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AIGA SD Hosts World Premiere of Graphis Designers for Peace Poster Exhibit Graphis’ Designers for Peace: United with Ukraine is a global juried exhibition of contemporary poster art to create a united voice of opposition to the war in Ukraine. This exhibition features more than 60 pieces of poster art from over 30 countries, curated by Graphis CEO B. Martin Pedersen, and jury chair, Kit Hinrichs of Studio Hinrichs. AIGA San Diego was chosen by Graphis to be the first city in the world to showcase this exhibit. Graphis, Inc. is an international publisher of books and wards for the visual communications industry. Based in New York City, Graphis was founded in 1944 by Walter Herdeg and Dr. Walter Amstutz in Zurich, Switzerland. On view Nov. 16 through Dec. 30, 2022. Opening reception information: Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022 6-8 p.m. UC San Diego Park & Market Tickets here. Designer Kit Hinrichs and other artists will be onsite to sign posters at the exhibit opening. Posters and a show catalog of the exhibit will be available for sale at the event. Proceeds from this event benefit Humanitarian Aid for the people of the Ukraine. AIGA San Diego acknowledges the generous in-kind sponsorship of Neyenesche Printers, Studio Hinrichs and A7D Creative Group. $35 General Public $25 AIGA Members $5 Students (K-12, College) A correlating exhibit will also be held in Tijuana. Related links: AIGA San Diego on Twitter AIGA San Diego on Facebook AIGA San Diego on Instagram

Hundreds of worried people gathered to hear state officials tell them that testing so far has shown local air is safe to breathe and to promise that safety testing of the air and water would continue.

For the first time ever, nursing homes may soon have to guarantee a registered nurse is working 24/7 in every facility.

Immigration authorities arrested more families in August than in any month on record. U.S. officials have long grappled with discouraging families from coming — and found there are no easy solutions.

October Craftivism Class will feature artist Domonique King (@woodwoolsteel), who will teach participants how to make portraits of Angela Davis using wood, nails, and yarn. Each person will create a small 8 x 10 in portrait. Create a work of art and learn about the life of Angela Davis. Domonique King (She/Her) is a San Diego artist who creates intricate art portraits using yarn and nails. Her work aims to "uplift Black folk through beautiful images of Black faces, bodies + culture." She is the sole creator and owner of WoodWoolSteel. Her work can be found in collections by Spike Lee and Andra Day. Students must bring their own hammers. About Craftivism Classes: From yarn bombing to femmage, the Women's Museum's Craftivism Classes invites a local artist featured in the Women's Museum's current "Crafting Feminism" exhibit to teach participants a crafting skill and how they can use it in their activism. Classes are bilingual and taught in English and Spanish Follow on social media! Womens Museum of California: Facebook + Instagram

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was convicted of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud last year and sentenced to 11 years in prison.

New images from the James Webb Space Telescope took us deep into space and 13 billion years into the past. San Diego’s Air and Space Museum used the photos to open up the wonders of galaxies to San Diego’s children. Then, the Del Mar coastline will change as work begins on a project to shore up the crumbling bluffs. And there's a multi-billion-dollar proposal to move the train tracks on top of the bluffs. Finally, this weekend in the arts: art in nine parks across the region, jazz and folk music, what's new at the Timken and a theater production during Pride.

Reopening after a four-year, $105 million renovation, MCASD's La Jolla campus has plenty of space for the institution's world-class collection.

Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App + Encores Saturday, May 20 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV and Monday, May 22 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. Join Emmy-Award winning host michael taylor this season as he interviews some of today’s most influential people of color in theatre before a live audience. This week: the Director of Performing Arts at the California Center for the Arts, and the first Black Lighting Director in the country, are paving the way for diversity in the industry behind-the-scenes.

"Posters of Your Optimism" is an exhibition of new, imaginative and hopeful posters by local artists and designers. It opened during San Diego Design Week in late September and remains on view at Art Produce through Nov. 12, 2022. The exhibition is also visible from the sidewalk, and the posters featured can also be viewed online here. Featured artists are: Ami Ipapo Glass, Arielle Marom, Anh Lee, Arzu Ozkal, Tricia Treacy, Archana Ravi, Barbara Kosoff, Bhavna Mehta, Beth Weeks, Chitra Gopalakrishnan, Colin Kimzey, David Fobes, David Krimmel, Don Masse, Felipe Yanez, Glenda Richter, Gail Swanlund, Helena Westra, Jerry Lopez, Jonathan Michael Mantell-Johnson, J Vargas, Jonathan Welch, Kim Sweeney, Laurie Bane, Lisa Huppert, Lori Lipsman, Lee Puffer, Liz Sizemore, Lynn Susholtz, Lian Verdeflor, Marianela de la Hoz, Susan Merritt, Calvin Woo, Muse Juarez, Michelle Montjoy, Meera Ramanathan, Marinta Skulpin, Melanie Taylor, Nethra Ramanathan, Ozlem Ozkal, Omar Velazco, Virginia Patterson, Patrick Pemberton, Rachele Riley, Sahar Bardaie, Saeed Ensafi, Scott Gengelbach, Sasan Kayyod, Soori McEachern, Taylor Chapin, Terri Hughes-Oelrich, Taekyeom Lee and Tarah Marie. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS Related links: Art Produce Gallery on Facebook Art Produce Gallery on Instagram Gallery contact and visiting information