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United & Severed: That window of Time…
is an interdisciplinary artwork based on interviews with three women living with traumatic injuries. Personal stories of shock injury are integrated in an installation art space using sculpture, video, audio, choreography, and text.

United & Severed is an experimental video based on interviews with three women living with traumatic injuries. The video is intended to be seen as part of the installation. For this special screening artists will show the work on the street, and the gallery will also be open.

The video will be shown from 6 - 9 pm on Saturday November 14th @ Art Produce Gallery.

David White from Agitprop in North Park and Drew Snyder from The Andrews Gallery in Leucadia, have been chosen for the following Best of categories in CityBeat’s annual reader’s poll. And the winners are Best alternative art gallery and Best art gallery worth the drive respectively. Congrats to them both! Oceanside Museum of Art was voted Best art-scene underdog for what its worth or for whatever that means - I have no idea. Other awards, Lynn Susholtz from ART Produce Gallery in North Park has been nominated for an “Orchid” in the category of Public Art by the San Diego Architectural Foundation. www.orchidsandonions.org We couldn’t be happier!

Here are a few excerpts from the CityBeat nominations:


Best art gallery worth the drive

Local art lovers rarely venture north of Quint in La Jolla for openings, but ask someone in the know and they’ll tell you that The Andrews Gallery in Leucadia (1002 N. Coast Hwy. 101, www.theandrewsgallery.com) has been showcasing some amazing local and international talent while also throwing some killer parties. more

Best alternative art gallery

Ah-ha, “alternative gallery.” If you look that up in a dictionary, it’ll say, “The owners don’t make any money selling the work.” Well, at least that’s how we’re going to be defining it today. more

United & Severed - That Window of Time… @ Art Produce Gallery
October 17 - December 6, 2009
Opening Reception October 17, 6-9pm

An interdisciplinary work based on the experiences of 3 women living with traumatic injuries. Research for this artwork began with Diekman & Schaffman’s interviews with Kim Anderson, Michele Caputo, & Ivy Kensinger. They tell their personal stories of shock injury where in a single moment their lives were changed forever.

Kristine Diekman & Karen Schaffman
(writing-audio-videography-choreography-installation)

Richard Keely & Anna O’Cain
(sculpture-installation)

Panel Discussion with Artists & Participants
October 29, 6-7:30pm
Video screening with Artists & Participants
November 14, 6-9pm

For more information click here.

Wednesday, October 14th from 6-8pm

Description: Starting a business is never easy, but if it is built on something you like doing then it makes a lot of sense to become a business owner. You’ll learn: What it takes to start a business; Finding your niche and serving it; and How to identify and locate your target customers.

About the Speaker:
Laurie Ramsey came to SCORE in 2008. Still a business consultant for companies looking to build their operational infrastructure, Laurie believes that helping people in business succeed is paramount and she wanted to volunteer her time with SCORE-San Diego as a business counselor. Laurie serves on the board of directors as VP, Women’s Programs.

She has over 25 years of experience as a senior level executive experience in building and nurturing companies and non-profits through start-up, growth, and turn-arounds. Laurie started the New York based Learning Annex in San Diego and helped expand its operations to 12 regional centers throughout the US and Canada. She served as executive director for various non-profits. Laurie is an organizational assessment and development consultant to small companies and non-profits, helping them strengthen their operations and sales. Her specialties include: start-up assistance, operation and sales, and non-profits.

SCORE, Counselors to America’s Small Business, is a national organization of active and retired businessmen and women who volunteer to share their expertise with small business as well as new business start-ups. Our objective is to help America’s small business grow and prosper. Counselors and representatives are from the local business community and conduct a variety of regularly scheduled, low-cost educational workshops that provide valuable information and techniques necessary for establishing and managing a successful business. www.score-sandiego.org

Location: San Diego Art Institute: Museum of the Living Artist 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101

Admission: $5 members / $10 non-members

In the spirit of “green”, fourteen members responded specifically to a cardboard challenge that coincided with our second scavenger hunt. Local artists and business created window displays, artwork or installations built primarily from cardboard.

On September 17th, juror, Katherine Ortega selected the first and second place winners.

1st Place: Artist, Matthew Mahoney for his aquatic life installation at Sea Rocket Bistro

2nd Place: Pigment

Scavenger hunt participants voted for their favorite cardboard creation and the winner of the People’s Choice Award goes to: Matthew Mahoney for his installation at Sea Rocket Bistro

Congratulations to the award winners! The North Park Nights Executive Committee would like to thank all of the participating businesses and local artists for responding to this month’s theme and contributing to this fantastic event.

Title: “Meet the Press”

Where:
Art Produce Gallery
3139 University Ave.
San Diego, CA 92104

In conjunction with the exhibit – “Agitprop: Brain Trust”

When: September 26, 2009 – discussion kicks off at 6pm

Who:
Seth Combs – San Diego CityBeat
Keli Dailey - SignOnSanDiego
Patricia Frischer – SDVAN (San Diego Visual Arts Network)
Pam Kragen – North County Times
Moderator: Kevin Freitas – Art as Authority
info: 619.337.4891
artasauthority@artasauthority.com

Who covers the arts in San Diego? How do they decide? What makes for outstanding arts writing or reviews? What are their submission criteria?

These are some of the questions we will ask our distinguished panel from several local newspapers and weekly’s here in San Diego. At the end of the discussion, audience members will be invited to submit their own reviews or articles that cover various art, music, and theater events. The goal is to encourage more writing about the arts and to increase public awareness of our cultural and community institutions.

On Saturday September, 19th from 6pm - 10pm North Park Nights, non-profit arts collective, will celebrate their third collective event-”Green Scene.”  September’s event will feature local artists and businesses as they respond to the “green” theme.  NPN believes in sustainability, responsibility and an overarching respect for our immediate community and by extension the planet at large.  The date for the event was chosen specifically to build on the efforts of local architecture firm, Zagrodnik + Thomas, who for the past few years laid the groundwork for green events in their annual “Green Scene.”  The collaborative spirit has made this years’ event bigger and better.  Artwork will be featured at local galleries, restaurants, retailers and bars.  Together we’re going to paint the town “green,” freckling the North Park landscape with creative eco-inspired works of art.

September Creative Cardboard Challenge

Cardboard Challenge
In the spirit of “green”, select members are responding specifically to a cardboard challenge that coincides with our second scavenger hunt.  Local artists and business were invited to create a window display, artwork or installation that is built primarily from cardboard.  It will be juried, and participants will compete to win prizes for first and second place.  Most importantly, the public is invited to come and enjoy the creativity.  Stroll through and take a peak or head out on the scavenger hunt that will lead you to each participating location and ultimately to a wide array of prizes, from gift certificates to artwork, all donated by different local businesses.  Local artists will show SD how North Park can convert objects that are ordinarily thrown out into works of art.  Creativity meets sustainability in this interactive project.

Anne Wolf sculpture & jewelry

“As an artist, I use both sculpture and jewelry as vehicles to express my ideas. Each piece begins as a concept, and may become a wearable object, or a sculpture - both have equal value in my mind.” - Anne Wolf

Friday, August 14th - Enjoy the sculptural pieces of Anne Wolf at “Kettner Nights”, the monthly artwalk in Little Italy; the gallery will be open 6-9pm. A great time awaits! There’ll be snacks, and new jewelry on exhibit.

Saturday, August 15th - Artist Talk with Anne Wolf and Kim Reasor. Discussion of three main categories of work - sculpture, vessels, and jewelry, and how they relate to each other.
Kim Reasor will discuss her working methods, influences on her work, and how she chooses her subject matter.  Light refreshments will be served, and there will be a question and answer session after the talk.

Visit the website for more information and directions.

September Creative Cardboard Challenge

Create a window display, artwork or installation that is built primarily from cardboard and you will attract additional foot traffic to your business, compete to win prizes for first and second place and, most importantly, show SD how North Park can convert objects that are ordinarily thrown out into works of art.  Creativity meets sustainability in this interactive project.  Do your part and take part!

(a friendly competition open to NPN members and non-members, so tell a friend!)

September 19, 2009

Click here to view full rules and deadlines.

a blending of interests of the physical world

Phenomenon is a blending of Dallas,Texas artist, Natalie Macellaio and Arcata, California artist, Shannon Sullivan’s interests in the physical world. Forms are reinterpreted as the artists look at, react to, and contemplate nuance in nature.  Working with fired ceramic and mixed media, Sullivan finds intrigue in microscopic cell forms or macroscopic sprout clusters, creating pieces that are tactile, viscous and sensuous. Macellaio finds disgust, interest, and intrigue within the world of insects. Using sheet metal and resin she interprets life cycle, chaotic balance, adaptation, and the significance of arthropods in every aspect of life. Both artists investigate an understanding of how simple entities can be complex in their reproduction. While honoring the prevailing ways of nature, these two artists create significance in scenarios that are always occurring, but rarely celebrated, revealing a stunning vocabulary of forms and ideas.

Opening Reception - Saturday, August 8, 6-9pm @ Art Produce Gallery. Exhibit runs through September 6th.

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