arts and culture overview and map
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The Village at Market Creek is brought to life with public art that embraces cultural diversity and traditions, reflecting community pride. From the start, arts and culture have been galvanizing forces for bringing residents from diverse neighborhoods together. Community teams worked together to plan and designMarket Creek Plaza and the Joe & Vi Jacobs Center, which have become magnets for bringing people from across the country to The Village at Market Creek. An atmosphere of cross-cultural sharing helps deepen understanding of theirown cultures while building bridges to others. Art connects culture and commerce through capacity-building and training opportunities. It is a platform for economic growth and employment for local community artists. Art has shapedMarket Creek into a global village that conveys a sense of the world coming together.TRANSCRIPT
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The Village at Market Creek
The Village at Market Creek is brought to life with public art
that embraces cultural diversity and traditions, reflecting
community pride.
From the start, arts and culture have been galvanizing forces
for bringing residents from diverse neighborhoods together.
Community teams worked together to plan and design
Market Creek Plaza and the Joe & Vi Jacobs Center, which
have become magnets for bringing people from across the
country to The Village at Market Creek. An atmosphere of
cross-cultural sharing helps deepen understanding of their
own cultures while building bridges to others. Art connects
culture and commerce through capacity-building and
training opportunities. It is a platform for economic growth
and employment for local community artists. Art has shaped
Market Creek into a global village that conveys a sense
of the world coming together.
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Creek Terrace Apartments
Family Health Center
Arts and CultureThe Village at Market Creek
Amphitheater & Festival Park
Joe & Vi Jacobs Center
Writerz Blok
Village Gateway
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Joe & Vi Jacobs Center1. Center for Community
& Cultural Arts 2. Cultural Banners3. Traveling Exhibits4. Cultural Niches5. Asphalt Art6. Joe and Vi Photo Mosaic7. Indoor & Outdoor Stages
Market Creek Plaza
8. Cross-Cultural Dome Art
9. Cultural Tile Walkways10. Community Faces11. Kumeyaay Sculpture
(Coming November 2011)
Existing & Planned Public Art Locations
Existing Art Locations
Planned Art Locations
Northwest Village
World Courtyard
Amphitheater & Festival Park
12. Bronze Sculpture
13. Children’s Wall
14. Market Creek Amphitheater
15. Cultural Houses
Writerz Blok
16. Urban Art Park
The Village at Market Creek (planned art locations)
• WorldCourtyard
• CreekTerraceApartments
• NorthwestVillage
• Family Health Center
• VillageGateways(4)
Market Creek Plaza
Village Gateway
Village Gateway
Village Gateway
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Cultural BannersHanging in the sweeping entrance of the Joe & Vi
Jacobs Center are eight 5’ x 13’ banners created by community artists. The striking panels highlight local
cultures and feature welcome messages. Details of the pieces can be seen on the pole banners in the Joe
& Vi Jacobs Center entryways and parking lot.
Joe & Vi Jacobs Center
Center for Community & Cultural ArtsIn early 2010, a series of focus groups were
held with local residents and artists to
discuss how to promote and support the
arts in The Village. They expressed interest
in a partnership with the cultural institutions
in Balboa Park. At the time, several of the
institutions were creating plans to broaden
their audience base. The feedback was enthusiastic and the
Center for Community & Cultural Arts (CCCA) was born, with
museum directors from the Balboa Park institutions joining
the team of residents and artists in a Learning Partnership.
The CCCA Learning Partnership consists of representatives
from the San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Man,
Mingei International Museum, Museum of Photographic Arts,
and San Diego History Center as well as approximately 50
members who represent cultural communities and artists from
southeastern San Diego. Building a two-way bridge between
Balboa Park and southeastern San Diego is the core of their work.
The Jacobs Family Foundation and The Legler Benbough
Foundation have secured a 5,500-square-foot space in the
Joe & Vi Jacobs Center, which has become the anchor space
for the program. Currently, CCCA is envisioned as an arts
organization that is both with and without walls, to allow
for the inclusion of various arts disciplines — from visual arts
to performing arts — and address the various needs of the
community — from learning to create art, to exhibiting and
performing.
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Traveling ExhibitsArtistic displays and museum pieces regularly displayed at the Joe & Vi Jacobs Center are open to the public. Previous exhibitions include the Considering Black Womanhood exhibit in partnership with the San Diego Museum of Art and SANA Art Foundation.
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Cultural NichesShowcasing rotating exhibits of cultural and visual art, these niches are incorporated into the design of the first and third floors of the Joe & Vi Jacobs Center.
Asphalt ArtThe colorful patterns
painted on the asphalt surrounding the Joe & Vi
Jacobs Center were designed by a local muralist who led a youth team to complete the temporary art pieces.
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Indoor and Outdoor StagesWith two versatile outdoor stages and one fully-equipped indoor stage, performing arts has a home in The Village at Market Creek. Partnerships with community organizations — including Asian Story Theatre, Young Audiences of San Diego, and Center Stage Theatrical Academy — have entertained residents of all ages through story and song.
Joe & Vi Jacobs MosaicThe people of this community have been touched by Joe and Vi Jacobs’ commitment and generosity through the work of their family’s foundations, the Jacobs Family Foundation and the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, and through their personal messages of respecting differences, embracing risk, and valuing the contributions of all. This photo mosaic, created in their honor, is made up of over 1,000 examples of this tremendous partnership and what’s possible when residents working together to create neighborhood change.
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Community Faces Recognizing the contributions of residents who improved their communities, these hand-painted canvas portraits are displayed on the east and west sides of Food 4 Less.
Cross-Cultural Dome Art Located inside Asia Wok
restaurant, the dome was designed and painted by local
artist Sal Barajas. The art depicts representatives from the Samoan,
Sudanese, Somali, Laotian, Mexican, Filipino, Kumaaya, and African American cultures — all
of who live in the surrounding neighborhoods.
Cultural Tile WalkwaysTwo tile walkways located
at Market Creek Plaza were designed and installed by local
artists. They are renditions of cultural tapestries featuring a traditional Laotian cloth (9a)
and an African batik (9b).
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Cultural FestivalsEvery month, beginning
in April and running through
September, a different
culture is celebrated in
The Village with traditions,
music, food, and art.
In October, all the cultures come together in a
culminating extravaganza called the Arts & Culture
Fest. This exciting event includes cross-cultural
education and sharing, cultural workshops, fine art
displays and art workshops, entertainment, and an
International Market alongside a children’s activity
zone and community resource booths.
Activities are spread from the Market Creek Plaza
Amphitheater to Festival Park with its eight
authentic cultural houses and across Chollas Creek
to the indoor and outdoor venues of the Joe & Vi
Jacobs Center.
Visit www.ArtsandCultureFest.com to learn more.
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Children’s Wall Along the back of the amphitheater is a beautiful copper-inlaid tree decorated with hand-painted, circular tile leaves created by more than 600 local children.
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A. Asia Wok
B. Papa John’s Pizza
C. Felix’s BBQ (coming soon!)
D. L&L Hawaiian BBQ
E. Ashlon Realty
F. Cold Stone Creamery
G. Business Matters
H. SDG&EBillPayCenter
I. T-Mobile
Market Creek Amphitheater The Market Creek Amphitheater has been the setting for a variety of musical and theatrical performances. Tiered grass seating areas make the perfect setting for up to 500 guests to relax or picnic in the shade.
Cultural HousesLocated on World Court, the eight cultural houses are reflective of the surrounding community: African American, Chamorro, Filipino, Laotian, Mexican, Samoan, Somalian, and Sudanese. The houses echo the style of a traditional cultural home from each region.
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Dragonfly DreamsDesigned and created by a community artist, this whimsical life-size bronze sculpture of a child contemplating a dragonfly sits near the Children’s Wall.
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Coyote Tracks (Coming November 2011)This sculpture was created in honor of the Kumeyaay people – the original residents of this former village site. The sawil (basket) is decorated with traditional motifs and represents cultural resilience and revival.
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Arts and CultureWriterz Blok Art Park
In 1999, illegal graffiti was a problem in San Diego.
After commissioning several local artists for a community
mural project, the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood
Innovation learned that most of the defacement was done
by youth looking for a place to express themselves. The
decision was made to start a program aimed at steering
the youth away from illegal vandalism and towards
learning the art of graffiti.
“Graff Creek” started as a nomadic graffiti art program held
at sites throughout the neighborhood. It had a following
of over 300 youth who volunteered their time and efforts
to build the program into a community art center.A year later, Graff Creek became Writerz Blok. Three years after
that, a half-acre facility was donated to the program, including
office space and a large yard for an open-air art park. What
began as a unique approach to prevent gang-related graffiti
is now one of the country’s most innovative youth art programs.
Writerz Blok is a safe, “gang-neutral,” and creative space that
encourages artistic expression and entrepreneurial exploration
while providing an alternative to gang membership — and
an opportunity for shaping a healthy and fulfilling future.
Working to establish partnerships with local arts
institutions including the Museum of Contemporary
Art and the San Diego Museum of Art, Writerz Blok
is now helping bring this art form to new and
more traditional arts audiences. This important
work is raising awareness, increasing
respect, and achieving more wide spread
appreciation for graffiti as a legitimate
and museum-worthy art form.
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404 Euclid Avenue, San Diego, CA 92114(619)527-6161
at Market Creek
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