IDEA Week 2026: Sip, Learn, and Explore 'Actual Size'
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Join Space 4 Art and IDEA Week 2026 for an evening of art, conversation, wine, and food at Art Produce Gallery. Explore "Actual Size," a group exhibition curated by Lara Bullock, Ph.D., while enjoying wine provided by Vinho and food from Clementinas. The evening will include an opportunity to hear directly from Bullock, a tour of the exhibition, and time to wander through the Art Produce gardens in the heart of North Park.
"Actual Size" brings together the work of Space 4 Art resident artists Andrew Alcasid, Diana Benavídez, Nick Lesley, and May-ling Martinez, alongside former S4A resident Aldo Cervantes. The exhibition turns our attention toward the human-scale— the intimate, ordinary, and lived experiences that shape how we understand ourselves and the world.
IDEA Week 2026 is a week-long invitation to explore ideas, build skills, and connect with people shaping what’s next for San Diego and beyond. Through workshops, keynotes, and hands-on experiences, IDEA Week creates opportunities to learn, experiment, and engage with new possibilities.
Art Produce Gallery
Purchased and rehabbed in 1999, Art Produce was once a boarded up building that had housed the North Park Produce market. Art Produce is now a non-profit community cultural center that connects artists, cultural organizations, schools, urban farmers and businesses. We support cultural production, mentor community engagement by artists and provide affordable cultural activities in a community setting. Our mission is to build community and foster civic engagement through arts, education and public culture. Art Gallery: The Gallery is entirely visible from the sidewalk and was designed to accommodate sculptural installations, cross-disciplinary works, digital media and performance events. The space allows for unconventional presentation opportunities for artists and unexpected art encounters for viewers. Intended to enliven the experience of the pedestrian it is an experiment in public art that is accessible to everyone in the community - an attempt to render visibility and transparency into the art process itself. Garden: The Garden is a public art, performance space and cultural space focused on aesthetic, educational and sustainable/green practices. It was transformed from an asphalt parking lot into an edible garden and orchard and now hosts film screenings, performances, art installations and community events. It incorporates an outdoor classroom and workspace into an urban garden that includes a rainwater catchment system and a PV solar energy system. Stone Paper Scissors Studio: Stone Paper Scissors, owned by Lynn Susholtz, has been creating art projects for public agencies, schools, business associations and communities since 1994. Previous projects have included the planning of public spaces, developing public arts initiatives for neighborhoods, collaborating with design teams, integrating art into capital projects and fabricating sculptural works.
