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SD Art Prize 2020 at Vanguard Culture
Aug 17th to Oct 11, 2020
IDEA1 899 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA 92101
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
Vanguard Artists at the Table Oct 10th Tickets
This intimate rooftop dining series at IDEA1, Downtown invites the general public to meet and dine with some of San Diego’s most visionary arts leaders. This edition will feature an incredible array of delicious tapas inspired by the work of each of the 2020 San Diego Art Prize's talented nominees: Alanna Airitam, Kaori Fukuyama, Griselda Rosas, and Melissa Walter. Guests are invited to experience an array of delicious tapas, inspired by the work of our four Featured Artists. Wine tastings generously provided by Baja Wine + Food.
$50 General Admission
$40 Nonprofit Employee
$30 Creative Industry Professionals.
21+ only

2019

SD Art Prize at Art San Diego at Booth #122
Presented by San Diego Visual Arts Network
Curated by Vallo Riberto
Including four finalist for the SD Art Prize 2020:
Alanna Airitam, Kaori Fukuyama, Griselda Rosas, and Melissa Walter
From Folk to Artificial Intelligence curated by Vallo Riberto: Ernesto Bogarin, John Dillemuth, Shuichi Hashimoto, Kazmier Maslanka, Gustavo Mayoral, Neil Shigley, Ron Tatro and Cindy Zimmerman
Thursday, Oct 10 to Sun Oct 13, 2019
Art San Diego 2019 press release
San Diego Convention Center
Hall E 111 W Harbor Dr.
San Diego, CA 92101

Impact Night : exclusive VIP Preview by Invite only
Thursday, Oct 10 from 5 pm – 9 pm
First Look Free Friday Free Admission
Friday, Oct 11 from 1 pm - 5:30 pm

Collectors’ Opening Night Reception
Admission Required to Attend
Friday, Oct 11 | from 6 pm – 9 pm

Weekend Show Hours
Saturday, Oct 12 from 12 pm – 8 pm
Sunday, October 13 from 12 pm – 5 pm

Friday Collectors' Opening Night Reception | (Admits 2 People): $50
3 DAY Pass: Friday Collectors' Opening Night Party + Full Weekend Access | (per Person): $40
2 DAY Pass: General Admission Saturday & Sunday | (per Person): $25
2 DAY Pass: Students/Military/Seniors (60 & Over) | Saturday & Sunday| (per Person): $15
1 DAY Pass: General Public | (per Person): $20
1 DAY Pass: Students/Seniors | (per Person): $10

Parking: $15 to $20 per vehicle per day with no in/out privilege

2018

San Diego Art Prize 2018 at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library

Anne Mudge with emerging artist Erin Dace Behling
Robert Matheny with emerging artist Max Robert Daily
Sat, May 11 to Sat, July 6 with an opening reception on Friday, May 10 from 6:30 to 8:30
Words of support from Lynn Susholtz, Art Produce for Anne Mudge
Jacqueline Silverman, director San Diego Art Institute for Erin Dace Behling
Robert Matheny for Max Robert Daily, Dave Hampton, curator for Robert Matheny
Jill Dawsey, PhD, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego for Max Robert Daily
SD Art Prize Catalog 2018

Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
1008 Wall St. La Jolla, 92037
More info:press@ljathenaeum.org 858.454.5872
10 AM - 5:30 PM Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday
10 AM - 8:30 PM Wednesday

SD Art Prize at Art San Diego
Presented by San Diego Visual Arts Network
Thursday, Oct 18 to Sun Oct 21, 2018
Max Robert Daily presents the Oslo Sardine Bar with art by Robert Matheny
Booth #124
FIG present SD Art Prize: Anne Mudge, Erin Dace Behlingand former nominee and recipients of the SD Art Prize: Bhavna Mehta , Anna Stump, Michele Guieu, Lauren Carerra, Terri Hughes-Oelrich, Prudence Horne, Lynn Susholtz. Booth #121

Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
2260 Jimmy Durante Boulevard, Del Mar, CA 92014

IMPACT Night: An Exclusive VIP Preview Party
Thurs. Oct 18 from 5 pm to 9 pm

FIRST LOOK FREE FRIDAY/MEDIA DAY
Free Admission
Fri, Oct 19 | 1 - 5:30PM

COLLECTORS' OPENING NIGHT PARTY
Admission/Fee Required to Attend
Fri, Oct 19 | 6 - 9PM

WEEKEND SHOW HOURS
Sat, Oct 20 | 12PM - 8PM
Sun, Oct 21 | 12PM - 5PM

Parking: $13 per day, per car

Friday Collectors' Opening Night Party | (Admits 2 People): $50
3 DAY Pass: Opening Night Party + Full Weekend Access | (Admits 1 Person): $40
2 DAY Pass: General Admission Saturday & Sunday | (Admits 1 Person): $25
2 DAY Pass: Students/Military/Seniors (60 & Over) | Saturday & Sunday | (Admits 1 Person): $15
1 DAY Pass: General Public | (Admits 1 Person): $20
1 DAY Pass: Students/Seniors | (Admits 1 Person): $10

2017

San Diego Art Prize 2017 at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
May 12- June 9, 2017
Opening reception on Friday, May 11, 6:30-8:30PM.
Emerging Artist Rizzhel Mae Javier with established artist Cy Kuckenbaker
Emerging Artist Alexander Kohnke with established artist Fu/Rich
SD Art Prize Catalog 2017 with their words of support: Julio Romero, artist for
Rizzhel Mae Javier, Deborah Klochko, Museum of Photographic Arts for Cy Kuckenbaker, Hugh Davies, PhD, Director Emeritus, The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego for
Alexander Kohnke and Katie Clark, artist for Victoria Fu / Matt Rich

Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
1008 Wall St. La Jolla, 92037
More info:press@ljathenaeum.org 858.454.5872

2017 New Contemporaries SD Art Prize at Art San Diego
Presented by our community partners Studio Door and San Diego Visual Arts Network
Thursday, Sept 28 to Sun Oct 1, 2017
Booth #114
Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
2260 Jimmy Durante Boulevard, Del Mar, CA 92014
SD Art Prize Emerging Artists Rizzhel Mae Javier and Alexander Kohnke with
Miriam Gabriela Garcia Aguirre, Cathy Breslaw, Michelle Montjoy and Rebecca L. Webb
Opening reception Thurs, Sept 28 invitation only from 5 to 7pm, Preview Party 7 to 9pm
Friday, Sept 29/30 from Noon to 8pm
Sunday, Oct1 from Noon 5pm
Opening Night: $75 online / $85 at event
General Public, 3-Day Pass: $25 online / $30 at event
General Public, 1-Day Pass: $20 online / $25 at event
Students/Seniors, 3-Day Pass: $15 online / $20 at event
Students/Seniors, 1-Day Pass: $10 online / $15 at event
PRESS RELEASE Art SD 2017

2017 New Contemporaries SD Art Prize Nominated Artists at basileIE + CMCuratorial
Sat June 10 to August 5, 2017
Opening Reception: Sat June 10, 2017 from 6 to 9 pm
Also Open Barrio Logan Art Crawl, Sat. July 8, 2017 from 6 to 9 pm
Closing Reception and announcement of Art Prize recipients, Sat. Aug 5,2017 from 4 to 6 pm
Exhibiting Artists: Miriam Gabriela Garcia Aguirre, Cathy Breslaw, Ashley Fenderson, Carrie Anne Hudson, Rizzhel Mae Javier, Adrienne Joy, Alexander Kohnke, Pablo Llana, Michelle Montjoy, Julio M. Romero, Brittany Segal, Rebecca Louise Webb, and Oslyn Whizar
New Contemporaries2017 Catalog
2070 Logan Ave, SD 92113
More info: Chris Martino cm@cmartino.com 858.361.9052
Exhibition hours: regular gallery hours: Thurs. Fri., Sat noon to 5 pm Plus by Appointment and for opening reception and closing reception and Art Crawl nights the second Sat of the month.

San Diego Art Prize 2016 at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
Displacement | Replacement
May 13- June 10, 2017
Opening reception on Friday, May 12, 6:30-8:30PM.
Irma Sofia Poeter with emerging artist Shinpei Takeda
Richard Keely with emerging artist William Feeney
Art Notes by Melinda Chiment, executive director, The AJA Project, Norma Iglesias-Prieto, Professor at San Diego State University and Researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte , Jim Ruland, writer, Neil Kendricks,
SD Art Prize Catalog 2016
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
1008 Wall St. La Jolla, 92037
More info:press@ljathenaeum.org 858.454.5872

2016

San Diego Art Prize 2016 at Art San Diego Contemporary Art Show
November 3-6, 2016
William Feeney and Shinpei Takeda with past New Contemporaries and SD Art Prize emerging artists who are members of the San Diego Art Institute in booth #401called “Into the Light” produced by the museum studies program student of San Diego Mesa Collage.
Also showing New Contemporaries artists Claudia Cano, Andrea Chung, Beliz Iristay, Bhavna Mehta, Margaret Noble, PANCA, Lee Puffer, Sasha Koozel Reibstein, Aren Skalman, Anna Stump and Joe Yorty.
Thurs, Nov 3 from 7 PM – 9 PM, Fri, Nov 4 and Sat Nov 5 from Noon – 8 PM, Sun, Nov 6 from noon – 5 PM
Balboa Park Activity Center
2145 Park Boulevard, San Diego 92101

City College Gallery
1508 C Street, San Diego 92101 Map for weekdays
Map for weekends
Exhibition hours: regular gallery hours
Tue – Thurs 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Plus by Appointment and for opening reception
More info: Terri Hughes-Oelrich 619-277-0132

The Timeline Project [META.MORPHOSIS]: SAN DIEGO'S EVOLVING ART LANDSCAPE will depict a retrospective of the past and present San Diego Art Prize recipients. The 120′ x 8′ wall will be built by ECOR Noble Environmental Design, with the graphic design created by students from the Media Design School of Digital Arts at NewSchool of Architecture & Design.

AND
Join us for the Art San Diego after party: Electric Signal from 8 to 11 pm
San Diego Art Institute
1439 El Prado, San Diego 92101
$5 admission
Artists Lana Z. Caplan, Tiffany Carbonneau, and Shannon Willis will have video work on site that responds to their outdoor installations at Art San Diego. See SDAI’s current exhibition Women’s Work: Masculinity and Gender in Contemporary Fiber Art. DJs Ana A. Brown and La Bucky will pump the crowd up before noted rock band L.A. Witch performs at 9:30pm. A complimentary shuttle will drive visitors between Art San Diego and San Diego Art Institute starting at 8pm

San Diego Art Prize 2013 at Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair
November 7-10, 2013
Balboa Park Activity Center
2145 Park Boulevard, San Diego 92101
James Hubbell with emerging artist Brennan Hubbell Booth #36
Debby and Larry Kline with emerging artist James Enos Booth #34

Art Notes by Daniel Foster, Director, and Danielle Susalla Derry, Curator from the Oceanside Museum of Art for James and Brennan Hubbell and David Antin and Charles Miller, artists for Debby and Larry Kline and James Enos

SILENT DISCO @ Art San Diego
Benefit for SD Art Prize
Sat, Nov 9 from 6 - 8 pm
Featuring: Guest DJ . Rather than using a speaker system, music is broadcast via an FM-transmitter with the signal being picked up by wireless headphone receivers worn by the participants. Those without the headphones hear no music, giving the effect of a room full of people dancing to nothing.
$15 Online – $20 Door +21only . Limited to 100 participants

SAN DIEGO ART PRIZE Panel Discussion
Sunday, November 10th 12:00 – 1:00 pm / Lounge G
Moderator: Phyllis Van Doren, Senior Editor, San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles Magazine.
Panelists: James Hubbell, Debby & Larry Kline and James A. Enos, Patricia Frischer
Free with admission to the fair

SD Art Prize 2010
Gail Roberts
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
September 25 - November 6, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, September 24 from 6:30-8:30pm.
1008 Wall St. , La Jolla, 92037
More info: :press@ljathenaeum.org 858.454.5872
Appellations is a two person show with the artist Sondra Sherman

San Diego Art Prize 2010 at Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair
Gail Roberts with David Adey
Einar and Jamex de la Torre with emerging artist Julio Orozco

Art Notes writers for Roberts, Adey, de la Torre and Orozco include: Karen McGuire (Curator of Exhibitions, William D. Cannon Gallery) , Lauren Buscemi (USD Art History Instructor and Freelance Art Writer), Alessandra Moctezuma (Director, San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery) and Heriberto Yepez
Thursday, Sept 2 to Sunday Sept 5, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, Sept 2, 6 to 9 PM
Hilton San Diego Bayfront, Hotel, 1 Park Boulevard, 92101
Hours: Fri and Sat, Feb 3/4 from noon to 8 pm, Sun, Feb 5 from 11 to 5
More info: Ann Berchtold 858.254.3031

NC III Panel discussion with Artists and their Nominators at Project X: Art
Sat. May 15 from 6 – 8
Katherine Sweetman with Lesha Maria Rodriguez, Kim MacConnel with Heather Gwen Martin, Tom Driscoll with James Soe Nyun, Tom Noel and/or Larry Baza with Robert Nelson, Robin Clark with Stephen Tompkins, Debra Poteet with Julio Orozco
320 S. Cedros Ave. Ste. 500 , Solana Beach, 92075
Exhibition hours: Tue - Friday 10 - 5, Saturday 11 – 4 pm
For more info: Chris Martino 858.792.968

SD Art Prize 2010
David Adey: John Henry (emerging artist with Gail Roberts)
Feb 27 - April 3, 2010
Opening Reception: Feb 26 from 6:30-8:30pm
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
1008 Wall St , La Jolla, 92037
More info: Kristina Meek 858.454.5872

SD Art Prize at Beyond the Borders International Art Fair 2009
Kim MacConnel (courtesy of Quint Contemporary Art) Brian Dick and May-ling Martinez (both courtesy of Luis De Jesus Seminal Projects) will be featured in our booth at the entrance to the fair.
Opening Reception Wed Sept 2, 6 - 9 pm, Tickets $75 RSVP necs.
Thursday, September Sept 3 from 10 am to 8 pm
Friday, September 4 from 10 am to 6 pm
$15 entrance includes symposiums
Check site for all events
Del Mar Grand Hotel, Grand Del Mar Way, Del Mar, 92130
More info: Ann Berchtold

Talking to Myself: A conversation with Brian Dick
Thur. June 25, 6:30 - 7:30 pm
In conjunction with Discombobulated: Kim MacConnel and emerging artist Brian Dick
L Street Gallery 628 L Street, SD, 92101 at the Omni Hotel
Info: Patricia Frischer 760.943.0148

SD Art Prize 2009
Discombobulated: Kim MacConneland emerging artist Brian Dick
Opening Reception: Sat. April 25, 7 pm to 9 pm
Show until Friday, July 1,, 2009
L Street Gallery 628 L Street, San Diego, 92101
(Across from the Omni Hotel)
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm

Art Notes on Kim MacConnel and Brian Dick edited by Ingrid Hoffmeister with Robin Clark, PhD, Curator for the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Katherine Sweetman, Artist, educator, curator, freelance writer and Director of Lui Velazquez, Gabrielle Wyrick, Education Curator for the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Vallo Riberto, Artist and art teacher at Southwestern College.

Noel-Baza Fine Art
Wed. February 18, 2009 – Sat. March 21, 2009
Public reception Kettner Night, Friday, March 13, 6 to 9 pm
2165 India Street - San Diego, CA 92101
Gallery Hours: 11-6 Tuesday-Thursday, 11-8 Friday and Sat. closed Sun, Mon
Info: Patricia Frischer 760.943.0148 or noel-baza@cox.net 619.876.4160

SD Art Prize 2007-2008
Dangerous Women: Eleanor Antin with emerging artist Pamela Jaeger
Opening Reception: May 17, 7 pm to 9 pm
Cap and Julie Pinney - honorary chairpersons
Exhibition continues June 22, 2008
R3 Gallery 2421 India Street San Diego, 92101
Gallery Hours: by appointment only 619-654-4332 ame@r3gallery.com

Art Notes on Eleanor Antin and Pamela Jaeger edited by Ingrid Hoffmeister with Bettie-Sue Hertz, San Diego Museum of Art Contemporary Curator; Kevin Freitas, Art as Authority; Mark Murphy, Cultural Instigator, Collector, Publisher and owner Murphy Designs and Alice Diamond.

SD Art Prize 2007-2008
Research: Roman de Salvo and emerging artist Lael Corbin
Opening Reception: Sat. Jan 26, 7 pm to 9 pm
Patti and Coop Cooprider - honorary chairpersons
Wine/Beer and Hors D'oeuvres, DJ: Ejival Jimenez
Exhibition continues April 19, 2008.
L Street Gallery 628 L Street, San Diego, 92101
(Across from the Omni Hotel)
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm

Art Notes on Roman de Salvo and Lael Corbin edited by Ingrid Hoffmeister with Ellen Phelan, art actvist and educator, Doug Simay, Simayspace and Kevin Freitas, Art as Authority

SD Art Prize 2007-2008
STOP. YIELD. MERGE: Marcos Ramirez ERRE and emerging artist Allison Wiese
Opening Reception: September 29, 7 pm to 9 pm
Vivian Lim and Joe Wong - honorary chairpersons
Exhibition continues Jan 18, 2008
Road signs and eye charts dominate this show – both artists use these ready-made architectural fabrications to express truths or observations that communicate ideals of individuality, anachronistic displacement, as well as social and political sentiments that are both present and archaic.
L Street Gallery 628 L Street, San Diego, 92101
(Across from the Omni Hotel)
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm

Art Notes on Marcos Ramirez Erre and Allison Wiese edited by Ingrid Hoffmeister
with Erika Torri, Joan & Irwin Jacobs Executive Director Athenaeum Music & Arts Library; Larry Poteet and Lucía Sanromán, Assistant Curator Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

SD Art Prize: 2006/2007
Fata Morgana: New works by Raul Guerrero and emerging artist Yvonne Venegas
Opening Reception: August 26, 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Cocktails and Hors D'oeuvres, DJ Ejival
Jonathan and Wendy Segal, Jonathan Segal Architecture and Development- honorary chairpersons
Exhibition continues August 26th – November 8th
L Street Gallery 628 L Street, San Diego, 92101
(Across from the Omni Hotel)
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm

Art Notes on Raul Guerrero and Yvonne Venegas edited by Ingrid Hoffmeister with Teddy Cruz UCSD, Stephanie Hanor MOCA and Julia Fry,SD Foundation
Robert Pincus, Union Tribune, Sept 7 review of Fata Morgana "Heads of the Class"

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

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

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

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

The SD ART PRIZE is produced by The SD Art Prize Committee who volunteer their time and effort.

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