Jean Lowe and Raul Guerrero: San Diego Movers and Shakers
Submitted by yolietorres on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 7:21am. Announcement | Faculty ShowMovers & Shakers:
(http://www.moversandshakers.sdvag.net/Home.htm)
Who’s Who in the San Diego Visual Arts World
September 6 through October 4, 2008
Art Expressions Gallery, 2645 Financial Court, Suite C, San Diego, California 92117
Movers & Shakers: (plural noun) very important, influential or innovative San Diegans in the visual arts community.
Unyielding enthusiasm, imagination, dedication and an intense love of art, drives the individuals who shape the art community in San Diego County. Artists, art collectors, students, teachers and the community at large all benefit from the extraordinary efforts of those who help put the San Diego cultural scene on the map. Movers and Shakers: Who’s Who in the San Diego Visual Arts World will celebrate these influential people through a collection of their portraits.
From Sept 5 to Oct 4, 2008, invited artists will exhibit portraits that will be featured at Art Expressions Gallery. To celebrate the opening, a reception will be held on Friday, Sept 5 from 6 to 9 pm to honor the Movers and Shakers, as well as the artists who created their portraits. An educational event Collectors Cocktails: How to Commission Art will take place earlier that evening from 5-6 pm. The San Diego Visual Art Network will be showcasing portraits in an online gallery with linked images produced and sponsored by the San Diego Visual Artists Guild.
Professor Emeritus Faith Ringgold - Bloodline: A Quilt Exhibition
Submitted by yolietorres on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 7:57am. AnnouncementImage of Faith Ringgold's "Last Supper."

Professor Emeritus Faith Ringgold
Bloodline: A Quilt Exhibition
September 11 – October 4, 2008
Reception on September 11, 2008 | 5-7PM
University Art Gallery / Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana
The University Art Gallery will feature quilts and quilt inspired artwork from a diverse range of nationally and internationally known artists. The exhibition will showcase some extraordinary and unconventional results within this traditional art form. It deliberately looks to represent the endless possibilities investigated by contemporary quilters while promoting the rich history this region has in fiber arts. Artists committed to the exhibition are Arle Sklar-Weinstein, Brain Dykhuizen, Fraser Smith, Jane Burch Cochran, Ian Hundley, Faith Ringgold, Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Petra Nyendick, Shawn Quinlan, Sonji Hunt, Rachel Bramer, Joan Lockburner Deuel, Kevan Rupp Lunney, Michael Aaron McAllister, Nancy Crow, Rhiannon Williams, Susan Else, and an Amish Quilt. Works include some major facets explored in quilting; realistic, figurative, story quilts, still life's, abstract, and even three-dimensional quilts, all sewn by hand or machine.
Professor Emeritus Faith Ringgold Exhibition at Keene, NH
Submitted by yolietorres on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 7:41am. Announcement | Faculty ShowProfessor Emeritus Faith Ringgold Exhibition
September 8 - November 23, 2008
Public Reception, Thursday, September 25, time TBA
Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery / Keene State College, Wyman Way, Keene, New Hampshire
This African-American artist and author will exhibit story quilts, oils from the 1960s, works on paper, prints, tankas from the 1970s, and soft sculpture including masks and dolls.
L Cole, C D Cruz, D Erdmann, N Herbst, S Horsley, G Mercedes, T Schwartz, K Wall, J Westerbeke: Greater LA Masters of Fine Art
Submitted by yolietorres on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 7:48am. Announcement | MFA Exhibition
Leigh Cole, Cathy de la Cruz, Deanna Erdmann, Nico Herbst, Scott Horsley, Gretchen Mercedes, Tim Schwartz, Kate Wall, and Julia Westerbeke
Greater LA Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition
Exhibition runs August 25 through September 10, 2007
Opening Reception on Sunday, September 7th | 4-9 pm
California State Universities, Long Beach Galleries, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90840-0106
MFA Students from California State University, Long Beach begin this academic year by presenting a group show, which features work by graduate students throughout the greater Los Angeles area including: Akosua Adoma Owusu, Olga Balema, Gideon Barnett, Christopher Bauder, Benjamin Britton, Leigh Cole, Cathy de la Cruz, Deanna Erdmann, Lindsay Fotser, Liz Glynn, Eben Goff, Jennifer Gradecki, Jesse Aron Green, Nico Herbst, Scott Horsley, Whitney Hubbs, Simon Hughes, Niku Kashef, Amanda Keller-Konya, Mimi Lauter, Erica Love, Dana Maiden, Gretchen Mercedes, Matt Merkel-Hess, Joanne Mitchell, Jared Nielsen, Raksha Parekh, Ian Pines, Brian Porray, Seth Pringle, Peter Bo Rappmund, Issac Resinkoff, Sarah Rose, Yoshie Sakai, Tim Schwartz, Matt Sheridan, Matthew Siegle, Melissa Thomson, The University, Alison Walker, Kate Wall, Julia Westerbeke, and Jennifer Wolf. This diverse community includes visual data from thirteen schools, including UC Santa Barbara, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, down the coast to UC San Diego and everything in between and was curated by: McLean Fahnestock, Christen Sperry-Garcia, Mariann Marcum, Matt Ohm, Michael Walsh, Nathan Huff, Christina Shurts, and Megan Hoetger.
Associate Professor Phel Steinmetz: FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA
Submitted by yolietorres on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 7:01am. Announcement | Faculty ShowFOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA
(http://www.safotofestival.com/galleries/index.html)
September 1-30, 2008
FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA-SAFOTO / Gallery 6, 333 West Olmos Drive #103, San Antonio, TX 78212
The FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA International Photography Festival is a unique and eclectic forum for the exhibition and celebration of photography and photography-based art forms.
PhD Candidate Chanda Carey presents on the International Cosmology Across Cultures Conference in Granada, Spain
Submitted by yolietorres on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 8:00am. Announcement | PHD_ProjectChanda Carey will present a superb study of rock art in the American Southwest drawing on perspectives from landscape phenomenology, the study of Native American language and poetics, folklore, and archaeastronomy.
International Cosmology Across Cultures Conference in Granada, Spain
September 8-12, 2008
Parque de las Ciencias | Avenida del Mediterraneo s/n, 18006 Granada, España
The International Cosmology Across Cultures Conference joins specialists of both cultural astronomy studies and modern cosmology in a single forum where ideas about the comprehension about the nature of the Universe could be interchanged, analyzed, revised or even challenged. The conference will be held in Granada (Spain) from September 7th to 14th, 2008, including excursions and arrival (7) and departure (14) dates.
The conference is organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía and under the patronage of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC).
Lev Manovich: Analyze This
Submitted by yolietorres on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 8:14am. ReviewAnalyze This
(http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2008/09/02/news/03analytics090208.txt)

By LEA YU for the Voice of San Diego, Sept. 2, 2008
"...Using algorithms to evaluate media, Calit2 Software Studies Initiative Director and UCSD Visual Arts Professor Lev Manovich is seeking to create software which will graph and predict cultural shifts. Cultural data sets have exploded, Manovich said, with websites like Flickr hosting over two billion user-submitted photos...."
Complete article on the Voice of San Diego at:
http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2008/09/02/news/03analytics090208.txt
Anya Gallacio
Submitted by yolietorres on Fri, 08/29/2008 - 8:16am.
Anya Gallaccio
July 11 through September 14, 2008
Camden Arts Centre, Arkwright Road London NW3 6DG
Anya Gallaccio's spectacular new installation connects Camden Arts Centre's garden to the galleries, bringing the outdoors inside.
The new piece is firmly rooted in the site, as if nature has broken into the space pushing through the gallery floor and walls. Using organic transient materials, Gallaccio’s intervention is impressive in its visual impact and physicality.
Gallaccio is one of the leading British sculptors of her generation. Nominated for the Turner Prize in 2003, she graduated from Goldsmiths in 1988 and in the same year exhibited in Damien Hirst’s 'Freeze', the exhibition that brought together a generation of Young British Artists for the first time.
Gallaccio's work is concerned with nature, beauty and decay, she uses ephemeral materials to refer to the cyclic nature of life and death.
Her sculptures' multi-sensory and experimental elements allow you to engage with the rich tactile qualities. Past installations include real chocolate and sugar, rotting and decayed fruit, and trees cast in bronze.
Professor Emeritus Faith Ringgold:
Submitted by yolietorres on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 7:27am. ReviewProfessor Emeritus Faith Ringgold
"The Art of Faith Ringgold" Opens at Thorne

KEENE, N.H., 8/25/08 - Faith Ringgold, an award-winning author and artist, exhibits a variety of artwork spanning 44 years at the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery from Monday, September 8, through Sunday, November 23.
"African/American Influences: The Art of Faith Ringgold" showcases this African-American artist's story quilts, oil paintings from the 1960s, works on paper - including prints and tankas from the 1970s - and soft sculpture such as masks and dolls. The exhibit includes the original layouts for Tar Beach, Ringgold's first children's book, which won more than 20 awards, including the prestigious Caldecott Honor Book of 1992. The Caldecott honor is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children to the artist of an American picture book for children.
Visitors to the exhibit may take Ringgold's online survey on racial identity by sitting at a computer. The survey is a conceptual study on race and color in America to determine what a person would feel, think, and do if their racial identity was suddenly changed.
The Friends of the Thorne Education Program, from October 20 to 31, focuses on this exhibit. The program for K-12 schoolchildren and senior citizen groups includes a guided tour of the exhibit and a hands-on art project. To schedule a group visit, contact Colleen Johnson at 603-358-2731.
Professor Emeritus Eleanor Antin and Yvonne Venegas: Memory is Your Image of Perfection Opened at Museum of Contemporary Art SD
Submitted by yolietorres on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 6:58am. ReviewProfessor Emeritus Eleanor Antin and Yvonne Venegas
Memory is Your Image of Perfection Opened at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
artdaily.org | Wednesday, August 27, 2008
SAN DIEGO.- The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego opened Memory Is Your Image of Perfection at MCASD’s Downtown 1001 Kettner location. The exhibition, curated by MCASD Assistant Curator Lucía Sanromán, presents photography and video works from the Museum’s collection that were created by women artists of Southern and Baja California. The exhibition will be on view through November 30, 2008.

