Shinpei Takeda: Limit of Your Safe Space

The concept of “safe space” has taken on new importance and meaning as the effects of a global pandemic have influenced the way we interact and keep our distance, both physically and virtually. Throughout the Fall of 2021, Tijuana- and Dusseldorf-based artist guided a series of virtual-reality workshops with five selected participants across the globe […]

ARTS DISTRICT Outdoor Summer Music Series

The NTC Foundation is partnering with Beer, Food & Music and Carruth Cellars to present an Outdoor Summer Music Series featuring an amazing roster of local musicians that appeal to […]

NATURE! Embraced and Reimagined

The Mission Trails Regional Park (MTRP) Foundation will present its next art exhibition, NATURE! Embraced and Reimagined, at the Mission Trails Regional Park Visitor Center from July 30 – September 9, 2022. This exhibit will feature two local artists, Jessica Ballenger and Vivian Fung. Inspired by San Diego’s dreamy landscapes and native inhabitants, both artists’ […]

PAPER. PRINT. BIND

This exhibition is a celebration of the transformation of paper and its importance in many inventive art processes and creations. Paper Print Bind showcases the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library’s extraordinary Erika & Fred Torri Artists’ Books Collection. In addition, it presents a carefully curated array of contemporary artworks made with paper by renowned regional and international artists. The common […]

ALEXIS SMITH: THE AMERICAN WAY

Alexis Smith: The American Way is the first retrospective of the California artist in thirty years. Smith’s collages combine found texts, images, and objects to underscore and exaggerate how we are shaped by the media and culture that surround us. With her signature sense of humor, Smith turns a keen eye to literature, movies, and pop […]

SAN DIEGO ART PRIZE

Cog.Nate Collective Dedicated to the idea that the visual arts are a necessary and rewarding ingredient of any world-class city, the SD Art Prize was conceived to promote and encourage dialogue, reflection and social interaction about San Diego’s artistic and cultural life. This annual award honors artistic expression witha cash prize, exhibition opportunities, and spotlights […]

MASH UP: A CREATIVE INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM

MASH UP: A CREATIVE INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM by Vanguard Culture One Part arts conference. One Part creative industry mash up. Produced by Vanguard Culture, in partnership with CoPlace, HOME: World Design Capital 2024, & San Diego Design Week. **Detailed schedule of events coming soon.** – San Diego is on the verge of an arts renaissance unlike […]

LAK’ECH: TU ERES MI OTRO YO

  In Lak’ech: Tu eres me otro yo (You are my other me) invokes a Mayan concept popularized by Chicano playwright Luis Valdez. This affirmation reflects a philosophy of caring and connecting with the human spirit of one another. This idea sets the tone for this two-person exhibit at the San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery to […]

OUR ANCESTOR’S DREAM: LIFE BETWEEN THREE WORLDS

Casa Familiar is pleased to announce the art exhibition OUR ANCESTOR’S DREAM: Life between three worlds. (EL SUEÑO DE NUESTROS ANCESTROS: La vida entre tres mundos). This is an exhibition featuring Kumeyaay Artists from California and Baja California Mexico. Curated by Karla Garcia-Perez: Curator, Community Organizer & Legal Studies Student of Indigenous People’s Law Program at the University of Oklahoma. The exhibition includes […]

KRISTINA WONG, SWEATSHOP OVERLORD

On Day 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kristina Wong began sewing masks out of old bedsheets and bra straps on her Hello Kitty sewing machine. Before long, she was leading the Auntie Sewing Squad, a work-from-home sweatshop of hundreds of volunteers—including children and her own mother—to fix the U.S. public healthcare system while in quarantine. It […]

SAN DIEGO ITALIAN FILM ‘FESTIVALE’

Calcinculo (film still) The 16th annual feStivale, presented by the San Diego Italian Film Festival, showcases the best of Italian contemporary cinema and this year the festival is dedicated to CHOICE. This year brings the 4th edition of the SDIFF Ristretto Awards, with 15 short films as finalists of our competition, which also follows the […]