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 […]

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 […]

PORTALS

Kathy Nida – The Way Out The Feminist Image Group was formed in 2009 by artist and curator Anna Stump. FIG is a coalition of visual artists who meet to discuss art, see exhibitions, and support one another in our careers. We work across many media, including drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, installation, digital media, and performance. As […]

P.I.L.L.A.R.S.: PEOPLE IN LUCHA Y LIBERACIÓN AND RESILIENT STRUGGLE”

Celebrate the grand opening of the Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center (CPMCC). The inaugural exhibition in the museum will be the premiere of a collective historical narrative of Chicano Park and Logan Heights titled, “P.I.L.L.A.R.S.: People In Lucha y Liberación And Resilient Struggle” – a collective historical narrative of Chicano Park and Logan Heights. […]

THE LIVING HAND

  Stephen by Vicki Walsh, oil on birch panel, 48″ x 64″, 2011 Brought together to showcase their explorations in portraiture and reflective consciousness, the Hyde Art Gallery’s second exhibition of the Fall 2022 semester, The Living Hand, presents the works of two San Diego artists in conversation. Vicki Walsh’s paintings and Gail Schneider’s sculptures establish a repertoire of provocative, sensuously […]

SCRIPT/RESCRIPT

Bhavna Mehta Throughlines: Synapse, 2020 Glass beads embroidered on X-ray 17 x 14 inches Courtesy of the artist The SDSU School of Art and Design presents the exhibition, Script/Rescript featuring the artwork of ten artists who use historical and contemporary medicalizing scripts of their own bodies to colorfully rescript – or rewrite – visual language attributed to […]

SAN DIEGO FILIPINO FILM FESTIVAL

Apocalypse Child The most anticipated installment of San Diego Filipino Cinema’s year-long programming, the San Diego Filipino Film Festival (SDFFF), celebrates its first anniversary this fall. Held during Filipino American History Month in October, SDFFF is SDFC’s centerpiece event that aims to raise awareness for Filipino cinema as an important art form and a powerful […]

5TH ANNUAL JOYCE FORUM JEWISH SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

Miss. The Joyce Forum Jewish Short Film Festival is a three-day in-person and virtual festival, featuring 26 short films from around the world. Films are arranged into five distinct programs. In-person screenings will feature filmmaker conversations and community receptions. All programs will be available on-demand on Eventive throughout the duration of the festival. Once you […]