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JAN/FEB 2011 M E M B E R S H I P N E W S
VOL. 1/2-11
SAN DIEGO
ART INSTITUTE
SINCE 1941
Museum Hours
Tuesday - Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Sunday - Noon - 4pm
Closed Monday
website: sandiego-art.org
Financial Support for the San Diego Art Institute (OSP 2010) is provided in part by the City of San Diego Commission
for Arts and Culture, QUALCOMM Incorporated, and the Chris and Lorraine Wolfe Fund.
Dear Members,
Fifteen years ago I had the distinct pleasure of being intro-
duced to the San Diego Art Institute by women I now know to be
remarkable people, Sean Sullivan, Ruth Hoffman, Anabel Mintz
and Ginger Wallace.
Sean Sullivan by all appearances was a gentle woman with an
easy smile and a comfort that spoke of a condence of spirit.
And, as I came to know, she was an accomplished artist and one
of the rst of these women to point me in a direction that has had
my attention for a decade and a half.
With a direction in hand, my fate was to run into Ruth Hoffman,
who has all the makings of a Long Island native, with a direct-
ness I found comforting and an eye that sparkled passion and
honesty. I lunched with Ruth and her sister, laid out my thoughts
and asked for her involvement and support, both of which I
believe are still available even though, after 12 years of diligence,
she has taken some time for her family.
Anabel Mintz , although soft and laid back in her manner, had a
stay of steel running through her back. Along with her devoted
husband Ted, also a friend to SDAI, Anabel came forward to
step into a role that only she could ll, and with her came the
Friends of the Institute.
Somewhere after the reality of the situation I had agreed to
hit home, as well as the fact that the odds of success were
meager, did I have my rst encounter with Ginger Wallace.
Ginger was an enigma to me. She, like all the women I mentioned
above, had a devotion to this venture and a belief in my plan;
however, Ginger gave me two things that would be the soul of
this crusade. Ginger spoke of simple things and never waivered
in her belief in my promise to make SDAI fundable and trans-
ferable. My promise has more than once kept me focused and
stayed through the many trying times that were to come. With
Gingers inuence and her corralling Wig Fletcher, Pauline des
Grange, Pat Ford and our then Board President Sean Sullivan
to become the de facto Guardians, we fast-tracked a capital
campaign in three months to maintain SDAIs hold on the space
in Balboa Park. The rest, as they say, is history. Of course there
are many people to thank for where we are today, but I am blessed
to have had the opportunity to know these women and the honor
to call them my friends.
Letter from the desk of Timothy Field
51st International
Award Exhibition
Since 1955 SDAI has produced the International Exhibition,
a juried show drawing interest from artists all over the world.
A different internationally known juror is invited each year. This
exhibition is juried electronically and in person and makes avail-
able international competition to regional & international artists.
Awards are presented at SDAIs Museum of the Living Artists
annual Gala Celebration.
The 51st International Exhibition runs April 16th May 29th, 2011.
Deadline for online submission by artists is January 30th, 2011.
No late entries will be considered. Deadline for shipping and
submission of accepted art is April 1st. Late arrivals of artwork
will not be considered. Opening reception gala will be April 16th,
2011 from 6pm to 8pm.
Sign up today to submit your artwork in the competition. Once
you have completed the online application and your credit card
has been processed, you will receive a user ID and password
to access the SDAI site and begin uploading your artwork.
Non-members: $50 for 2 submissions and $40 for 1 submission.
Members: $25 for 2 entries and $20 for 1 entry.
JUROR Roxana Velsquez Martnez del Campo, Executive
Director of the San Diego Museum of Art.
Total of $6,750 in Awards
$2,000 (1) Board of Directors Award
$1,000 (1) MOLA Collectors Award for Excellence
$1,000 (1) Bast Wright Interiors Award for Excellence
$500 (1) Digital Art Guild Award
$500 (1) Hoffman Trust Award
$500 (1) Andrew Warner Case Emerging Artist Award
$500 (1) Thomas Morosz Artist Award
$500 (1) John McKee Memorial Award for Figure Drawing/Painting
$250 (1) Media Services Award
Awards sponsored by:
Bast Wright Interiors,Andrew Warner Case, Brian Corrigan, Elaine Ellis, Ruth & Schuyler Hoff-
man, Kathryn Kramer, Joe Nalven, The McKee Family, Media Services (Bruce & Cheryl Tall),
Thomas Morosz, Gerry Roy, Larry & Debra Poteet, Jamie Stallings, Claire Slattery, Renata
Spiazzi, Chris & Lorraine Wolfe
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SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE
Museum of the Living Artist
House of Charm, Balboa Park, 1439 El Prado
San Diego, CA 92101-1617
(619) 236-0011 Fax (619) 236-1974
website: sandiego-art.org
email: krobers@mola-sdai.org
San Diego Art Department
Educational Facility: 3830 Ray St.,
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 299-4278
email: info@sdartdept.com
website: www.sdad-sdai.org
Board of Governors
Bill Hawkins, Schuyler Hoffman, Susan Leonard
Jean McKee, Ted Mintz, Robert Wallace,
Chris & Lorraine Wolfe
Board of Directors
Chair: Elaine Ellis
Vice Chair: Claire Slattery
(past COVA Board Member)
Secretary: Kathyrn Kramer
Treasurer: Ruth Hoffman
(on leave)
Joe Nalven
Larry Poteet (Attorney)
Educational & Outreach Committee
Andrea Chamberlin
Elizabeth Morton, Education Programs Coordinator
SDAI Advisory Board
Vincent Andrunas
(Social Editor: Dcor/ Style Magazine)
Elizabeth Basinet (Barrett Resource Group)
Eric Cantrell
Pamela Hartwell
Emalyn Leppard
Debra A. Morse Attorney
Peter B. Rutman (AdminEstate Corporation)
Vaughn Woods, CFP
Co-Sponsors
City of San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture
Friends of the Institute
San Diego Art Department/Ray Street
Director Andrea Chamberlin
Studio Assistant Jack Harmanian
Studio Assistant Tim Schultheis
Staff of SDAI
Executive Director Timothy J. Field
Executive Administrator Kerstin Robers
Gallery Assistant/Public Relations Marc Pickett
Graphic Designer/Production Coordinator - Jack Wade
Poet Program Coordinator Michael Klam
Accounting/PR Associate - Debora Wells
Educational Programs Andrea Chamberlin
& Elizabeth Morton
Accounting Assistant Paul Stolte
Journal Staff
Tim Field, Kerstin Robers, Jack Wade,
Debora Wells, Douglas James Martin
Photos Sullivan/Messenger & Richard Powers
Website Design
Michael Hanes, Roark Dority
Welcome SDAI New Members!
Rachel Benbrook
Victoria V. Goble
Mariko Irie
Becky L. Robbins
Fred Horn
Emily R. Nichols
Richard A. Walker
Mark A. Dodge Medlin
Patricia E. DAugustine
Sharon K. Thomas
Anne E. Macpherson
Allison W. Benbrook
Vicki Gammell
Mariam Agron Silverstein
GINGER WALLACE
Ginger was a revered force in San Diego as a devoted philanthropist for the ne arts in this region
through nonprot organizations efforts. Her tireless advocacy for SDAI particularly, along with sup-
port from her husband Robert Wallace and their extended family, has changed the face of what SDAI
is today. Her gentle, unending smile, her warmth and her spirited will shall be missed. Following is the
notice published in the San Diego Union Tribune on December 12, 2010.
WALLACE, GENE GINGER ELLIS, as a blizzard blew into the Bear Lake valley, Ginger peacefully left
this life in the arms of her husband on November 23, 2010. Ginger was born on New Years Eve in 1924
establishing from birth the celebration of life. The setting was Ogden and the proud parents were Gene
B. and Wallace H. Ellis. Throughout her youth, summers in Fish Haven, Idaho, were lled with family,
friends, practical jokes, the pier, the Bear Lake monster and perhaps the occasional water ght. Time
added lemon ice cream, her ever present movie camera, sitting on the porch with Mom and spectacu-
larly themed and costumed Anniversary parties. She attended Ogden High, the University of Utah and
the Art Institute of Chicago where she received a BFA and MFA. She continued her graduate studies
at Northwestern University; Chicago Institute of Design; University of Chicago; Utah State University;
and studied jewelry with Los Castillos in Taxco, Mexico. While in Chicago she operated The 750 Studio
where many local and national artists exhibited. Exuding creative energy from the very beginning, art
was the center of her life. Painting both abstract and realist, portraiture, photography, ceramics, sculp-
ture, water colors, colored pencil, enamels, jewelry making and lm. Ginger exhibited locally, nationally
and internationally in juried shows. She loved all media. Robert Wallace won her heart and hand and
in 1957 they married and moved to San Diego. As time went on Ginger juggled three children and their
many friends with humor, style, soap candy and lots of color. Community service was an important part
of Gingers life. She founded the Klee Wyk Society in 1962 and was a dedicated board member of the
Museum of Man. She was a charter board member of the Committee of 100 dedicated to preserving
the Spanish Colonial architecture in Balboa Park. Passionate about the mission of the San Diego Art
Institute, Ginger was instrumental in establishing the Art Institute in its current home. The Ginger
Award given annually by SDAI was named for her, and honors outstanding community volunteers. In
2007 the Friends of Balboa Park honored Ginger and Robert with the Millennium Award for fty years
of dedicated service to the park. These along with many other non-prot organizations in San Diego,
Utah and Idaho beneted from her lifelong belief in giving back to her communities. She used her time
and talent to create everything from newsletters and invitations for a multitude of organizations, to
hosting totally classy garden tea parties and, the occasional play and movies for, and starring the
Wednesday Club members. A signature event each year was to receive her mile long star studded
Christmas card. Gingers humor and talent live on in her published books Extraordinary People Plus
Unique and Above Average Children and Birds I Have Known That Are Very Extinct and Never Existed
which was her swan song. Her famous Brownie recipe is left with her husband, Bob; children, Janet;
Matt; Sally (Scott Browning) and her grandchildren Eliza, James and Robert Browning and Jack Wallace.
Siblings Elizabeth (Ted) Schmidt; Hague (Sue) Ellis; assorted nieces, nephews and suspect cousins. Last
but not least her faithful companion Sam, her doted upon oversized long haired chihuahua. Preceded in
death by her parents and her brother Matthew B. Ellis. Graveside services were held at the Ogden, Utah
City Cemetery on Saturday, December 4th, at 10:00 a.m. with a Celebration of Life to be held later. In
lieu of owers, please donate to a charity of your choice as long as it is one Ginger would approve of
. . . Funeral arrangements entrusted to Lindquists Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd., Ogden, UT.
Email condolences to the family at: www.lindquistmortuary.com
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Featured Artist: Sammy Pasto
Solo Show SDAI : MOLA January 21, 2011 to February 27, 2011
Variations: Insight of My Creative Modes
David G. Fleet Youth Art Gallery Presents San Diego County Youth Art Month
The San Diego Art Institutes Museum of the Living Artist takes pleasure in presenting the 2011 Youth Art Month
Exhibition for San Diego County Schools. Sponsored by the San Diego County Art Education Association (the local
chapter of the California Art Education Association) the San Diego County Ofce of Education and Sargent Art, the
collection represents the work of students under the instruction of art educators who are members of SDCAEA and
CAEA. This year, around 100 works from public, private, parochial and charter schools in San Diego County fullled
specications for originality, composition, media technique and presentation.

The exhibition is on display from January 28
th
to February 27
th
, 2011. A public reception will be held on January 28
th
,
2011, 6-8PM and a special awards ceremony will be held on February 27
th
from 1-3PM for all student participants, family,
teachers, and school administration.
Ribbon Awards and Certicates are given to works in the four grade level categories: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, & 9-12, and
3-dimensional art. All 2D 1
st
through 3
rd
place nalists will be sent on to the CAEA Southern Area Youth Art Month
(YAM) Exhibition in Orange County.
The San Diego Art Institutes David G. Fleet Young Artists Gallery provides a year-round venue for art from public,
private, parochial, and charter schools (K-12) throughout San Diego County and is coordinated by the San Diego County
Art Education Association, San Diego County Ofce of Education and Sargent Arts. Co-sponsored by City of San
Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, QUALCOMM, Inc., Reuben H. Fleet Foundation and the Chris and Lorraaine
Wolfe Fund.
JUROR: ALEXANDER SALAZAR
Alexander Salazar Fine Art
Regional Exhibition January 21 February 27, 2011
Alexander Salazar, art critic, historian, collector and well-respected art dealer
in La Jolla for many years, opened Alexander Salazar Fine Art in 2010 in down-
town San Diego, at the corner of 7th and Broadway. The 2000-square-foot gal-
lery features the work of national and international emerging and mid-career
artists. Salazar and his gallery encourage the appreciation and understanding
of art and its vital role in our society through many exhibitions, artist lectures,
community sponsorships and charity events.
While an undergraduate at Colorado College, Salazar lived in London, where
he studied modern and contemporary art before moving to Florence, Italy, to
research masters like Bernini and Botticelli. Salazar has a masters degree in
theology and art from Harvard University and a masters in sociology and art
from Boston College.
As an art collector himself, Salazar understands that art is a reection of oneself
and his only requirement to acquire a work from his gallery is that you love it!
Marcos Armitaje
January 2- 31, 2011, Santa Fe, NM - Starbucks
Gallery, 106 West San Francisco Street -
Mr. Armitaje will show 10-12 large (44 x 33
and larger) CrystalWave Images in a Santa
Fe Premier show entitled Crystura - crystal
messages from planet earth.
February 3-26, 2011, Poway Center for the
Performing Arts,15498 Espola Road, Poway,
CA. Mr. Armitaje will show a world premier of
Crystal textures of the Serro Avajo featuring
unique images from the Sierra Avajo mountains
of New Mexico.
Lenore Simon
Lenore Simons Show Simply Simon at Art
and Framing solutions is being extended thru
Jan. 15th. The Gallery is at 4250 Morena Blvd.
(southwest of Costco ).
Hours are 9am-5pm Mon.-Sat.
Members are Warmly Welcomed!
Website:www.artandframingsolutions.com
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SDAI Paint-Outs will be held on the rst Saturday of each month.
Locations will be at various San Diego County or Southern Orange County locations.
Two or three of these may be in Balboa Park.
Locations will be announced in the bi-monthly SDAI Journal with the e-mail address of
the host of each event. The host for each event is to be contacted by e-mail for sign-up
and detailed information and directions on where to meet, etc.
An e-mail list of interested participants will be maintained by Richard Powers and
announcements will be sent to all on the list prior to each event in addition to the SDAI
Journal announcements.
The events will be open to anyone desiring to participate, whether members of SDAI
or not.
There will be at least one juried show at SDAIs Museum of the Living Artist per year
for about 20 paintings running simultaneously with one of the Regional Shows.
All painting canvases or watercolor papers are to be stamped and dated at each event
to prove they were done in the program. Only paintings done within the program can
be submitted for the show. Paintings are limited to a maximum size of 12 x 16 and
should be framed in appropriate plein-air frames with wire hangers. Up to 3 paintings
can be submitted by each artist for the show. Non-members of SDAI will pay an entry
fee of $20. There is no fee for SDAI or SDAD members. All paintings must be hand-
delivered to SDAI:Museum of the Living Artist and picked up at the end of the show.
The co-hosts for these SDAI Paint-Outs are Richard Powers and Mark Slusser, with
occasional assistance from Mark Fehlman.

January 8th & 13th Kit Carson Park, The Duck Pond, meet at 9:00 am.
(Due to the rst Saturday being New Years Day, both Paint-Outs have been slid one
week to the second Saturday and following Thursday.)
DIRECTIONS: Take the I-15 North to Via Rancho exit, then bear to the right onto Bear
Valley Parkway S. Continue to Entrance Drive on left (Mary Lane is on Right but turn
left), turn left onto Casteneda Drive. The duck pond area (there is a large wooden tori
bridge at the duck pond) will be on right with plenty of parking on the left. (Pond and
marshy views, all kinds of trees and of course ducks/birds.) Restrooms available.

February 5th and 10th - Mission Trails, Mission Dam Location, meet at 9:00 am.
DIRECTIONS: From I-15 take the 52 east to Mast Blvd. exit, go left under the freeway
then right onto West Hills Pkwy. Continue to Mission Gorge Road then turn right onto
Father Junipero Serra Trail, continue past the campground to the mission dam site (this
road becomes one-way coming toward you at the dam site, there is parking on the right
down near the dam. (Old mission dam and pond views, canyon trees, gorge and hill
views.) Portable restrooms available.

March 5th & 10th Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park, meet at 9:00 am
(hopefully to paint the Cherry Blossoms). The Garden is located behind the Tea House
Restaurant next to the Spreckels Organ Pavilion. Parking is behind the Organ Amphi-
theater. Plenty if you get
there early. If before 10:00
am enter through the rear
gate of the garden. Please
do not go into planted ar-
eas or block the walkways.
Restrooms available. We will
meet in the gallery of SDAI
at 12:00 noon for a friendly
critique, bring a light snack
to share.
Paint-Out November 6th
Artists painting at the December SDAI
Paint-Outs, Sunset Cliffs.
Paint-Out: 12/4 & 12/9/2011/
photos by Richard Powers
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SDAD Art Workshops
January/February Art
Classes & Workshops

SDAD offers art classes & workshops beginning Jan 4
th
, 2011. Enjoy a New
Year lled with creativity and artistic expression! Our class schedule
is posted online, please visit our website: www.sdad-sdai.org under art
classes. To register for the workshops or classes, please call the San
Diego Art Department at 619-299-4ART (4278) or stop by in person.
Silk Scarf Workshop
Instructor: Jan Janas
Sunday, January 9th from 11am 2pm
Join the fun of painting on silk! Create an original painted silk scarf in this
three-hour class. Jan Janas will guide you through the following painting
techniques: stenciling, mono printing, and free ow brush painting. Quickly
and easily you will then be able to design and paint your own unique
personal scarf that you or your friend will so enjoy wearing! Beginners and
beyond welcome.
Workshop Fee: $35
Get it While its Hot: Encaustic Painting Workshop
Instructor: Josie Rodriguez
Friday, January 14, 11:00am 3:00pm
Explore the magical world of encaustic painting and discover a lost art that
has intrigued painters for over 2000 years. Encaustic means to heat or to
burn so heat is used at every level. During this workshop you will learn
the history of encaustic, use of equipment and basic techniques including
photo transfer, collage, and incising. You will have many opportunities to
work and leave at the end of the day with many examples of your own
encaustic art. All materials included.
Workshop Fee: $150 (All materials included)
Botanical Pigment Workshop
Instructor: Peggy Caballero
Sunday, January 23rd from 11am 2pm
Transform and preserve fresh garden owers using this method of pigment
transfer to 100% cotton. This is a fun and exciting workshop learning to
dye fabric & create a work of art. No messy expensive dyes and paints.
You will be amazed and delighted at the beautiful watercolor look you
can achieve using natures paint-box. All ages welcome! Some materials
included.
Workshop Fee: $45 (Some materials included)
Silver Ring Workshop
Instructor: Alexis Archibald
Sunday, Jan 30
th
from 11am 2pm
Create your very own ring from sterling silver! Exploring soldering and
textures on sterling to create a unique design. By the end of the workshop
you will be leaving SDAD with a ring on your nger! Beginners and beyond
welcome. All materials included.
Workshop Fee: $48 (All materials included)
I wrote this forward because all members of SDAI should know
that without these women I would not have been successful in
my role as Executive Director. I was honored to have Ginger Wal-
lace as a friend and I was literally struck dumb at her passing.
I must retract this last comment as I have already been corrected
by Gingers daughter Janet that the term passing is unaccept-
able to Gingers husband Robert and that they prefer kicked the
bucket. Well, what could I say, as I knew this was exactly what
Ginger would have liked? She had a mischievous, dry humor that
would bring nothing less than a smile from anyone that came in
contact with her. She had a presence that made one lean in to
hear her speak and with her tone and her eyes she converted one
to an advocate.
Ginger embodied a spirit of generosity, a sense of sharing, an
intelligence and wit that gave me pause and encouraged me to
seek the best for SDAI.
I am very happy that SDAI has been able to bring public
attention to the remarkable talent that Ginger continued to hone
throughout her life, with the exhibition of her work called Ginger
Wallace, Her Art, Wit and Relationships. The body, scope and
breadth of her work was astounding, along with her recent pub-
lication of the second of two books she wrote and illustrated.
She attended and graduated from the Chicago Institute of Art
in the late 40s and opened The 750 Gallery, showcasing local and
national artists. Ginger produced a surrealist lm during the
start of this movement and Paul Clay was a contemporary of
hers. She was accomplished in lm, photography, oil, drawing,
jewelry, sculpture and ceramics. She was part of art history and
no less than a renaissance woman.
Family was a central theme within Ginger and Bobs house-
hold and the annual migration to the lake was a mainstay of the
extended family.
I write this as my Directors letter because I was compelled to share
the essence of a person whose mark on me is evident and whose
history with SDAI ties in with our current expansion efforts.
SDAI four years ago acquired the San Diego Art Department in
North Park as the beginning of a school to offer the visual arts to
our community. The growth of SDAD is a focused effort to also
advocate for an in-fact artist community which we believe will
be North Park. It has always been our long-term goal to build a
nonprot school as part of our overall organization. This would
mean multiple-site development, which is why Balboa Park is the
Museum of the Living Artist and the North Parks facility is the
Art Department.
This past month we were nalists in an effort to acquire the
old Woolworth building on University Avenue in North Park.
Although we were not selected, we will continue our efforts to
purchase a new home for the Art Department. Ownership, as
opposed to renting, would give us more control over our nanc-
es and allow us to expand our offerings to the community. Our
integrated program North Park for the Arts has already been
working with Ray at Night and the community to mature our
advocacy efforts, including affordable live/work units and the
development of an arts master plan.
Timothy Fields Letter - Continued from page 1
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The San Diego Art
Institutes Educational
Facility, the San Diego
Art Department, provides
an inclusive, collaborative
environment that fosters
artistic expression, for all
ages and prociencies, using art to contribute value
and diversity to the community with educational
programs, exhibitions and workspace.
Dec/Jan exhibition featuring Guardian
Angels artwork by St. Madeleines
Sophie Center artists.
The exhibition will be on display Dec 18, 2010
Jan 8, 2011. A closing reception will be held on
January 8, 6-9pm (during Ray at Night).
Also on exhibit will be small works by SDAI/SDAD
members, students, and instructors.
Jan/Feb exhibition featuring
Retrospective artwork by Thia Nevius
Opening reception on January 15, 6-8pm and the
closing reception will be held on
February 12, 6-9pm (during Ray at Night).
Also on exhibit will be artwork by students,
members, instructors. On the Featured Artist Wall
artwork by Robert Law.
SDAD is located at 3830 Ray Street in North Park.
For a detailed schedule of our classes please visit the
website: www.sdad-sdai.org or call: 619-299-4ART.
Leap Into The Arts
SDAI: MOLA & Cricket Wireless are teaming up to present the
Leap into the Arts youth exhibition. Students will be exhibiting
artwork featuring Black History Month.
The exhibit will be on view at the Cricket headquarters from
January 15 through March 15, 2011: 5887 Copley Drive, San Diego,
CA 92111. Tel: 1-858-882-6000.
The Professional Artist Lecture Series presented by the
San Diego Art Institute is geared to educate artists in
running a successful business, as well as expanding their
knowledge of art techniques.
Upcoming Professional Artist Lecture
To be announced online
SDAI invites you to email any suggestions for lecture topics
or guest speakers. Please send an email to Andrea Rodriguez
Chamberlin, Director of Education, at eduprogramsdai@gmail.
com.
All lectures are held at the San Diego Art Institute:Museum of
the Living Artist
Admission: $5 SDAI/SDAD members / $10 non-members
It is very important that our membership understand the magni-
tude of this effort and the fact that our strategic plan includes
a responsibility to help elevate San Diego to a world-class arts
destination.
As your long-time Executive Director I put forth to you that, with
the passing of such a notable person and friend as Ginger and
the early and long-term work by Sean, Anabel, Ruth, Chris and
Lorraine Wolfe, Renatta and Mario Spiazzi and many more, we
are seeing the shift of this responsibility to the next generation.
It is my hope that this letter will serve to ignite some ame for
those who CAN to step forward to take the place of all those
whose extraordinary talents and efforts have given us a path and
goal that is in fact attainable if we continue to work together.
We have begun the process for real change and a bright future
but it takes funding, advocacy and people. Already the Wallace
family has shifted the generations as our Board Chair is Gingers
niece. The example is set. BE involved.
Happy New Year to you all and my thanks to my staff and our
Board of Directors, our numerous volunteers and those working
artists that offer up the reason we do what we do.
Sincerely,
Timothy Field
Executive Director, SDAI and its programs
Timothy Fields Letter - Continued from page 5
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SDAI:MOLA C-Note Night - November 20, 2010
photos by Sullivan/Messenger
Crowd waiting in line for opening.
Art Patron
Artist Diane Brunner
Musician Randy Lane
Artist K.J. Mueller and art patron
Artists Betty Hock &
Richard Messenger
Volunteers
The Gathering is a social, relaxed group where artists,
acionados, their spouses or signicant others
meet over potluck to discuss their latest work and
adventures. Children are welcome but the work is not
censored, so parental discretion is strongly advised.
Description and schedule:
3:30 to 4:00: bring artwork and check in
4:00: doors are locked (ring the doorbell after 4).
4:30-5:30: artists break off into groups of 9 artists to
present their work. (If enough under-age artists
bring work, they will be given a separate group and
leader.) Non-presenters can continue socializing
or join the group of their choice.
5:30 to 6:00: groups nish up, reconvene, socialize
and/or help tidy up.
Artists can bring up to 3 pieces of artwork. All skill
levels show work for fun, feedback, mentoring and
exposure. In the UU tradition there will be a question
of the day (hereafter known as the Molly), which
artists can answer or ignore when showing their
work.
Artists are encouraged to bring show yers, books,
magazines, announcements, etc., to share. People
who bring Art and Food (or just food) get in free.
Everyone else is $5 per individual, couple or family.
The Gathering occurs the rst Sunday of each month.
January 2 and Feburary 6, 2010
(Now combined with the UU Art Guild)
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SDAI:MOLA Reception - December 10, 2010
Reections in a Canine Mirror (12/18/10) Baudelaire Shepherd
Kirby Kendricks KAPOW!,
one of this months featured
solo exhibits, can be seen as an
homage to the anarchic energy
of street art. It is not a simple
imitation of such art; including
as it does elements of collage
and other painterly features,
but with its layered texture,
its weathered hues, its textual
exclamations, and its free, pop-
inspired representations, the
show does frame for us some of that arts anonymous,
communal and joyfully arbitrary nature. Ironically, this very
nature is in direct opposition to the usual characteristics
of museum-based art, which assumes either an individual
mastery of craft, or a unique ability to mine a particular
subconscious. But of course Kendricks art is not in fact
street art, it is not in fact anonymous, and it is in fact
displayed in a museum.
But how do such aggressive ironies affect, or how ought
they affect, the viewers experience of this art, the critics
aesthetic judgment, or the philosophers analysis of
the process of signication and representation? It is
fascinating, for this purpose, to compare Kendricks solo
show to her diptych, Santa Monica I & II, which is a part
of this months regular juried exhibit. Like the works in the
solo show, the diptych includes strong elements of the
street aesthetic. But in the diptych these elements are
conned to narrow, yet vivid, bands along the bottom; while
balanced above these bands are broad swaths of paint
the color of sea or of sky. In this deliberate juxtaposition
the artist is following a classic procedure: the works of a
cultural community are confronted with the works of nature
itself, with the individual artist subtly controlling the terms
of this confrontation. Interestingly, the closer the subject
of art comes to the work of an individual cultural agent,
the artists control or commentary typically becomes more
overt. An artist painting a tree can pretend the absence of
a point of view. An artist painting a city can express their
point of view in the sky that hovers above it. But an artist
painting a painting is usually obliged to boldly highlight
their own ironic consciousness.
But in painting an homage to street art, is one painting
a painting? Is one expected to invoke a point of view,
or should the artist simply disappear? Do the normal
standards of aesthetic balance still apply, or does anarchy
necessarily celebrate the end of design? And must the
individual tagger be celebrated, or erased? Finally, is the
viewer invited to participate in the cycle of defacement
and expression? It is not surprising that the defacement
of a mural by Shepard Fairey, part of the MCASDs recent
exhibition of street art, was greeted by a curious mixture of
anger and admiration. And I myself was not sure whether
adding my own swaths of Indian yellow to Kendricks solo
show would have been a compliment or an outrage.
Robert McLeod & featured
artist Kirby Kendricks
Tim Field, Executive Director
SDAI, Elene Ramirez & Elizabeth
Morton, Education Coordinators
Youth artists
Artist Diana Duval
John Brodie, Jurors
Choice winner, & Beth
Smith, juror
Featured Artist
Igor Koutsenko & his
granddaughter Sofia
Artist Mark Fehlman &
Paint-Out host Richard
Powers
Gigi Woodward,
winner of Peoples
Choice Award & her
granddoughter
Artist Sidney
Wildesmith
photos by Sullivan/Messenger
Shades of Red
Open Call Juried Fundraiser Exhibition
Feb 19 Mar 12, 2011
Red is the warmest of the hues, the highest arc of the rainbow and the rst color to disappear at dusk.
Red symbolizes love, luck and vitality. It is the color of blood, the essence of life. - Lisa Newsom
This juried fundraiser exhibition is presented by The San Diego Art Department (SDAD). Entry fees and
proceeds from the sale of artwork will go toward Sparrows Hope Saturday Soup and SDAD education
programs. This competition is open to all artists in Southern California. Prizes Awarded!
Juror: Pia Stern
Entry Fee: $35 for up to two works or $25 for one work of art. SDAD/SDAI Members receive a
$5.00 discounted entry fee.
Artwork Submission Deadline: February 15, 2011 at the San Diego Art Department.
For a prospectus & application visit: www.sdad-sdai.org and click on the exhibiting tab.