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Outside The Lens (OTL) is calling all young photographers, artists, and filmmakers to participate in Voice Out: A Youth Media Arts Exhibition, OTL’s annual juried art show celebrating youth narratives and their power to transform communities. OTL welcomes submissions from emerging artists ages 8-19 in the categories of photography, mixed media and short video/animation (under 30 seconds) that explore this year’s theme of “Change.” Applicants should submit a brief artist statement and digital file of their artwork between February 17 and March 16 deadline by visiting the “Voice Out” webpage. Save the date for May 3rd, when all entries will be displayed and celebrated at the “Voice Out” exhibition on May 3, 2025. A jury of youth, artists, and community leaders will select winning submissions. Visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/voice-out-a-youth-media-arts-exhibition-tickets-1131282509439 Outside the Lens on Instagram and Facebook

LOS/NR cordially invites you to our next Opening Reception for "Framing Identity" highlighting the interplay between the intimate and the universal exploration of what defines us through the vision of four women artists—collaborative artists Katie Hargrave and Meredith Laura Lynn, photographer Hannah Altman and painter Jennifer Ruth Evans. The question of where self comes from has intrigued us for generations and theories have been established from Jung’s archetypes to Freud’s id, ego and superego to explain who we are and how self develops. The artists in this exhibition use the visual medium to explore personal, cultural and societal constructs of self. Their work unfolds as storytelling that investigates identity to spark a dialogue and foster deeper understanding of ourselves and our meaning. This is our Guest Curator Show running from March 8 to April 12, 2025, organized by Caleb Cain Marcus (MFA Columbia University.) Marcus has judged and participated as a reviewer for the Arnold New Prize, Critical Mass, Medium, LACP, NEPR and Review Santa Fe. He exhibited at the Ross Museum, the National Academy of Sciences in DC, Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, the Houston Center for Photography, Tufts Art Gallery, and Palm Beach Photo Center. His work is the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Getty Museum, the High Museum of Art, Norton Museum of Art, and Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and has been published widely including PDN, American Photo, Conde Nast Traveler, National Geographic, Orion and Audubon, Feature Shoot, Musee, Fraction, F-stop, Slate, Lens Culture, Smithsonian, My Modern Met and Hyperallergic. He is the author of "A Portrait of Ice" (2012), "A brief movement after death" (2018) and "Iterations" (2019). The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday Noon pm to 4 p.m.

"Border Craft" is a group exhibition featuring contemporary artists employing craft practices to address the geopolitical realities of borderland regions, including San Diego–Tijuana. The works on view, along with a series of accompanying public programs, serve as a feminist and critical counterpoint to dehumanizing systems designed to divide people and cultures. This event coincides with the Graduate Open Studios at the Visual Arts Facility. Open Studios will feature MFA and PhD artists’ open studios, exhibitions, screenings, and publications produced in the Department of Visual Arts. Exhibiting artist Isidro Pérez García performs at 3 p.m.

Opening night at the GI Film Festival features the San Diego premiere of "SHEEPDOG," filmmaker appearances, discussion, the awards announcements and dessert reception on Wednesday, May 7 at 6 p.m. at the Museum of Photographic Arts at the San Diego Museum of Art (MOPA @ SDMA) in Balboa Park Exclusively featuring films for, by and about service members and veterans, the festival runs May 7-9, 2025 featuring 16 Films | 5 Showtimes | 3 days! View the full schedule of films "SHEEPDOG" The Movie on Facebook / Instagram / X About GI Film Festival San Diego: The 2025 event takes place May 7-9, 2025 in San Diego, during Military Appreciation Month. All community members, civilians, family, allies, service members, veterans and film lovers are welcome to catch a film, be inspired, and build community. The festival is organized by KPBS in partnership with the Film Consortium San Diego. The GI Film Festival San Diego is a member of the San Diego Veterans Coalition and the San Diego Military Family Collaborative. GI Film Festival San Diego on Facebook / KPBS on Instagram

Join bassist Doug Walker & friends for a Nightcap at the Jazz Lounge! This new after-hours jazz series happens almost every Friday at 10:30 p.m., and features many musicians from San Diego’s incredibly talented jazz community. June 13: A collaborative jazz quartet featuring new original music from Victor Baker (guitar), Tobin Chodos (piano), Doug Walker (bass), and Kevin Higuchi (drums) Visit: Nightcap Series: Victor Baker, Tobin Chodos, Doug Walker, Kevin Higuchi The Jazz Lounge on Instagram and Facebook

Join bassist Doug Walker & friends for a Nightcap at the Jazz Lounge! This new after-hours jazz series happens almost every Friday at 10:30 p.m., and features many musicians from San Diego’s incredibly talented jazz community. June 6: Enjoy a unique blend of arranged jazz standards, eclectic choices, and original compositions. The Jazz Lounge on Facebook / Instagram

The San Diego County Fair will begin its "Summer Pet-tacular" Wednesday, bringing wild rides, hot musical acts and crazy culinary concoctions to the Del Mar Fairgrounds through July 6.

Join us for a special concert celebrating the release of Clinton Davis’ second full-length album, “Ever Returning.” Clinton Davis is an old time folk multi-instrumentalist currently based in San Diego. A fifth-generation Kentuckian, Davis grew up in rural Carroll County. His guitar work has earned the praise of Stefan Grossman, who called him “a master…carrying on the traditional music torch of Mike Seeger.” Deering Banjos has called his playing on their instruments “simply sublime.” Joined by fellow multi-instrumentalist Tim McNalley and Ryan Finch, the Clinton Davis Stringband bring a high level of musicianship and artistry to their performances that have made them a perennial favorite on the West Coast. Together, they explore America’s musical past with interpretations that are novel but faithful to tradition. Their sets always bring unexpected arrangements of rarely-heard old tunes that blur the lines between “old time” “bluegrass” and “ragtime.” Clinton Davis on Instagram / Youtube Verbatim Banks on Facebook / Instagram

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This exhibit celebrates the diverse and exciting art of our current Art faculty, honored retired full-time Art faculty, and our talented Art staff. Diane Adams, Joshua Almond, Alla Bartoshchuk Musgrave, Katie Francis, Frol Boundin, Ryan Bulis, Randall Christopher, Remi Dalton, Xuchi Eggleton, Tim Faris, Christopher Ferreria, Brian Goeltzenleuchter, Yoshimi Hayashi, Lauren Greenwald, CJ Heyliger, Clayton Llewellyn, Jackie Lo, May-ling Martinez, Gilbert Neri, Kristina Nugent, iana Quesnell, Dean Ramos, Bekkah Walker, Clay West, Mike Whiting, Erin Whitman, Kristi Williams, Sam Wohl, Patricia Zambrano; honored retired Art Faculty: Dan Camp, Erik Gronborg, Peggy Jones, Leslie Nemour, Anna O’Cain; Art Staff: Allison Beaudry, Dan Cornaggia, Aaron Pedro, Ben Poarch, Michael Rybicki, Dara Vasko. Exhibition: February 11 – February 27 (Closed: February 14 and 17) Reception: Friday, February 21 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. MiraCosta College on Facebook / Instagram