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Don’t miss an exciting evening of traditional Sāmoan music played with acoustic guitars, selo (upright bass), and ‘ukulele, along with traditional Sāmoan percussion instruments that draw influence from the melodic storytelling traditions from throughout Polynesia. Fresh off the release of their debut album, Faiva O Sāmoa, lifelong musicians Dr. Grant Muāgututi’a, Vaea A’etonu, and Tinifuloa Grey will provide a night of blissful harmonies and authentic music in this age of technology. Be ready to be immersed in the language, culture, and musical arts of Sāmoa. Co-sponsored by the Cross-Cultural Center, CSUSM Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Equity in Action, and the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Faculty & Staff Association. Instagram/Facebook/YouTube/TikTok: @faivamusic For more information visit: csusm.edu

Artist, educator and printmaker Sibyl Rubottom will retire from her role at the Athenaeum Art Center's Print Studio. To celebrate Rubottom's long career, a survey of the last six decades of her work is currently on view.

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Opening reception: 6-8 p.m. June 17. Viewable by appointment through July 8. Visit Two Rooms on Instagram for more details. About the artists: Sylvia Fernández’s (b. 1978, Lima, Perú) paintings explore the boundaries of human and animal minds and bodies in relation to their environments. She intuitively responds to the materiality of paint until she arrives at imagery that connects internal moments and body parts to external landscapes and their natural elements, flora, and fauna. Her “internal landscapes“ exist as potential paradises that can lead us to consider an alliance with nature to find different habitats to belong and coexist. Fernández was born in Lima, Perú where she studied Fine Art at Escuela Superior de Arte Corriente Alterna, graduating with a gold medal in 2002. For two decades, she worked in Lima, showing her work locally and abroad. In 2022, she moved to San Diego, California, where she now lives and works. Fernández has recently been in group and solo shows at Tyger Tyger Gallery in Asheville, NC, Pivo Satelite in São Paulo, Brasil, Campo Garzon in Uruguay, Galería del Paseo in Lima, Perú, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo MAC in Lima, Perú, Salón ACME in Mexico City, Mexico, and ICPNA Miraflores in Lima, Perú. Jamie Franks (b. 1994, San Diego, CA) is an interdisciplinary artist working in San Diego, CA. Her work has been exhibited at the San Diego International Airport, Bread & Salt, Ice Gallery, Canon Art Gallery, and Art Produce in San Diego, and the Sesnon Gallery at University of California, Santa Cruz.“I love going to museums. I love their indisputable logic and hierarchy. I love most moments when their logic is disrupted and the institution shows its hand. In these thrilling and dubious moments when the illusion of control is broken, I believe we are allowed a view into an invisible potential of an art object. They are limitless and dead, rendered between meaning and meaninglessness, perhaps situated at both simultaneously, perhaps neither. This body of work comes from fracture and disruption, and materializes to answer critically, desperately, self-consciously and maybe stupidly with something aspiring to be love, it’s unclear.Creating art feels like the ultimate rejection of nihilism; it is always optimistic to make a gesture that expands beyond the agency and limitations of my own body to engage with the world in earnest. My process begins with inquiry followed by a deep investigation. Research and failure are always invaluable companions to the process, as is a sense of humor. I chose materials and processes based upon how they may best serve my questions, rarely providing answers and more often than not if the process is successful, posing further questions. What are the limitations of imposing control over material? How can I reconcile an expectation of permanence with the inherency of entropy? Through the process, can I stop time? Through the process, can I cultivate a genuine care or understanding of material and place?” Related links: Two Rooms Gallery on Instagram Jamie Franks on Instagram Sylvia Fernández on Instagram

From the gallery: BEST PRACTICE is very excited to present Objects in Mirror, the first solo exhibition by Kanthy Peng in California. With the use of archival inkjet prints, gelatin silver photographs, and projected video, the exhibition explores the consequences inherent in seaside living in three parts to examine our connections with both the past and distant places. They Won’t Go features life-size photographs of boulders cascading from the gallery’s ceiling, embodying the remnants of the abandoned "harborette" project at Coronado Island that remains concealed beneath the waves to this day. Harborette was initiated in an endeavor to attract tourists arriving at the famous Hotel Del Coronado by boat. Laborers were brought from San Francisco to work in the construction of several establishments, including the Hotel del Colorado, and remunerated at a rate of two dollars per day. The work’s title derives from a late 19th century article published in the "Coronado Evening Mercury" which discouraged the hiring of Chinese immigrant labor. In a series of black and white photographs, three San Diego locals reenact a Japanese folk tale that revolves around the deadly Great Tsunami off the Sanriku coast in 1896. The tale follows a husband who, under the cover of darkness, encounters the ghosts of his deceased wife and her lover. As the three female protagonists partake in the reenactment of this story, they find themselves grappling with uncertainty, unsure of their roles within this love triangle. In the center of the gallery hovers a projection resembling a car's side-view mirror which broadcasts a continuous livestream of the San Diego coastline. Similar webcams, often called "Surf Cams," are frequently used by surfers to plan their excursions. However, as depicted in the film Apocalypse Now, the sunrise and sunset, and the flow of ocean tides hold diverse meanings across cultures connected by the same daily event. Kanthy Peng is an artist who specializes in lens-based mediums. Her current practice focuses on the uneven mobility caused by and/or embodied in colonialism, disasters, and globalized tourism. Peng holds a BFA from the School of Art Institute of Chicago (2016) and an MFA from the Yale School of Art (2019). Her works have been exhibited and screened internationally, including, most recently, at Stuttgart Filmwinter in Stuttgart, Germany, the Power Station of Art in Shanghai, China, and the Times Art Museum in Chengdu, China. Peng has received fellowships and residencies from the Spazju Kreattiv in Valletta, Malta, the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht, Netherlands, and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, United States. Opening reception: Saturday, July 8 from 5-8 p.m. On view: July 8 - August 12 Gallery hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Related links: Best Practice website | Instagram