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Armando de la Torre: 'On the Blue Line'

Every week from February 11, 2023 until May 5, 2023.
Tuesday: 11 AM - 4 PM
Wednesday: 11 AM - 4 PM
Thursday: 11 AM - 4 PM
Friday: 11 AM - 4 PM
Saturday: 11 AM - 4 PM

Athenaeum Art Center

Free

The gallery is also open from 5-8 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month for Barrio Art Crawl

February 11–May 5, 2023

Artist Sofie Ramos' work is shown installed at Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art in July 2022. In a new exhibition at Bread and Salt in February, Ramos will expand upon this concept.

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Opening Reception: Saturday, February 11, 5–8 p.m. (Barrio Art Crawl)

"On the Blue Line" is a site-specific installation created by artist Armando de la Torre. Using found objects, photography, and recycled cardboard and wood, de la Torre incorporates sound and video to explore common threads between his community of Barrio Logan, the gallery space, and his own life. "For forty years the Blue Line trolley has been the heart line for many commuting to school or work from the San Ysidro/Tijuana station to the Downtown station. Recently it was extended to UCSD/La Jolla, promising to connect people with opportunities for jobs, education, and healthcare," he describes. The Barrio Logan Blue Line station is walking distance from the Athenaeum Art Center. "The Blue Line is a framing device and a metaphor for people on a journey to a better place and I simply want to show that anyone can express themselves and tell a story using common materials available to everyone. It's a simple act that can be very empowering."

Athenaeum Art Center

1955 Julian Ave.

San Diego, California 92113

858-454-5872

Art classes are offered currently at our La Jolla home, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library and are now being offered at our newest studio,Athenaeum Art Center, at Bread & Salt in Logan Heights. Our experienced instructors are all exhibiting artists themselves. They teach classes in painting, drawing, watercolor, mixed media, sculpture, photography and print making. Several classes can be taken for credit through UCSD Extension. Classes are offered on a quarterly schedule and students can find out about the class schedule either online or from our quarterly school brochure. We are making adjustments to our class registration system online. When ordering your class through the website it will read as "tickets." Please feel free to call us and order over the phone if you have any concerns. Parking: There is a free parking lot in the alley off Dewey St. behind the Athenaeum Art Center between Julian Ave. and Kearney Ave. available for use by students. There is also ample free street parking on Julian Avenue that is untimed. A limited number of handicapped spots are available in front of the entrance to the Bread & Salt building. For further information, to register and/or receive a copy of our current brochure, please call (858) 454-5872. Financial support is provided in part by the City of San Diego Commission for the Arts and Culture.