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Through beautiful images, this talk will introduce the Rajputs and the arts they patronized, with an emphasis on manuscript paintings. We will look at the ways that Rajput rulers used art as a way to promote specific ideas about their power, their traditions, and their position in relation to the ruling Mughal emperors, and later the British. The talk will touch on the ways that the paintings were made and used, and will include some choice examples from The San Diego Museum of Art’s Edwin Binney collection of manuscript illustrations. Date | Saturday, February 26 from 10 a.m. to noon Location | Online Get tickets here! General admission: $10 Free for active South Asian Arts Council (renewed for 2021-2022) and SDMA members. For more information, please visit sdmart.org/event/from-forts-and-palaces-paintings-made-for-the-rajputs or call (619) 232-7931.

The 305's hedonistic reputation is not unearned, but there is artistry in its debauchery, and a young generation reinvesting the rewards of their predecessors' battles against censorship.

Statements recognizing Indigenous rights to territories seized by colonial powers may be well-meaning. But some Indigenous leaders fear these acknowledgments may become routine and performative.

Gold leafing is fast, fun and an easy way to bring life to and shimmer to your art. And this is the perfect workshop to make a gift for moms or to take with your mom! In this workshop, artist Shirin Nikoukari shares different ways to apply gold leaf and shows you how to apply it quickly and properly to your artwork. Students will learn about materials, difference between imitation and real gold leaf, material compatibility, and the most effective way to apply gold and other metal leaf so that it will last for years to come. This workshop includes gold leafing materials and wood panels and students will go home with their own gilded creations. Feel free to bring your own brushes and paint colors or an existing painting that you want to gold leaf. Date | Saturday, May 7 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Location| Art on 30th Get tickets here! Admission is $95 per person. Cost includes all supplies. All skill levels welcome. Students are encouraged to bring snacks or a bagged lunch For more information, please visit eventbrite.com/e/gold-leaf-birds-botanicals-a-mothers-day-workshop or call the venue at (619) 894-9009.

Join us for an evening of learning the art of modern calligraphy! Whether you're a stationery nerd, DIY Bride-to-be, or just a crafty individual, in this workshop you'll be learning an introduction to modern calligraphy with a pointed dip pen and ink. We will cover all the basics and get you ready to add those special lettered details to your snail mail, wedding paper goods, home decor, and more! The perfect crafty night out! Date | Monday, June 13, 2022 at 5:30pm Location | The Lafayette Hotel Purchase tickets here! $65 Class includes 1.5 hours of instruction and demonstration, our beginner's calligraphy kit (two nibs, black ink pot, 2 letter guides, tracing paper, and straight pen holder), and all materials to write on. Everything is yours to keep at the end of the night! For further information on this event please visit: https://sipandscript.com/event/learn-modern-calligraphy-at-the-lafayette-hotel-4/

YouTube Stream: https://youtu.be/iDKcTHsu5WY Amy Franceschini is an artist and designer whose work facilitates encounter, exchange and tactile forms of inquiry by calling into question the "certainties" of a given time or place where a work is situated. An overarching theme in her work is a perceived conflict between "humans" and "nature". Her projects reveal the history and currents of contradictions related to this divide by challenging systems of exchange and the tools we use to "hunt" and "gather". Using this as a starting point, she creates relational objects that invoke action and inquiry; not only to imagine, but also to participate in and initiate change in the places we live. In 1995, Amy founded Futurefarmers, an international group of artists, anthropologists, farmers and architects who work together to propose alternatives to the social, political and environmental organization of space. Their design studio serves as a platform to support art projects, an artist in residence program and their research interests. Futurefarmers use various media to deconstruct systems to visualize and understand their intrinsic logics; food systems, public transportation, education. Through this disassembly they find new narratives and reconfigurations that form alternatives to the principles that once dominated these systems. They have created temporary schools, books, bus tours, and large-scale exhibitions internationally. Amy received her BFA from San Francisco State University in Photography and her MFA from Stanford University. She has taught in the visual arts graduate programs at California College of the Arts in San Francisco and Stanford University and is currently faculty in the Eco-Social masters program at the Free University in Bolzano, Italy. Amy is a 2009 Guggenheim fellow, a 2019 Rome Prize Fellow and has received grants from the Cultural Innovation Fund, Creative Work Fund and the Graham Foundation. https://www.futurefarmers.com/

Free concerts at noon every other Monday from fall through spring . . . no wonder the Mini-Concerts are the longest-running and one of the most popular classical music series at the library! This series was founded by Glenna Hazleton in 1970 at the Athenaeum, and has been going strong ever since. The concerts feature both local and touring musicians, prize-winning students, university music faculty members, local chamber ensembles. . . and the repertoire also includes jazz, folk and world music. Performers: Ines Irawati-Piano Sophie Webber-Cello Date | Monday, April 25, 2022 at 12pm Location | Athenaeum Music & Arts Library Free Event! There are no reservations, no tickets . . . just line up at the side door of the Athenaeum before noon. (Donations are always welcome!) Mini-Concerts take place every other Monday at noon and last about an hour. The concerts will be in person at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. There are no physical tickets for these events. Doors open at 11:50 a.m. Seating is first-come; first-served. For further information on this event please visit website: https://www.ljathenaeum.org/events/mini-concert-2022-0425

A female Weedy Seadragon has transferred eggs to a male at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, a rare event and a first for the institution.

Yu & Me Books was a fairly new business when a fire caused substantial damage to the shop. Now, owner Lucy Yu is working to repair not just the physical bookstore but the community around it as well.

Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ is Fosse’s full-throated, full-bodied celebration of the art form he loved, practiced, and changed forever. His hit musical masterpiece is reimagined by director Wayne Cilento, who starred in the original Broadway production of Dancin’. Cilento transforms the show’s original vision for 21st-century audiences. Dancin’ brims with Fosse’s warmth, emotion, color, and endlessly influential style rarely seen in modern interpretations of his work. Performances are now extended through June 5. Location | Old Globe Theatre Purchase tickets here! $52-$112 Featuring an eclectic score that spans a multitude of musical genres and an extraordinary cast of Broadway’s most accomplished dancers, Dancin’ delivers the quintessential Broadway experience for Fosse fans and first-timers alike. You’ve never seen Dancin’ like this. Original Broadway production created, directed, and choreographed by Bob Fosse Choreography by Bob Fosse Direction and musical staging by Wayne Cilento Produced in cooperation with Nicole Fosse Running time: Two hours and twenty minutes. There is one intermission. For further information on this event please visit website: https://www.theoldglobe.org/press-room/2022-season/bob-fosses-dancin/