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Event Title	SDVAN
Class 72. Book Arts: House as a Mirror with Judith Christensen \| Athenaeum Art Center \| School of the Arts \| Logan Heights Art Studio \| AAC

Name	Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
Address	1955 Julian Avenue
City	San Diego
State	CA
Zip	92113
Opening Hours	Saturday, 9:30 AM–12:30 PM April 12 and 26 and May 3 (no class April 19) (3 weeks, 9 hours of instruction) AAC Print Room

Location	Central San Diego
Telephone	858-454-5872
Email	aabreu@ljathenaeum.org
Web Site	https://www.ljathenaeum.org/class/72

Contact	Anira Abreu

Fee	$135/155 + $10 materials fee paid to instructor
Reception Date	04-12-2025
Dates	Starts On 04-12-2025 Ends On 05-03-2025
Opening Days

Event Description

A house is more than a container for the things we spend a lifetime collecting, storing, arranging, and insuring. It is the repository of our memories, the life we spend there. We will make an accordion book with text and images of your home and/or family members or ancestors that reflect your perceptions, memories, family relations, and personal history. The structure of the pages will reflect the book’s subject, with openings that represent doors, windows, and the movement from room to room inside a house. Materials: Cutting knife, stylus (for scoring), sharp pencils, a good eraser (Pink Pearl is good), glue (UHU glue stick or PVA & brush or small roller), 12” ruler, scissors. In addition, you will want to bring room layout drawings, photographs, and/or black-and-white-on-paper printouts of your home or other drawings of the interior or exterior (sizes to be emailed once you have registered).

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Artist Talk \| Yang Jiang: I Thought I’d Be Braver \| AAC inside Bread & Salt Building \| Athenaeum Art Center \| Logan Heights

Name	Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
Address	1955 Julian Avenue
City	San Diego
State	CA
Zip	92113
Opening Hours	ATHENAEUM ART CENTER 1955 Julian Avenue San Diego, CA 92113 Saturday, April 12, 2025 LECTURE BEGINS AT 6:30 PM. MEMBERS-ONLY RECEPTION FROM 5:30–6:00 PM. GENERAL RECEPTION AT 6:00 PM.

Location	Central San Diego
Telephone	858-454-5872
Email	aabreu@ljathenaeum.org
Web Site	https://www.ljathenaeum.org/artist-talks

Contact	Anira Abreu

Fee	INDIVIDUAL TICKETS: Free for members / $20 nonmember / $5 students and residents in the Athenaeum Art Center’s neighborhood
Reception Date	04-12-2025
Dates	Starts On 04-12-2025 Ends On 04-12-2025
Opening Days

Event Description

Yang Jiang: I Thought I’d Be Braver Artist Talk Presented by Yang Jiang Saturday, April 12, 2025 Please join us for an artist talk with Yang Jiang. She will share a special presentation on her Athenaeum show, I thought I’d Be Braver, and how it connects to her career and process. A members-only reception will take place from 5:30–6:00 p.m. The reception for all ticketholders will take place at 6:00 p.m., followed by a lecture at 6:30 p.m. Yang Jiang (b. 1988, Wu Yi Shan, China) is a San Diego–based artist and therapist whose tactile and dreamlike creations embody emotional liberation and spiritual freedom. Her fantastical pieces use light, texture, and sculptural form to convey a sense of vulnerability and resilience. Her art has been exhibited at the Athenaeum Art Center, Visual Art + Supply, Revision San Diego, and the Brown Building. Jiang is a graduate of Wellesley College and the University of San Diego.

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Ignite Young Adults Art Club

Name	Escondido Art Association
Address	121 W. Grand Avenue
City	Escondido
State	California
Zip	92025
Opening Hours	11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Location	North County Inland
Telephone	4423170980
Email	tokelibaker@escondidoartassociation.org
Web Site	http://www.escondidoartassociation.org

Contact	Tokeli Baker

Fee	Free open to the public
Reception Date	00-00-0000
Dates	Starts On 04-12-2025 Ends On 04-12-2025
Opening Days	Wed - Sat

Event Description

Ignite is dedicated to bringing in vibrant creative and artistic energy to the Escondido community. We will experiment with new ideas that foster a culture of artistic exploration and innovation. We will build and bridge our membership here at EAA. Our focus is to grow our participation and support EAA with the Artists community locally and all around San Diego. We aim to present a wide variety of different art styles & perspectives. Our purpose is to have it a welcoming safe place for all Art Enthusiasts to showcase their creative talents. We will become a hub space for young adult Artists to display their work, build their brand & share the joy of engaging in fun social events and games with their peers and foster connections that can be a healthy outlet for our community. We will facilitate opportunities for young adults and our EAA members engaging in shared conversations and informative educational programs centered in advancing understanding and insights in the creative process.

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FREE Reception - Beyond the Boundaries: An Exploration in Abstract Art

Name	Lucas Smith Art
Address	4434 30th Street, Studio 2
City	San Diego
State	CA
Zip	92116
Opening Hours	11AM - 6PM Daily Reception 2 - 5PM, April 12th

Location	Central San Diego
Telephone	314-315-3926
Email	lucas@lucassmithart.com
Web Site	https://www.lucassmithart.com

Contact	Lucas Smith

Fee	FREE
Reception Date	04-12-2025
Dates	Starts On 04-12-2025 Ends On 04-19-2025
Opening Days	April 8th - 21st Reception Saturday, April 12th

Event Description

Lucas Smith, celebrated award-winning artist and resident of San Diego, California, showcases his latest solo exhibition “Beyond the Boundaries: An Exploration in Abstract Art” at Studio 21 in April. This collection is an invitation to experience nature’s beauty through abstraction—to feel its presence, energy, and serenity in a way that is both deeply personal and universally resonant. It explores the dynamic interplay of color, texture and movement. “Beyond the Boundaries: An Exploration in Abstract Art” is on display at Studio 21 April 8th – 21st from 11 AM – 6 PM daily, or by private appointment. A free public Opening Reception will be held Saturday, April 12th from 2 – 5 PM. The gallery is located in Spanish Village Arts Center at 1770 Village Place, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101. You will not want to miss the opportunity to experience this new body of work and engage with Lucas who is quickly becoming one of San Diego's premier artists!

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Historic Footprints: Native American Ledger Drawing from Fort Marion

Name	Mingei International Museum
Address	1439 El Prado
City	San Diego
State	CA
Zip	92101
Opening Hours	Tues-Thur, Sat, Sun \| 10am-5pm Fri \| 10am-8pm

Location	Central San Diego
Telephone	619-239-0003
Email	nbiendara@mingei.org
Web Site	https://mingei.org/exhibitions/historic-footprints

Contact	Nat Biendara Wilson

Fee	Included with admission
Reception Date	00-00-0000
Dates	Starts On 04-12-2025 Ends On 08-17-2025
Opening Days	Tuesday through Sunday

Event Description

Organized collaboratively with faculty and students from the University of California San Diego, members of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, and the Kiowa Tribe, this exhibition explores hand-drawn sketches on ledger paper made by Cheyenne, Kiowa, Arapaho, Comanche, and Caddo tribal members that were taken as hostages and incarcerated without trial in 1875 in St. Augustine, Florida. Including more than 20 works from archival ledger books and 13 works by living Indigenous artists, these drawings bear witness to history and continue to inspire new generations.

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Event Title	SDVAN
Across the Spooniverse

Name	Mingei International Museum
Address	1439 El Prado
City	San Diego
State	CA
Zip	92101
Opening Hours	Tues-Thur, Sat, Sun \| 10am-5pm Fri \| 10am-8pm

Location	Central San Diego
Telephone	619-239-0003
Email	nbiendara@mingei.org
Web Site	https://mingei.org/exhibitions/across-the-spooniverse

Contact	Nat Biendara Wilson

Fee	Included with admission
Reception Date	00-00-0000
Dates	Starts On 04-12-2025 Ends On 08-17-2025
Opening Days	Tuesday through Sunday

Event Description

This exhibition presents over 100 spoons from across the globe (including Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas), exploring traditions of home, family, community, and culture that are associated with their use. Crafted from a variety of materials such as gourds, shells, animal horns, clay, wood, metals, and plastics, spoons are utilitarian objects that are also works of art, design, and craft. Each object is a reflection of a specific cultural context–from intimate traditions of home and family to community and celebratory preparations of food and drink, and the spiritual gestures of giving thanks for sustenance.

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Artistic Alchemy

Name	Escondido Arts Partnership
Address	262 E. Grand Ave.
City	ESCONDIDO
State	CA
Zip	92025
Opening Hours	Tuesdays 11-4, Thursdays-Saturdays 11-4

Location	North County Inland
Telephone	7604804101
Email	mail@escondidoarts.org
Web Site	http://www.escondidoarts.org

Contact	Katie Werner

Fee
Reception Date	04-12-2025
Dates	Starts On 04-12-2025 Ends On 05-03-2025
Opening Days

Event Description	An art exhibition of transformation, all mediums such as assemblage, bricolage, collage, paintings, sculpture and much more.
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Event Title	SDVAN
Cubism Revealed, an Art History Presentation

Name	San Diego Watercolor Society
Address	2825 Dewey Rd Bldg #202
City	San Diego
State	California
Zip	92106
Opening Hours	The Gallery will be open April 12, 11am - 3 pm

Location	Central San Diego
Telephone	619/876-4550
Email	communications@sdws.org
Web Site	http://www.sdws.org

Contact	Susan Wormsely

Fee	Free
Reception Date	00-00-0000
Dates	Starts On 04-12-2025 Ends On 04-12-2025
Opening Days	The Gallery is open Weds-Sun, 11am - 3pm

Event Description

Please join San Diego Watercolor Society as they continue to celebrate their 60th Anniversary with an exciting presentation of “Cubism Revealed” by Bruce Haggarty on April 12, 2025, 1-2:30 pm, at the SDWS Gallery in the Arts District, Liberty Station. Bruce attended Tufts University, graduating with a degree in Art History and obtained his master’s degree at Boston University in Art History, specializing in American Art. He has taught art history at many local colleges and universities and has traveled the world extensively as a high-altitude photographer. He will give us an informative dialog on the history of Cubism and the artists who created a new way of looking at our world through shape, perspective and dimensions. The lecture is free and does not require registration.

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Distinction Gallery: Spring in SoCal

Name	Distinction Gallery
Address	317 E. Grand Ave
City	Escondido
State	CA
Zip	92025
Opening Hours	6-10pm

Location	North County Inland
Telephone	760-781-5779
Email	melissa@distinctionart.com
Web Site	http://www.distinctionart.com

Contact	Melissa Walker

Fee
Reception Date	04-12-2025
Dates	Starts On 04-12-2025 Ends On 05-03-2025
Opening Days

Event Description	Distinction Gallery presenting a Spring Art Showcase featuring the Annual ArtHatch Artists Exhibition: Opening reception on April 12th 6-10pm with the Artist & live music by multiple bands. 1st 60 RSVPS will receive a free succulent and painted pot! Be sure to RSVP to spring@arthatch.org Drinks available for purchase at Last Spot Bar by TorTari!
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