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On Sunday evening, January 8 at 6 pm, PHES Gallery, in conjunction with the newest exhibition, Gallery Artists 2023, will host an artist talk with Lynn Schuette. Lynn Schuette will talk about Still Life, her recent series that uses painting as a way to address social issues and upends what the still life painting can be. The second installation in the series Still Life #2 (for Uvalde) is currently on view at the PHES and includes 19 paintings. The artist will discuss her research and work process and her previous related work. _________ Lynn Schuette is a visual artist whose practice includes painting, drawing, and mixed media. Schuette often explores the body and nature, ranging from classical figurative and landscape painting to anatomical/medical imagery often laced with contemporary social issues. Schuette’s work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions including California Connections: Selections from the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido (2017) and Homing In, an Exhibition of 50 San Diego Artists at Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla (2009). She was one of four featured artists in the Nature Improved exhibitions at the Oceanside Museum and the San Diego History Center, was included in the inaugural exhibition of the new San Diego Central Library Gallery, and was featured on ArtPulse TV (all 2013-14). Her work is also included in public, corporate, and private collections including the City of San Diego Art Collection, the San Diego History Center, and Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles. In addition to her art practice, Schuette is an arts consultant and the founder and former executive director of Sushi Performance & Visual Art (1980-1995). She is recognized for introducing nationally-acclaimed performance and dance artists to the San Diego community including Karen Finley, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Whoopi Goldberg, Rachel Rosenthal, Joe Goode Performance Group, and the Black Choreographers Moving Project. For information on the Artist Talk and Still Life #2 (for Uvalde): phesgallery.com/special-event/ This is a free event. __________ Gallery Artists 2023 features the work of 12 local artists; Juanita Perez-Adelman, Judith Christensen, Becky Cohen, Ellen Dieter, Kaori Fukuyama, William Gullette, Paul Henry, Anne Mudge, Norma Pizarro, Gail Schneider, Lynn Schuette, Cheryl Tall. Gallery Artists 2023 will be on view through February 4, 2023 PHES Gallery is open Thursday-Saturday, 2-7 pm, and by appointment. info@phesgallery.com / 760-696-3022 Follow on social media: PHES: Facebook + Instagram Lynn Schuette: Instagram

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Comedian, actor, and rapper, Karlous Miller, just announced his newest comedy tour, At the End of the Day... The tour will include 25 dates across the country featuring a stop at San Diego's Balboa Theatre on Saturday, January 28, 2023. Mississippi native Karlous Miller grew up in a large blended family including eight siblings, who all became a major influence on his edgy and boisterous comedy style. After working briefly as a firefighter in Oxford, he moved to Atlanta in 2005 to pursue a career as a stand-up comedian. He’s been making audiences laugh ever since. Tickets are on sale NOW - Use promo code 1114RK15 to get %15 off! Follow on Social Media! Instagram + Twitter

Glazing Bowls Choose your date from the drop-down menu | from 2 – 4 p.m. All ages welcome! Looking for something fun and creative to try with mom, your besties, or your family? Curious about the glazing process? Join artist Lydia Kardos as she leads this outdoor workshop decorating and glazing pottery bowls. She’ll show you how to get lovely colors and teach creative techniques for customizing your bowl. The bowls we prepare for you to glaze are made from high quality, mid-fire clay, which is food-safe and will last for years and years. Fun for all ages and skill levels. Projects will be ready for pick up 1 – 2 weeks after the class. Note: Price is per person making a project, so please add to your order as many as will participate in making their own project. • Scholarships available • Homeschoolers welcome • Military and sibling discounts Social Media Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Ongoing Mondays, 5 – 8 p.m. Instructor: Ahmad Khalid Rauofi Afghani master wood carver Ahmad Khalid Rauofi will teach students how to craft their own carved wooden spoon. This class is ongoing and builds upon itself. Students can join at any time, and classes can be taken non-consecutively. Open to all skill levels. Some of the topics covered: • choosing the appropriate tools for the project • how to correctly and safely use the gouges and knives • the process of creating and transferring your design to wood • how to navigate grain direction We will supply materials and carving tools, but if you have your own, please bring them. If you’d like to purchase or bring your own tools. More info about the specific tools is located on our website. No experience necessary. Ages 16+ welcome! Social Media Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

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“Biophilic Harmonies” A Solo Fine Art Exhibition by Artist Rachel Berkowitz San Diego’s Pacific Beach/Taylor Branch Library Gallery has selected international artist Rachel Berkowitz’s large-scale mixed-media paintings for a 2 month show, beginning February 1, 2023 until March 31, 2023. There will be an opening reception on February 4 with musical performances at the gallery from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. The gallery will be open daily Monday- Saturday, with hours as Monday - Tuesday: 11:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. and Wednesday - Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. The Biophilic Harmonies series explores how human interactions with the natural world are expressed as desires and emotional constructs. The artwork serves as an escape from an anxious reality, allowing the viewer to get lost into a contemplative mindset, similar to that found in natural environments. Through painting and mixed media installations, the work combines abstract organic forms with physical natural elements to represent the human affinity for nature - or biophilia. The interplay between the conceptual and the formal elements in each piece creates a visual garden. Light as an energy source plays a strong role in the aesthetic and spiritual nature of the work, as the contrasting techniques lead into meditations for the viewer. Berkowitz’s recent travels across US National Parks have been a strong source of inspiration, placing a need on the heightened concern for conservation and preservation. Emotional experiences are the premise of the work, and the mark-making process serves to deepen mental awareness of one’s place in the natural world. In response to lengthy spells of indoor isolation, societal anxiety and loss during the pandemic, Berkowitz began to incorporate plants and natural elements into her artwork to recreate a fusion between human spiritual experience and nature. The artwork engages the viewer through textured techniques and intricate abstract painting methods, using various materials such as wax, copper oxides, glass particulates and real plants themselves. By using a mix of both dried and alive plant matter, the work itself is alive and will change as time progresses. The cyclical nature of the work highlights the idea of rebirth and renewal, reminding the viewer to breathe and slow down. Heightened desires to be released from enclosures are expressed through the structural compositions. There are references to man-made architectural structures hidden within the paintings, depicting the space that the work has been made in and to time-stamp the art-making process. Pacific Beach/ Taylor Library - 4275 Cass St., San Diego, CA 92109 https://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/locations/pacific-beach-taylor-library About the Artist: Rachel Berkowitz Rachel Berkowitz lives and works in Los Angeles, (b. Ohio, USA 1993), grew up in London, England and received a BA from UCLA’s School of Art and Architecture, graduating in 2016. Rachel has previously exhibited her paintings and photography at solo and group shows across the US and internationally including the UK, Italy, France and Japan. Rachel’s art practice has developed through artist residencies and community experiences, including the La Napoule Artist Foundation in France (2020) and the Slade School of Art London Summer Intensive in England (2019). Rachel has been awarded first place in various International Fine Art competitions, and is constantly working on public and private commissions from staging paintings for Palm Springs Modernism Week, to painting a mural for Bill Nye, The Science Guy’s new videos at The Planetary Society in Pasadena. Rachel is also engaged in community arts programming where she teaches art to children in schools that cannot afford arts education, and at children’s hospitals and neighborhood LA events. For competitions sponsored by the City of Los Angeles, she has painted many public murals incorporating natural forms and flora. SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook & Instagram

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