Art is either plagiarism or revolution. -Paul Gauguin

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IN THIS EDITION:
ArtWalk News - Call for Volunteers - Calls to Artists
Community Arts Updates - March Featured Sponsors

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Exciting New Feature on www.artwalksandiego.org
The culmination of a year-long upgrade to the ArtWalk web site is now live! The addition of a search feature to the artist section of the site helps event attendees find their favorite artists before and long after each of the ArtWalk events. Check it out and see how easy it is to find the art and artists you want to connect with. You can search by medium, name or event location. To go directly to the page, click on: http://www.artwalksandiego.org/artists

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ArtWalk on the Bay—September 13 and 14, 2008
Artist Applications Now Being Accepted
Artist applications are coming in for 2008 ArtWalk on the Bay, September 13 and 14 at the Embarcadero Marina Park North. In 2007 this festival delivered spectacular attendance and warm, sunny San Diego weather! With superb art from artists throughout the United States as well as Mexico, this is an event you’ll want to add to your annual calendar. The spectacular waterfront venue is a magnificent setting for art, music and family art activities. Spaces fill quickly for this popular and prestigious event, so apply early by clicking here, (PDF application), or for the application in Word document format click here. For full event information check out www.artwalkonthebay.org.

For artist application, visit www.artwalkonthebay.org/register.htm

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ArtReach Brings Art to Elementary Schools
Late last year ArtWalk introduced ArtReach, ArtWalk’s art education program for elementary schools. ArtReach’s mission is to bring visual art programs into schools in the region, with school programs recently completed at Garfield Elementary School in the North Park area and Loma Portal Elementary School in Point Loma. Patti Fox, ArtWalk artist, and Judy Berman-Silbert, ArtWalk Publications Manager, lead this amazing program. We applaud their efforts and thank them for their tireless work to make ArtReach a reality.

Art in the schools is not a luxury, but a necessity... and this program is designed to serve the many schools that are under-served in this area. The program brings visual art, collaboration and communication activities into schools throughout San Diego County.

For more information, visit www.artreachsandiego.org

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Special Call to Artists: ArtReach Fundraising Bench Project
In 2008, ArtWalk artists will have the opportunity to help support ArtReach in an artistic way. Dixieline Lumber has donated high quality wooden garden benches to support this project. If you would like to paint a garden bench to contribute to this project, please send us a simple sketch of what you propose to paint. If you are selected as a bench artist, you will receive $100 to cover the costs of your materials. The benches will be prominently displayed at ArtWalk, and will be sold via a silent auction, with all proceeds benefiting ArtReach. In addition to giving back to the community through supporting ArtReach, your work will be featured in some of the ArtWalk publicity leading up to the event. Our thanks goes out to Dixieline Lumber for providing the benches.

We still have a few benches available! For more information and to send in your sketches, please contact Sandi or Paula at info@artwalksandiego.org

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ArtWalk 2008
Mark your calendar for ArtWalk 2008, which will fill the streets of Little Italy with visual art, music and interactive art activities for children, on April 26 and 27. The 23rd annual event this past April attracted 100,000 attendees.

We are looking forward to seeing all of our returning and new artists at what promises to be the best ArtWalk event in our 24-year history. We will be sending more information as we get closer to our event days, April 26 and 27. Registration information for 2009 will be posted on www.artwalksandiego.org by mid-April.

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CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

ArtWalk 2008
Would you like to participate in San Diego's largest annual showcase of visual and performing arts? Sign up to volunteer at the 2008 ArtWalk! We need about 200 volunteers on both event days, April 26 & 27 and throughout the months of March and April.

Volunteer positions available include office help during month of April and on event days, event setup (Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday morning), event tear down (Saturday and Sunday evening), greeting and assisting attendees, selling merchandise, helping with deliveries, conducting surveys, assisting with the ArtReach Bench silent auction, deliveries, parking lot attendants, traffic control, and assisting at KidsWalk.

As an ArtWalk volunteer you receive our official 2008 T-shirt, and may participate in a "volunteers-only" raffle of great artwork and prizes, donated by our artists and sponsors.

For more information, and to request a signup sheet, please email Carmen at: cdebello@artwalksandiego.org Minimum age to volunteer is 18 years.

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CALL TO ARTISTS

Call for Photography Entries
The Art of Photography Show is an international exhibition of photographic art taking place April 25 - May 23 at the elegant Lyceum Theatre Gallery, located in Horton Plaza. The Prospectus and entry details are available here. $5,000 in Cash Awards will be given out. Carol McCusker is the Judge for the Art of Photography Show. Dr. McCusker is Curator of Photography at the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego. The website for The Art of Photography Show is: www.artofphotographyshow.com Images created via any form of photography will be accepted for consideration (i.e. shot on film, shot digitally, unaltered shots, alternative process, mixed media, digital manipulations, montages, etc.), so long as part of the image is photographically created. The Entry Deadline is March 3, 2008.

For more information contact Steven Churchill, the Curator, at steven@artofphotographyshow.com, or call 858.793.0900.

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SWAA Top 100
The Southwestern Artists Association has a call to local San Diego County artists for their Top 100 and One Foot Show, taking place March 15 – 30. The entry date is Thursday, March 13 between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM with artwork to be hand-delivered to Southwestern Artists’ Association, Gallery 23 in Spanish Village Art Center at Balboa Park, San Diego

For more information and a prospectus, visit www.swartists.com or call 619.232.3522.

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COMMUNITY ART UPDATES

Julia C R Gray at 626 Gallery in Los Angeles
ArtWalk artist Julia C R Gray is proud to announce that she is currently showing a few of her works at the Colors to Life Beautiful exhibit at the 626 Gallery at Studio B in Los Angeles in conjunction with the play The Color Purple at the Ahmanson Theater. International acclaimed artist, Charles Bibbs has called together artists from all ethnicities to express the love, the music, and the beauty in this visual collaboration of an era that defined a generation, so that you may bring home art as an eternal memory of your Color Purple Experience.  You can see Julia’s works, along with many others that defined Black America through March 15.

For tickets and more information ,visit www.jgrayartist.com

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Kate McCavitt at ArtExpo
ArtWalk artist Kate McCavitt is happy to be participating in this year’s ArtExpo New York, through March 3. East meets West in the fusion of contemporary experimental water media and ancient Asian brush work influences, Kate truly creates Between Two Worlds. Kate is in booth #519 and is premiering new art works at this event.

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Paul Strahm at San Diego Art Institute
ArtWalk 2008 artist Paul Strahm is the featured artist at the San Diego Art Institute/Museum of the Living Artist through March 22, in a plein air show titled Outdoors in San Diego.  Using the scene's natural colors and thoughtful composition, Paul's paintings evoke the peaceful qualities that attract so many people to this coastal region. We invite you to meet Paul and see his paintings today, leap year day, Friday, February 29 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. The San Diego Art Institute is located in the House of Charm at 1439 El Prado in Balboa Park, San Diego.

For more information, visit www.paulstrahmpaintings.com

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Elliott Newton Honored
ArtWalk artist Elliott Newton was honored as a Distinguished Artist by the City of La Quinta and the La Quinta Arts Foundation during a reception and dedication on February 23 at the La Quinta Library.

For more information, visit www.lqaf.com

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Brenda York in Texas
2008 ArtWalk Featured Artist Brenda York is proud to announce that her painting, Flipside was chosen for the juried show, Opposites Attract at The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake in Houston, Texas. The juror for the show was William Stover, Assistant Curator for the Department of Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The show runs through March 20.

Ms. York is also pleased to announce that she has two paintings in the current juried shows at The San Diego Art Institute. Guys In Ties #6, Simple Man was chosen for the Regional Show and Home Fires Burning was juried into the 1ft. Show.

For more information, visit www.brendayork.com

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Julia San Roman in Palm Desert
ArtWalk artist Julia San Roman is happy to announce that she is currently showing some of her works at Christopher Morgan Galleries, located at 73-375 El Paseo, Palm Desert, California.

For more information, visit www.juliasanroman.com

Simon Loli at Artexpo
Artwalk artist Simon Loli is pleased to announce that he will be exhibiting his mixed media artwork at the prestigious New York Artexpo in Manhattan NYC through March 3.  The Artexpo is catered to commercial, corporate, and trade art buyers, gallery owners, art dealers, and interior designers from 55 different countries. The New York Artexpo is held each year at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Midtown Manhattan at 655 W. 34th Street New York City, New York. 

For more information, visit www.simonloli.com

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Mask Project at Sophie’s Gallery
Come explore your creativity with the Mask Project at Sophie’s Gallery, an Artwalk participating group.  Start with a pre-made mask and adorn it with paints, papers, fabrics, buttons and beads for an one of a kind work of art. The Mask Project takes place on Friday, March 7.

For more information, email sophiesgallery@stmsc.org or call 619.593.2205

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Camarada Goes Green
Join Camarada on Saturday, March 15 for a rousing St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, featuring captivating rhythms and charming melodies from the Emerald Isle.  Favorites such as Danny Boy and She Moved through the Fair, in addition to a few surprises, will fill the Patrick Moore Gallery with the vibrant Sounds of Irish Airs and Dances. A photography exhibit featuring the picturesque Irish landscape will complement the musical offerings, providing an enhanced prospective of the culture and traditions of this beautiful island. The evening begins at 6:30 PM with a casual wine tasting and hors d’oeuvres reception followed at 7:00 PM with a concert featuring the world-class guitar collection of Don Young.  Afterward, meet the artists over another glass of wine. The Patrick Moore Gallery is located at 2400 Kettner Boulevard, # 103, Little Italy.

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Jane Fletcher at Front Porch Gallery
ArtWalk artist Jane Fletcher is proud to announce that her painting Mosaic #6 is on display at the Front Porch Gallery through March 16.  The painting is one of 20 selected for exhibition at the gallery from those juried into The Contemporary Scroll Visual Explorations show at the San Diego Art Institute in August of 2007 by juror Betti-Sue Hertz, curator of contemporary art at the San Diego Museum of Art.  The Front Porch Gallery is located at 2903 Carlsbad Blvd., Carlsbad, California 92008 and can be reached by phone at 760.795.6120.  The gallery is open Wednesday - Friday from noon to 6:00 PM and Saturday and Sunday 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

For more information, visit www.janefletcher.com

Anita Lewis at Artexpo
ArtWalk artist Anita Lewis is pleased to announce that she too will be participating at ArtExpo in New York in booth #542 through March 3. As a lifelong artist who is emerging professionally, she will be introducing some of her latest work from the newest bodies of work of Elements, Organics, and Dancers.

For more information, visit www.anitalewis.com/art

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San Diego Watercolor Society Juried Show
ArtWalk artist group, San Diego Watercolor Society presents Triumphant March, March 5 - 28 with a First Friday reception on Friday, March 7 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Approximately 80 paintings, created by SDWS members, are on display and for sale. Gallery hours are 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM Wednesday through Sunday and admission is free.

For more information and directions see www.SDWS.org or call SDWS 619.876.4550.

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La Jolla Art Association
ArtWalk participating group the La Jolla Art Association, celebrating its 90th year, carries on a tradition of excellence by San Diego artists since 1918. The first exhibition at La Jolla Art Association’s new location, Visual Poetry, runs March 4 through March 15 and features painting, digital art, and photography by four San Diego award winning artists: Rodger Heglar, Dana Levine, Peggy Palm and John Valois. A reception for the artists is on Friday, March 7 from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM.

For more information, visit www.lajollaart.org

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Becky Guttin at Perry L. Meyer Fine Art
Perry L. Meyer Fine Art presents an exhibition by Becky Guttin of original drawings using ink, pastels, acrylic and sometimes wax on handmade Korean paper. This show titled At Home also includes many complementary sculptural pieces. The exhibition will be available for viewing beginning Friday, February 29 through Saturday, April 12, 2008.

The opening reception for this significant exhibition will take place on Friday, February 29 from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, in conjunction with Kettner Nights presented by galleries & artists of The Art & Design District (TADD) of Little Italy.

For more information, visit www.plmeyerfineart.com

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Malashock Dance Studio Series
Meet choreographer John Malashock, Persian composer Shahrokh Yadegari and the Malashock Dance company dancers on March 7, 8 and 9 at Dance Place San Diego.  This is a chance to experience the artistic evolution of the world premiere performances of Stay The Hand.  You’ll be behind the scenes to see the work in progress.  Friday’s and Saturday’s programs start at 8:00 PM and Sunday’s at 7:00 PM.  Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students. 

Malashock Dance and Dance Place San Diego are located at Liberty Station, 2650 Truxtun Road, Suite 202, San Diego, CA 92106

For more information, call 619.260.1622 or visit www.malashockdance.org.

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San Diego Museum of Art
The San Diego Museum of Art is the final and only West Coast venue for a major exhibition of works by the great 19th-century American landscape painter Asher B. Durand. Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape, which runs through April 27, surveys over 50 paintings, drawings, and engravings by Durand, one of the foremost artists of his era who created the most memorable American landscape paintings of the mid-19th century.

For more information, visit www.sdmart.org or call 619.232.7931.

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Mingei International Museum
KidsWalk participating group Mingei International Museum – North County is exhibiting Art of Play through June 29. The exhibition draws on the Museum’s permanent collection of kites and toys from around the world, and features the kinetic — toys that move. On display are kites from India, Japan, Thailand, Korea, France, Taiwan and China in shapes as diverse as dragons, butterflies, centipedes and cicadas. Also on view are pull and push toys, antique mechanical banks and a group of delightful wooden toys from Central and Eastern Europe. Stuffed bears, bears on hand-held mechanical toys and a bear puppet represent the ursine world. Also on view are trains, cars, bicycles and airplanes, something for everyone. The Mingei International Museum — North County is located at 155 West Grand Avenue in Downtown Escondido.

For more information, visit www.mingei.org

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La Jolla Playhouse
The La Jolla Playhouse is proud to present The Seven, where Greek tragedy meets hip-hop in writer/composer Will Power's modern adaptation of Aeschylus' story of a cursed family and a society unsure of how to free itself from war. Power's urban remix, with rhyming verse and diverse musical styles, shines with relevance through the eyes of a new generation. Contains adult language. The Seven runs through March 16.

For more information, visit www.lajollaplayhouse.org

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Old Globe
The Old Globe presents Dancing in the Dark. Playwright Douglas Carter Beane (Broadway’s Xanadu) and director Gary Griffin (Broadway’s The Color Purple) are bringing this musical extravaganza to the Globe stage. In Dancing in the Dark, Tony Hunter is a Hollywood star with a career on the wane. Jeffrey Cordova is a Shakespearean actor-manager with a taste for high art. Together they team with a diverse assortment of theatrical personalities to create a new musical that’s strictly “entertainment.” With a score packed with classics like A Shine On Your Shoes, the quintessential ode to show business, That’s Entertainment!, and the classic title song, Dancing In The Dark is the musical comedy that will have you dancing in the aisles from March 4 through April 13.

For more information, visit www.theoldglobe.org or call 619.23.GLOBE (619.234.5623)

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Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - San Diego presents Robert Irwin: Primaries and Secondaries, a survey spanning over 50 years of work by renowned artist Robert Irwin at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s downtown San Diego location. The largest exhibition of Irwin’s work since 1993, Robert Irwin: Primaries and Secondaries features five new major installation works created specifically for MCASD’s galleries, and is drawn almost exclusively of works from the Museum’s collection. The exhibition is on view at the 1001 Kettner gallery through April 13.