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PICKED RAW 2018
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The Color of Light by Jesse Kornbluth is based on the little-known true story about a young nun, Henri Matisse and the creation of his final and greatest masterpiece. Produced by Vantage Theatre and Talent to aMuse from Jan 11 to Feb 3rd at Tenth Avenue Arts Center Theatre (930 Tenth Ave. SD) $25-$30 619.940.6813 or on their website. It includes the Radiance Art exhibit open during run of the show which include Pia Stern, Yvette Deas and Kevin Ming Young. Artist can call when booking and get $10 off the $30 tickets. More info: Dori Salois 619-940-6813 Border Art Today at Oceanside Museum of Art (704 Pier View Way, Oceanside,92054) on Jan 18 from 6 to 7 pm. Moderated by unDocumenta curator Alessandra Moctezuma, panel members include curator of education at MCASD Cris Scorza, Sara Soleimani (UCSD Ph.D. program), and independent curator Leticia Gomez-Franco. Free for members or $10. More info: 760-435-3721 Collette Stefanko Songs of Earth, Sea, Fire, and Air by Ellen Speert opens on January 23 - March 7, 2018 at Encinitas City Hall (505 S Vulcan Ave, Encinitas 92024) and continues at Encinitas Community Center March 7 - May 2, 2018. The reception on March 17 at the Community Center is from 1:00 - 4:00 PM and will feature spoken word artist Alyce Smith Cooper performing “ Songs of Earth, Sea, Fire & Air: The Mythic Journey of Zora” More info Ellen
Picked RAW dedicates part of each month's column to garden fresh newcomers in the San Diego Visual Arts Resource Directory Songs of Earth, Sea, Fire, and Air by Ellen Speert opens on January 23 - March 7, 2018 at Encinitas City Hall (505 S Vulcan Ave, Encinitas 92024) and continues at Encinitas Community Center March 7 - May 2, 2018. The reception on March 17 at the Community Center is from 1:00 - 4:00 PM and will feature spoken word artist Alyce Smith Cooper performing “ Songs of Earth, Sea, Fire & Air: The Mythic Journey of Zora” More info Ellen Anne Mudge: Matterings at Quint Projects (5171 Santa Fe Street, Suites H, B and A, SD, 92109) from Feb 10 to March 24. Opening reception Sat, Feb 10th from 6-8pm. In Matterings, Mudge slightly altered the title of Diane Gage’s poem because it speaks to the actions that knit skin to bone or dust mite to cosmos. Come see sculptures and documentation of Mudge’s process and view a satellite studio where she will work on a new piece during the course of the exhibition. Closing reception on Sat, March 24th from 10am-1pm. More info: Sarah Trujilo-Porter
Picked RAW dedicates part of each month's column to garden fresh newcomers in the San Diego Visual Arts Resource Directory Oceanside Museum of Art Auction with a preview from March 31-April 7, and the Auction itself on April 7 from 6:00-9:30pm. Our thanks to those artist who contributed images: David Fokos, Allison Renshaw, Trinh Mai and Grant Brittain,, Mark Edwards Adams, Kirsten Francis and Arline Fisch. Songs of Earth, Sea, Fire, and Air by Ellen Speert opens on January 23 - March 7, 2018 at Encinitas City Hall (505 S Vulcan Ave, Encinitas 92024) and continues at Encinitas Community Center March 7 - May 2, 2018. The reception on March 17 at the Community Center is from 1:00 - 4:00 PM and will feature spoken word artist Alyce Smith Cooper performing “ Songs of Earth, Sea, Fire & Air: The Mythic Journey of Zora” More info Ellen Anne Mudge: Matterings at Quint Projects (5171 Santa Fe Street, Suites H, B and A, SD, 92109) from Feb 10 to March 24. Opening reception Sat, Feb 10th from 6-8pm. In Matterings, Mudge slightly altered the title of Diane Gage’s poem because it speaks to the actions that knit skin to bone or dust mite to cosmos. Come see sculptures and documentation of Mudge’s process and view a satellite studio where she will work on a new piece during the course of the exhibition. Closing reception on Sat, March 24th from 10am-1pm. More info: Sarah Trujilo-Porter
Picked RAW dedicates part of each month's column to garden fresh newcomers in the San Diego Visual Arts Resource Directory North County Arts Network Networking Event Looking North: Seek to be Foundat the Museum of Making Music (5790 Armada Dr, Carlsbad, 92008) on Monday, April 9 from 5:30 to 7:30. This will be a chance to network with both performing and visual arts resources and also get updates about spreading the word about your events and projects. RSVP for free tickets. Mission Federal ArtWalk is featuring the work of Eleanor Greer,a SDSU student painter with great promise. She isThe Business of Art scholarship recipient for 2018 which is sponsored by SDVAN and produced byThe Studio Door. The Art Walk this year is Sat/Sun April 28/29 in San Diego’s Little Italy. The Encinitas Friends of the Art are presenting Passport to Brazil on Sat. April 28 from 6:30 to 9:30 pm at the Encinitas Community Center (1140 Oak Crest Park Drive, Encinitas, 92024) Oceanside Museum of Art Auction with a preview from March 31-April 7, and the Auction itself on April 7 from 6:00-9:30pm. Our thanks to those artist who contributed images: David Fokos, Allison Renshaw, Trinh Mai and Grant Brittain,, Mark Edwards Adams, Kirsten Francis and Arline Fisch.
Picked RAW dedicates part of each month's column to garden fresh newcomers in the San Diego Visual Arts Resource Directory San Diego Art Prize 2017 at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library from May 12- June 9 with an opening reception on Friday, May 11, 6:30-8:30PM for emerging artist Rizzhel Mae Javier with established artist Cy Kuckenbakerand emerging artist Alexander Kohnke with established artists Victoria Fu / Matt Rich. The SD Art Prize Catalog 2017 is available for viewing. At hte reception on May 11, the SD Art Prize 2018 recipients will be announced. Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (1008 Wall St. La Jolla, 92037) More info:press@ljathenaeum.org 858.454.5872. Alanna Airitam has made a series of works, Golden Age, which places black portraits in historical context. The result is a lush, proud and generous view of a people who were made to feel less than for far too long. The Artist Odyssey commissioned David and Barbarella Fokos to create From Haarlem to Harlem (short film about the Golden Age) which is well worth the 20 minutes. Her work will be featured in About Face from April 21 until June 2 at the San Diego Art Institute. Cannon Art Gallery ( 1775 Dove Lane, Carlsbad, 92011) presents Seventeen on Being 17 where seventeen female artists evoke and interpret being 17 years old through the great American Prom. In their work, the artists explore this girlhood rite of passage and all its uncertainty, excitement, doubt and hype. Featuring the work of Maite Benito Agahnia, Manuelita Brown, Diana Carey, Bronle Crosby, Susan Darnall, Ellen Dieter, Kaori Fukuyama, Julia C R Gray, Diane Hall, Kathleen Kane-Murrell, Kathy McChesney, Lori Mitchell, Gillian Moss, Alison Haley Paul, Julia San Roman, Christine Schwimmer, Gail Titus, Theresa Vandenberg Donche, Brenda York. Showing until June 17. More info: Chase Dougherty 760-602-2021 The Mattress Room is returning to the New Children’s Museum. The project by Brian Dick (SD Art Prize recipient), No Rules Except…., first installed in 2008 is part of the exhibition childsplay. It interpreted two installations Allan Kaprow had created with his sons—Yard (1961) and No Rules, Except (2000)—by merging them into a new project that combined Kaprow’s essential elements (tires, pillows) with Dick’s characteristic use of recycled materials. This new installation commemorates both the museums 35th year in San Diego and its 10th year downtown in the visually exciting Rob Quigley-designed building.
Picked RAW dedicates part of each month's column to garden fresh newcomers in the San Diego Visual Arts Resource Directory Energia Entertainment The San Diego Museum of Art's Epic Tales from Ancient India exhibition opens on June 9, and features more than 90 works of art from the Museum's world-renowned Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, and offers the unique opportunity to experience South Asian paintings in their original narrative context by explaining the classics of literature that the works illustrate. The exhibition is returning home to San Diego after nearly two years on the road; it previously toured at the Princeton University Art Museum and the Blanton Museum of Art. Sensorium is an evening of immersive Vanguard Culture experiences, delicious food, wine tastings, and creative networking. Vanguard Culture will transform 15 condo lofts of the art-filled community of IDEA1 Downtown (899 Park Blvd. SD 92101) with immersive, experiential, multi-sensory art experiences themed around The 5 Senses on Sat, June 30 from 7 to 11 pm. Ordinary Stuff artwork by Maidy Morhous at Oceanside Museum of Art (704 Pier View Way Oceanside CA 92054) from June 30 to Oct 7 with a closing reception on Sept 22 at 6 pm. Pop images are presented out of their normal context as the artist reaches out to affect the audience in a potent way. More info: MaidyMorhous@gmail.com 760.435.3720 Space 4 Art presents a multimedia production about environmental destruction and regeneration Terra Infirma, at their next permanent Home 2529 Market St. 92102 (enter off 26th Street alley on south side of property) on Sat. June 9 from 6-8pm. This innovative merging of visual art, live music, and choreography showcases the new On-site structures designed and built by Space 4 Art architects and artists with High Tech High Chula Vista and King-Chavez students. Plus Drinks and tacos (cash bar; proceeds support Space 4 Art’s Permanent Home project) will be available. More info: Alexis Negron 619 269 7230
Picked RAW dedicates part of each month's column to garden fresh newcomers in the San Diego Visual Arts Resource Directory Normal Heights Urban ArtsCardiff 101 Main Street The world's largest living wonder is coming to the giant screen when the new documentary Great Barrier Reef makes its West Coast premiere at the Fleet Science Center on Friday, July 6, 2018. Narrated by acclaimed Australian actor Eric Bana, the film celebrates one of the planet's most beautiful and biodiverse ecosystems as well as the "citizen science" movement, where volunteers help researchers gain a more comprehensive understanding of the natural world. This year the Art/Vintage/Treasure Encinitas Flea Market will be held at the Encinitas City Hall off of Vulcan Ave with parking in the lower lot and train station parking facilities. Please save the date Saturday July 28 from 10 to 3 pm. Money raised will go to support the Encinitas Friends of the Arts and their arts and culture projects including Dia de los Muertos. Contact Naimeh Woodwardif you want to be a vendor for this event. The Artist Portrait Project by Jennifer Spencer is launched at Warwick's bookstore (7812 Girard Ave, La Jolla,92037) on July 19 th with a little reception at 7:30 pm. This is a photographic memoir of portrait sessions with 50 San Diego Artists witih a book signing with the author. Celebrating a career that spans over eighty years, Joe Caroff recently commemorated his 75th wedding anniversary and will be turning 97 this August. His investigations into the nature of abstraction have covered a wide range of media including prints, drawings, collages, paper works, and large-scale paintings. The Art of Joe Caroff presented by Sergott Contemporary Art Alliance opens on Friday, July 20th from 6-9pm in Rancho Santa Fe . For more info: Tom Sergott 858-756-2377 Showing until Aug 17 by appointment.
Picked RAW dedicates part of each month's column to garden fresh newcomers in the San Diego Visual Arts Resource Directory Market Street Studio Gallery Open Your Hearts to North County Arts is a North County Arts and Culture promotion in October. We encourage everyone in North County from Fallbrook to Poway and Oceanside to La Jolla to list your events on North County Art Network (or SDVAN if you are visual arts) before the end of August to go into a hard copy brochure for this month long celebration. On Sat, August 11 and Sun, August 12 from 10 am, the Annual Fine Arts Festival, ArtWalk @ Liberty Station themed in 2018 “Connecting Creative Communities” embodies ArtWalk’s mission to bring 200 international, national and local San Diego artists together to enjoy art and cultural expression all weekend long. More info: 619-615-1090 The American Watercolor Society (AWS) 151st International Exhibition is showing at California Center for the Arts, Escondido until August 26. AWS began in 1866 and this juried exhibition draws thousands of entries from artists throughout the world. Featured local artists include: Janice Ciprani-Willis, Pat Dispenziere, Linda Doll, Robin Erickson, Ken Goldman, Elaine Harvey, Carol Mansfield, Chuck McPherson, Charles Rouse, and Keiko Tanabe. More info: Ely Ramos 760-839-4125
Picked RAW dedicates part of each month's column to garden fresh newcomers in the San Diego Visual Arts Resource Directory The Photographer\'s Eye CollectiveSan Diego Model Railroad Museum itransport4u AMO
The launch of the Open your Hearts to North County Arts, October, 2018 will be held at ArtWalk Carlsbad on Sat. Sept 22 from 11-6pm and Sun. Sept 23 from 10-5pm at Armada Drive where NCAN will have a booth and members will be invited to perform samples of their performances on the event stage. There will be chalk art as well as live music, a wine and beer garden, food trucks, interactive art experiences and more. Our participation artist showing in the NCAN booth is Laura Converse. She aims to help you to better understand the uniqueness of "you" and sharpen your view of the face. She invites you to draw a portrait of yourself! Using a template and pencil, you will trace a quick 10 minute sketch, be your own creative self and produce a special drawing. No experience needed, easy instructions from a skilled teacher. Participate in your own understanding through "different eyes'" and the fascination of the face. TAROT: The Fool's Journey Through Life will be showing starting Sept 13 until Nov 11 at the North Coast Rep Gallery (987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Suite D.Solana Beach 92075). Artwork inspired by the Tarot will feature local artists Talia Ceravolo, Susan Gesell, Gillian Moss, Kellie Rogers, Ramona Szczerba and Patric Stillman. The fool ’s journey is a metaphor for the journey through life that is explored in the imagery of the Tarot. The show is open during North Coast Rep performance times or by appointment by contacting House Manager, Holly Gillard. Opening reception on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018 from 6-7:00pm. More info: Angela Jackson 858-481-2155 San Diego Art Institute presents Beyond the Age of Reason a show curated by Debby and Larry Kline that explore the influences of religion on art. We are happy to say that many SD Art Prize artist including Eleanor Antin, Adam Belt, Einar and Jamex de la Torre, Dave Ghilarducci and Beliz Iristay are included in this exhibition showing from Sept 1 to Oct 31 with a reception on Sat 15 from 5pm-6pm.
Picked RAW dedicates part of each month's column to garden fresh newcomers in the San Diego Visual Arts Resource Directory Gallery BonuccelliSD Art Prize at Art San Diego (Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Boulevard, Del Mar, CA 92014) is presented by San Diego Visual Arts Network from Thurs, Oct 18 to Sun Oct 21, 2018 with Max Robert Daily presenting the Oslo Sardine Bar with art by Robert Matheny in Booth 124. Nearby in booth 131 is FIG presenting SD Art Prize: Anne Mudge, Erin Dace Behling and former nominee and recipients of the SD Art Prize: Bhavna Mehta , Anna Stump, Michele Guieu, Lauren Carerra, Terri Hughes-Oelrich, Prudence Horne. Full info on the SD Art Prize events page. Art San Diego is a media sponsor for Open Your Hearts to the North County Arts. Open Your Hearts to the North County Arts will be holding a silent auction fundraiser at the 4th Annual Art Rhythm & Wine Festival to be held at The Forum Carlsbad (1923 Calle Barcelona, 92009) on Saturday, October 20 and Sunday, October 21, 11am-6pm. The Forum Carlsbad and Kennedy & Associates is also presenting a juried show with more than 50 exceptional artists and craftspeople offering high quality original artwork from throughout the Western United States. There will be something for every taste and budget. Lux Art Institute and North County Arts Network, both 501-C3 non-profits, will be charity partners for the 4th Annual Art Rhythm & Wine Festival. Guests can learn more about these organizations at their booths inside the event. More info: Janis Brown. The San Diego Museum of Art’s exhibition, Tim Shaw: Beyond Reason, opens Saturday, October 20. This is the Museum’s big fall exhibition and it’s unlike any other contemporary show the Museum has done before. Tim Shaw creates psychologically charged environments that address topics such as global terrorism, freedom of speech and artificial intelligence in six immersive installations. A celebrated Northern Irish sculptor, Tim Shaw is known for his large-scale, multi-sensory activations, and this will be the first time his work has been on view in the U.S. While in Balboa Park why not stop in and seeIrving Pennat the Museum of Photographic.
Picked RAW dedicates part of each month's column to garden fresh newcomers in the San Diego Visual Arts Resource Directory MAGEC We want to draw special attention of the series of lectures this month which is by and about women artists. There is the four part Genius of Women lectures at the Oceanside Museum of Art by Robin Douglas on Thurs, Nov 1, 8, 15, 29 from 6 –7:30pm. At UC San Diego Visual Arts there are lectures by Candice Hopkins on Nov 8 and Carrie Mae Weems Guest Lecture on Nov 7.plus the series by Charissa Noble at the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library. starting on Nov 1. San Diego Book Arts: CALIFORNIA NATIVES at Front Porch Gallery in Carlsbad opens on Nov 11 from 12 to 2 pm. Showing until Jan 5, 2019 More info: Julie Weaverling 760-795-6120 Lael Corbin (a SD Art Prize recipient) opens Camber, on November 16, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m at the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library. This is part of the series of force experiments Thrust, Weight, Drag, Lift. Lisa Kanemoto will be In the Rotunda Gallery, with photographs from the book Dark Mirror, Both should until Dec 29. More info: Lidia Rossner 858-454-5872
Picked RAW dedicates part of each month's column to garden fresh newcomers in the San Diego Visual Arts Resource Directory
Our SDVAN Annual Holiday Potluck Lunch is Dec 11th, 2018 from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm. You are invited to the Home of Patricia Frischer and Darwin Slindee ( 2487 Montgomery Ave, Cariff by the Sea, CA 92007 Here are some of the holiday sales going on in our community: San Dieguito Art Guild 8th Annual Holiday Bazaar, Bravo School of Art's 10th Annual Member & Faculty Holiday Show and Sale, Free First Sunday: OMA Members Holiday Discount Day Hotels/Motels (Unofficial Art Fair 2018) is at The Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows (2223 El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego, Ca 92104). The fair starts on Dec 14 and continues Dec 15 with a large schedule of programs and over 100 artists. Patricia Frischer (founder SDVAN) will be appearing on Dec 15, from Noon to 1 pm as part of The Gift: Conversation with Art Professional For more info: Eric Wong 323.350.4980 Bob Matheny - Almost Anonymous starts on Dec 15 at the San Diego History Center (1649 El Prado. Ste. 3 in Balboa Park). More info:Kaytie Johnson 619-232-6203 x1Bob Matheny is one of the SD Art Prize recipients for 2018. Watch for his show at the Athenaeum in May with Anne Mudge.
Picked RAW dedicates part of each month's column to garden fresh newcomers in the San Diego Visual Arts Resource Directory Past PICKS for 2017 by Cathy Breslaw, Lonnie Hewitt and Patricia Frischer Past PICKS for 2016 by Cathy Breslaw, Lonnie Hewitt and Patricia Frischer Past PICKS for 2015 by Cathy Breslaw, Lonnie Hewitt and Patricia Frischer Past Past Past Past Past PICKS for 2009 by Louisa Garcia, Katherine Sweetman and Sheena Ghanbar PAST PICKS for 2008 by Georgia Hoopes from Jan to September and by Georgia Hoopes, Louisa Garcia, Amy Preci, and Katherine Sweetman from Oct - Dec P P P Don't forget, any tidbits, gossip or news of the immodest kind can go directly to |
