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Nov. 9 – Dec. 15, 2021 Reception: Friday, Nov. 12, 3 – 7 p.m. Art Gallery FA 103 at San Diego Mesa College Free Parking in Lot # 1. Park in STUDENT spaces ONLY. Participating Artists: Jenny Armer - Aurora Bewicke - Claudia Cano - Evan Chau - Cloud Club Collective - David Contreras - Ty and Sam Creighton - Bronle Crosby - Alex DeCosta - Dana Edwards - Francisco Eme - Gabrielle Espina - Scott Gengelbach - Rosario Glezmir - Sofia Gonzalez - Chitra Gopalakrishnan - Julia C R Gray - Steve Harlow - Doug Harvey - Vijay Hingorani - Terri Hughes-Oelrich - Amanda Kachadoorian - Sophie Kamdar - Desiree Lawrence - Elena Lomakin - Santiago Lopez - Isa Medina - Teresa Mill - Michelle Montjoy - Kathy Nida - Elizabeth Parr - Omar Pimienta - Wendy Ponomarenko - Kim Reasor - Josie Rodriguez - Taylour Rudzinski - Elizabeth Salaam - Julia San Román - Sage Serrano - Jennifer Spencer - Elizabeth Tobias - Litzy Torres - Thuyduyen Jenny - Jennifer Vargas. From the gallery: In times of isolation, division and hopelessness, art has played a significant role in reminding us of the power of What Can Be. This exhibit brings together 44 remarkable visual, sound and performance artists to address issues of disharmony in our present lives—in our relationship with the land, with each other and with ourselves—to seek solutions for a more sustainable and hopeful future. The collection incorporates a diverse variety of media, from oil on canvas and assemblages to encaustic works and installations with living fungi. It represents artists of all ages and from all backgrounds. Together, they invoke the power of art as a universal language and as a catalyst for change and healing. Artist highlights: Omar Pimienta, Jenny Armer and Julia C R Gray examine the ecology of our region and the decisions we make as a society to protect or plunder the natural resources of our land and sea. Omar Pimienta is an interdisciplinary artist whose Sediment/o series delves into transborder waterways and questions the “decisions we make as societies to modify or preserve our environments.” Thick concrete text is overlayed on landscape photographs, poetically defacing them just as our modern urbanscapes alter our natural environs. Jenny Armer’s delicately crafted miniature watercolor prints resemble wildlife fieldnotes and bring attention to water conservation as we face record-breaking droughts and extreme heat in Southern California. The series of prints illustrate the hydration needs of select native plants and encourage a reduction of our lawn-driven dependency on water. The female torsos of Julia C R Gray’s sculptural series, SHE-Shell Sea Wisdom, merge gold luster and pearlescent aqua glazes with colorful texturized bases resembling coral. Like a porcelain figure lost at sea and decorated with aquatic growth, her pieces seem fragile yet tempered by time. When given proper protection, our delicate coastal seas can rebound into healthy and vibrant ecosystems. Bronle Crosby and Sofia Gonzalez reveal the vital interconnectedness of our relationship with the natural world. Bronle Crosby is a realist painter whose self-described “focused natural histories” seem sharp and photographic from afar, but soften upon closer inspection. They awaken a deep, Zen-like awareness of the profound and fundamental relationships that exist in the space between breaths. “We need to nurture, not interfere with the magical interconnectivity of life,” Crosby states. Sofia Gonzalez employs regional plants to dye pieces of raw silk and cotton. She then layers the fabric into a soft-sculpture series, documenting and reflecting on the chronological history of the land and the possibilities of a synergistic and reciprocal relationship with it. Through cataloging the migration and interaction of native and non-native plants in the region, she also excavates and acknowledges the history of the Kumeyaay. Julia San Román and Vijay Hingorani ponder concepts of nurturing and renewal in our society. Julia San Román’s 250 Hours/The Seeds pays homage to foreign-born agricultural workers with a powerful reminder that the seeds we plant speak of more than the fruit we bear, but of the social and legal systems that can serve as fertile grounds or unyielding wastelands to those looking for a better future. Her canvas explodes with bright colors and a woman’s floral headpiece blooms into beautiful abstraction. She is focusing not on the dark plight of these workers, but on their steadfast contributions as “the seeds, the fasteners, the wheels, the gears of our society.” Vijay Hingorani’s Renewal, a woodcut handprinted on Unryu paper, captures an intimate moment full of hope—of a child making a wish and blowing on a dandelion, scattering the seeds to root into new beginnings. Join us at the reception on Nov.12, where visitors can create and take home “Seed Pops,” small seed bundles designed to stick in the ground and grow, as part of a participatory installation performance by artist Elizabeth Tobias. Together, let’s sow the seeds for a brighter tomorrow. Image design credit: Juan Carlos Araiza

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NOTE: This exhibition has been extended through Feb. 27 The new Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego presenting “Unity in Variety” , the first ever solo exhibition in California of Mexican artist Gabriel Rico, opening on September 24. Rico’s sculptures will transform the new I-C-A San Diego’s Balboa Park galleries using natural objects sourced locally in San Diego, neon, taxidermy, and augmented reality. Free through ICA San Diego’s Pay As You Wish initiative. RELATED: The New Institute Of Contemporary Art San Diego Wants To Question Everything (KPBS feature) Excerpt: Gabriel Rico's work is conceptual while also being hyper focused on objects — the philosophical and relational nature of objects and materials, and how in object-oriented ontology the material world is defined by objects. "You can define a period of time just with one object. For example, a Coca-Cola bottle. If you see a Coca-Cola bottle you can define a precise space-time situation, just because before a certain point in time it’s known that the humans cannot have the capacity to manipulate or create glass. Another example is a CD or USB port," Rico said. With those precise points in space and time, he added, you can construct a history. "Or, in my case I construct pieces of art." Contemporary art, Rico said, is just a concept, meaning art that is being made in a specific time. "This doesn't mean you can't mix ancient techniques with new technologies, that's an important part of contemporary art." --Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS

Mexicans on both sides of the international border celebrated Independence Day on Sept. 16.

A report released Thursday by a Yale University-based research organization found distinct racial disparities in police contacts — including searches, traffic stops and arrests — over a recent five-year period in San Diego. Plus, identities are complicated, messy and often incredibly personal. San Diegans weigh in on how they identify and their thoughts on the term Latinx. And this weekend in the arts: classical music honors the planet, a fictional band comes to life (live!), SDMA gets the floral treatment, a new San Ysidro art crawl and a Black playwright’s world premiere on Juneteenth.

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Stern was one of the country's most loved and respected poets who wrote with spirited melancholy and earthly humor about his childhood, Judaism, mortality and the wonders of the contemplative life.

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Born in the south of France, Patrick Berrogain’s foray into the music world began at the age of 13 when he bought his first guitar. It was not long before he began playing bass and guitar semi-professionally while finishing high school. At 19 he landed a touring gig with an Italian pop band, Delta Landa with whom he traveled the world. A few years later Patrick decided to follow his dream to study jazz in America.. In 2007, Patrick created his latest Gypsy jazz group the ”Hot Club Combo” playing music ranging from Michel Legrand and Edith Piaf to contemporary artists, all filtered through the lens of Gypsy jazz. Gypsy jazz (also known as Gypsy Swing or Hot Club Jazz) is a style of jazz music often said to have been created by guitarist Jean Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt in the 1930s. Because its origins are in France it is often called by the French name, Jazz Manouche or alternatively, Manouche Jazz, even in English language sources. The term is now commonly used for this style of music. Django was foremost among a group of Romani guitarists working in and around Paris in the 1930s through the 1950s, a group which also included the brothers Baro, Sarane, and Matelo Ferret and Reinhardt's brother Joseph "Nin-Nin" Reinhardt.