and well known and loved regional artists Sinclair Stratton, Martin Sklar, and Jeff Yeomans. Please arrive a few minutes early to receive registration materials and pre-event refreshments. Wine, champagne, sushi and hors d'oeuvres included. Tickets are $50 and must be purchased by Monday, April 14th. Proceeds benefit the San Diego Fine Art Society , a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to helping art flourish in San Diego. For more information visit call April Game at (858) 205-4354
Scripps Hospital Encinitas, Arts for Healing is having a dedication of permanently installed sculptures by Robin Bright, Amos Robinson, & Fritzie Urquhart and a reception for art exhibit featuring paintings by Rod Lingren & Connie McCoy. The artists will be present on April 6 from 12:30 to 3 pm at 354 Santa Fe Drive, Encinitas. You must RSVP to desrosiers.allison@scrippshealth.org or 760.633.7722
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Picked RAW for March by Georgia Hoopes
Triumphant March by The San Diego Watercolor Society Carol Sass Tuttle jurors original watercolor paintings by San Diego artists. The exhibition and sale will be on display from 3-7-08 to 3-28-08 at the new NTC Promenade. The free artists reception is Friday, March 7, 2008 from 5-8 pm. For more information contact gallery staff at 619-876-4550.
Come see my three-legged horse by Maura McHugh Solo show will be hosted by University of San Diego's Sacred Heart Gallery from 3-10-08 to 3-14-08 with a closing artist reception Friday, March 14, 2008 from 6-8pm. Admission is free. For e-vite and details contact Maura McHugh 619-977-1226.
Chapolito and Doughnut Doodles at Cafe Roma and The Price Center Theatre See amazing new works by artists Jesse Chapo and Alex Chiu. Show will be on display at UCSD's Price Center in the theatre loby and the Cafe Roma from March 1-22, 2008. Food and refreshments will be provided at the free reception on, March 15, 2008 from 6-9pm. For information and flyer please email Jesse Chapo or log on to This Donkers Life web site.
COPY at Simayspace opens March 7 and features installation work and collages by San Diego artists Richard Gleaves and Joey Burns, drawings by French artist Hervé Crespel and by Indiana/Chicago artist Tom Torluemke, and a mural by Arizona graffitist KAI1. It also includes an opening-night performance by Kevin Freitas, San Diego arts writer and founder of the art blog www.artasauthority.com. You can see Kevin again in the Performance Slam at CCAE on April 20 th 5-7.
With all the hoopla about the new show at the CCAE, we don’t want you to forget
SD ART PRIZE 2007/2008 Research: Roman de Salvo and Lael Corbin at the L Street Gallery , 628 L Street, SD 92101(Across from the Omni Hotel) Read the Art Notes and the review by Robert Pincus in the Union Tribune.More info: Patricia Frischer 760.943.0148
Remember all you writers to enter the Vision to Page art writing competition. The deadline is March 28 and you enter online at vision2page.nctimes.com through the North County Times. There are $400 in prizes for the talented winner .
Mark your calendars for April 20, 5 to 7 for the Performance Slam which premiers with three minute creations for a one night event. Ted Washington, Pruitt Igoe is the performance artists and MC and he is supported by Art criticism - Kevin Freitas, Art as Authority , Dance - Sara Plaisted, Urban Tribal, Instrumental - Zuriel Waters , Poetry - Jaysen Waller, Satire - Ed Decker, and Theater - Marilyn Klisser and Aura Thielen, Emerge Art Center.
Both of these events are in support of of the exhibition, Innocence is Questionable featuring 2006/2007 SD Art Prize Artists Raul Guerrero and emerging artist
Yvonne Venegas, Jean Lowe and emerging Artist Iana Quesnell,
Ernest Silva and emerging Artist May-ling Martinez at California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum, 340 N. Escondido Blvd. Escondido, 92025 ,Hours : Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sunday Noon - 4:00 p.m. Closed Mondays until May 31. For more info: 760.839.4170 Teresa Ramirez
Picked RAW dedicates part of each month's column to garden fresh newcomers in the San Diego Visual Arts Resource Directory
The following resources are juicy fresh as first-time listings this month:
Picked RAW for February by Georgia Hoopes
Gotta Have Heart at Sophies Art Gallery. What would February be without a Valentines event expressing feelings from the heart? The show opens February 7, 2008 and runs through March 1, 2008 with a reception February 7 from 5:30 - 8:00 pm for a suggested donation of $20. Contact Wendy Morris at 619-593-2205 for more information.
Nouveau Art in the Adobe presented by Arnaud International invites you to beautiful Rancho Buena Vista Adobe where you will meet some of the best artists in San Diego County at a free reception on February 24 from 1 – 4 pm. For show details call Daniele A. Arnaud at 760-419-8957.
Artist’s Talk With Monique Prieto at the University Art Gallery, UCSD promises to be an interesting illustrated talk by one of the featured artists, Monique Prieto. For these works Prieto incorporates graffiti inspired lettering of text from a 17 century diary of Englishman, Samuel Pepys. Come see the current exhibition and stay for the talk February 27, 2008 at 6 pm. Call Isebelle Lutterodt at 858-524-2107 for more information.
Picked RAW dedicates part of each month's column to garden fresh newcomers in the San Diego Visual Arts Resource Directory
The following resources are juicy fresh as first-time listings this month:
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Picked RAW for January by Georgia Hoopes
“Excavating the Contemporary Landscape: Programs and Projects of the Center for Land Use Interpretation" presented by The Salk Institute ART & SCIENCE FORUM with the Director of CLUI, Matthew Coolidge. An artist of today in the tradition of American sublime landscape painters, visualizing realities of global warming and resource consumption. Free lecture Thursday, January 3, 2008, 6:30 PM. Contact Ron Newby 858-755-3020 for more information.
2008 Winter Group Show at Perry L. Meyer Fine Art is a collection of works on paper by important historic artists such as Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, and many more. The exhibition will be available for viewing beginning Friday, January 11, through Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 11am. The contact for this event is Perry L. Meyer, 619-358-9512.
Don't forget the last few days to see first show of the second season of the SD Art Prize 2007/2008 STOP. YIELD. MERGE: Marcos Ramirez ERRE and emerging artist Allison Wiese at the L Street Fine Art Gallery, downtown San Diego Omni Hotel presented by San Diego Visual Arts Network and SanDiegoArtist.com until Jan 18.
Picked RAW dedicates part of each month's column to garden fresh newcomers in the San Diego Visual Arts Resource Directory
The following resources are juicy fresh as first-time listings this month:
The first two have events and opportunities listed on Calls for Artists on the Opportunity page, it's always good to check there for artists opportunities.
Don't forget, any tidbits, gossip or news of the immodest kind can go directly to
Ally Bling Bling for publication in the next RAW column which you can see by clicking here. All sources are, of course, kept confidential.
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