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Getting started as an artist is wildly unsustainable unless you already have a financial cushion, which might come from a trust fund or sex work or a rich spouse. Molly Crabapple Art Reports by or about SDVAN
Gator Aid : An upcycle rescue story A+Art Blog by Patricia Frischer Our banner is in support of Immerse the exhibition celebration at Oceanside Museum of Art on Sat, Feb 12 from 5:30-7:00pm plus afterparty (members free, visitors $10) to celebrate three new exhibitions: 2022 Artist Alliance Biennial juried by Alessandra Moctez u ma until May 1, Don Bartletti: Elusive Moments–Enduring Stories from Jan. 22 - May 1, 2022 and Oceanside Unfiltered curated by Zach Cordner Feb. 12 - May 29. We are truly so sorry to hear of the passing of Philly Joe Swendoza (Philip Swendon). He was always a beacon of light and such a huge supporter of all things art in our San Diego Community. He with Ali Bling Bling (Alexandra Rosa) were trailblazers with ArtRocks Radio, some of the first to do podcasts. We give thanks to him and will remember him always with great fondness. At the next Oceanside Museum of Art Artist Alliance Coffee & Conversation Meeting on Feb 6 from noon to 2, Don Reedy and Larry Vogel will demonstrate how you can create your own YouTube video for marketing purposes. Take a look at some examples on the OMA Artist Alliance's YouTube Channel . This is a FREE Artist Alliance benefit if you are a member. Quint Gallery's ONE at Bread & Salt, (1955 Julian Ave, 92113) will begin 2022 with Roman de Salvo’s (SD Art Prize recipient) Electric Picnic Redux, originally created during a residency at San Diego’s Timken Museum in 2019. The showing ends on Feb 5. San Diego Museum Month returns for the 33 rd year on February 1. Forty-six museums throughout San Diego County are offering half-priced admission when you present the San Diego Museum Month Pass all month long. Get passes at Macy’s or any of 75 local public libraries. The San Diego Museum of Art will open Monet to Matisse: Impressionist Masterpieces from the Bemberg Foundation on March 19. The exhibition also includes seven exclusive pieces that have not been on view in the country before. Georges Bemberg was an Argentina-born French collector, world traveler and Harvard-trained scholar, who amassed an extraordinary collection. The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) is hoping to open in April (finally!) and to assure that the permanent collection will be reinstalled with care a NEA grant of $25,000 was secured. We are all looking forward to seeing selections from the collection mounted safely in its newly renovated and expanded facility. A big welcome to the new executive director and CEO of The New Children's Museum , Elizabeth Yang-Hellewell, formally from the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Imagine being completely immersed in more than 300 of the greatest works of post-Impressionist artist Vincent Van Gogh. Now imagine experiencing all of this art liberated from its two-dimensional limitations into a three-dimensional experience It’s all part of Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience , at Wyland Center at Del Mar Fairgrounds until March 6. More info: Brendi Rawlin Surface, Substance, Structure : Selections from California Fibers on now at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido until March 6. Love the pine needle high heel shoe on skates! How can you not love the title Herd Immunity! We all want to get there. This show is curated by Hugh Davies at SIPArt in San Marcos. More info: Vicki Walsh 858-336-6678 San Diego County Regional Arts Conversation are held on Jan 26 at 10:30 and will be talking about Cultural Arts Districts. This is held on zoom and is free by Californians for the Arts in collaboration with California Arts Advocates, San Diego Regional Arts and Culture Coalition , the Oceanside Public Library and the Oceanside CA Cultural District. Arts Education Resource Organization (AERO) Arts Pack published a digital version of the Arts Pack for the 2021-22 school year with program opportunities for teachers to incorporate into their curriculum. The AERO website has also been updated with a directory of programs that teachers can filter by type of event or program and when the program is available for students. UCSD Assoc. Prof . Pinar Yoldas (The Dark Botany installation explores the tension between technophobia and technophilia through the lens of a plant world altered by human hands) & MFA Alum Crystal Z Campbell (Post Masters is an experimental film, performance, painting, and publication project considering intersections between the United States Postal System (USPS) and US Military through the lens of both Filipinx and Black histories) have both received Creative Capital Grants. Creative Capital named 50 new Creative Capital Awards for 2022 with each receiving varying amounts up to $50,000. Zen Explored is an exhibition by Dancing Brush artist Rosemary KimBal at the Cardiff by the Sea Library from Feb 1 to April 29 th. There will be a reception March 4, 2 to 4 pm. You can also see octogenarian KimBal’s work at San Diego OASIS 50% off sale with half going to OASIS programs until the end of January. More info: kimbalrosemary@gmail.com 760-809-3763 One of our own CA State Assemblymember Tasha Boernor Horvath will replace Assemblymember Sharon Quirk Silva as chair of the Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet media committee and Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on the Arts. We are sad to hear of the passing of Wayne Thiebaud. His luscious paintings were one of California’s contributions to Pop Art. Did you know California Governor Gavin Newson announced his 2022-23 budget? Once again, California faces another historic surplus with estimates of $31 Billion surplus for the 2022-23 budget . Governor Gavin Newsom budget includes the following increased general fund allocations for the California Arts Council (CAC), California’s state arts agency: $30 million in one-time funding to support and expand the California Cultural Districts program, $173,000 ongoing allocation to support literary arts initiatives, including the Poet Laureate, Youth Poet Laureate, and Poetry Out Loud programs and an amazing $50 million in one-time funding for the California Department of Parks and Recreation to create a new California Cultural and Art Installations in the Parks Program for state and local parks, in partnership with the California Arts Council. Read the budget request letter that California Arts Advocates sent to the Governor in December here . Banksy wants to raise about 12 ½ million pounds to make the prison into an art center where Oscar Wilde was held for gross indecency from 1895-1897. Lots of arts supporters on jumping on board and this is the star power it takes to make an idea into a reality. OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN) Remember to apply for The Business of Art Scholarship , kindly fill out this two-page application and submit it along with five photographs of five artworks created by you to mailto:blancaluciabergman@gmail.com by 5:00 pm, Jan. 31, 2022. Applications will be reviewed by The Business of Art Scholarship partners and one scholarship recipient will be announced early February. For more info: Blanca Lucia Bergman . The San Diego Visual Arts Network and Mission Federal ArtWalk are pleased to offer The Business of Art Scholarship for the annual Mission Fed ArtWalk event in Little Italy on April 30 and May 1, 2022. The scholarship will be awarded to one emerging visual artist who has a body of work to be shown and sold at Mission Fed ArtWalk. This year the award will be arranged by Art Unites and supported with a reception on Wed. March 23, 6-7:30 pm at Sparks Gallery. There will be a one night workshop on showing your work at ArtWalk at the Sparks Gallery on Wed. Feb 23 from 6-7:30 with special guests: expertise in photography Beto Soto, art portfolio design Nazanin Amiri Meers, marketing and graphic design T. Jay Santa Ana, and art curation Yvette Roman Bañuelos. Applicants will have first choice in this limited seating event. Big shoes to fill from this tiny lady, as the Athenaeum announces that Erika Torri will be retiring at the end of the year. We are heartened to hear that there will be a world-wide search for her replacement, but even then, she is really going to be missed. We are happy to report, she will be staying on the SD Art Prize committee. The City of Encinitas is looking for a ¾ part time arts assistant especially with local knowledge of the music scene but with experience in arts administration. For more info: arts@encinitasca.gov 760-633-2746 San Diego Unified School District is looking for a full-time high school art teach er for Lincoln High. The actual start date is January 24, so they are looking to fill this position as soon as possible. This is a mid-year start due to a retirement. SDUSD has great benefits and the rewards of teaching art to students is immense! A California Teaching Credential in Visual Arts is required. For info: Russ Sperling 858-256-2700 The ArtReach upcycled Charity Art Auction this year wants you to turn your eyes and ears to vinyl records. They have 100 records to transform into 100 individual works of art. Participating artists will be featured on their social media channels and all 100 records will be exhibited in person for 100,000 art lovers at Mission Fed ArtWalk in Little Italy on April 30th and May 1st, 2022 with 25% of the sales prices going to the artists. Apply online by January 31 st Kandace Crystal , Community Engagement and Partnerships Manager at San Diego Repertory Theatre is looking for artists to showcase in the Lyceum Gallery Space . They are always looking for local artists and arts organizations to exhibit visual art that encourages dialogue and engagement around the REP mission or the themes of the plays on their stages . They are looking for African, Chinese, comic book style, and/or urban art for February. For more info Kandace or click here . Gallery 21 at Spanish Village Art Center is making a call for artists for its 46th Annual Small Image Show . $30 for 1-2 entries. $10 per entry thereafter up to 8 entries. Submission by Jan 15. Show Jan 28 to Feb 27. More info: Rosa Ruiz 619-987-7824 To celebrate the 2nd month of the year 2022 Ashton Gallery at Art on 30 th is making a call for artists for a work with two elements. The juror for the show is Chris Eckhert (art collector). There is an entry fee 2 pieces for $35 and up to 4 pieces for $45. Entries until Feb 4 for a show Feb12th - March 11 th. More info: arton30th@gmail.com To work in museums or arts organizations or to learn how to curate your own exhibition you need the special skills taught starting Jan 31 at Mesa Collage from 9:00 am - 3:20 pm. You can complete the Museum Studies Certificate in three semesters, or earn an Associate of Arts Degree in Fine Arts - Museum Studies Emphasis. Time to apply to two of the three SD Art Walks in 2022. Mission Fed April 30th & May 1 st and Liberty Station August 6th & 7 th. And Carlsbad will be back this year in the fall. Liberty Station Arts District has space available starting June 1 including Barracks 2 first floor at 3,670 RSF or second floor at 5,502 RSF. They also have Dance, Music, and Instructional studios available for lease. More info: Alan Ziter The CA Arts Council grant cycle begins on Jan 91. This includes: Arts & Cultural Organizations General Operating Relief - Up to $30K, Cultural Pathways - Up to $30K for two years for communities of color, recent immigrant and refugee communities, or tribal groups, Impact Projects - Up to $20K for collaborative projects for small organizations, JUMP StArts - Up to $50K for young people impacted by the justice system, Reentry Through the Arts - Up to $50K for arts projects for return residents who have experienced incarceration, State-Local Partners - Up to $60K for general operating support and technical assistance for county- designated local arts agencies plus State-Local Partner Mentorship -
Hector Villegas is the recipient of the Business of Art Scholarship Picked RAW Peeled Intro by Patricia Frischer and text by Blanca Lucia Bergman Rosemary KimBal: Zen Explored at the Cardiff by the Sea Library Picked RAW Peeled by Patricia Frischer The Ethics of Engagement: A Conversation with Aruna D’Souza and Zoë Charlton facilitated by Andrea Chung Picked Ripe by Patricia Frischer Ingram Ober and Marisol Rendón Ober start process for new art work at Beyer Park San Ysidro Picked Ripe by Patricia Frischer Live Interview with Wang Qingsong: Social Mobility at the San Diego Museum of Art Picked RAW Peeled by Patricia Frischer Arts and Culture Center for Encinitas A+ Art Blog by Patricia Frischer Our banner this month is in support of Hector Villegas , the Business of Art Scholarship recipients who will be featured at Mission Fed ArtWalk . Art Unites is honored to present The Business of Art Seminar in collaboration with Sparks Gallery and hosted by Blanca Lucia Bergman on Wed, Feb 23, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. with special guests : Lourdes Araiza photography , T. Jay Santa Ana graphic design and marketing , Yvette Roman art curation, and Shaun Cassidy art consulting. (This seminar is sold out, but a waiting list is available.) More info: Blanca Luci Bergman Read full article: Hector Villegas is the recipient of the Business of Art Scholarship San Diegans Lisa Bryson and Mel Sage are also two of the ten artists featured in this year’s Mission Fed ArtWalk which is the 38 th!!! Save the date: Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1, 2022 in Little Italy. San Diego Museum of Art’s Art Alive general admission tickets include access to see nearly 100 floral interpretations of works of art from the Museum’s permanent collection, a dazzling floral Rotunda display, and all Museum exhibitions. Bloom Bash and Premiere are now on sale. Dinner tickets are sold separately. The Wendell Kling art installation has recently been completed, which is the second of the three here comes the neighborhood: San Ysidro public art projects. Learn more about the project HERE . Also coming to San Ysidro - Ingram Ober and Marisol Rendón Ober start process for new art work at Beyer Park San Ysidro Picked Ripe by Patricia Frischer Congratulations to Ann Evons Bossler the new Chair of the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture. Ann currently works as the Director of Program Development for Price Philanthropies, an organization championing underserved youth in City Heights. This board has great diversity. We are extremely sorry to see Jerry Van Leeuwen retiring from his position as Executive Director of the California Center for the Arts, Escondido. They will be doing a national search for his replacement which is very exciting. Our hope is that Jerry has more time to spend on the board of other arts organizations! Emily G. Hanna joined Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park as Director of Exhibitions and Chief Curator in January. She will be creating an exhibitions schedule for the next several years and developing pathways for community involvement which is area of special expertise having been Alabama’s Birmingham Museum of Art’s Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. ArtBusXpress is 20 years old this year and we want to congratulate them on serving up 83 virtual field trip experiences since the pandemic started. They really pivoted and re-invented part of their programming. This year alone 6600 students will be involved in the arts because of their efforts. Tara Donovan , Untitled (Toothpicks), 2004 is being shown at the Quint annex gallery ONE at Bread & Salt: (1955 Julian Ave, SD 92113) from March 1 - April 16. In this artwork, thousands of toothpicks form a cube only through gravity and friction and are transformed through repetition and every time they are moved. Many of us remember her stunning show at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Also note: Kelsey Brookes’ gloss embossed printMescaline will be released on Feb 24 th and is third iteration in the artists' ongoing exploration into the visual and physical properties of the molecules that make up mind-altering substances. The San Diego Regional Conversation on Jan 26 of the California Arts Council and Californians for the Arts produced a recording if you missed it. They spent time with the three SD designated Cultural Districts . It is so impressive that four artists with ties to San Diego are included in the Whitney Biennial this year. Andrew Roberts (lives in TJ and Mexico City currently showing at Best Practices ), Danielle Dean (lives in SD and LA), Emily Barker (born in SD, lives in LA) and Mónica Arreola (TJ). Irene de Watteville tells us that in Amsterdam, where the museums are closed due to COVID, but barbershops and exercise studios are open, the Van Gogh Museum offered haircuts for a day and the Amsterdam has yoga classes as a protest. Read the whole article . Missed the California Arts Council Grants Overview webinar? Check out the archived video and slide presentation at our Grants Resources webpage. The Americans for the Arts Annual Convention is now confirmed to take place May 18-20, 2022 in Washington, D.C. when we looked the website was not updated but maybe by the time you get this, it will be. For the first time in history, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business held a hearing on the state of the creative economy. The Power, Peril and Promise of the Creative Economy took place on January 19. U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i) reintroduced the Promoting Local Arts and Creative Economy Workforce (PLACE) Act. This legislation increases federal resources and expands federal benefits for workers and small businesses in creative industries. This is one of the seven bills presented to address the needs of the arts and culture industry: the Creative Economy Revitalization Act ( CERA ), the CREATE Act , the (afore mentioned) PLACE Act, the Arts Education for All Act , the 21st Century Federal Writers Project Act, the Saving Transit Arts Resources Act ( STAR Act), and the Performing Arts Tax Parity Act ( PATPA ). OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN) Are you looking to develop your arts writing? Is there a San Diego artist whose work you'd love to explore? Apply for the HereIn Writers Workshop with Editor Elizabeth Rooklidge to develop short features (approximately 500 words plus image descriptions) that will be published in HereIn Journal during Fall/Winter 2022. Each participant will receive a $50 honorarium, paid upon publication. Applications due April 1. To learn more and apply . A good time to join OMA Artist Alliance (AA) to be eligible to be included in the Sparks Gallery OMA Artist Alliance show Dreams and Daylight . Deadline is March 1 for a show from April 30 through July 3. Lipstick and Rouge is the theme of the next call for artist by Art on 30 th. Work is due by March 11 th for a show from March 19th - April 15 th. Jurors are the art collectors Tom & Pam Parker. If your organization is not already involved with summer camps program this year with your own Level Up funding, then you can be part of a collaborative effort organized by Visual and Performing Arts VAPA camp program of San Diego Unified School District. They will list you as a partner in their grant application. More info: Michael Angelo Camacho VAPA Foundation 619. 565.8301 Surfing Madonna Oceans Project now has an Artist Awards Program to help financial struggles caused by the pandemic. They are distributing five $500 Artist Awards in 2022 and want these awards to go to under-served communities. This is not restricted to North County but you do have to be a SD resident. Send 5 examples of your work, an artist statement, links to your website and how the $500 will help you to Cathy Carey. Surfing Madonna Oceans Project Inspirations Juried Show has just been announced as well from April 1 - April 29, 2022. Applications due March 30 with a reception Fri April 1, 6 - 8pm at the La Playa Gallery. Juried by Cathy Carey and Vaughn Woods (La Playa Gallery) with $650 in cash awards. More info: Cathy Carey 760-877-0869 Designing Creative Futures is a new job-training program initiated by California Lawyers for the Arts , in partnership with the City of San Diego, for formerly incarcerated residents who are interested in careers in the arts. Online applications for paid, part-time internships during spring 2022 with San Diego arts organizations can be found H ERE. Attention Museums: $50 million in funding now available through the California Natural Resources Agency who are now accepting proposals for the California Museum Grant Program . The deadline to apply is March 11, 2022. More info here
What a month. The Art Reach Vinyl record charity auction is our featured banner. We announced the SD Art Prize recipients for 2022, and the Business of Art Scholarship winner is having his reception at Sparks Gallery, and there is a call for donations for the Patti’s Spirit Lives which we are supporting. But that is just the beginning. Check out all the details, read the reports on or about SDVAN, and look at the new crop of opportunities plus we are bringing back the SDVAN Art Resource feature.
We are excited to announced the 2022 SD Art Prize recipients. Congratulations to Alida Cervantes , Angélica Escoto , Carlos Castro Arias and Cognate Collective . This year a panel of four national and international curators, - Jovanna Venegas, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Marcela Guerrero, Assistant Curator at Whitney Museum, New York, Amy Galpin, Chief Curator, Frost Art Museum, Florida and José Springer, Independent Curator, Mexico City & Vienna, Austria. These artists will be exhibiting at Central Library Art Gallery Sat, Sept. 17, 2022 to Jan. 7th, 2023 and Art San Diego Sept. 9-11th, 2022. REMEMBER Hector Villegas , Business of Art Scholarship recipient at Mission Fed ArtWalk from April 30 and May 1, 2022 in Little Italy,The Business of Art Scholarship Reception for Hector Villegas is on March 23, 6-7:30 pm at Sparks Gallery (530 Sixth Avenue, SD 92101). Both are produced by Art Unites in collaboration with SDVAN. RSVP required for reception : www.eventbrite.com/e/the-business-of-art-scholarship-reception-tickets-294790525397 We are so pleased to hear of the Patti’s Spirit Lives! 40 Year Art Retrospective at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Balboa Park on view from April 28 th to May 1st. This is not only a celebration. Patti Cooprider’s birthday and her life (1940-2021), but also a chance to see 250 of her 500 works, none of which are for sale, but all to be given to those who support with a donation to the Patti’s Spirit Lives! KidsArtEd Fund . If you believe in Patti Cooprider dream “Every child in the world should experience creation & love of art.” then make a minimum $250 donation and join the VIP Donor reception on April 27 th from 5 to 7 pm For more info: Coop Cooprider 858.731.9635
Art Reports by or about SDVAN Constance Y. White is the Community Room Artist in Residence at Art Produce in May/June with a platform for women of color to directly affront misogyny by questioning assumptions of dominant social ideologies. Through a series of workshops, participants will be invited to build and construct multimedia collaged images using diverse materials. Kira Corser from CompassionateArts sent us this link to a fascinating article from Inside Philanthropy about the changes going on in private and non-profit funding for the Arts. Arts leaders might want change, but their boards are sometimes more resistant. Mother Earth, Fragile Planet shows until April 29 at the Fallbrook Public Library curated by Kira Corser. San Diego Museum of Art’s Art Alive is back from April 29 – May 1, 2022. This year Bloom Bash the kickoff event returns with an expansion into the Plaza de Panama with featured food and beverage from more than 30 local San Diego restaurants, live music, a Ferris wheel and an exclusive light installation from sculpture and performative artist Ian Brill. General admission tickets include access to see nearly 100 floral interpretations of works of art from the Museum’s permanent collection, a dazzling floral Rotunda display by Tend Living ’s Britton Neubacher themed “Organized Chaos” using only recycled botanical plants and florals , and all Museum exhibitions (TERRA: Fernando Casasempere and Monet to Matisse: Impressionist Masterpieces from the Bemberg Foundation). Dinner tickets, Bloom Bash and Premiere tickets are sold separately. The San Diego Museum of Art launched Monet to Matisse: Impressionist Masterpieces from the Bemberg Foundation in March and this exhibition marks the first time the Bemberg Foundation’s Impressionism collection, which rarely leaves its permanent home in France, has traveled to California. Monet to Matisse is one of only two showcases in the United States. Check out the SDVAN report: Monet to Matisse: Impressionist Masterpieces from the Bemberg FoundationPicked RAW Peeled by Patricia Frischer Belated happy 25 th birthday to the Oceanside Museum of Art. We are sure it was a rousing party! We are devastated to hear of the passing of Janet Cooling . Cooling moved to California in 1984 to teach at San Diego State University, where she remained until retiring in 2013. Watch the video for her show at Mesa College in 2000. You have until May 11 to see Reimagined: The Artist's Book at the Cannon art Gallery (1775 Dove Lane, Carlsbad). Check out the SDVAN report: Reimagined: The Artist's Book at William D. Cannon Gallery, CarlsbadPicked RAW Peeled by Patricia Frischer Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego announces the grand reopening plans and exhibitions with a new building named for major donors ($20 million) Joan and Irwin Jacobs. After a major renovation the square footage has doubled but 4 times the gallery space has been added by Selldorf Architects. MCASD will inaugurate its La Jolla flagship building with a week of activities and celebrations starting with the ribbon cutting on April 5 at 8:30 and ending with the opening on April 9. The first show in the Iris & Matthew Strauss Galleries is Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s on view from April 5 to July. Sunday, April 10, 10 AM - 1 pm is a Free Prebys Play Day. To reserve complimentary tickets, visit: https://mcasd.org/events/prebys-play-day-april-2022 check out Julia Dixon Evans of KPBS'S picks for the week chosen March 17 including Jonny Alexander at Swish, Space 4 Art open studios, and Retelling/Recontar at Art Produce. Then this such a great list of local colleges shows from her that I just had to reprint the whole thing: Some of these are over so check if you want to go, but glory in the fact that they are on offer! AND….David Avalos, Carlos Castro, John Dillemuth, Joanne Hayakawa, Terri Hughes-Oelrich, Neil Kendricks, Debby and Larry Kline, Iana Quesnell, Matt Rich, Griselda Rosas, Eva Struble, and Perry Vásquez are just a few of the SD County fine art faculty who are included in Campus Creatives opening March 25 and running until May 15 at the Center for the Arts Escondido. Tickets for the opening 5 to 8 pm are $20. Congratulation to Elizabeth Babcock , who will now lead the Forever Balboa Park collaboration. She is a cultural anthropologist and nonprofit executive and hopes to give a strong new direction to promote the park. Forever Balboa Park is the outcome of a merger between two of San Diego’s most passionate park advocacy groups, Friends of Balboa Park and the Balboa Park Conservancy . The third annual 2021 Arts and Culture City of San Diego Impact Map illustrates how City-funded organizations make meaningful impacts across all nine San Diego City Council districts. This comes from the Commission of Arts and culture for the city of San Diego. PS. We love the new spotlight on a commission question and answers in their eblast . It helps to get to know who these decision makers are. I couldn’t find a way to sign up for these emails so just send a note to arts@sandiego.gov . Arts Empower San Diego part of the SD County Office of Education announces the return of the Arts Empower Ovation Awards that recognize and honor individuals and organizations that are working to ensure every student in San Diego County is engaged in arts education. The third of these are awarded through a social media celebration throughout the month of May recognizing districts in Region 1 South San Diego County with nomination accepted until March 25 . Awards will be given in the following categories: Creative Leader, Creative Student Leader, Artful Advocate, Artful Visionary, Creative Connector, Enduring Artful Learner, and Youth-Artist Transformation. Read the description and criteria for each award on the call for nominations website . More info: Pauline Crooks This April is the fourth annual Arts, Culture & Creativity Month promoted by Californian for the Arts. Of course, every month is Arts Month at SDVAN! But here is a work shop: The Arts Work: How to engage in Arts, Culture & Creativity Month on March 25 th at noon. If you have not done so already sign up for the newsletter from HOME2024.com . San Diego-Tijuana is the 2024 World Design Capital, the first binational designation. The theme is HOME Human-Centered, Open, Multidisciplinary/Multicultural, and Experimental. There is a very interesting article in ArtNews about the destruction of cultural artifacts in the Ukraine. “As Kirill Lipatov, the director of science at the Odesa Fine Arts Museum, recently said, it is scarcely possible to grasp the fact that Ukrainian museums are now saving Russian masterpieces from Russian aggression.” Art Workers at War: How the Ukrainian Artworld Has Rallied to Protect Cultural Heritage . OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN) ArtsBusXpress is looking for a new Executive Director who will be responsible for management of this non-profit organization including all fundraising activities, hiring and training staff, implementing the vision for the organization. This is a part time position to start at approx. 30 hours a week and $45 an hour. More info: Ted Pena The San Diego International Airport is looking for a new Airport Arts Coordinator. This position will report to the Senior Manager, SAN Arts Program and will provide curatorial, administrative, design, and project management including curating and coordinating assigned performing arts and visual arts programs. Info: Katie Norman 6194002881 Front Porch Gallery is making a call for artists for its 2022 Juried Exhibition that start in mid-July. The juror is Donna Wilson, past president of the National Watercolor Society, and there is prize money. $35 for 3 entries with submission deadline is May 30. More info: Julie Weaverling The new Southeastern Live Well Center (corner of Euclid Avenue & Market Street) is seeking applications from artists with artwork in a wide variety of mediums for existing and commissioned artwork. Proposed art locations include the outdoor main entry plaza, meditation garden, corridors, waiting and conference rooms, and family play area. This call for art from $400 to $50,000 has an application deadline of April 25. Questions: Leah Goodwin Share Your Message of ONENESS , unity, and love in a project which will be launched in Encinitas during the Arts Night in May. This is a collaborative community project and they are looking for 1100 messages by March 31 st. Each message will be included on an origami paper flower and attached to a large Oneness sculpture. You can use the link or email your message to Soori McEachern . Art San Diego is back! After a three-year hiatus, we couldn't be more excited and this time there are two fairs under one roof. One is the Art San Diego Gallery Pavilion well-established galleries, art publishers, and artist collectives. and the other is the (SOLO) Pavilion for independent artists and designers. Apply now: the fair is Sept 9 -11 and we hope to see you there. ArtBusXpress has received a $40,000 grant from The Conrad PREBYS Foundation specifically to hire their first Executive Director to continue their transition from an all-volunteer board to a volunteer board/paid staff organization. Contact Ted Pena for a position description and more info. ICA San Diego is making a call for both professional and amateur artists to make proposals for their ValiseProject. These are educational art bases learning projects that fit into a suitcase which travels to schools and can be explored by students. This project was one of the first of Lux Institute before they even had a building. Now that Lux is ICASD North, we are delighted to see this project being refreshed. The main theme for this submission due March 21 st is climate equity but includes environmental, mass consumption and climate change issues. As part of Arts, Culture & Creativity Month promoted by Californian for the Arts, there is an open call for art in their Arts Work Showcase with awards. Choose one of these subjects, Art Works: To Heal, to build community to Advance Social Justice to Empower Youth and to Create Jobs. Submissions will be hosted on their web site and $100 awards will those chosen to be used in social media campaigns. Plus 4 - $250 award, one each Friday for randomly chosen works. Submission close March 31 28th Annual Mission Trails Regional Park Photo Contest is back after 2 years and no entry fee. Contest entries accepted until April 1. Awards reception: June 5, 2022, 2-4 PM at the MTRP Visitor Center. Photo submissions are for the first time online .
The Beloved’s Garden of Oneness is a free cross-cultural & Interfaith Art exhibition of the Oneness of Existence through the universal language of ART! This multi-faceted artistic project consists of a visual art exhibition, collaborative Public Art creation, as well as an evening of musical and artistic performances on Sat, May 14 from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. at the Encinitas Community and Senior Center (1140 Oakcrest Park Drive, Encinitas, 92024) Art Reports by or about SDVAN The Aging Magician Brings Multimedia Magic to San Diego Picked RAW Peeled by Lonnie Burstein Hewitt Art Resource Focus A+ Art Blog by Patricia Frischer Our banner this month is in support of Patti’s Spirit Lives! 40 Year Art Retrospective at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Balboa Park on view from April 28 th to May 1 st. A celebration of Patti Cooprider’s life (1940-2021), and a chance to support by donation to the Patti’s Spirit Lives! KidsArtEd Fund . A display of Patti’s greeting cards will also be on display. VIP Donor reception on April 27 th from 5 to 7 pm. ENTRY: $250 minimum donation or $250 ICA supporter members. For more info:Coop Cooprider 858.731.9635 Remember: Hector Villegas , Business of Art Scholarship recipient at Mission Fed ArtWalk from April 30 and May 1, 2022 in Little Italy at booth 334 produced by Art Unites and sponsored by SDVAN. More info: Blanca Lucia Bergman And Remember: Art Reach Art Education Charity Art Auction of 100 vinyl records will be on display at Mission Fed ArtWalk in Little Italy on April 30th and May 1st, 2022. View Auction Items and Bid online . More info: anna@artreachsandiego.org The San Diego Museum Art Arts Alive blooms again in a kaleidoscope of color this April 28-May 1, 2022. Talented floral designers inspired by the Museum collection, offer a brilliantly colored backdrop for a weekend of beloved traditions and art-inspired activities. Thurs, April 28 Art Alive 2022 Premiere Dinner from 6:30pm–11:30pm, Fri, April 29 is Members’ Preview from 8am –10am. and Bloom Bash from 7pm.–midnight, Art Alive Floral Exhibition Fri.10am–5:pm Sat/Sun 9am to 5pm, and Sat/Sun Garden of Activities from noon–4pm. Some said it would never happen but Mayor Catherine Blakespear and the Encinitas City Council has allocated $7 million to make an Art Center at the Pacific View site a reality. Planning sessions are to be completed by Sept 2022, bids submitted by the beginning of Oct and awarded at the end of Oct this year. The Art Center should be in operation by 2024 as long as the budget which was unanimously approved on April 13 is introduced on May 11 and adopted in June. ARPA funds will be used and supplement by a possible $3.5 grants through the state assembly. The mayor mentioned that this "… Public building should be open to the public…. Preliminary work has been done and now is the time…. Arts are the heartbeat of the city." Kinetics Art that Moves You is a STEAM inspired Art Show with 25 local artists produced by A Reason To Survive (ARTS) on until May 5 at 200 East 12th Street in National City, 91950. More info: Yvette Roman Save the date: Encinitas Friends of the Arts presents Passport to Persian Calligraphy Performance Art on Sat June 18th- 7 pm to 9:30 pm at the Encinitas Community Center. Music/Art performance by L.A. painter Mohtadi Mirak with conceptual traditional dance by talented Kosar Abbasi , Sina Gharavi on tar and Amir Aghayi on santor. The audience will enjoy light refreshments and Persian sweets during intermission. All proceeds from this event will go toward public art and arts education in Encinitas. Tickets $40 to $50. Our friend Naomi Nussbaum of Synergy Arts Foundation sent us this reminder to please take the time to view the video in which Mayor Todd Gloria and key leaders of Arts & Culture designate an impressive plan for the city of San Diego. This is part of the state wide April Arts and Culture Month and a declaration of the Arts Culture and Creativity Month for the City of SD. The City has also announced an 18-month design process to create a 7–10-year Cultural Plan. State wide there is a push to spend not just the current $.66 but a full dollar per person in the base line budget for the arts. There is an improved Encinitas Arts and Culture Events Calendar and Weekly Eblast which is a service of Encinitas Friends of the Arts. You can submit your Encinitas City arts and culture events to their calendar. Click here to be included . Murals of La Jolla launches Ocean Front Property in Arizona , a new mural by Rosson Crow at 925 Silverado Street which is a fantastical scene depicting a fictitious beach front location in the landlocked state of Arizona. The final session of Preserving Chicana/o/x Art: Conversations on Conservation is on April 28 and will reflect on concepts and talking points from the previous sessions, while also providing a moment to consider what the future looks like and actionable next steps for the setting of guidelines for Chicana/o/x art conservation. There is still time to go to the Studio Door gallery in Hillcrest for the exhibit showcasing artwork about climate change by student ARTivists aged 3 to 18. #WeBorrowTheEarthFromOurChildren runs through Apr. 30. R.B. Stevenson Gallery is pleased to host the exhibition Balancing Act. The exhibition features new paintings and drawings, by Arizona artist Robert D. Cocke . This is the artist's fifth solo exhibition at the gallery which runs until May 17. Lyle Ashton Harris is the 10th annual Keynote Lecturer at the Medium Festival of Photography on Saturday, May 7 in a rare west coast appearance. Tickets start at $5 for students, $10 general admission. Members of Medium Photo free. The need for a San Diego Black Arts and Culture District in Encanto’s Imperial Avenue area is being supported by San Diego Council President Pro Tem Monica Montgomery Steppe and California Secretary of State Shirley Weber who represented California’s 79th Assembly District for nine years. The SD City Council’s Economic Development Committee officially heard the proposal for the Black arts and culture district for the first time this month. UCSD continues to present artists guest lectures on Utube by interesting international artist. The latest one is by Hyphen-Labs , an international collective working at the intersection of technology, art, science, and the future to create engaging ways to explore planetary-centered design. We loved their project highlighting the need to preserve sleep by encourage people to yawn. Sleep is the last place that we are free from technology. But since you can’t be sold anything while you are asleep, there is a push to keep you awake. Sleeping then becomes a sort of protest against commercialism. Watch it at this link. Connecting the Dots: Art by SD Community College Department faculty and staff exhibition is showing from April 26 – May 26 at San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery , Fine Arts Building, (FA103, 7250 Mesa College Dr. SD 92111) with a reception on Thurs. May 5, 4 – 7 p.m. The guest juror is Wendy Wilson-Gibson, Director of the Bonita Museum. Free. Another county wide faculty show is Campus Creatives featuring San Diego's Fine Arts Faculty at the Center for the Arts Escondido. Wine Wednesday is coming up on May 4 from 5 to 8 pm. You can enjoy a glass of wine and assorted cheeses see the exhibition and listen to Jeff Ray and his band Taser Island. Tickets are $15-20. The New Children’s Museum is kicking off its 10th annual Mass Creativity program with its outreach workshops at seven community centers from San Ysidro and City Heights to Vista and Barrio Logan. At each workshop in April or May, community participants will create individual Leporello (Italian) or Accordion Books, as well as a giant canvas that represents their community’s story. The seven canvases will then be displayed as the collective pages of a life-size book at The New Children’s Museum on Mass Creativity Day on June 25, 2022. Check out the San Diego Museum Council’s guide of all the museums that have summer camp programs for 2022. This pretty much covers the whole county but go to this link for the Oceanside Museum of Art camps . The City of San Diego is announcing Park Social – watch for news of this coming soon and participate until Nov 20 th. April is Arts, Culture and Creativity Month in the State of California as we all know by now. Arts+Culture: San Diego distributes posters throughout the community asking people to identify how Arts and Culture makes them feel. Balboa Park Cultural Partnership is the collaborative and advocacy group for this promotion. Governor Newsom appointed Jonathan Moscone as the new Director of the California Arts Council (CAC). He previously served Chief Producer of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts since 2015 and a Member of the California Arts Council since 2020. CFTA acknowledges the longtime service of former CAC Director, Anne Bown-Crawford and wishes her all the best in her future endeavors. OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN) In partnership wiht the City of Encinitas, Encinitas Friends of the Arts announces Encinitas Art and Flea Market at the Pacific View Elementary school site on Saturday, July 23rd from 10 am to 3 pm. to support the activation of the Pacific View site as an art center. Vendor application must be submitted no later than July 14th and will be on a first come first serve basis. More info: Cheryl . The VAPA Foundation is currently seeking a full-time administrative assistantat $20-$25 an hour. Applicants should send a cover letter and resume to michael@vapafoundation.org. RISE San Diego and City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture are offering a Nonprofit Capacity Building Series: Seeking, Applying For, and Managing Arts Funding Opportunities . The application deadline is Thurs April 28, and the program is five 3 hour afternoon sessions and you need to attend all five from May to June 11. This will help not only with application to the City’s Commission but also to the California Arts Council. CA Creative Corps ($55 million available)application is now open and due on May 19. Available subjects are (1) public health awareness messages to stop the spread of COVID-19; (2) public awareness related to water and energy conservation, climate mitigation, and emergency preparedness, relief, and recovery; (3) civic engagement, including election participation; and (4) social justice and community engagement. If you are looking for a non-profit to sponsor your project, please contact SDVAN as long as you are involving a visual arts component. Application links, guidelines, and more detailed program and timeline information can be found on the program’s webpage . Please note: TheGrants Overview Webinar is on May 3 at 11 am. Click here to register . Mission Fed ArtWalk, April 30 & May 1 , deploys more than 250 volunteers to produce San Diego’s largest and longest-running fine arts festival, taking place in Little Italy. Sign up to volunteer for the festival and you’ll have an opportunity to assist artists, greet attendees, help with the live music stages, and more. Be part of San Diego’s thriving arts and culture scene during April, Arts Culture and Creativity Month as designated by Californians for the Arts. For information, email Carmen Oceanside Museum of Art is making a call for artist for a Veteran Art Exhibition: Pop Smoke which will be curated by Amber Zora. The exhibition's title is a military slang term referring to throwing smoke grenades as a means of cover or escape during battle but they are looking for pop art images that are playful, humorous, lighthearted, or ironic. This is a call to artists who have formerly served in the United States armed forces, currently living in Southern California Supported by The Veterans Art Project , and Mental Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission . The deadline to enter is Mon, May 23. Click here to submit . Oceanside Museum of Art2022 Art Auction on June 25 and Pop-Up Exhibition from June 18 to July 30. This is a call to artists currently living in Southern California to support the museum and be seen by juror Huge Davies. The deadline to enter is Mon, April 25. Click here to submit . No Fee! The Athenaeum 30TH Annual Juried Exhibition call for entries is now open with the Jurors: Anita Feldman, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Education, San Diego Museum of Art and Marianela de la Hoz, Visual Artist .Submission Deadline: Fri, June 17 to show from July 30–Sept 3. Reception Fri. July 29, 6:30–8:30 PM San Diego Public Library needs help designing their PRIDE 2022 commemorative library card. This contest is open to artists of all ages with a design that celebrates LGBTQ PRIDE. Visit a library location offering services for a submission form or print the form below. Grand Prize winner receives a $100 gift card and their design printed on our PRIDE library card! Submit at the library or email scanned copy to LGBTQIALibrary@sandiego.gov.
Art Reports by or about SDVAN Shinpei Takeda & James E. Watts and Oceanside Unfiltered Picked RAW Peeled by Patricia Frischer Art Resource Focus: Art Unites by Blanca Lucia Bergman A+ Art Blog by Patricia Frischer Our banner this month is in support of Encinitas Friends of the Arts presents Passport to Persian Calligraphy Performance Art on Sat June 18th- 7 pm to 9:30 pm at the Encinitas Community Center. Music/Art performance by L.A. painter Mohtadi Mirak with conceptual traditional dance by talented Kosar Abbasi , Sina Gharavi on tar and Amir Aghayi on santor. The audience will enjoy light refreshments and Persian sweets during intermission. All proceeds from this event will go toward public art and arts education in Encinitas. Tickets $40 to $50. City of San Diego has launch Park Social, now on view until November 20th where 18 local artists and arts collectives were commissioned ($15,000 each) to take over 28 City of San Diego parks , creating temporary projects that activate the city’s striking natural landscape. This initiative is a promising first step in a larger plan to activate the City’s park system through cultural engagement and a signal of an exciting new wave of municipal support for the arts. "We recognize and honor the tremendous impact artists can make on a city and its cultural footprint," said Jonathon Glus , Executive Director, Commission for Arts and Culture. Vallo Riberto is the first artist to join the international Birdhouse Project with carved, support poles conceived as visual aids to draw attention to the demise of bird species and their habitats all around the world. The poles are hand carved and enameled pine wood with applied, reflective materials, and the birdhouse are hand built with hyper-tufa over a wire mesh substrate. Did you know Vallo was a Yale University graduate in the School of Art and Architecture? Athenaeum Music and Arts Library has announced the replacement for our beloved, Erika Torri. Christie Mitchell will start in July, but since 2014 she has held various curatorial positions at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Before she goes, Erika has a show of her own artworks. Erika Torri: The Continuous Thread opening on June 11. Woo Woo…the Timkin Museum of Art is finally reopening to the public on June 8. There is a special private members preview on Sun. June 5 from 10 to 2 so join up if you are not a member. The Mingei has announced that Jessica Hanson York will take over from Executive Director Rob Sidner who retires after 29 Years. York was the Deputy Director and Chief Advancement Officer at the Mingei. Adelman Fine Art has added a new Ukrainian artist to their roster. Daria Zaseda has works featured in solo and group shows internationally including Venice Biennale and the Manifesto Biennale. However, this is her first time exhibiting in the U.S. ICA’s North campus presents Primordial Refuge opening Friday, June 3rd. Local artist Aaron Glasson explores the concept of home in an alternate climate change reality in his new site-specific commissioned installation. This includes a call for books, zines, and children’s books on the subject of ecology, environmental science, climate change, conservation, environmental science, sustainability, nature, natural history, Southern California and Northern Baja eco-systems. Glasson will build an intersectional ecological library for our community! Richard Allen Morris has curated an exhibition at R. B. Stevenson Gallery that is an eclectic mix of new and recent work by a selection of the gallery's artists. Multiple Insights includes Judith Foosaner, Jimi Gleason, Theresa Herron, Gary Paller, Mark Perlman, Chris Trueman and new tin collages Allan Morrow and is on view now thru June 18. Mayor Todd Gloria announced appointments to the City of SD Commission for Arts and Culture for 2022 with Alessandra Moctezuma and Kamaal Martin were amongst them. Did you know that you can give stocks that have escalated in value to non-profits and take the deduction of the full current value without paying capital gains? Plus, the non-profit can sell the stocks and not pay capital gains either. It is a win-win. when James and Anne Hubbell did this when Ilan-Lael Foundation needed a new well pump. Congratulations to the team at Arts District Liberty Station including Executive Director, Alan Ziter for The Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation . Their partner in the preservation and reimagination of our spaces is local architect, Christopher Bittner of obr architecture . Scott White Contemporary Art is closing their doors and relocating to Aspen, Colorado. The Charity Art Auction for ArtReach raised over $20K surpassing their initial $12K goal. They still have a handful records in need of new homes which you can see at this link. Send an email and an offer if one catches your eye. The ArtReach Mural Program’s recent mural Welcome designed by Taiwanese-American artist, Liesel Plambeck, is now unveiled at John J. Montgomery Elementary, an arts-focused and designated Turnaround Arts: California school. Over 50 students helped inspire the design and paint the welcome mural as a contribution and legacy gift for their whole campus community. This school is one of 27 to receive mural assistance by Art Reach. Thanks to M.G. Perez and KPBS we learned about the new The Chrysalis Center for the Arts in Barrio Logan.This 6,000 sq. ft. space is dedicated to learning for students of the Monarch School experiencing homelessness and supplies an art gallery, dance studio and a theater. The first show in the gallery is Metamorphosis. For a center name chrysalis for a school named monarch, this seems more than appropriate. Alicia Maria Sui is Nawat-Pipil/Maya from her mother's side from Siwatewakan, Santa Ana, El Salvador. She is of Cantonese decent from her father's side, who is second generation Nicaraguan born Chinese, from Bluefield's Nicaragua. Alicia was born in El Progreso Yoro, Honduras, Lenca homelands. She is ideal to create a mural for the Museum of Us to set the record straight about the Maya civilization in the exhibition Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth . The old display did nothing to tell the story of the present and future of this culture. This seems like another good step forward for this museum which is re-inventing itself. I just realized that not only do I share a birthday with Patrick R Benesh-Liu one of the editors of Ornament Magazine , but also the New American Museum’s founder Deborah Szekely who turned 100 on May 3rd. They are having a celebration for her in August which is lovely. We are watching with great interest the progress for Midway Village+ which would transform the Sport Arena area, one of the city’s most historically underperforming districts into a dynamic urban village, local economic engine, and cultural destination with more affordable and attainable housing. More info: David Malmuth We can’t wait for June 18 to arrive to see the new 61,420-square-foot Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture in downtown Riverside. The very first artworks include the 26-foot-tall artwork by artist-brothers Einar and Jamex de la Torre. Andy Warhol’s portrait of Marilyn Monroe Shot Sage Blue Marilyn became the most expensive piece of artwork by an American artist ever sold at auction, selling to Larry Gagosian (Gagosian Gallery) for $195 million at Christie’s Auction. Did you know that it is called Shot Sage because Dorothy Podber made a studio visit and asked if she could shoot the paintings? Warhol agrees but instead of a camera she took out a gun and shot them! Learn more from the LA Times story . OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN) Dalla-based artist Constance White is inviting a small group of women of color to participate in an interdisciplinary social art project on both Saturdays. May 28 and June 4, 10am to 12pm at Art Produce . The process includes individual collage-making facilitated to confront negative stereotypes by questioning assumptions of dominant social ideologies. Based on personal stories, the process merges reality and imagination through the lenses of participants. This process is open to all skill levels. Participation is free. All supplies included. Participants must be available for both sessions. More info: art_profiler@me.com The City of San Diego is seeking applications for a Public Art Program Administrator to administer arts and culture funding, manage funding award agreements and payment processes, and provide analysis on technical assistance to incubate and build capacity of artists and arts and culture organizations. Salary $74,089.60 - $89,772.80 applications due June 6 th. The City of Encinitas has released two artist opportunities: RFP for Public Outdoor Art Sculptures and RFQ For Mosaic Artist for El Portal Undercrossing . The deadline for questions (link found in documents) is June 1at 2pm and for submission is July 15, at 2pm. Encinitas Flea & Art Market is now accepting vendor applications. In partnership with the City of Encinitas, Encinitas Friends of the Arts (EFA) is pleased to hold this year's market at the Pacific View Elementary school site on Saturday, July 23rd from 10 am to 3 pm. All proceeds will go to support the activation of the Pacific View site as an art center. Vendor deadline July 14th and will be on a first come first serve basis. Athenaeum Music & Arts Library 30 th Annual Juried Show Open is making its call for entries. Exhibition dates are July 30–Sept 3, which opens on Fri, July 29. Deadline to enter if Fri. June 17. More info: Jocelyn Saucedo 858-454-5872 Applications are open for the 16th Annual LeucadiART Walk on Sunday, August 28. The application deadline is July 15. Only 101 artists will be accepted into this juried show. For more info: Leucadia 101 Mainstreet office info@leucadia101.com or 760-436-2320. The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture in partnership with Mayor Todd Gloria's Office and the San Diego Workforce Partnership has opportunities for artist and employees at the Creative Industries Job Fair is on Thurs, May 26 th from 2 to 4:30. This is for job seekers ages 16 and older and held at City Heights/ Weingart Library Performance Annex at 3795 Fairmont Avenue, SD 92105. Employers can host a table. Register here at the event page For more info: Brett Kerr Ashton Gallery and Art on 30 th is makng a call for artist for Home Sweet Home . The juror is Nell Bartlett, President of the San Diego Watercolor Society and professional artist. Entry fee $35 to $45. Deadline to submit Fri. June 3. Opening reception is on Sat, June 11th, 4pm-8pm and the show runs to July 8 La Jolla Art Association founded in 1918 is inviting working artists in all media to apply for membership. Annual dues, gallery fees, and commissions on sales are quite reasonable. Applicants go through a jurying process. For more info: Dana Levine Remember the June 2 deadline for the $60 million one-time General Fund allocation for the California Arts Council to implement the California Creative Corps pilot program, a media, outreach, and engagement campaign designed to increase: (1) public health awareness messages to stop the spread of COVID-19; (2) public awareness related to water and energy conservation, climate mitigation, and emergency preparedness, relief, and recovery; (3) civic engagement, including election participation; and (4) social justice and community engagement. Remember: The Athenaeum 30TH Annual Juried Exhibition call for entries is now open with the Jurors: Anita Feldman, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Education, San Diego Museum of Art and Marianela de la Hoz, Visual Artist Submission Deadline: Fri, June 17 to show from July 30–Sept 3. Reception Fri. July 29, 6:30–8:30 PM. Remember: May 30 is the deadline for the Front Porch Annual Juried show.  Art Resource Focus : Art Produce Produces by Art Produce Team Art Reports by or about SDVAN
A+ Art Blog by Patricia Frischer We're working hard to make the SD Art Prize catalog FREE again this year! With price hikes we need your help more than ever! Once again, each catalog will be numbered by hand, creating a piece of SD history for you to take home! This year the Library Foundation SD is hosting a VIP reception for top donors! The first 40 donations of $50 or higher will receive an invitation. $100+ donations will receive an invitation and a catalog personally signed by each of this year's SD Art Prize recipients! Let's celebrate the 2022 SD Art Prize recipients Alida Cervantes, Angelica Escoto, Carlos Castro Aria and Cognate Collective together! Donate through GO FUND ME or Donate through FACEBOOK Please share!’ Our banner this month is in support of the Gail Roberts: Color Field Exhibition at the Oceanside Museum of Arts. There are now over 130 paintings of singular flowers completed over a five-year period. The show on view from July 30 to Nov 27 but you can save the date for the opening reception on October 1. More info Andrea Leon 760-560-6434 (Gail Roberts is a SD Art Prize recipient from 2010)Our Art Resource Focus posted in July is in support of Encinitas Flea & Art Market which is supporting the new Pacific View Art Center. In partnership with the City of Encinitas, Encinitas Friends of the Arts (EFA) is pleased to hold this year's market at the Pacific View Elementary school site on Saturday, July 23rd from 10 am to 3 pm. All proceeds will go to support the activation of the Pacific View site as an art center. Vendor deadline July 14th and will be on a first come first serve basis. Watch for our next Art Resource Focus on the Encinitas Friend of the Arts How wonderful! There is a Summer Community Building Meeting with South and East County Arts Network (SECAN) on Sat July 16 from 12:45 to 2 pm at The FRONT Arte y Cultura (147 W San Ysidro Blvd. San Ysidro, 92173). Do RSVP and let them know you are coming. It is so important for there to be an umbrella organization in the south and east so their voices can be heard at the new county level. Athenaeum Music & Arts Library presents Erika Torri: The Continuous Thread from June 11 to July 16 with an opening celebration June 17 from 6:30 to 8:30 which is free. On display will be approximately 40 out of 1,400 of Erika’s textile pieces created in the late 1970s and 80s, along with a selection of artists’ books, portraits, publications and ephemera that represent Erika’s tenure at the library. Erika Torri became Executive Director of the Athenaeum in 1989 and is retiring this year. Erika Torri: The Continuous ThreadPicked RAW Peeled by Patricia Frischer After a two-year closure, the newly remodeled Timken Museum of Art has resumed its summer artist-in-residence program with Marianela de la Hoz and her exhibition Destejidas (Unwoven), which will be on display July 13 to September 4. The Timken Museum Reopens Picked RAW Peeled by Patricia Frischer ArtBusXpress has a new Executive Director starting July 1. Julia McMeans brings a wealth of experience as the former assistant director of educational programming at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and current Director of education at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum. As a former pk-8 school teacher, Julia understands students and teachers and their desire to learn more about the arts and sciences than you can learn in the classroom. Oceanside Museum of Art Annual Art Auction ends on August 1 but there is a VIP viewing on June 25 and the viewing begins June 18. Jurored by Hugh Davies, Katie Dolgov and Maria Mingalone. Remember their Taste of Art and Two-Day Workshops series allows you to dip your toe into all sort of media and styles. The PHES Crafts Festival on July 9 from 9 to 5 celebrates their first anniversary with one-day pop-up arts and crafts booths, two live jazz musical groups, and a fashion show in Carlsbad. One of the booths will be with a Ukrainian Art Therapist refugee and there will be raffle to support her and her daughter. More info: Ellen 760-696-3022. Mario Mesquita’s mobile lab to gather stories of resilience and memories from park-goers at Kennedy Neighborhood Park and Market Creek Canyon in exchange for popsicles had to be postponed but is now on July 23 and part of the City of SD Commission of Arts and Culture’s Park Social. Her artworks has withstood the test of time. Here painting, the Portraits of Majorie Ferry 1932 sold for $21.2 million. Her life reads like an epic, page-turner that you can't put down...Tamara de Lempicka is an icon - so why don’t more people know her name? The Broadway-bound musical LEMPICKA at the La Jolla Playhouse puts the true story of the life and loves of Art Deco painter, Tamara de Lempicka back in the spotlight. See it here before Broadway. June 14 – July 24, at the Mandell Weiss Theatre. LEMPICKA Onstage: A Thrilling Experience of an Art Deco Artist's Life Picked RAW Peeled by Lonnie Burstein Hewitt We love the concept of the SIP Art Space ( 215 South Pacific Street 104 San Marcos, CA 92078) - Summer '22 Lecture series in June 18, July 23 and August 20. A Critic, a Philosopher and a Historian Walk into a Gallery . More details Vicki Walsh The first phase of a new installation at the Children’s Museum downtown SD is Breathing Room by Oceanside-based artist Michelle Montjoy. Knitted hanging sculptures that move and replicate breathing cycles are phase one. Phase two will add knitted pods, weighted blankets and furniture to complete this space of respite in September 2022. It is summer camp time and Liberty Station offers a great choice in the visual arts; Milk Oolong Pottery : A two hour, small format pottery wheel clay camp; Monart School of Art : Half-day in-person drawing & mixed media art camps; Outside the Lens : Summer camps for San Diego kids and teen to dive into digital media topics; and San Diego Craft Collective : Classes and workshops for early childhood and school-age children. Crafting Feminism: Textiles of the Women's Movement is the first show in the new Women’s Museum of California Education Center at the Jacobs Center in southeast SD (404 Euclid Ave, 92114). Felicia Shaw, the director, say this is not your mother’s museum but one which encourages interaction and offers workshops. Madison Gallery in Solana Beach announces Sensual Dreams, a visual exploration of hedonism, seduction and carnal desire, featuring works on canvas from French painter Cédrix Crespel and Cuban born Ángel Ricardo Ríos. In this exhibition, Cédrix Crespel offers a front row seat to his nearly three decades long love affair with his wife and muse, Tiphaine while Angel Ricardo Rios introduces us to his fantasies, a secret garden, a dreamscape of arousal. Open July 9 to August 25. More info Lorna York The Buses Are Coming is a national celebration of the 60th anniversary Freedom Riders of 1961 produced by the San Diego African American Museum of Fine Art and held at QUARTYARD (1301 Market Street SD 92101) More info: Gaidi Finnie 619-253-8499 on view until Sept 6 and open every day but Monday. Members of San Diego Book Arts explore the detail and the design of handmade books during Shelter in Place at the Bonita Museum and Cultural Center an exhibition showcasing artworks created during a Collaborative Mail Art Project that marked the beginning of the Covid shutdown. The exhibition from July 9 to August 26 has a reception on Sat. July 9 from 4:30pm to 7pm which takes place during the “Summer Literacy” program also features Saturday bookmaking classes at the museum and at the Bonita Sunnyside Library. Julie Dixon Evans chose 5 works of art to see in San Diego in June ; Kaori Fukuyama's hundreds of shimmery cocktail picks at PHES Gallery; Aaron Glasson's transportable, floating, climate change dwelling/pod at ICA San Diego North; Christopher Lloyd Tucker's intricate wood portraiture at the Central Library Art Gallery; Carmen Argote's thoughtful large-scale sculpture at MCASD downtown; and Katie Ruiz's pompoms outside the new site of the Women's Museum of California. The 13th Annual La Jolla International Fashion Film Festival is from July 29-30 this year at The Lot movie theater and is billed as the Cannes of the fashion film world. Free industry passes are still available, if you are in the creative arts. Street Legacy curated by Bobby Ruiz and Dr. G. Jim Daichendt, features artworks from the diverse subcultures of Southern California, including lowrider, surf, skate, tattoo, and graffiti cultures. The Center’s campus will host a lowrider car show. This exhibition highlights nearly 100 artists at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido from June 25 to Aug 27. More info: Mikee Ferran 760-839-4125 We have to crow about SD Art Prize recipients Einar and Jamex de la Torre with a twenty feet tall installation of their lenticular work Collidoscope at the Cheech Marin Museum of Chicano Art in Riverside showing until Jan. 22, 2023. They will have a private opening for their floor of the museum in August. But then Smithsonian National Museum of American Latino Art will be showing a retrospective of their work curated by Selene Preciado of the Getty Foundation and organized in partnership with The Cheech which will go on a national tour. More than $14.5 billion in COVID-19 economic relief has been awarded to over 13,000 performing arts venues and organizations, movie theaters, talent representatives, producers, and museums from the federal government for the Shuttered Venue Operation Grant (SVOG). Applications are now closed.
OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN) Yes, it is time to apply for a booth at Art San Diego 2022 taking place at the SD Convention Center from September 9–11. Art San Diego will feature an architecturally designed floor plan with well-appointed booths and gallery walls, high-tech lighting, and all the amenities for exhibitors and attendees enjoyment. On-site private vehicle parking is available at the underground garage located below the convention center. Booths start at $1895. Application now available. We are delighted to say that our SD Art Prize recipients Alida Cervantes , Angélica Escoto , Carlos Castro Arias, and Cog • nate Collective will be in booth #118. REMEMBER: Encinitas Flea & Art Market is now accepting vendor applications. In partnership with the City of Encinitas, Encinitas Friends of the Arts (EFA) is pleased to hold this year's market at the Pacific View Elementary school site on Saturday, July 23rd from 10 am to 3 pm. All proceeds will go to support the activation of the Pacific View site as an art center. Vendor deadline July 14th and will be on a first come first serve basis. Artists In Solidarity (Oceanside) are accepting submissions of all types of art and craft to be auctioned in an online fundraiser to benefit Solidarity 3rd Annual Auction for Migrant Families: Border Kindness and No More Deaths held July 17-31. More info: Marisa DeLuca Yes, it is time for the call for artists as ArtWalk Carlsbad 2022 comes back on Sept 24/25! This year it is FREE to attendees. Artists from all over the US and Mexico are invited to apply with every medium including painting, sculpture, glass work, fine jewelry, photography, etc. all on display overlooking the ocean. Artist Applications are on Zapplication.org . More info: Sean Christensen 6196151090 ArtWalk @ Liberty Station , August 6 & 7, utilizes the help of more than 200 volunteers to produce San Diego’s summer fine arts festival. Sign up to volunteer for the festival and you’ll have an opportunity to assist artists, greet attendees, help with the musical performers, and more. All volunteers receive an event apparel item and are entered into a raffle to win art work by participating artists. For information, email Carmen at: carmen2450@aol.com. The Little Italy Art Walk Summer series begins Sunday, June 12th and will run on June 26, July 10, and July 24. Each show will feature the fabulous local art of 25 to 30 artists in the Piazza Della Famiglia and the adjacent block of Date Street, from 11AM - 5PM. Limited artist spaces are still available. Click here to learn more! The New Lemon Festival ArtWalk on Sat. Aug13th, from 11AM-6PM and will completely transform Downtown Chula Vista’s Third Avenue into a lemon-filled oasis. Featuring lemon themed food vendors, lemonade and other fun drinks, family friendly interactive activities, art installations and more, this is definitely a free celebration where ArtWalk teams up with the Third Avenue Village Association. They are looking for vendors application. More info: Sean Christensen 6196151090 This September 21-25, Mingei will present the third annual San Diego Design Week . Creatives across the San Diego-Tijuana region from different design disciplines will share programs focused on the theme Design = Inspiration. The call for proposals closes June 3 to submit talks, workshops, studio tours, self-guided tours or other creative program ideas. A Reason to Survive (ARTS) is looking for artists and zinesters of all ages from San Diego and Tijuana who create street art, zines, stencils, stickers, posters, etc. They want artistic expression that breaks conventions, addresses concerns, and challenges the status quo to celebrate how street art and zines have changed the narrative by creating a culture where art and information are disseminated and distributed openly and independently. More info Yvette Roman 619-297-2787 The City of Encinitas has posted these three calls for artists: RFP for Public Art Sculptures ; RFQ For Mosaic Artist for El Portal Undercrossing Both have deadlines for July 15at 2:00pm and the annual Artist Call For 2023 Visual Art Exhibitions Deadline Sept 26, at 4:00pm Remember: The Athenaeum 30TH Annual Juried Exhibition call for entries is now open with the Jurors: Anita Feldman, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Education, San Diego Museum of Art and Marianela de la Hoz, Visual Artist Submission Deadline: Fri, June 17 to show from July 30–Sept 3. Reception Fri. July 29, 6:30–8:30 PM. More info: Jocelyn Saucedo 858-454-5872 Remember: Applications are open for the 16th Annual LeucadiART Walk on Sunday, August 28. The application deadline is July 15. Only 101 artists will be accepted into this juried show. For more info: Leucadia 101 Mainstreet office info@leucadia101.com or 760-436-2320. CERF+ The Craft Emergency Relief Fund , which is a national artists’ service organization whose mission is to help craft artists build strong and sustainable careers is looking for a new executive director . This is a remote work position in the $125,000 range. More info: Nadia Mitchem We encourage you to look at all 10 categories for grants from the California Arts Council . Many are revised and some due dates are getting close. Here is an overview so check it out. The Individual Artist Grants application are not posted yet but there are lots of categories for arts organizations.
Score one for the arts: The board of trustees of the California Center for the Arts, Escondido (CCAE), voted to keep an installation artwork by Richard Wyrgatsch II, AKA OG Slick depicting police officers as the fairy tale 3 little pigs as part of Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters. CCAE board of trustees, led by chairwoman Sara Matta, held a special meeting and announced that the exhibition is a way to “embrace and reflect diverse community viewpoints.” Read the full report on CBS8 . Some of the Escondido City Council is threatening to remove funding, an outrageous response to a different point of view which has the right to be expressed. Of course, APAB All Police are NOT Bastards, but this is a strong piece of fine art. Art is so important for humanity as it is both useless, worthless and priceless! Joseph Kaliher Art Reports by or about SDVAN A+ Art Blog by Patricia Frischer: Uninformed and Not Stupid? Save the Date: We are so pleased to announce that we have raised enough money to make this year’s SD Art Prize catalog FREE again this year! The Library Foundation SD is hosting a VIP reception for the artists and the first 40 donations of $50 or higher. Now is time to save the dates: San Diego Visual Arts Network presents 2022 SD Art Prize at Art San Diego from Sept 9 th to 11th andat Central Library Gallery from Sept 17, 2022 to Jan 7, 2023 Remember: Gail Roberts: Color Field Exhibition at the Oceanside Museum of Arts. There are now over 130 paintings of singular flowers completed over a five-year period. The show on view from July 30 to Nov 27 but you can save the date for the opening reception on October 1. More info Andrea Leon 760-560-6434 (Gail Roberts is a SD Art Prize recipient from 2010) R.B. Stevenson Gallery in La Jolla presents Multiple Insights featuring paintings and sculptures by a selection of gallery artists: Judith Foosaner Jimi Gleason, Therese Herron, Wayne Hulgin, Molly McCracken, Mark Perlman, Deanne Sabeck, Peter Stephens, Geoffroy Tobé, Chris Trueman, and Rex Yuasa opening with a reception on Sat. July 30th from 5 to 8 pm. Showing through August 27th. More info: Ronald B. Stevenson (858) 459-3917 Multiple Insights at R.B. Stevenson GalleryPicked RAW Peeled by Patricia Frischer Rosson Crow's mural at 925 Silverado Street (The Balling Block, corner of Silverado and Drury Lane), Oceanfront Property in Arizona , has received added hand-painted elements. Rosson, armed with spray and enamel paints, spent a day in La Jolla further enhancing her mural with loose and dripping painted additions. Watch also for a new mural by Alex Katz at 7540 Fay Avenue in July, replacing Bill 2. Also, in July Roy McMakin's Favorite Color, will become Your Favorite Color (2022) because 882 individuals chose their favorite color at a three-day event at the Athenaeum in May. The Comic con Museum in Balboa Partk's latest exhibit, Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing , will be on view during the ComicCon convention July 21-24 and continue until the end of the year. This is the 60th anniversary of Spider-Man’s comic debut. Margaret Noble has a new looped audiovisual installation experience called Locked Groove at the Plumosa Park in Point Loma. The name refers to the infinite drum loops found on specialty vinyl records.. Park Social in July and August Picked RAW Peeled by Patricia Frischer We are thrilled to announce that the ordinance forming a SD County Arts and Culture agency has passed its second reading! We hope to announce the application for staff position for that office soon. Interesting new ways to raise funds: Space 4 Art is partnering with For Arts Sake Cosmetics . This San Diego County-based company sells art-inspired makeup that makes a difference. Each quarter, the company donates a percentage of its sales to a US arts nonprofit. Space 4 Art is the recipient for the upcoming quarter (July - September, 2022). Fresh faces at North County Arts Network (NCAN): NCAN Chair Collette Murphy (Encinitas Arts Program Manager) and NCAN Treasurer Andrew Utt (Director Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego) take over from Chair Richard Schultz, Secretary Brigid Parsons, Treasurer Alex Goodman. New pushes for civic advocacy and audience development coming soon. NCAN is now an official non-profit and funds can be donated with tax deductions! A new show at Mingei This Is Our Story: American Vernacular Art from the Kaplan Collection from Jul 23, 2022 - Feb 26, 2023 is all self-trained artists sometimes called the arts of ordinary people –folk, self-taught, visionary and outsider, as it made for family, friends, free expression, and the joy of making art. this sounds so inebriating : Intoxicated by Art: Wine & Art in the Age of Temperance with Rod Phillips part of the Art and Masters Lecture & Wine Tasting series at the Timken Museum on Sun, Aug 14 from 4 to 6:30. NextGen: Graduating Artist Exhibition celebrates the San Diego/Tijuana art scene with a show to support recently graduated artists while also fostering the local art ecosystem at ICA San Diego (Central) until Sept 5. More info: Beau Box 619-236-0011 As Dr. Paul E. Jacobs retires as board president of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego , Steve Strauss the son of Iris and Matthew Strauss will take over. Matthew was a previous board president. Is there a Jacobs in line to take over after Steve? We are happy to learn that the local Black arts leder Dea Hurston is being honored with a naming at New Village Arts in Carlsbad. The artist studios were closed down last year, and now the space is being renovated and due to be re-opened in December. They will continue to showcase the work of visual artist especially those themed to the theater performances. Just a note of admiration for the New Village Arts EDI and anti-racist policy statement. It is one of the most complete I have seen and they are putting their money where their mouth is. The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego presents the first retrospective of the California artist’, Alexis Smith’s, work in over 30 years. The American Way will be on view Sept. 15th, 2022 – Feb. 5, 2023. Arts Education Connection San Diego has announced three grants totaling almost $100,000 to help bring back their Teaching Artist Institute and support arts programs in Juvenile Court and Community Schools . How fun to see the ArtReach Charity Shoe Auction online now until Aug 7 and on view at ArtWalk Liberty Station on Aug 6 and 7 th! Forty artists have been selected for the Athenaeum’s 30 th Annual Juried exhibition in La Jolla. The reception is free on Fri. July 29 and the show runs until Sept 3. The jurors, Anita Feldman, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Education, San Diego Museum of Art, and Marianela de la Hoz, visual artist, had to look at 900 entries by 316 artists. We would like to draw your attention to the Voice of San Diego article Recognizing Mike Davis . Davis is the husband of Alessandra Moctezuma our beloved gallerist at Mesa College and is now on palliative care but not in “immediate danger.” The article gives insights into his life’s work. The City of San Diego will be accepting applications on August 1 for FY23 City Council allocations to support nonprofit organizations and public agencies to promote local arts and culture. These are due by August 31, 2022. There is an application info session in July 28 at 6 pm. More info: Commission for Arts and Culture The California Travel Association is doing a Where Can Travel Take You? campaign. You make a 30 second video on your phone and send them the raw footage. Include a favorite art venue and help promote the arts in San Diego. News from California Arts Advocate about the CA Arts budget . Although not everything they had lobbied for made it into the final budget, there are some wins including: $30 million to expand and support the CA Cultural Districts Program through the California Arts Council (CAC), $120 million in district asks to also be distributed through the California Arts Council and $25 million for the California Cultural and Art Installations in the Parks Program through Parks and Recreation RIP Claes Oldenburg who died July 18 in New York. What fun he brought into our lives! ArtsVote California is your way to make sure your vote counts. OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN) The California Arts Council (CAC) has opened Administering Organization applications for its Arts Administrators Pipeline Fellowship and Individual Artists Fellowship grant programs. Applications for organizations interested in administering regranting funds for their regional or statewide service area are being accepted now on the CAC website. Leucadia 101 Main Street Association is making a call for artists for the Leucadia Art Walk. Make a Call for Entry account login, then use the application form . There is a $150 entrance fee to sell art of all mediums. You must bring your own 10x10 or 10x20 booth for this events that attracts 8,000-10,000 visitors. Applications due July 20 th. Event is Sun Aug 28 from 10 am to 5 pm. More info: Brittany Corrales 7604362320 The Imperial Beach Library & Imperial Beach Arts Bureau are making a call for artist for a juried art show. There are no fees. Deadline to apply: Sept 30 th. Art will be hung December 2 with a chance to speak briefly about your work, if selected. Contact Cecilia Salgado 619-424-6981to obtain submission application Surfing Madonna Oceans Project Artist Awards Program is created to help the financial struggles the pandemic has caused our creative community.They are especially concerned about the effect on under-served communities. You can apply for a $500 Artist Award until the end of the year. Surfing Madonna Oceans Projects also wants to spread a message of hope and appreciation for the ocean and support the arts with a Juried Art and Poetry Show at the Escondido Municipal Gallery. There are poetry and art awards with an opening reception on Oct 8 at 6 pm. Applications for Juried show due Sept 11. Showing from Oct 8 to Nov 4. More info: Cathy Carey 760-877-0869 San Diego International Airport’s Arts Program invites artists, curators, and cultural, community, or educational organizations working in all media to submit proposals that use the concept A Necessary Departure: progression from the pandemic as a framework. Up to fifteen participating artists and/or organizations and the selected artwork and collections will be displayed for up to one year beginning in October 2022. Priority will be given to interactive work. Deadline for application : Friday, August 5. A virtual information session: Thurs, July 14 at 5pm. For more info: Katie Norman 619.400.2881 The deadline for the 2022 SDMA Artists Guild Juried Fall Membership Exhibition at Gallery 21 is Tuesday, Aug 2. You must be a member of this organization to be able to apply. The exhibition jurored by Julie Weaverling, Director of the Front Porch Gallery in Carlsbad will be live from September 13 through 26, with a reception on Sunday, Sept 18, from 2 to 4 pm. San Diego United School Districts's VAPA Arts Education Project is currently hiring visiting teachers for Visual Arts for elementary students across the district in the 2022-23 school year. The minimum California Teaching Credential required is a 30 Substitute Permit . Candidates with a bachelor’s degree can apply for and obtain this credential in a matter of weeks. Start the process today. More info: See their recruiting page , online application or Tim Benson San Marcos Unified School District have posted on LinkedIn part time openings for primary and secondary teachers in studio art, art history, film studies and fashion design.
San Diego Visual Arts Network invites you to the award exhibition for the 2022 San Diego Art Prize celebrating this year's recipients Alida Cervantes , Angélica Escoto , Carlos Castro Arias and Cognate Collective . Each artist engages with issues of immigration, colonization as well as past and current multiculturalism of the San Diego/Tijuana border region. Art Reports by or about SDVAN Art Resource Focus: The San Diego Art Prize presented by San Diego Visual Arts Network A+Art Blog: What the NFT? by Patricia Frischer Are you interested in being a Commissioner for the new County of San Diego Arts and Culture Commission? Fill out this application and send it to bcc@sdcounty.ca.gov . These are ongoing positions chosen by and changing with the election of new county supervisors. They will be looking for two Commissioners from each of the five county districts plus three youth members (age16-24 at the time of appointment) who shall be nominated by the Chief Administrative Officer. Synergy Arts Foundation, San Diego Visual Arts Network, Space4Art and San Diego Performing Arts League are collaborating to gather data on the need for Affordable Housing for Artists of all genres in San Diego County. We plan to present the results to the City and County of San Diego in the hope that they will provide support and understand we are losing our talented artists because of the exorbitant cost of living today in San Diego. If you are an artist who rents, please take 3 minutes to fill out this survey . Please feel free to forward the survey to your colleagues. The California Arts Council (CAC) has selected 14 organizations to administer funds for a new grant program California Creative Corp . The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture was one of those chosen and will receive $4,750,000 to organize a bi-county partnership among philanthropic/community agencies to implement “Far South/Border North: Artists and Cultural Practitioners in Community.” Through FSBN, the partnership will develop opportunities for artists/practitioners and build the infrastructure for creatives to contribute to social justice, public health, energy-water-climate, and civic engagement. We are eager to see this granting process unfold. Some more news from the SD City Commission for Arts and Culture. There will be a new Pacific Highlands Ranch Library with a site-specific artwork TEXT/TILE by local artist Janelle Iglesias. Composed of terracotta tablets, the installation incorporating words from languages of the various peoples who have inhabited the land upon which the library will stand, Kumeyaay, Spanish and English. The ground breaking for the building was in July. The San Diego/Tijuana World Design Capital (WDC) 2024 leadership team has been announced: Michele Morris , Chief Design Officer, and Carlos de la Mora, Chief Executive Officer. As part of San Diego Design Week (Sept 21-25) ,the Mingei presents the exhibition Toying with Design opening on September 21 co-curated by Mingei Museum Creative Director and Founding Committee Member Patricia Cué and Susan Merritt , Professor Emerita of the School of Art and Design at San Diego State University.Showing from Sept 10 to Feb 26, this exhibition explores how play can inspire designers and architects to create toy-like, functional, everyday objects. More info Ashley Christie Vanguard Culture in partnership with World Design Capital 2024 presents Mash Up – a Creative Industry Symposium on Sept 22/23 from 9 to 3. Join arts and culture business and industry leaders for a 2-day experiential conference that challenges creative professionals to consider their collective power to change the future of their sector through Panel discussions, workshops, quality networking opportunities, and one-on-one coaching with creative leaders from a variety of industries. $15 to $50 at The Soap Factory (2995 Commercial Street, SD, CA 92113). More info: Susanna Peredo Swap We are so excited to report on Alexis Smith: The American Way , the first retrospective of the California artist in thirty years at the Museum of Contemporary Art La Jolla which opens Sept 15 th. Smith uses the pop culture in a humorous way to explore the American Dream. The MCASD Gala (dinner tickets from $600-$5000) is on Sept 10 and the After Party ($150 to $225). We enjoyed watching the ideo that Sarah Stieber announced on Apartment Therapy. Stieber Spaces is her new custom mural installation project for interiors. You get to tour inside her new home and see her art and those of others like Cheryl Sorg ’s chandelier. Congratulation, Sarah, for moving forward all the time in your art career. Steven Burns is offeringPhotoshop For Business Promotionsfor free through West Hills College Coalinga. It a 4-day workshop that you can take virtually from Aug 22-25 from 1-4pm or in person. Steve is a great teacher and you can learn how to use Photoshop to design promotional content for social media, brochures or promo cards. For more info: steve@chromeallusion.com A new addition to Murals of La Jolla , Resurgence , a site-responsive mural by Chitra Ganesh is full of the biodiversity of the oceans. See it at 7540 Fay Avenue. Another new mural at The New Children’s Museum by two artists on staff, Marcus Deridder and Taylor McCabe , The World of Les Mor and Mor no Mor is very large-scale and interactive. Mesa College Gallery presents The Shape of Color, the Weight of Light with artworks by Kaori Fukuyama, Christian Garcia-Olivo, and Melissa Walter from Aug 22 to Sept 8. Both Fukuyama and Walter are SD Art Prize recipients in 2020. Registration is now open for the2022 Arts Empower San Diego Mega Conference on Sept. 14 and 15 for educators, administrators, and advocates involved in all aspects of arts education. We continue to applaud the Museum of Us for their moves to apologize and remedy indigenous sovereignty, knowledge, and requests that were largely silenced and ignored by the Museum during its first 100 years. The voices and realities of Kumeyaay peoples, and over 1000 additional global Indigenous communities, were disregarded to perpetuate dominant historical narratives that upheld colonial and racist ways of thinking. For example, the nine male colonizers depicted on the building are being explored in Decolonizing Colonial Legacy: The Museum's façade. Manuelita and Willi Brown’s son Vincent is a superstar in this PBS series The Bigger Picture that shows how photography has shaped elections. Watch a video produced by The CEO Podcast with James Stone, glass artist, with tips on ARTrepreneurship: Turning an Artistic Passion into a Profitable Business. The Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Parkis offering after school programs Konnichiwa for children to learn the different aspects of Japanese culture from origami to kamishibai and crafts to wellness. $15 per activity. More info: volunteer@niwa.org . The Oceanside Museum of Art Artists Alliance is part of the OMA Fall Art Mart a pop-up art market to take place on the front terrace of OMA on Sept 17 from 10 am to 5 pm. Parallel Views is their show at the Studio Door from Sept 3 - 30 juried By Patric Stillman. The reception is Sat, Sept 17, 6:00-9:00pm. You can register for free to hear the 34th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts & Public Policy , featuring Ayad Akhtar on Wed., Sept 21 at 4:30 p.m. PDT. Akhtar is a novelist and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright. The lecture presented by Americans for the Arts is intended to stimulate dialogue on policy and social issues affecting the arts. The international conservation group WILDCOAST will host Baja Bash , a $175 event to raise awareness and funds for its ocean conservation and climate action programs on Sat. Oct. 1st at 5 pm at the Montbleau Estate in Solana Beach Keep It wild is their free virtual auction from October 1-7 featuring incredible artwork from both sides of the border. Registrations for virtual event: https://one.bidpal.net/bajabash22 California Arts Council (CAC) has a new Executive Director Jonathan Moscone. He plans to build staff and he is reviewing the Administering Organizations (AO) which is the push to give more money to the counties for regranting. This is based on the idea that each county knows better what its needs are and that maybe the role of the CAC should not be so heavily involved in this process. Will this further capacity building and equity in grant making? Or will the extra cost for administrative fees for AO be too high, money that could going directly to artists instead? You can read his full remarks here. There was also discussion about the use in committees of general public members over art professionals as well as a case for making committees meeting open to public view.This is a balance that is often difficult. Committees are generally where the real work is done and if they are too large, they are not as efficient. But if the committees are not diverse enough, they can lack creativity and transparency. What to read more about the CAC budget for the arts take a look at the presentation slides . Watch this informative video on DEI issues Reckoning with Reopening: How Do We Live Our Values? put on by SMU Data Arts with Dr. Zannie Voss and Carmen Morgan. OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN) San Diego International Airport Arts Program is accepting submission for the 2022 temporary exhibition, A Necessary Departure . The program seeks existing bodies of work that use the concept of progression from the pandemic as a framework. They now provide a $1,000 stipend, plus additional funds for workshops. The deadline for submissions has been extended to August 29. For more info: arts@san.org . Escondido Arts Partnership has a call for artists for the fall: Fiber and Book Arts starting in Oct(image receiving date Sept 24). More info: mail@escondidoarts.org The City of Vista’s Public Arts Commission is partnering with Kiwanis Club of Sunrise Vista in seeking VUSD students and Vista residents/artists to design and complete a public mural for the Vista Skateboard Park at 510 North Santa Fe. $4000 fee which must include materials. Applications due Sept 1. More info: jboensch@cityofvista.com The Imperial Beach Library & Imperial Beach Arts Bureau are making a call for artist for a juried art show. There are no fees. Deadline to apply: Sept 30 th. Art will be hung December 2 with a chance to speak briefly about your work, if selected. Contact Cecilia Salgado 619-424-6981to obtain submission application Vendor applications ($15) are now open for the San Diego Made Holiday Market on Sat/Sun Nov 12/13 from 11 to 5 at Julep venue in Little Italy. Booths from $250 – $450.
Art Reports by or about SDVAN Alexis Smith: The American Way - Playful and Subversive Picked RAW Peeled by Patricia Frische New Art Resource Focus: Art San Diego Returns To San Diego Convention Center Sept 9—11, 2022 by Linda Mariano New SmART Collector article for artists: Tips and Resources to Help You Succeed at Craft Shows by Abbey Holt
We are delighted the Supervisor Nathan Fletcher has issued certificates of recognition to the four SD Art Prize recipients Alida Cervantes , Angélica Escoto , Carlos Castro Arias and Cognate Collective . Each artist engages with issues of immigration, colonization as well as past and current multiculturalism of the San Diego/Tijuana border region. Central Library Art Gallery Sat, Sept. 17, 2022 to Jan. 7th, 2023. Remember: 2022 San Diego Art Prize presented San Diego Visual Arts Network celebrating this year's recipients Alida Cervantes , Angélica Escoto , Carlos Castro Arias and Cognate Collective . Each artist engages with issues of immigration, colonization as well as past and current multiculturalism of the San Diego/Tijuana border region. Central Library Art Gallery showing until Jan. 7th, 2023 (9th Floor, 330 Park Blvd.,92101) Kudos to Julie Dixon Evans’ article at KPBS The art is in the process for Carmen Argote at the MCASD downtown. She writes about Argote and her use of found and intimate objects in her show Filtration System for a Process Based Practice. She also picks Sunblock 5000 a new group exhibition at Oolong Gallery in Solana Beach Duke Windsor ’s works Reverence will be on view at Sparks Gallery from Sun. Oct 16 ( opening reception 11 – 2) to Dec 30. This is part of his gold gilded series where the very ordinary objects and scenes of life are highlighted. More info: Sonya Sparks 619-696-1416 To complement the intent of Michelle Montjoy’s Breathing Room , the New Children’s Museum has created a digital Sensory Guide with Xenia Sholl from Sensory Friendly San Diego. The guide includes 3-D tours, audio clips and visual guides that will help guests with neurodiversity, autism and other special needs navigate the Museum and locate spaces and services for them. October is Kids Free when 12 and unders receive FREE admission with a paid adult to more than 50 of San Diego County’s favorite museums, historic sites, aquariums, gardens and more. Many are even free for the whole family! Check it out at the San Diego Museum Council . On Oct 12 from 5 to 6:30 The Timkin Museum is offering a free professional development Open House for educators with a chance to see Exchanging Words: Women and Letters in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting (September 21- December 31, 2022), and also hear talks on works in the Timken's permanent collection, receive lesson plans and participant in hands-on learning experiences. Wine and light appetizers will be served and a free bus transportation to the Timken for their classrooms is on offer. Plus, you will be able to apply to have a professional teaching artist come to your classroom to teach a free art class (all supplies included). The end of an era marked by the closing of the Talmadge Art Show produced by Sharon Gorevitz & Alan Greenberg. We thank them for supporting craft-persons with the almost 100 shows they arranged. There are three new exhiitons coming to the San Diego Museum of Art this fall. Chapel of the Rocks by Justin Sterling (Oct 29 – Feb 12, 2023) - The immersive exhibition with over 30 broken and mended stained glass windows features a 1,000-square-foot chapel custom-built within the Museum. Lisa Ross: Elegy to a Uyghur Homeland (Nov 5, – March 5, 2023) is a poignant photo exhibition capturing the rituals and spiritual traditions of Uyghur shrines and everyday life in and around the Taklamakan Desert in China and recognizes the genocide there. Sergio Hernandez: Embers of Oaxaca (Nov 12– Feb 12, 2023) – This is the first solo museum exhibition in the US for the Mexican Oaxacan contemporary artist featuring more than 30 large-scale indigenous heritage paintings and mixed-media works. Join the Timkin Museum for a Travel Day to the Getty Villa , Los Angles to Nubia: Jewels of Ancient Sudan on Oct 27. Members $160 non-Member $175 starting at Balboa Park or Lomas Santa Fe, Solana Beach. This sounds like so much fun! The New Childre's Museum: wants you to come one, come all to the Circus Spectacular on November 5 from 6-11pm for their annual fundraising gala. Be dazzled with fire breathers, aerialists, jugglers and a 40-foot Ferris Wheel and fun carnival games. Circus Chic attire recommended. Ticket $150 - $350. Three big cheers for San Diego Black Arts and Culture District . In June 2022, the San Diego City Council unanimously approved the district which encompasses nine blocks within Encanto along Imperial Avenue between 61st and 69th streets. They are in the process of establishing an Advisory Committee. If you are interested, please complete the application , all applications are due by September 30, 2022. Patti's Spirit Lives! original Patti Cooprider art is available for donations at Girard Gourmet Bakery-Restaurant in La Jolla until the end of October. Proceeds benefit the Athenaeum School of the Arts Scholarships . More info: coopcooprider@gmail.com At the Women’s Museumof California’s October First Saturday free program Witchcraft and Feminism (Oct 1 from 11am - 4pm), come learn about the history of witchcraft, its connection to the modern feminist movement. Throughout history, women have used knowledge of herbs, moon cycles, and connections to nature for medicine, cooking, midwifery, and spiritual practices. Melissa Jones We were so happy to hear of a new 8000 square foot art center in Oceanside. Techne (1609 Ord Way, Oceanside, 92056) is open by appointment. There last show was Color Continuum and the next one has begun Beyond the Horizon . For more info: Chuck Thomas 917-972-1752 We love the new mural in Chula Vista Animal Shelter by Paul Jimenez and Signe Ditona AKA Ground Floor Murals . It was finished on the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month. Watch out for Swank by Jean Lowe. This is an installation in Quint Gallery (La Jolla) where she creates a truck out of cardboard making the gallery into an unauthorized GMC auto dealership. Oct 1 to Nov 21. The Swank Tank is one of the new electric Hummers.
OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN) The City of San Diego is seeking applications for an Arts Management Associate to assist with the administration of arts and culture funding, assist with management of funding award agreements and payment processes, and prepare communication materials for publicizing and information sharing. Applications due October 10. $63,003.20 - $76,128.00 The Athenaeum Art Center in Logan Heights is looking for a bilingual manager . To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume addressed to Christie Mitchell , Executive Director. Rising Arts Leaders is looking for 2023-2024 Steering Committee member. Applications are due by Sat Oct 22. Pride and Protest:A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Love and Activism is a call for all media for the San Diego Mesa College Art Galler y exhibition from Oct 31 – Nov 17. Curated by the Museum Studies class there is no fee and open to all. Submissions due by Sun, Sept 25. More info: mesamuseumstudies@gmail.com Vanguard Culture is seeking motivated and creative college student for a 6month in-person & virtual internship in Marketing and Public Relations starting in September. This paid opportunity will allow you to gain school credit, enjoy free access to cultural events, and take away valuable skills to apply toward your future goals. The City of Vista’s Public Arts Commission seeks artists to participate in a public sculpture exhibit at the future Pala Vista Park, (234 Pala Vista Dr.). Pala Vista Park Kite Sculpture Exhibit offers a showcase plus the selected artist will be compensated $2,500. Entries due Sept 26 th. The Escondido Arts Partnership has a few calls for artists including: Fiber & Book Arts for traditional, innovative, functional and non-functional works of textile and book arts to this juried show by Renee Bareno of Visions Museum of Textile Arts. Exhibition from Oct 7 to Nov 4. The BIG Little Art Show for all mediums no larger than10x10x10 inches juried by artist Suzanne Nicolaisen . Exhibition from Nov 11 – Dec 2, 2022. Both shows have a submission date of Sept 24. EAP Member: $20 for one, additional $5 for each piece Non-members: $30 for one, additional $5 for each piece. More info mail@escondidoarts.org . Remember: Escondido Arts Partnership has a call for artists for the fall: Fiber and Book Arts starting in Oct(image receiving date Sept 24). More info: mail@escondidoarts.org Remember: The Imperial Beach Library & Imperial Beach Arts Bureau are making a call for artist for a juried art show. There are no fees. Deadline to apply: Sept 30 th. Art will be hung December 2 with a chance to speak briefly about your work, if selected. Contact Cecilia Salgado 619-424-6981to obtain submission application Remember: Vendor applications ($15) are now open for the San Diego Made Holiday Market on Sat/Sun Nov 12/13 from 11 to 5 at Julep venue in Little Italy. Booths from $250 – $450. ArtWalk Carlsbad still has openings for volunteers for Sat/Sun Sept 24 & 25. They need the help of more than 150 volunteers to produce San Diego’s summer fine arts festival on Armada Drive. Sign up to volunteer for the festival and you’ll have an opportunity to assist artists, greet attendees, serving beverages, and more.
We are so pleased that three SD Art Prize 2022 artists featured on the 9th floor Central Library Fine Arts Gallery also have work acquired into the Civic Art Collection via the SD Practice initiative. This is part of the City of San Diego Art Collection and you can learn more at a tour at the Central Library on Monday Nov 7 from 6-8 with host Dr. Lara Bullock , Senior Civic Art Manager with the Commission for Arts & Culture. This walking tour, we will be visiting floors 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and ending in the 9th floor Art Gallery SD Art Prize 2022 exhibition. Registration open until Nov 6 limited to 20. Free and free parking. More info: Bonnie Domingos 619.236.5881. Read our Art Resource Focus : The City of San Diego Central Library Art Gallery . Get your scare on at San Diego Museums by checking out this message from the SD Museum Council. But two of our favorite celebrations are the FREE Encinitas Friends of the Arts’ Dia de los Muertos at the Encinitas Community Center on Oct 29 th from noon to 4. And then take your broom up to The Oceansdie Museum of Art celebrating its 25 th anniversary that same evening with a Spectacular at 25 evening of outrageous art. Art After Dark: Metamorphosis, 7:00-10:00pm is a chance to get weird with awe-inspiring entertainment, live music, food trucks, spooky good libations, art-making activities, and more. Come in costume or just as you are. Members $25, Non-members: $50, VIP $125. The Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park is pleased to be the first venue in the United States to exhibit Sony World Photography Awards . Created by the World Photography Organization, this exhibiting opportunity has been running for 15 years with four competitions: Professional, Open, Youth and Student. Open now until April 16 th, 2023. You can also see Myth and Magic: 16th Annual Juried Youth Exhibition now through Feb 19, 2023 Teachers are invited to take their students to visit the Institute of Contemporary Art with free transportation provided through ArtBusXpress by the Linda Brandes Foundation. This special field trip Xperience called Explore and Make is open to 600 students at both ICA locations: Balboa Park and in Encinitas. Teachers can book now . The Art Auction to Support theLarry T. Baza Scholarship Fund through the VAPA Foundation closes Sat, October 29th from 5-7:30pm a t the Athenaeum Art Center within Bread & Salt in Barrio Logan. City College Art and Art Produce are also supporting this high school scholarship program for the SD Unified School District. View the artworks Ruben Ortiz Torres will be featured on the ArtBound series produced by Friends We Love on KCET Nov 4 at 8pm on your local PBS station. Congratulations to Hill Street County Club which celebrates 10 years with its mission for a path towards liberation of a new art institution - for the unseen and overlooked artist, community, educator, and curator. San Diego City College and R. B. Stevenson Gallery have worked together to present an exhibition of the work of Richard Allen Morris called For Example at San Diego City College Art Gallery from Oct 22 to Dec 15. Scott White Contemporary Art is pleased to announce J. Daniel Abel's book of drawings and prints by William Glen Crooks now available for purchase through online publisher Lulu . All proceeds from the sale of this book will go directly to he and his wife. Glen has Alzheimer's disease and is no longer able to paint.He amassed over 10,000 figure drawings and this book contains over 400 reproductions beginning with the cartoons he created in his youth. It is a visual journey through Glen's life work, including sketches of Spanish and Dutch masterpieces, quick charcoal life drawings, and meticulously refined portraits. The book includes rich commentary by the author. Circus Spectacular at The New Children's Museum is Nov 5 from 6 to 11 and if their annual fundraising gala. Live music, food and drink, carnival games, playful activities, circus performances and Circus Chic costumes are encouraged. More information and tickets Robert Pincus is in conversation with Linda Moore at Warwick's Book Store in La Jolla about her first novel, Attribution , on Nov 2 at 7:30 pm, a book thick with intrigue and drama about art, museums and art world politics. Free, but you can reserve a space and get a signed book if you RSVP. It was sad to learn that the wait list is already closed for Paseo Artist Village , a pedestrian-friendly and transit-oriented mixed-use affordable development with 60 apartments of 1-, 2- and 3-bedrooms. The apartments will have a preference for artists, veterans and Vista residents earning 30-59% of the area median income. But hurrah for Vista which has a vision for an Arts and Culture District. It looks like the City of San Diego is getting closer to achieving a Penny for the Arts to finance arts programming. The FY2023 $14.2M Arts and Culture funding is (5.86% of TOT. There is strong support for FY2024 approximately $18.7M funding level equal to 7% of Citywide Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) with the ultimate goal of 9.52% of TOT (equal to 1 cent of the City’s 10.5 cent TOT rate) i.e., approximately $24.4M within three years (FY 2026). This news comes from the independent Budget Analyst (IBA) report (pages 7/16/27/41/66/33/37/124/155-156). . The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture (SDCAC) is partnering with Americans for the Arts for the Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6), the sixth national study about the economic impact of the nonprofit arts and culture industry which happens every 5 years. Click here to see the last report #5. If you are involved in the arts in the city of SD, Please complete this form, then look for and submit the survey sent to you by Americans for the Arts. SDCAC is the lead organization but the following cities have signed up and will have reports generated specifically for them: Carlsbad, Encinitas, National City, Chula Vista, Escondido, Coronado, and Oceanside. For Encinitas contact arts@encinitasca.gov and for Oceanside contact arts_commission@oceansideca.org to list as an organization and/or become involved. There are also special reports for Balboa Park and the Cultural District of Oceanside. The general public may be asked to fill in questionnaires when they attend arts and culture events in these cities. Please take a moment to fill in these short forms. The California Arts Council has awarded a one-year, $500,000 contract to an arts organization to provide payroll and paymaster services at low cost to small nonprofit arts organizations (SNPAOs). This is so small nonprofits can access administrative services without the fees that many paymaster companies charge, which can drive the employment premium for California nonprofits as high as 30 percent. They are also offering three workshop on racial equality that will be available if you are not one of the 50 able to attend: Looking Back to Move Forward:How to Begin Addressing the Impacts of Systemic Racism on Thurs, Nov 3 from 6– 8 p.m. Click here to register. Decentering Whiteness in Education on Sun, Nov 6 from noon – 2 p.m. Click here to register. Economics of Race: Intention, Impact, and Consequences on Thurs, Nov 10 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Click here to register President Joseph R. Biden announced a new Executive Order that advances a whole-of-government policy for the arts. It re-establishes the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) “to inform and support the national engagement with Americans necessary to advance the arts, the humanities, and museum and library services.” OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN) Julie Weaverling (Front Porch Gallery Director) has started her own world-wide project: Lift the Sky . She is inviting artists to answer the question, “What’s your message to the world?”. If you want to respond, make an 18”x24” vertical artwork on canvas or fabric in any medium. Once received your work will be curated into groups of 3 and are sewn together to create 6’ hanging panels. The exhibition will start in Carlsbad at the Front Porch Gallery January 22, 2023, but may travel extensively. More info: lifttheskyproject@gmail.com Oceanside Museum of Art’s Teeny Tiny Art Mart auction is again looking for artists to give a 5” by 5” art to sell for $25 as a fundraiser for the museum. Deadline for donation is Sun. Nov 13. For more details: submission form . The City of Encinitas is adding an additional staff position of Arts Supervisor and you can apply until Nov 4 th so better be quick! The staff position Recreation Supervisor- Arts will be responsible for the development and supervision of an ongoing range of performing arts programs and community events, as well as visual and public art programs associated with the Cultural Arts Division. The ideal candidate will be knowledgeable about musicians, performers, artists, theaters, visual art spaces, arts organizations, and cultural communities that represent the larger ecosystem within Encinitas and throughout the region and state. The Studio Door in Hillcrest is making 3 calls for artist: Small Wall Solo Spaces is 4-5 Local Artists who are interested in renting small walls within the gallery. Sales and marketing services are provided by the gallery. Small 3D Artworks for displayin a “museum store” style (no jewelry, please) Mini-Exhibits 2023 is forSouthern California Artists to participate in one of our monthly mini-exhibitions of up to 4 artists each. They themes are 2D Contemporary / Avant Guard, 2D Landscape / Nature, 2D Abstract / Mixed Media, Sculpture (Medium sized works) and Artwork by LGBTQIA artists representing the queer experience. Deadline for all three is Nov 30, 2022.More info: Patric Stillman 619-255-2867 Are you interested in being a Commissioner for the new County of San Diego Arts and Culture Commission? Fill out this application and send it to bcc@sdcounty.ca.gov . These are ongoing positions chosen by and changing with the election of new county supervisors. They will be looking for two Commissioners from each of the five county districts plus three youth members (age16-24 at the time of appointment) who shall be nominated by the Chief Administrative Officer. The City of San Diego Arts and Culture funding cycle is now open: Part 1 Application Timeline Sept 26, 2022 – October 30. Visit their website to find resources to apply including the application link as well as forthcoming workshop schedules and technical assistance materials/session sign-ups and more: for Org anizational Support Program Online Application Resources and C reative Communities San Diego Online Application Resources . SD Made need volunteers for the San Diego Made Holiday Market Nov. 12 + 13 at the Julep Venue. This is their largest one of the year for holiday shopping. You'll meet some great people, have a super rewarding time, and get a swag bag filled with handmade goodies in return. There is also a 2022 Makers Arcade Holiday Fair on Sat, Dec 3 and Sun Dec 4 from 10-5 inside the Broadway Pier in downtown San Diego. (1000 N Harbor Drive, SD CA 92101) Hill Street County Club in Oceanside is looking to hire an experienced web/graphic designer. Please send resume/portfolio to hscc@thehillstreetcountryclub.org Deadline extended to Oct 14 for MCASD’s Teen Art Collective (TAC) for 11th and 12th grade teenagers from San Diego Meet for a year and learn about contemporary art, explore art collections, meet artists and art professionals, create art, and plan a museum exhibition. Weekly meetings every second and fourth Tuesday of each month from 5-7 PM (with some exceptions) at both the La Jolla and Downtown locations; MCASD will help support transportation needs. More info more education@mcasd.org . Apply Now: TAC applications
Our banner is in support of Patricia Frischer: In Record Time at the Cardiff by the Sea Library, until Jan 30,2023. Celebration Reception and SDVAN Annual Holiday Party is being held together on Dec 14 from 2 to 4:30 pm. (2081 Newcastle Ave, Cardiff, CA 92007) Many people are not aware that besides coordinating SDVAN, Patricia Frischer is an artist!
Remember : Artist Sunday on Nov 27 and Giving Tuesday on Nov 29 th. Art lifts our spirits and reaches our soul. Artists define the character of our community. Shop art and consider a handcrafted, personal gift for your loved ones this #ArtistsSunday Nov 27, the Sunday after Thanksgiving. As always, we need your financial support to keep doing what we do best, supporting local visual artists. Please Give to SDVAN on Tuesday Nov 2 th.
Central Library Art Gallery until Jan. 7th, 2023. Plus Cog•nate Collective now also showing at ICA San Diego North. Art Reports by or about SDVAN Justine Sterling: Chapel of Rocks and other goodies at SD Museum of Art Picked RAW Peeled by Patricia Frischer A+ Art Blog: Partying with No Purpose by Patricia Frischer Art Resource Focus : Space 4 Art by Jennifer de Poyen, Executive Director and ArtsBusXpress by Ted Peña, President and Julia McMeans, Executive Director Diana Benavídez in Piñatas: The High Art of Celebration runs until April 30 th at the Mingei International Museum. Work by traditional piñateros will be featured alongside the creations of artists who reinvent and reinterpret the piñata to form a burgeoning, expressive media. Huge congratulations to Hugo Crosthwaite whose portrait of Dr. Fauci will hang in the National Portrait Gallery USA in the museum’s Portrait of a Nation: 2022 Honorees exhibition, which is now open. The New Children’s Museum has been awarded a three-year $105,000 grant from U.S. Bank to help fund visits to the Museum through a wide array of access programs for those in need, military, and title one schools etc. Our sympathies to Alessandra Moctezuma whose husband Mike Davis passed away Oct 25. Rest in Peace. Caroline Smith is the new Director of Economic Development and Government Affairs (EDGA), under which Arts and Culture resides. As per the County’s Operational Plan for FY 22-23, and as presented to the Board in June, EDGA was created and began July 1, and she have been the Director and the office has been functioning since that day. There is now also a Deputy Director of Economic Development and Prosperity Steve Lockett who oversees several functions in that office including Arts and Culture. His was the job opportunity posted in the summer, and he began just in September. Giang Meyers , our previous contact for establishing this office, we are pleased to report is the Group Program Manager who oversees all of Arts and Culture as her primary duty. There are also several administrative positions that will support this County Office of Arts and Culture as needed. As soon as the Board of Supervisors provides appointments for Commissioners, they will look forward to beginning the Commission’s work. From November 18 through January 1, Lightscape will illuminate evenings at San Diego Botanic Garden with more than one million holiday lights, tunnels, fire, sculptures and artistic installations. Set along a beautifully illuminated, one-mile walking trail following sold-out runs in the world’s largest cities, including London, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York. $13-$60 dollars plus parking $10 in advance, $20 onsite if available. Reserve your tickets and parking HERE SDMA Artists Guild Holiday-themed Online Exhibition will be shown in their online gallery during the months of November and December 2022. Remember them on Artist Sunday, Nov 27. Here is a nice list of the SD Museum Council Holiday Gift Guide. Library Foundation SD and the San Diego Parks Foundation are looking for$50M and $200M respectively to do much needed maintenance, modernization and construction for new facilities. Together they are seeking to place the Library and Park Investment Act on the November 2024 ballot. It also will support enhanced education and enrichment programs. They need volunteers to gather signatures. Read more here . Michael Krichman and Carmen Cuenca announce The Sedimentary Effect , a four-year project (2021–24) being developed in Baja California and San Diego County for INSITE’s current initiative, Commonplaces.
AMAZING and TRUE: Proposition 28 - The Arts and Music K-12 Initiative was overwhelmingly passed by California’s voters! Starting in the next school year there will be approximately $1 billion in new arts education funding that schools will receive each year in perpetuity. 80% of funds will be spent on NEW arts teachers, plus 20% for training, materials and students’ arts experiences. Since the early ‘80s, artist Rubén Ortiz Torres has been working as a photographer, painter, sculptor, writer, filmmaker and video producer. Often associated with the development of a specifically Mexican form of postmodernism, Ortiz Torres's life is a collage that explores the social and aesthetic transformations related to cross-cultural exchange and globalization. KCET Artbound, Watch the Episode OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN) We’re inviting all professional artists to join us in Artists Sunday , the national marketing campaign and event encouraging shoppers to purchase from artists and craftsmen on Nov 27, the Sunday after Thanksgiving. We are pleased to be a partner in this nationwide effort to promote your great work. View the details and sign up at http://ArtistsSunday.com/ The City of San Diego is making a call for applications of panelists from artists, cultural practitioners and arts field professionals from all disciplines and backgrounds in the USA and Baja California to review and rank proposals from nonprofit organizations for our two funding categories: Organizational Support Program (general operating support) and Creative Communities San Diego (project-specific support.) The deadline to apply for this opportunity is Dec 11 and it does include a stipend. The Sunshine Brooks Theater Gallery in Oceanside is making a call for artists for a curated exhibition on the theme of Ballet/Dance. Submit images online to Carol Naegele $10 fee per artist. Runs Dec 2 to Jan 16, 2023. For more info: 760-944-5975 The City of Vista's Civic Gallery is being reactivated and the Public Arts Commission welcomes applications from artists and organizations to host an exhibition. Located on the second floor of the Civic Center outside of Council chambers, the gallery is open during regular business hours and admission is free. More info: email . ArtReach is seeking a Mural Program Coordinator (MPC) to support our nonprofit’s thriving and rapidly growing ArtReach Mural Program. This position will work with our Mural Program Manager, Mural Teaching Artists/assistants, school/site staff, and students/youth. The MPC will coordinate with a pre-selected number of existing sites to facilitate a standard ArtReach Mural Program and communicates between Lead Artists. Email your resume and job-specific cover letter to info@artreachsandiego.org . The San Diego Engineering Council is making a call for K-12 STE(A)M Art Contest in two age categories K-8 and 9-12 with a choice of two themes: a creative invention or an Engineer or STEAM role model. The entry deadline is February 10, 2023. See the rules or get more info: contest@sandiegoengineers.orgJulie Weaverling (Front Porch Gallery Director) has started her own world-wide project: Lift the Sky . She is inviting artists to answer the question, “What’s your message to the world?”. If you want to respond, make an 18”x24” vertical artwork on canvas or fabric in any medium. Once received your work will be curated into groups of 3 and are sewn together to create 6’ hanging panels. The exhibition will start in Carlsbad at the Front Porch Gallery January 22, 2023, but may travel extensively. More info: lifttheskyproject@gmail.com The Studio Door in Hillcrest is making 3 calls for artist: Small Wall Solo Spaces is 4-5 Local Artists who are interested in renting small walls within the gallery. Sales and marketing services are provided by the gallery. Small 3D Artworks for displayin a “museum store” style (no jewelry, please) Mini-Exhibits 2023 is forSouthern California Artists to participate in one of our monthly mini-exhibitions of up to 4 artists each. They themes are 2D Contemporary / Avant Guard, 2D Landscape / Nature, 2D Abstract / Mixed Media, Sculpture (Medium sized works) and Artwork by LGBTQIA artists representing the queer experience. Deadline for all three is Nov 30, 2022.More info: Patric Stillman 619-255-2867 Are you interested in being a Commissioner for the new County of San Diego Arts and Culture Commission? Fill out this application and send it to bcc@sdcounty.ca.gov . These are ongoing positions chosen by and changing with the election of new county supervisors. They will be looking for two Commissioners from each of the five county districts plus three youth members (age16-24 at the time of appointment) who shall be nominated by the Chief Administrative Officer. San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild 2023 Online Spring Exhibition from Feb. 15 - April 15, 2023 has an entry deadline of Jan 18 th. More info: Angelika Villagrana 619 222-1034
Remember: 2022 San Diego Art Prize presented by San Diego Visual Arts Network celebrating this year's recipients Alida Cervantes , Angélica Escoto , Carlos Castro Arias and Cognate Collective at Central Library Art Gallery until Jan. 7th, 2023. Remember: Patricia Frischer: In Record Time at the Cardiff by the Sea Library, until Jan 30,2023. (2081 Newcastle Ave, Cardiff, CA 92007) Art Reports by or about SDVAN The Stiletto Collection by Beth Smith at the Encinitas Community Center Picked RAW Peeled by Patricia Frischer Gina Lopez has just been appointed as Chief Executive Officer for The California Center for the Arts, Escondido, Foundation (CCAEF) and will begin on Jan 17, 2023. She was able to turn around the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City, Nevada and hopefully she can help CCAE get the grants their deserve. Viva Magenta is the Pantone color of the year and Madison Gallery is celebrating that will works for sale that have that color. Contact them to get on their mailing list. The GivingTuesday Data Commons estimates that giving in the United States alone totaled $3.1 billion on GivingTuesday 2022, representing a 15% increase compared to GivingTuesday 2021, and a 25% increase since 2020. 37 million adults in the U.S. participated in GivingTuesday in some way, a 6% increase from 2021. Have you given your donation to SDVAN yet? Hurrah! There is a new mural called Hedonic Treadmill, 2022, by Einar and Jamex de la Torre at 1162 Prospect Street, in La Jolla. This is part of the Murals of La Jolla, a project of the Athenaeum . The symbolic imagery includes a car in the relentless pursuit of pleasure. Artist Talk is on Tues, Jan 10, 5:30 PM. Superbia: Paintings by Chris Elliott — A Retrospective, 1985-2022: Landscape and Urbanscapes of a Changing San Diego organized by his wife opens Saturday at the Studio Arts Complex on Kettner in Little Italy and continues every Saturday in January through March 2023. RIP, Chris Elliott. Some welcoming news: NTC Foundation welcomes a new visual arts tenant, Jann Nunn , Sculptor in Barracks 14 at Liberty Station. Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego welcomes art historian and curator Jordan Karney Chaim, PhD. Already something to look forward to in January Fashion & Masters - Perfumed Gloves and Jasmine Fields: How France Become a Fragrance Capital is a lecture at the Timkin Museum in Balboa Park. It will be interactive session led by art historian and fragrance writer Jessica Murphy. Plus, it will look closely at several French paintings from the Timken’s collection and pair them with scent, enhancing our visual experience through the sense of smell. $95 non-members / $85 members Jan. 22, 4 to 6:30. Paisanos Mexico opens on Jan 27th, 2023 from 6 to 8pm at Sparks Gallery until Feb 18. Paisanos, a project coordinated by the Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura de Tijuana, is dedicated to developing a formal discussion surrounding migration and movement, with works inspired by their creator’s proximity to the border and life between two countries. More info Levi 619-696-1416 Somehow, I missed that the MCASD has an Art Staff Art Showcase . It is free and showcases the works of 24 staff members from both downtown and La Jolla. Maybe that is because I could not find it on their website but only saw it on Instagram. Through Jan. 8, 2023 at the La Jolla site. MURALS Cross-Border Urban Art Documentary is now available on utube about trans-border art murals during the pandemic. Love this super documentary by Mark Murphy . Mark Murphy is our local superstar but these artists are from LA. This film was featured in USA Today during Comic-Con. Is AI confusing you as much as me? Read This Before You Jump on the Lensa “Magic Avatar” Trend from Hyperallergic.
OPPORTUNITIES (click to see a list of all current opportunities listed on SDVAN) The San Diego Visual Arts Network and Mission Fed ArtWalk are pleased to offer The Business of Art Scholarship for the annual Mission Fed ArtWalk event in Little Italy on April 29 and 30 2023. The scholarship is for one emerging visual artist who has a body of work to be shown and sold at Mission Fed ArtWalk. An entire package of promotions is awarded to the winner. Applications due on Jan. 15 and recipient will be announced in early 2023. For more info: Sandi Cottrellscottrell@artwalksandiego.org Lift the Sky , a global art project inviting artists to answer the question, "What's your message to the world?". The first installation will be multiple hanging panels at Front Porch Gallery but this is an ongoing project and you can still send in your 18” by 24” panel. More info: Julie Weaverling 760-795-6120 The Power of a Single Flower is a call for artists from the Museum of Photographic Art. The winning photograph will be featured on the cover of California Garden magazine, the longest continuously running horticulture publication in the Western United States. Contest Opens February 1, 2023 so save that date to enter. The California Arts Council (CAC) has reopened three of its funding opportunities from its 2022 grant season, with applications now being accepted for the following three grant programs: Administering Organization – Individual Artists Fellowship , Creative Youth Development and Cultural Pathways – Technical Assistance . The deadline to apply for the second round for these funding opportunities is Jan. 26, 2023. The County of San Diego is seeking youth ages 16-24 to join the Arts and Culture Commission . Please put “Arts and Culture Commission – Youth” where it asks “Name of Board, Committee, or Commission to Which You are Applying for Membership”. The deadline to apply is December 16th, and interviews will be scheduled for early January. For any questions, please email Giang Meyers . Call for Artists for The Studio Door’s 9th The Crow Show 2023. This national exhibition runs from Feb 2 - March 10, 2023 and seeks artwork that represents the many faces of the Crow in reality and fantasy. The juror is Marie McGhee , Director of Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute. Also calling artists for Works of Excellence, 2023 which highlights some of the best mid-career and professional visual artists. This is a new take on our popular biennial event 50 To Watch, which was previously postponed due to COVID. Running from April 27 - May 27, 2023. The juror is Maria Mingalone , Executive Director of Oceanside Museum of Art. (Additional jurors to be announced). Deadline for both is Jan 3. More info: Patric Stillman 619-255-2867 Mission Fed ArtWalk is making a call for artist for their vertical banners that are on the lampposts along the main streets of Little Italy. Submit a 30 by 48 inches high resolution image by January 15 th, 2023 which should represent ArtWalk. Work will be on display in March and April, and for some years, into May (controlled by the Little Italy Association). The winner gets a $100 discount off of their registration fee for the April event, plus media recognition Open only to artists registered for the upcoming Mission Fed 2023 art show. More info: sean@artwalksandiego.org Art Produce's 2023 Artists in Residence program is now accepting application with a deadline of Sun, Jan. 8, Good news: there is no application fee. |
