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In conjunction with Space 4 Art’s exhibition, “The Possibility of Something Happening,” join us tonight for special musical performances by Amy Cimini, Go By Land (Michelle Lou + Jonathan Piper), and Judith Hamann. Since 2009, Space 4 Art has provided affordable housing and studios to 140 artists in San Diego. As a consequence of proximity, Space 4 Art offers an opportunity for artists to meet, collaborate, exchange ideas, become friends, and sometimes fall in love. The Possibility of Something Happening explores the phenomenological nature of chance across art practices and human encounters. The show runs March 3 - April 15 at the Art Produce Gallery. See our websites for important details about gallery hours and special events. Related events: Related links: Space 4 Art on Instagram Art Produce on Instagram

As the migrant crisis at the southern border intensifies, the Biden administration has unveiled a mobile app to allow asylum seekers to schedule appointments for entry. Then, for our weekend arts preview, we have some "blue sky" artwork, a poetry reading, harp music and a few options to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

Whistleblowers alerted San Diego County about alleged poor treatment of employees in its public defender office in late 2020. That was two years before a jury awarded $2.6 million dollars to an ex-employee earlier this month in his wrongful termination suit. Then, for our weekend preview, we have a Oaxacan festival, piano music, palm trees, and some Scandinavian art.

It was a night of few surprises, but felt triumphant nonetheless. Here's what NPR pop culture critics had to say as they watched the 96th Academy Awards — from red carpet to the final winners.

From the organizers: WE Gallery at Dance Place Liberty Station is excited to present Turn! Turn! Turn! featuring Mark Siprut and Larry Caveney. This exhibit explores dance as an expression of life and return to joy following the seasons of change and uncertainty endured during our times of isolation and separation from community during the last three years. Opening event is Friday, April 14 from 6 - 8 p.m. and includes a community dance facilitated by Michele Lyons. In this exhibit of photographic prints and interactive video, Mark Siprut shares his passion for dance and music through his digital imagery incorporating photography and video with collage. Mark’s artistic expression is influenced by his love of dance, body movement and music. He began dancing at age 10 and continued through his teenage years. He danced to the popular music of the 60’s and was especially drawn to Motown music. In college, in the early 70’s, he discovered international folk dancing and fell in love with it. Folk dancing led him to an interest in playing Balkan music. He learned to play the drums; Tupan and Dumbek, and played in Balkan music ensembles in Hawaii, Santa Barbara and San Diego. Folk dancing and music reinforced his interest in world cultures, especially Middle Eastern/Turkish. Additionally he developed an interest in his Sephardic Jewish heritage which was the impetus to travel to and and then teach on a Fulbright grant in Turkey. Prior to his time in Turkey, while in graduate School at UC Santa Barbara, he discovered Lindy Swing dancing and studied with famed swing dancers, Jonathan Bixby and Sylvia Sykes. He developed a great love for this dance style and currently continues to enjoy swing and salsa dancing here in San Diego. Mark Siprut is an Associate Professor in Multimedia in the School of Art and Design at San Diego State University (SDSU). He earned his BA and MA in Art at Humboldt State University and his MFA in Art at University of California, Santa Barbara. In addition to being an educator, Mark is an artist, designer, dancer and musician. In addition to his formal studies in photography and printmaking, his current creative research is in time-base, interactive and electronic media. His work has been exhibited locally and internationally. He currently has a solo exhibition at the Bonita Museum and Cultural Center entitled; “Photographic Portraits of Bonita”. He engages in collaborative, interdisciplinary, and intercultural applications to visual communication. Larry Caveney combines bold strokes and captivating color palettes in this series of dance paintings which form a palpable and kinetic immediacy. The paintings use familiar yet ambiguous figures in order to reveal deeper existential truths. Looking closer at his canvases, the four elements are at play in each frame: air, fire, earth and water. The motion depicted in both his paintings and video works cut through the air, swirls it all about, be it a dancer’s twirl across the ballroom floor or the strut of a superstar sashaying toward the audience. In these frames, the air is disrupted by greatness and the painting captures this disruption. The energy on display burns with the heat of the subject’s intent but also the artist’s as well. The layers of meaning are derived from having captured the explosion of heat, each picture of Caveney’s is defined by the fire of what the subject burns. The solid object of the pictures is a manifestation of the element of earth. Even when the depiction creates illusionistic space, even when the artist captures crystal moments in time and articulates their magic, the object itself is what guarantees its permanence, its earth. The element at the core of Caveney’s practice is the human body, whether depicted in performance video, or the liquid paint he moves around to complete his compositions. Bodies in motion captured in a loop forever dancing. Bodies frozen in mid gesture seem to pulse with the rhythm of the dance, inviting us to the floor, where the we connect with our own embodied gestures. Larry Caveney graduated with an M.F.A from Vermont College, Montpelier, VT and has exhibited both nationally and internationally since 1983. In addition to working as a painter, sculptor, and performance artist, Caveney is a former professor from the Art Institute of San Diego. Caveney has been collected by The Permanent collection in Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, NC and The Permanent Collection in Casoria Contemporary Museum, Naples Italy Turn! Turn! Turn! is a project of WE Gallery presented in collaboration with San Diego Ballet and Arts District Liberty Station and will be exhibited in the Mandell Weiss Gallery space in the Dorthea Laub Dance Place located at 2650 Truxtun Rd in San Diego. A portion of sale proceeds will benefit The San Diego Ballet Scholarship Fund.

Premieres Friday, Sept. 29, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS App +Encore Sunday, Oct. 1 at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2. The evening commemorating Hispanic Heritage Month includes performances and appearances by some of the country's most celebrated Hispanic artists and visionaries. Honorees include multiple Grammy/Latin Grammy winners Café Tacvba (Arts Award); Chairman of the NBCUniversal News Group, Cesar Conde (Media Award); Grammy Award nominee Omar Apollo (Inspira Award); the fastest-growing Mexican-American food brand, Siete Family Foods (Entrepreneurship Award); and Urban Latin music icon Wisin (Vision Award).

"Well Well Well" features the work of three artists, Glen Wilson, April Banks and June Edmonds. "Well, Well, Well" can be viewed at BFREE Studio from April 22 - June 10, Tues through Sun 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. and anytime by appointment. Upcoming events: Opening reception: Saturday, April 29 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Join us Saturday, April 29th for the Opening Reception of Well Well Well. This is an amazing opportunity to engage with the new exhibition. Artist Q&A: Saturday, May 13 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. June Edmonds, April Banks, and Glen Wilson will speak about their works, their artistic process, and their latest exhibition. First Friday Artwalk La Jolla: Friday, May 5 and Friday, June 2 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Bfree is a part of La Jolla’s First Friday Art Walk where over 16 local galleries open their doors for extended evening hours to art lovers. About the Exhibition: (excerpt from a narrative by Art Historian and Educator, Sally Yard, PhD) There are threads that weave through the work of April Banks, June Edmonds and Glen Wilson. Edmonds paints lush, meditative abstractions, Banks has created architectonic works in public spaces; photographs veiled in encaustic; fused glass and metal images. Wilson melds street photography and found objects and materials ranging from salvaged chain link gates embellished with metal arabesques to cymbals and broken records. In some of their works, each of the three takes as a touchstone one neighborhood or another. In works ranging from geometric abstractions to convergences of objects found in alleys to artifacts, all have in one way or another served as chroniclers, archivists or narrators of indomitable, complex lives that are full of intention and success—daunted by obstacles and triumphant nonetheless. Their works variously become a meditation, an invocation, recasting absence as presence, erasure as memory, the past as the platform from which futures will be formed. It is a project of alternative mappings. The exhibition at Bfree entails a return to place, Edmonds completed her undergraduate degree at San Diego State University and Wilson his MFA at the University of California San Diego. The works of Edmonds, Banks and Wilson are generous. Clear-eyed and exacting in uncovering what has been hidden, they propose grace and beauty and reflectiveness. —Sally Yard, PhD About The Artists: Glen Wilson is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, California. With roots stretching back to documentary and street photography, his body of work includes sculpture, assemblage, installation, and filmmaking. April Banks is an LA based artist and creative strategist with deep ancestral roots in Virginia. April is also the producer of Tea Afar, a nomadic storytelling experience, launched in 2016. Tea Afar was conceived as a salve—bringing us together across borders. She has produced events in Los Angeles, Montreal, Sri Lanka and San Francisco that center first person stories and hospitality traditions from around the world. June Edmonds uses abstract painting to explore how color, repetition, movement, and balance can serve as conduits to spiritual contemplation and interpersonal connection to her African-American roots. June Edmonds was born in Los Angeles, where she lives and works. BFree Gallery on Facebook | Instagram

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This May, Distinction Gallery is pleased to present "WALLFLOWER", a new exhibition by celebrated painter Kelly Vivanco. Originally from Southern California, Vivanco has exhibited works across the U.S., including the Portsmouth Museum and Art Basel. Her playful paintings evoke children’s literary illustration as well as vintage photography and dreamlike nostalgia. The new pieces balance familiar themes with new concepts, expanding her oeuvre in a manner sure to delight and intrigue. Meet Kelly Vivanco at our opening reception, Saturday May 13 from 6-10 p.m. There will be live music and drinks for sale from Last Spot by Hidden Hive (21+). Come explore our gallery, visit studios and meet other art lovers! Distinction Gallery is proud to represent Kelly Vivanco. Contact us any time for information regarding her pieces via email. Stay Connected with Kelly on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter