San Diego Art Institute Journal Nov/Dec 2014

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SAN DIEGOART INSTITUTEJOURNALNOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2014

The San Diego Art Institute was initially found-ed in 1941 and has since remained the premierorganization showcasing artists from the South-ern California/Baja Norte region. Our missionis to broaden and continue the support of thevisual arts through exhibition, education, andoutreach. Our ongoing dedication is carriedout through a range of innovative programsthat respond to the needs of our communities,and by forging partnerships with our local andglobal community. San Diego Art Institute cur-rently operates out of two locations: our mainexhibition space in Balboa Park and our edu-cational programs in North Park.

SDAI BALBOA PARK1439 EL PRADOSAN DIEGO CA 92101619 236 [email protected] - SATURDAY 10am - 4pmSUNDAY 12pm - 4pm

SDAI NORTH PARK3530 RAY STREETSAN DIEGO CA 92104619 299 4278

MONDAY - THURSDAY 12pm - 10pmFRIDAY 12pm - 5pmSATURDAY - SUNDAY 10am - 5pm

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bruce TallInterim Chair

Larry PoteetVice Chair

Kathryn KramerSecretary

Karen GilbertTreasurer

Carlos CristianiElaine EllisJoe Nalven

Patti CoopriderPatricia Frischer

Randy Beth SavareseRic Todd

Geeta Shreedar

ADVISORY BOARD

Vincent AndrunasElizabeth BasinetPamela HartwellEmalyn Leppard

Alessandra MoctezumaDebra PoteetClaire Slattery

Vaughn Woods

SDAI STAFF

Ginger Shulick Porcella - Executive Director

Kerstin Robers - Deputy Director

Lesley Anderson - Director of Education

Sheena Dowling - Youth Programs Director

Marina Grize - PR & Media Director

Cathy Bennett - Gift Shop Manager

Paul Stolte - Bookkeeper

Tim Schultheis & Wes HardestyStudio Coordinators

Generous support provided by City of San DiegoCommission for Arts and Culture and Szekely Family Foundation


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Its been over eight months since Ive been in San Diego,and in my short time here Ive been exposed to some of themost amazing artists. Im constantly in awe of the caliber ofwork being created locally. Ive also been exposed to somevery disappointing behavior; as the Executive Director per-haps one of my most important roles is to maintain a safespace for my staff and all the artists we show here. I want toemphasize that mistreatment of staff, volunteers, and artistswill not be tolerated under any circumstance.

I know that change is difcult, and that the implementationof any new initiative may look shocking. I want to assure you

that our mission remains the same, and that we will ALWAYSbe dedicated to supporting and showcasing the work oflocal artists. In fact, I would be hesitant to say that werechanging anything; rather, we are making improvementsto our organization at all levels and augmenting the experi-ence of artist members. As youll see in this issue, there area number of ways that artists can participate in upcomingexhibitions, as well as a number of professional develop-ment opportunities in the coming months that I urge you totake advantage of. Upcoming programs include the mem-bers-only C-Note exhibition on November 22, an inter-active, multicultural and multidisciplinary benet for SDAIon December 12th, and a year-end regional show opening

on December 19th. Submissions for the regional show willbe accepted online from November 1 through November30th!

There are also a variety of ways that artists can participatethrough several of our current open calls. We are still solicit-ing submissions to our Balboa Park at 100 show openingat the end of January, and we are also looking for artists toparticipate in December Nights and FLEX IT! at the JacobsCenter in March, 2015. Additionally, Im looking for nontra-ditional portraiture to highlight in our space in December,so if you have ideas for any works youd like to enter, pleasecontact me directly at [email protected] or visit our

website for more information on these programs. Perhapsmost importantly, I am happy to announce that we receiveda grant from The Parker Foundation to renovate our gallerythis December! These much-needed funds will ensure thatwe full our mission of providing a world-class exhibitionspace.

For those members that have taken the time to get to knowme, youll know that my mission in life is to support artists,and make sure they have the physical, nancial, and emo-tional support to create new work. I would just like to reiter-ate that I have an open door policy; please just be sure to

set up an appointment in advance and I would be happy tochat with you. I also love doing studio visits with artists. Ifyou would like to have me over to see what youre currentlyworking on and get feedback, I would be more than happyto do so. Or if youd like feedback in a larger setting, pleaseconsider joining our bi-monthly crit group. Seats ll upquickly, and are offered on a rst-come, rst-served basis.

Lastly, if you like our programming and core mission of sup-porting local artists, please consider making a donation toour year-end campaign. Donations of any size are welcome.You can simply cut out the section of the newsletter with

donation information and send with a check to SDAI, or youcan make a donation directly online by visiting www.sandi-ego-art.org. Each donation will be matched by the GingerE. and Robert D. Wallace Foundation to ensure that we cancontinue offering quality programming to artists and audi-ences of San Diego and beyond.

I look forward to seeing you at an event soon!

Ginger Shulick PorcellaExecutive DirectorSan Diego Art Institute


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CALL FOR ARTISTS

On March 21, 2015, the San Diego Art Institute will present FLEX IT! Expands at the Jacobs Center as part of Jacobs Presents: CulturalCelebrations and Performances. This one-day video and performance festival will focus on healthy lifestyle choices and address obe-sity prevention in an effort to generate debate, ideas, and action regarding these issues. FLEX IT! Expands will fully inspire communitybuilding through an entertaining, engaging, and enlightening series of participatory works, while encouraging collaboration betweenthe artists and the public to present works that are simultaneously challenging yet accessible to a broad audience.

San Diego Art Institute is looking for video and performance artists to participate in the juried portion of FLEX IT! Expands on March21, 2015. We have received a grant to produce the event, so participating artists will each receive a small stipend to create or presentnew work.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: January 31, 2015 / THERE IS NO CHARGE TO SUBMIT WORK FOR CONSIDERATION:Please submit all proposals and video les directly to Ginger Shulick Porcella at [email protected]. All work will be selected bythe co-curator and event coordinator, Adrienne Outlaw.

FOR PERFORMANCE ARTISTS:Please submit:1) One-page narrative of proposed performance (can be short term or durational)2) Paragraph artist statement3) Artist CV4) Up to 5 still images of 1MB or less each, or up to 5 video links of performances (Vimeo or YouTube only)

FOR VIDEO ARTISTS:Please submit:1) Paragraph narrative of proposed video (videos must be no longer than 10 mins. in length)2) Paragraph artist statement3) Artist CV4) Up to 5 video links of work (Vimeo or YouTube only)

This opportunity is open to artists across the world, with preference being placed on artists residing in the San Diego/Tijuana region.Artists will be selected based on the clarity and appropriateness of their proposal, their exhibition history, and their ability to realizesimilar projects.

MARKETING YOUR ARTSaturday, December 20th, 12pm-2pmThis workshop will go over important aspects of successful traditional and nontraditional strategies for marketing artists work. Topicsinclude: how to dene your marketing goals; tactics and messaging; elevator pitch vs. artist statement; how to connect with audiencesand collectors; and identifying, building, and engaging new audiences. The workshop will be led by Natalia Mount, an Executive Lead-er in the nonprot arts sector. Mount hasworked in all facets of nonprot arts management, including marketing, PR, fundraising, andcurating.Free for members; $5 for nonmembers


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BALBOA PARKat 100January 23, 2015 March 1, 2015

This exhibition will explore the past, present, and

imagined future of Balboa Park. Participating artistsfrom Southern California/Baja Norte will be invitedto create work that directly responds to and reinter-prets Balboa Park through site-specic installation,photography, painting, sound, and video. Call forartists: Do you have a specic idea or concept forthis exhibition? Would you like to submit a proposalor images of work for consideration? Please contactGinger Shulick Porcella at [email protected]. Deadline for ideas/art will be December 30,2014.

CALL FORARTISTSNONTRADITIONAL PORTRAITURE SDAI is lookingfor nontraditional portraiture to curate in a Hall ofFaces opening on December 19thconcurrent withour regional juried exhibition. If youre interested inparticipating in this mini exhibition, please sendup to 2 jpgs of potential work directly to Ginger Por-cella at [email protected] by Monday, De-cember 1st! Open only to current members of SDAI.

SAN DIEGO CRIT GROUPThe San Diego Art Institute is hosting a bi-monthly crit group for artists looking to expand the dialogue around their work within a con-temporary context. The next session will be on Wednesday, November 5 from 6:00pm-8:30pm at SDAI, with guest critic AndrewHorwitzfrom Culturebot. The crit group consists of a core group of artists, one rotating guest curator or critic, SDAI Executive Director Ginger

Porcella, and the rst few artists that sign up by contacting Ginger at [email protected]. Artists are asked to bring one artworkor an image of an artwork to view and discuss with the group. Space is extremely limited and on a rst come, rst served basis. Sign upfor this amazing professional development opportunity now!!

About Andrew Horwitz: Andrew Horwitz is a curator, critic, and producer who recently relocated to San Diego from NYC. He is thefounder of Culturebot.org, a web journal dedicated to critical cultural discourse on, and from, the perspective of the arts. From 2010-2013 he worked for the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council where he curated the River to RiverFestival, a free, month-long, multidisci-plinary arts festival at sites throughout Lower Manhattan. Previously he worked as Producer at Performance Space 122 and from 2007-2009, curated the PRELUDE Festival at the Martin E. Segal Theater Center at the Graduate Center at CUNY. Other curatorial projectsinclude The Future at the End of the World at the Farley Post Ofce in Manhattan and Ephemeral Evidence at Exit Art in NYC. Heis a 2014 recipient of the prestigious Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant for his new blog Ephemeral Objects: ArtCriticism for the Post-Material World online at ephemeralobjects.org.


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The San Diego Art Institute is pleased to present its winter group exhibition opening in Balboa Park on Friday, December 12 from 6pm-8pm. This exhibition will include solo shows by local artists Andrea Chung (SDAIs current Artist-in-Residence), Elena Lomakin and JoyceCorum, as well as both a juried regional exhibition and an invitational component with works selected by San Diego gallerists such asJennifer DiCarlo of jdc ne art, Meegan Nolan of Low Gallery and Josh Pavlick of Helmuth Projects. Additionally, Tijuana-based streetartist PANCA will debut her large-scale mural in the entryway of SDAI, leading into the exhibition space. This mural will be on displaythrough early April 2015.

Concurrent with the opening of these shows is an exhibition of youth art from Montgomery Middle School, as well as QR Code art bystudents from High Tech High Media Arts. Finally, a small survey of local artists creating non-traditional portraits will also be on displayin the exhibition space.

The juror for SDAIs December exhibition is Natalia Mount, a San Francisco-based curator interested in ideas surrounding simulation,media saturation, commoditization (specically in Eastern Europe), and the development of universal social media identities. Mountwill lead a professional development workshop the day after the opening on Marketing Your Art from 12pm-2pm in SDAIs exhibitionspace, open to both members and nonmembers.

SDAI WINTER EXHIBITION

PLEASE MAIL TO:

San Diego Art InstituteAttn: Year End Appeal1439 El PradoSan Diego, CA 92101


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MAKE A MOVIEWITH YOUR CELLPHONE!

Class Description: Students will learn how to use their cellphones to make compelling, narrative-driven lms. Inspired by the accessi-bility of high-quality cellphones, this class will enable students to storyboard, shoot, and edit movies for a variety of venues. Studentswill walk away with a nished short lm between 1-5 minutesjust in time to submit for the Mobil Film Festival in April 2015! http://www.mobillmfestival.com/rules.html

About the Instructor: Don Porcella holds a BFA from California College of Arts and Crafts and an MFA from CUNY Hunter College.His work has been exhibited at galleries and museums across the US and in Berlin, Paris, Copenhagen, Tokyo, and Shanghai. His art

has been positively reviewed in The New York Times, NYARTS, Fiber Arts Magazine, Chelsea Now, San Francisco Magazine, and TheVillage Voice to name just a few. Porcellas work can be found in important public and private collections across the US and Europe,andhe has received grants from the Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island, the Brooklyn Arts Council, an EAF Fellowshipfrom Socrates Sculpture Park, the 2012 West Collects Prize, and artist residency at the Museum of Arts and Design, and a 2014 SwatchArt Residency in Shanghai. Porcella has taught college-level courses in animation, painting/drawing, sculpture, and art history, and iscurrently a teacher at High Tech High Media Arts.

Class Materials: A smartphone (iPhone or Android), Access to a computer or laptop for editing homework, Video editing software appssuch as iMovie, Final Cut Pro or Splice for your phone and computer, 18x24 poster board, Number 2 pencil, 12 inch ruler, 12 packcolored pencils, Journal

Class Dates: January 10, January 17, January 24, January 31 at SDAI Balboa Park, 1pm-4pm Cost: $250, payable online or by check.For more information, please call 619.236.0011 or visit www.sandiego-art.org

COMEPARTICIPATEIN THE

GLOBALIDENTITYPROJECT2pm-4pm, Saturday, November 8th at SDAIDonPorcellas Global Identity Project began inShanghai, China; this series of photographs aretaken of people from across the globe wearing

one of the artists signature pipe cleaner sculp-tures. The hat symbolizes both China and theUS, but more importantly shows how nationalidentity is giving way to a more inclusive glob-al identity. By wearing the hat, the participantsraise awareness of our increasingly global-ized society where travel and the internet haveblurred the lines of a singular national identity.From 2pm-4pm on Saturday, November 8th,visitors to the gallery can get their photograph-staken by the artist and add to this growing andevolving project.


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SDAICurator-in-Residence ProgramResidency Dates: January 1March 25, 2015

This program welcomes curators at any stage of their career to apply for an approximate 3-month residency from January 1 through

March 25, 2015. The selected Curator-in-Residency will receive a private, 150 sq. ft. studio space with 24-hour access in North Park. Theselected Curator-in-Residencewill be required to spend a minimum of 20 hours/week working in their studio, and will be required to givea public lecture and/or workshop during the course of the residency for which stipends will be offered. We offer studio space onlywecurrently do not assist with lodging or travel to/from the residency. During the course of the residency, we will arrange for the curator toconduct studio visits with local artists, and will ask the curator to participate in the monthly Ray at Night program eachsecond Satur-day of the month. The Curator-in-Residence will also jury our spring regional exhibition opening on March 6, 2015. Our staff is on-handto provide technical support and to respond to the needs of our Curator-in-Residence. Application Deadline is November 15, 2014,5PM PST. The selected Curator-in-Residence will be notied by Tuesday, November 25, 2014. CRITERIA FOR SELECTION Curators ofall media and at all levels of their career are encouraged to apply. Applications will be judged based on quality of work samples andstatement of purpose. A panel of arts professionals and artists will review applications and select the curator-in-residence. Curators willbe selected based on the quality of their curatorial portfolio and their potential for making the most of their time in the program. Allapplicants will be notied by email. Please do not call the ofce for selection results. All applicants must be United States citizens orable to work in the U.S.

SUBMITTING PROPOSALAll Curators Must Send:1)Current CV, saved as PDF2)Curatorial Statement 250 words or less, saved as PDF3)Statement of Purpose 250 words or less, saved as PDF4)Curatorial Portfolio no larger than 5MB, saved as PDF5)Names and Contact information for two references as PDF

SUBMIT ALL FIVE ITEMS AS SINGLE .ZIP FILE TO: [email protected] by November 15, 2014, 5PM PST APPLICATION FEE:$15/per application please submit proof of payment via PayPal with e-mail submission Contact Information: San Diego Art Institute1439 El Prado San Diego, CA 92101 619.236.0011 [email protected] www.sandiego-art.org

SUBMISSIONSforDecember/JanuaryRegional Juried ShowAccepted Online from November 1 through November 30!

The juror for our winter juried show is Natalia Mount. She holds an MAin Arts Administration and is the co-founder of FLUX Digital Art Space, anonprot arts organization that exposes underserved populations to con -temporary art and digital culture. She has also worked in high-prole institu-tions such as MoMA PS1, the Clocktower Gallery, and ARTonAIR.org. Mounthas curated and produced over 40 visual arts exhibitions, and is interestedin ideas surrounding simulation, media saturation, commoditization (spe-cically in Eastern Europe), and the development of universal social mediaidentity. Natalia Mount currently works at Saint Marys College of California.


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SDAI WINTER BENEFIT

CUT BELOW AND SEND TO SDAI - BALBOA PARK

JOIN US ON DECEMBER 12, 2014 7PM

RSVP BY DECEMBER 5, 2014

The Board of Directors of the San DiegoArt Institute cordially invite you to a cocktailbenet on Friday, December 12th at 7pm

honoring Claire Slattery for her indefatiga-ble service to the organization. Please joinus at our Balboa Park location for an eve-ning of multicultural visual, performing, andculinary artists celebrating local artists andarts supporters! Participants will be given achance to bid on unique art experiencesthe night of the event. Tickets are just $75and support SDAIs exhibition and educa-tion programs.

VISUAL ARTBY

Bhavna MehtaMargaret NobleDave GhilarducciMinghua NieSaulo CisnerosPANCA

MUSIC AND DANCE PERFORMANCESBY

BollywoodTranzThe Meadowbrook Middle School Glee

ClubSohailas Shining StarsGigis Dance Team

SPOKEN WORDBY

Jimmy JazzGill SotuMichael Klam

Sponsored by: SDAIs Poetry and Art series

EMCEE

Chuck McPherson

TICKETS

$35 of ticket price is not tax-deductible.

Donors of $500 or more will be included inour Benet Program


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C-NOTE EVENTWinter C-Note SaleNovember 22 through December 7, 2014Opening: November 22, 2014, 5pm

This semi-annual event is one of SDAIs most popularshows,drawing huge crowds in a frenzy to buy original artwork. All works are priced at $100, $200, or $300, making thisevent a great opportunity to purchase quality art by local art-ists at inexpensive prices. For this one-of-a-kind event, buyerstake the works right off the wall and bring them home thatday. Audiences can preview the more than 1,000 avail-able works on Friday, November 21 from 10am-4pm andon Saturday from 10am-4pm. This exciting events drawshundreds of people that line up outside SDAIs BalboaPark location hours in advance of the opening for a chance tobe one of the rst through the door to snag their top choiceof artwork. C-Note is a fun and family-friendly event, soplease mark your calendars!

In tandem with the opening reception, 10th grade studentsfrom High Tech High Media Arts will be premiering an in-stallation entitled A Walk in the Park in SDAIs New MediaProject Space. Using paper mache, wire, and paint, studentscrafted objects they might nd in nature while simultaneouslycreating a sound collage using their voice and found naturesounds. Meant to be a total immersive experience, thestudents of High Tech High Media Arts hope you will enjoythis journey through their installation.

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BEYOND LIMITS:POSTGLOBAL MEDIATIONSOPENING NIGHT


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SDAI - NORTH PARKWatercolor Paintingwith Brian Shepherd: October 20 - November 24

Silk Painting: November 18 - December 23

Painting in Oils: November 4 - Dec 9

Printmaking: October 22 - Nov 26

Figure Drawingwith Nancy Plank: October 22 - November 26

The Art of Mosaics: Dated TBD

Stained Glass: November 15 - December 20

Int/Adv Drawing: October 18 - November 22

Glass Fusing: October 19 - November 22

Mondays:

Collage: Scissors, Paper, Glue!Cody Grifth6-9pmNovember 3 - December 8

Tuesdays:

Caricature: Preposterous Portraits & Cross Eyed CreaturesCody Grifth6-9pmNovember 4 - December 9

THE TIME IS NOWDeron Cohen

Opening: October 18Closes: November 8, during Ray at Night, 6-10pm

*Also on display will be artwork by Jude Mathis and work bystudenst and members.

SOLO SHOWJude Mathis

Opening: November 15Closes: December 13, during Ray At Night

*Also on display will be a selection of glass art by local glassartists, students and members


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