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From the gallery: Hyde Art Gallery is excited to reopen our doors on day one of the Spring 2023 semester for Fragile Earth, an exhibition of ceramics and drawings from artist and retired Grossmont professor Jeff Irwin. This monochromatic showcase presents the artist’s continuing efforts to transcend the limitations of material while investigating the tenuous relationships we communally share with the world around us. Through this work, Irwin is responding to the often problematic stewardship humans have assumed over the natural world while underscoring contradictory dualities regarding the objects' material quality and conceptual make-up. This exhibition is intended to force the viewer to adopt a new visual language to examine mankind’s exploitation of the natural world and it’s slow but inevitable triumph over human intervention. Displayed alongside Jeff Irwin’s more emblematic, white-satin glazed animal head trophies are new process-oriented works - Rorschach tree drawings printed on acetate, delicate extruded clay slip “sketches”, and painted enamel on glass recreations of seemingly random shadow composition. Each work alludes to the nature’s fragility, our manipulation of it, and our egotistical need to prioritize that manipulation. “I often use imagery and symbols that speak to the manipulation of nature by human forces and our need to idealize that manipulation through dominance and control. My work explores the struggle in finding balance between our needs and those of the natural environment. When working on ideas for pieces, I look for contradiction, irony, beauty, and humor in the world that surrounds me. I take notice of how we impact the natural world and how we interpret that impact.” About the artist: Born in Long Beach, CA, Irwin obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Humboldt State University and a Master of Fine Arts from San Diego State University. Currently living in San Diego, Irwin is a retired Professor from the Ceramics Department at Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA, having taught there from 1989 to 2017. He has exhibited extensively in the US and Internationally. His work is in the collections of the Oakland Museum of California, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts (TX), Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts (Racine, WI), Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum (Taiwan), and the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, Ireland). Exhibition information and events: Fragile Earth will run from January 30 until March 2 at Grossmont College’s Hyde Art Gallery. A closing reception with the artist will be held on Tuesday February 28 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. All Hyde Art Gallery exhibitions and events are free and open to the public. For more information, please contact: Gallery Director, Alex DeCosta alex.decosta@gcccd.edu (619) 644-7214 or visit www.hydeartgallery.com

Hemmed in by Israeli forces and the Mediterranean Sea, Palestinians in Gaza seemingly have only one place left to go — across the border to Egypt. But Egypt is resistant to letting them in.

Thousands of Gaza residents broke into warehouses and distribution centers of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency, grabbing flour and "basic survival items," the organization said on Sunday.

Tony Meneses' new play "El Borracho" is now on stage at The Old Globe, featuring a family grappling with an alcoholic father on his deathbed — a story intensely personal to the playwright.

An excessive heat warning and heat advisory are in effect for parts of San Diego County Wednesday with temperatures expected to reach as high as 118 in some areas.

Critics say the changes make it less attractive financially to add solar to farms, schools and apartment complexes.

Stream the 4-part series now with KPBS Passport / Watch "The War of Independence" episode Tuesday, Aug. 5 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. Throughout its history, Mexico has faced a series of epic, violent struggles that have defined its culture and identity. The series looks at this often-overlooked history of the United States' neighbor. This is a chronicle of conquest, with all its bloody and dramatic consequences − not just of battles and wars, but of feuds, shifting alliances, trickery, executions, assassination and exile.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of one of the worst plane crashes in California history.

Come to our free, family-friendly event which promotes diversity, solidarity, and love, while providing a space where diverse perspectives, cultures and values are accepted, appreciated, and celebrated. Over 25 booths will showcase the services of non-profit community partners such as La Maestra Clinic and Ocean Discovery Institute. Multicultural performances are by Drummers Without Borders (interactive drumming and parading with giant lanterns, Vietnamese dance group, San Diego Ballet, Fern Street Circus, Bailando con El Alba, Majesty in Motion youth dancers, Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble (Samahan Filipino Arts,) Karen Dancers, and Rick and friends. The Festival welcomes Chanh Kien Lion Dancers, a favorite with all ages. Surprises will pop up! City Heights Multi-Cultural Festival of Love on Facebook