To Tame a Wild Tongue: Art after Chicanismo.
Yolanda López, Portrait of the Artist as the Virgin of Guadalupe, 1978. Oil pastel on rag paper, 30 x 22 inches. Courtesy of the artist. This will be the first […]
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Open Show San Diego
Join Open Show San Diego for an exciting evening of live presentations and lively conversations, presented virtually via Zoom and live-streaming. A curated selection of five visual storytellers will share their projects in an interactive, supportive, and dynamic format. “VIP” audience members are encouraged to give feedback and ask questions of the presenters. Please note […]
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ART SHOP Talk with Julia San Román
Join Vanguard Culture on WEDNESDAY, December 9th from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. PST for a conversation with its next ART SHOP featured artist Julia San Román. – “The Hours is my homage to all our valuable foreign workers, who I believe are the silent base of the American economy. They are the seeds, the […]
Food and Art (A Love Story)
Image: Fernando Botero With an endless amount of variety and flavor, food and art serve as the perfect pairing, bringing people together and providing nourishment for the soul. Join Robin Douglas for a virtual feast and discover why artists—from the Romans to Rembrandt to the major contemporary artists of today—have been so compelled to use […]
An Evening With the Bard: Maya Angelou
Bring a little bit of poetic inspiration home with this virtual viewing of An Evening With the Bard, a celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou that weaves together more than a dozen of her most iconic poems through acting, singing and dance. Fulfillment Theatre Company’s cast seamlessly unites these works in a show that’s great for […]
The Guardian Book Club with Margaret Atwood
For our February Book Club Atwood will revisit the first novel in her Maddaddam trilogy. A dystopian parable, Oryx and Crake (2003), was Atwood’s first return to the future since The Handmaid’s Tale, placing the reader in a world ravaged by a man-made plague. Atwood paints a stark warning about humanity’s impact on the natural […]
Love, Lust, and Libido: Aphrodisiacs in Medieval Europe
Add some spice to your Valentine’s day and unravel the mysteries of late medieval aphrodisiacs with food historian and author Ken Albala and Getty manuscripts curator Larisa Grollemond. Delve into the period cookbooks, artworks, and courtly feasting cultures of northern Europe to discover ingredients, recipes, and customs thought to arouse the libido, heighten pleasure, increase […]