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MAR/APR 09 M E M B E R S H I P N E W S

VOL. 03/04-09

SAN DIEGOART INSTITUTESINCE 1941

Museum HoursTuesday - Saturday: 10am - 4pmSunday - Noon: 4pmClosed Monday

website: sandiego-art.org

Financial Support for the San Diego Art Institute (OSP 2008) is provided in part by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, QUALCOMM, and the Chris and Lorraine Wolfe Fund.

Dear members, This March, the San Diego Art Institute will host its 50th International Exhibi-tion. We are celebrating 50 years of producing this popular international ex-hibition and invite you to join us. We’ve had a remarkable array of international jurors for this exhibition over the years. We are proud of this astounding 50-year accomplishment and hope you share in the excitement too. Producing an exhi-bition that attracts artists from around the world, with exemplary jurying and a gala celebration, is quite a daunting undertaking. We hope to always honor artists and award winners in all that we do, but this 50th celebration recognizes our national and international presence in the visual arts. We are proud of this reputation and hope you are too. We host many international artists at our receptions throughout the year, an attendance rate hovering at around 80 %. It is however disconcerting that our local, regional artists rarely attend our receptions. Attendance seems to be de-termined by whether an artist’s work has been selected for that exhibition. This is dismaying to me. Our membership, artists, and friends should understand that all of us, as an artistic community, are the hosts of international artists and regional artists alike. We should be sup-porting ALL artists that are exhibited. It is time that the membership step up to create a host committee. This host com-mittee will set a precedent for future in-ternational exhibitions. The committee would be responsible for welcoming our

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Please visit the San Diego Art Institute’s website. Check for the lastest information, events and updates.

Get the newsletter online, see the current gallery shows, look over the events calendar and find out about what classes are offered.

Also, you can find most SDAI artists bios and samples of their work along with an archive of previous shows.

Artists take advantage of posting your work on the member’s space so you are missing out on a service the Institute offers to you for free.

So check it out at www.sandiego-art.org.

international visitors to San Diego, in-troducing them to the membership and acting as SDAI ambassadors. There is a great opportunity here for networking and artistic fellowship. At the very least, we can be courteous artists who are friendly to our guests and with pride, ed-ucate them about the programs we offer and the accomplishments of SDAI over

the past 50 years. Let’s agree that an organization and its accomplishments shines back on its members. Without SDAI artists, we would not be what we are today. Boats rise with the tide. It is our hope, that the membership attends our 50th International Exhibition and so it will be a fun, interesting and memo-rable evening for all of us.

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SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTEMuseum of the Living Artist

House of Charm, Balboa Park, 1439 El PradoSan Diego, CA 92101-1617

(619) 236-0011 • Fax (619) 236-1974website: sandiego-art.org

email: admin@sandiego-art.org

San Diego Art DepartmentEducational Facility: 3830 Ray St.,

San Diego, CA 92104(619) 299-4278

email: info@sdartdept.comwebsite: www.sdad-sdai.org

Board of GovernorsBill Hawkins, Schuyler Hoffman, Susan Leonard

Ted Mintz, Ginger Wallace, Chris & Lorraine Wolfe

Board of DirectorsChair: Elaine Ellis

Vice Chair: Claire Slattery (past COVA Board Member)

Secretary: Jimmy Van NormanTreasurer: Ruth Hoffman

(Alpha Board of Directors)

Kathye KramerJean McKeeJoe Nalven

Larry Poteet (Attorney)

Educational & Outreach CommitteeAndrea Chamberlin

Bruce Groff

SDAI Advisory BoardVincent Andrunas

(Social Editor: Décor/ Style Magazine)

Elizabeth Basinet (Barrett Resource Group)

Liliana Garcia (Host / Univis)

Pamela HartwellGeorge Lofland (Founder/Art Dept.,Ray Street)

Debra A. Morse – AttorneyPeter B. Rutman (AdminEstate Corporation)

Vaughn Woods, CFP

Co-SponsorsCommission for Arts & Culture, City of San Diego

Friends of SDAI

San Diego Art Department/Ray StreetDirector – Andrea ChamberlinStudio Assistant – Alex Field

Studio Assistant – Jack Harmanian

Staff of SDAIPresident & CEO – Timothy J. Field

Executive Administrator – Kerstin RobersGallery Assistant/Public Relations – Marc Pickett

Graphic Designer/Production Coordinator - Jack WadePoet Program Coordinator – Michael Klam

PR & Development - Debora WellsEducational Programs – Andrea Chamberlin

Elene RamirezClerical /Accounting Assistant – Joanne Mell

Journal StaffTim Field, Kerstin Robers, Jack Wade, Deb Wells

Photos – Richard Messenger, L. J. Sullivan,

Website DesignMichael Hanes, Roark Dority

From Debbie...

GO GREEN AND PAPERLESSIn an effort to conserve costs, paper and other valuable resources, we’d like to send you your newsletter via email. The average of cost printing a 10 page newsletter is $1.65. The postage cost for one issue is $.10. By volunteering to accept your newsletter issue online, you are saving the environment and our small budget. If you are interested, please contact us by email admin@sandiego-art.org. I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT . . . .If you have questions about the 50th International Exhibition, please visit www.sandiego-art.org to confirm show details, or call Marc Pickett at 619-236-0011. Got a question about your SDAI sales before you file your taxes? Please call me at 236-0011, ext. 305. GALLERY HOURSOn Mondays, please remember that we are closed and there is always a skeletal staff at SDAI on that day. Also, SDAI will be closed for Installation of the International Exhibition the week of March 16-20, 2009. We will open at 6 pm on Friday, March 20th for the Opening Night Event. TICKETSTo reserve tickets for the International Exhibition Opening Night Reception please call SDAI in advance. We can take payment information over the phone and will have your nametag ready for you when you arrive on March 20th for the Event. Member Price: $25. Heeeeeeeeeellllllllllppppppp!We are in serious need of manpower for installation of the International Exhibition. If you can help, please contact SDAI in advance.

One of San Diego’s best kept secrets . . . The 82nd Annual Rummage of the Thursday Club, the biggest fundraiser of their year, will be giving some of the event’s proceeds to the San Diego Art Institute. This is a MASSIVE sale of next-to-new and hard-to- find treasures at sinfully low prices --- everything from furniture and books, to clothes and pots and pans. Last year, our very own Kerstin got a rake, some pots, and a juicer. Tim got a shovel (perfect). Debby’s even gotten original art there before. Please try to visit this sale and land yourself a bargain! Stop by and say hello to Debby on Sale Days, she’ll be there too! Call her for details 236-0011, ext. 305. Saturday, March 14 from 9 am- 4 pm Sunday, March 15, 10 am – 2 pm Balboa Park Activity Center, 2145 Park Blvd.across the street from the World Beat Center, corner of Park Blvd and Inspiration Way • Free Parking

Debora Wells

NO SHOW....Did you sign up to volunteer at the front desk? Thank you!! If you can’t make your shift, please let us know.

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Call for nature photographyAmateur as well as professional photographers are invited to submit nature photography. Landscape, wildlife, and nature-based abstract/impressionistic images will be considered. Traditional, digital, and alternative-process photographic works will be reviewed. If the image has been altered, a statement of how the image was altered must be included. Altered work will be considered. The entry fee is $25 for the first three photos submitted. Each additional entry is $10, with a limit of 10 entries total. A substantial portion of entry fees will benefit the San Diego Natural History Museum. Submission and payment are due by March 15. Digital submissions only. At the Ordover Gallery in the San Diego Natural History Museum.er 2005Entry dates: January 15–March 15, 2009Show dates June 27–September 13Opening reception: Saturday, June 27; 11 AM–1 PMwww.sdnhm.org/exhibits/visions/bestofnature.php858.720.1121

MOLA’s Poetry & Art Series to Collaborate with SDMA -Monday, April 6

Hosted by Michael Klam and the San Diego Poetry Slam’s Christopher Wilson

The San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA), in collaboration with the Museum of the Living Artist’s Poetry and Art Series and the San Diego Poetry Slam, is proud to host a spoken word event in conjunction with SDMA’s Black Womanhood exhibition.

This program will feature special performances and competi-tion among poets for the last spots on the 2009 San Diego Po-etry Slam Team. The team will represent San Diego in a national competition in Florida next year. Come be part of an audience that helps determine the competition’s winners, celebrate Na-tional Poetry Month and explore themes in Black Womanhood.

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The San Diego Art Institute’s Educational Facility; The San Diego Art Department provides an inclusive, collaborative environment that fosters artistic expression, for all ages and proficiencies, using art to contribute value and diversity to the community with educational programs, exhibitions and workspace.

March Exhibition featuring “Rainbow, Windows and Mirrors,” by SDAD Instructor Deron CohenOn display March 21 – Apr 13th

April Exhibition featuring SDAD Instructors On display Apr 18 – May 11th

Also on exhibit will be artwork by students, members, and instructors.

Opening receptions during North Park Nights, Saturday, March 21 & April 18, 6:00pm – 9:00pm

SDAD is located on 3830 Ray Street in North Park. For a detailed schedule of our classes please visit the website: www.sdad-sdai.org or call: 619-299-4ART.

The Professional Artist Lecture Series presented by the San Diego Art Institute is geared to educate artists in running a successful business, as well as, expanding their knowledge of art techniques.Upcoming Professional Artist Lectures:

Please stay tuned to our website and online calendar for lecture updates.

www.sandiego-art.org

All lectures are held at the “Museum of the Living Artist: San Diego Art Institute” 1439 El Prado, The House of Charm, Balboa ParkAdmission: $5 SDAI/SDAD members$10 non-members

For more information about the lecture series please contact, Andrea Chamberlin at: eduprogramSDAI@gmail.com

Through SDAI’s collaborative partnership with the San Diego Japanese Friendship Gardens, Paint Out artists are NOW able to enter the beautiful gardens, Free of Charge, and use it as a backdrop for their art creations.

Co-Hosted by Maura McHugh and Lee Sautereau

Maura McHugh is currently studying fine art at University of San Diego, majoring in painting. In 2001 she started painting and taking classes at the Athenaeum in La Jolla and studied there under Pat Kelly. Maura has been a participant of the SDAI Paint Out since the program started in 2003, she is on the SDAI Gathering Committee and often volunteers for SDAI, Museum of the Living Artist. She is a participating artist member of San Diego Art Institute, California Art Club, Point Loma Artists Association. Not only has Maura’s work been exhibited throughout the San Diego area but her work has also received Juror’s Choice honors.

Lee Sautereau started painting in Plein Air (outdoors) in 2004. Since then he has studied with some of California’s top Plein Air painters and attended many workshops throughout the United States. He has been honored with awards in many local competitions and exhibitions and has been a regular at the SDAI Paint Out since 2005. Lee enjoys painting in oil, watercolor and acrylic, and is a participating artist member of San Diego Art Institute and the San Diego Watercolor Society. His work can be seen at his website: www.leescapes.com.

Admission: FREE to members & guests

We meet the 3rd Sat. of the Month:

March 21 & April 18, 20099:00am-12:00pm Paint/draw/explore Balboa Park and the San Diego Japanese Friendship Gardens Whether you work in oils, acrylics, watercolor, digital, pencil, charcoal, pastels or mixed media; all artists, amateur to professional are encouraged to participate.

At NOON meet back at SDAI for a group discussion of the work created (and other relevant topics). During this time there’s a potluck meal (bring food and/or drink to share).

For more information about this event call 619.236.0011.

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North Park Nights Kicks off with Controversial Art

More than 30 San Diego businesses work together to host North Park Nights, an event organized by a collective of North Park businesses dedicated to promoting arts and culture in the neighborhood.

North Park Nights (NPN) is the pulling together of North Park businesses to continue promoting arts and culture as the foundation of its unique community. The monthly event kicks off this March and will continue to be held on the 3rd Saturday of every month as a way to highlight the local art, culture and businesses in the North Park area.

The first North Park Nights event begins March 21, 2009 at 6pm with "Its Complicated", a group showing featuring controversial themed artwork and events in various businesses and galleries. Monthly events will include "Art at the Core" a look at community art on June 20th, and "Green Scene" for environmental awareness on Sept 19th.

"Arts are the catalyzing force behind revitalization", said Lea Caughlan, Chair of North Park Nights and owner of The Rubber Rose in North Park. "We believe that as business owners we have the unique ability to serve this community by continued promotion, which in turn, encourages the growth and health of all businesses."

North Park Nights includes select businesses from the 805 freeway, to west along University to 28th Street. Many contributing businesses are also located along 30th Street from Polk on the north side, to Upas Street on the south end. Live music performances are featured in local bars including Bar Pink, U-31, and The Office, among others.

NPN is a community-based project supported in part by the San Diego Art Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to building arts and culture in San Diego.

"While most neighborhood revitalizations are built on the backs of artists only to continue on into humdrum mainstream, NPN has a loftier goal, "explained Caughlan. "By working together and truly supporting arts and culture, this revitalization can be carried by the artists with the support of local business into a genuine renaissance where we all see our businesses and the neighborhood as a whole, thrive".

For more information on North Park Nights, calendar of upcoming events and a map of participating businesses visit northparknights.org

This program will provide an opportunity for artist members to share work, questions and informa-tion through visual repre-sentation and dialogue.

New members: this is a great opportunity to meet other mem-bers, show your work and see the work being created in the San Diego area.Everyone else: show us your work, whether you’re getting into the juried shows or not, we want to see what you are doing and have the opportunity to talk with you.Members: Free Nonmembers: $5.00

The next Gathering will be: March 8, 2009 Gathering Dates: May 3, July 5, Sept 6, Nov 1guest speaker: TBA

Description and schedule:4-6pm Sunday. 4-4:30 bring artwork and check in; 4:30 doors locked. If there is a guest artist the presentation will begin at 4:30.

Members can bring up to 3 pieces of artwork and will be displayed either leaning on the wall around the gallery, on empty pedestals or easels if available or they bring them.

From 4-6pm artists have the opportunity to discuss their work; ask questions of other artists; discuss general and specific artist issues and share information.

Artists are encouraged to bring books, announcements, magazines, etc. to share.

Artists may also bring food and beverages to share.

Cosponsored by:

SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTEMuseum of the Living Artist’s

David G. Fleet Youth Art Gallerypresents

The San Diego County Art Education Association & Sargent Art

Southern Area Regional YOUTH ART MONTH

The exhibitions will be on display from March 1 – March 15, 2009

An awards reception for students, teachers, administrators, and parents will be held on March 15, from 2-4pm. Awards presentation at 3:00pm.

The David G. Fleet Young Artists Gallery provides a venue for art from public, private and parochial schools (K-12) throughout San Diego City and County in conjunction with SDAI’s art and education programs.

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• Jeffrey R. BrosbeJeffrey R. Brosbe’s limited edition photographs will be a “Featured Art-ist” event at the Off Track Gallery in Encinitas throughout March and April. The reception will be Friday, March 13, from 5 – 8 p.m. at the gallery on the corner of 2nd & D Streets in downtown Encinitas. His work will also be a part of the St. Clair Gallery’s 10th Invitational Art Exhibit which runs from March 3 - April 10, 2009. The reception for this show will be on Sunday, March 29th from 3 - 6 p.m.

• Michele GuieuMichele is one of the thirteen emerging artists nominated for the San Diego Art Prize 2009, “New Contemporaries II” at Noel-Baza Fine Art, presented by the San Diego Visual Arts Network and Noel-Baza Fine ArtThe show runs from February 18 to March 21, 2009. Public reception Kettner Night, Friday, March 13, 6 to 9 pm., 2165 India Street, SD, 92101

Info: 760.943.0148 or noel-baza@cox.net 619.876.4160

• Jerome LipetzkyJerome’s “Summer Sycamore” has been accepted into the California Art Club’s 16th biannual exhibition at the historic Blinn House in Pasadena. It was selected by the jury for special recognition. The exhibition runs through June 10, 2009.

SPRING AWAKENING, an exhibit of 40 paintings by Jerome Lipetzky and Jane Fletcher will be featured at the Mission Trails Regional Park from Feb 28 – Mar 27, with a reception March 14, 1-4 at the MTRP Visitor Center.

• Fred MarinelloFred Marinello is exhibiting at the I, Camera exhibits at the Photo Arts Group’s Inner Space Gallery in Escondido (through March 6, 2009).

• Joe NalvenJoe will be exhibiting his photography and metal prints -- Motion & Pause and Israel Infrared -- in Times3 at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts, April 29 to May 26th. Reception is Sunday, May 3rd, 1:30 - 4:30 pm.

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At this International Exhibition, we will not have the presen-tation of the Ginger Award. This has been the tradition for the last 10 years.The Ginger Ward, will be presented instead in October dur-ing a special installation, “50 years of Art San Diego.” More on that later. As the President and CEO of the San Diego Art Institute and the living heart of the San Diego Art Department, I have seen the growth of this organization become what it can be. All members should be very proud of the quality and consistency of our regional shows, one foot shows, Southern California Regional Awards Exhibition, and of course, the International Exhibition. We are an unique organization unlike any other in the United States. We function to support the professional growth of the artist, we foster the understanding of the value of the visual arts within the community, and we bring for-ward the value of the visual arts in the core curriculum we offer in schools K-12. This is accomplished through the many programs we offer and by the diligent forward vision of our leadership. It takes movement, progress and funding to ac-

• Patty PalenschatPatty will be the Featured Artist for the month of April in Studio 36 of Spanish Village, Balboa Park, at the San Diego Sculpture Guild.The reception for introducing her will be on Saturday, April 4th, from 5:00 to 8:00pm; it will include wine and a few hors d’oeuvres. Members of the Guild will be there, along with friends, and others included on the mailing list. EVERYONE is invited to join in to help kick off the event, and meet the artist and Guild members.

• Josie RodriguezJosie’s assemblage, “Writer’s Block” has been accepted into the juried show of encaustic work, “Metamorphosis” co-sponsored by Hayden Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska and International Encaustic Artists. This exhibition explores the multi-faceted dimensions and idea of Metamorphosis through encaustic medium. The exhibition will be on view from 3/5 through 3/28/2009.

• Paul Strahm April 25 & 26, 2009, Paul will be taking part in the 2009 ArtWalk San Diego, held in the Little Italy area of downtown San Diego. To see Paul’s recent paintings, visit BOOTH #202 which is located between Columbia and State St. For directions, parking and other information go to www.missionfederalartwalk.org. March 15–21, 2009, Strahm will be taking part in the Borrego Springs Plein Air Invitational event. Public is welcome. Paul also has paintings on display through March 20, 2009 in Youngstown, Ohio and through the beginning of summer in San Marino, California. For more information on these events and to view Paul’s work online please visit www.PaulStrahmPaintings.com

• Pamela YorkPamela York will be showing at the DreamScape exhibit at the Inner Space Gallery in Escondido. The show will run from 4/8/09 to 4/11/09 – the reception will take place on 4/11/09.Pamela is exhibiting at the I, Camera exhibits at the Photo Arts Group’s Inner Space Gallery in Escondido (through March 6, 2009).

complish these goals. The staff, the Board of Directors, vol-unteers, Friends of the Institute, corporations, and founda-tions have given time, energy, man power, funding, and even sweat, in order to support these goals. We work hard for our artists and our vision every day. It is time that the artist mem-bership as a whole, stand up and become responsible for the success of the International Exhibition beyond the submis-sion of the artwork. The involvement and attendance of our membership, you the artist, is the key to success for this 50th International exhibition of the San Diego Art Institute and the Museum of the Living Artist. Laura Sullivan, Richard Messenger, Joe Nalvin, Elena Loma-kin are a few of the artists already involved in the host com-mittee. Contact them if you are interested in offering your support. Please also support the exhibition and this organi-zation by attending the international exhibition. Timothy J. Field, President & CEO The San Diego Art Institute

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SDAI Reception - February 6, 2009

▲ Douglas James Martin and Gabriela Anaya Valdepeña

Photo by Sullivan/Messenger

▲ Dan Adams & Philip Petrie

▲ Timothy Field and Brenda York (Honorable Mention for “Pouting Ninnies)

▲ bd dombrowsky (Juror’s Choice for “Circus Pachydermis”)

▲ Tim Field and Elena Lomakin (Juror’s Choice for “August Moon”

▲ Senator Christine Kehoe

▲ Leni Simon (Honorable Mention for “L.S. x XVIII”)

▲ Linda Kardoff (Juror’s Choice for “Exchange”) and Tim Field

▲ Anna Jenkins & Dan Adams (featured artist: “Go Figure”)

▲ Tim Field and SDAI Board Member Kathye Kramer

▲ Volunteer Sheila Biddle

Welcome SDAI New Members!Jennifer A GarlandDawn M. NicoliRichard P. LambethSamuel & Molly EckenrodMark W. SmithKatrina E. Carrick

Marissa K. OliverJean L Serrao SmithMichael DeMossEnrique MiramontesDixie Lee McCarthyMark A Stadsklev

David A. MotlaghKathy A. CoalterConnie J. McDonoughLesley J. AndersonLauren Carrera

Tom and Monica ZschunkeVirginia Walker KeatingSigal GovrinLowell Hamburg & Robert GibsonRobert & June Donmoyer

Peggy Crunican & David HardyDeborah CarterJohn T. BrodieRichard SagerKathi Lohry

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Artists FavoritesTwo guest SDAI artists chose their favorite works of art from the Jan. – Feb. 2009 SDAI Exhibit and tell us why…

Richard Messenger (expressionistic painter/photographer) likes: Regional Show: Tim Caton, “Communion”

This was a very engaging wonderful work that any of the leaders of expressionism would delight in...I certainly did. With its two very bold facing figures and a spacial quality between them that seemed to say as much as the faces. Bravo.

One Foot Show: Kathy McChesney, “Who Sir, Me Sir” The matriarchal and generational expression in this highly glazed piece is universal. When I looked at this, I felt like I know this person. The green colors seem to speak of wisdom.

Elena Lomakin (expressive minimalist) likes:Regional Show: Brian Lemke “Uncle Doug”

As an abstract artist I hardly pay any attention to the depiction of a human figure or to portraits, unless they are done in a very minimal or abstract-expressionistic, or primitive way. Yet at the recent (January 24) Juried Show I caught myself looking again and again at the beautifully executed work by Brian Lemke “Uncle Doug” (oil).Something in the turn of the man’s head, the way he is looking, and the whole sobriety and dryness of his image captivated me, making me interested. Creating a relatively small portrait the artist managed to convey the exact mood of uncle Doug, who is

presumably his real uncle and should be both: pleased and proud. Being realistic and impressionistic at the same time, the portrait looks very modern, yet one can see the traces of the simplicity and expressiveness of Van Gogh. Well done! I am very much looking forward to other works by Brian Lemke.

One Foot Show: D.Dodge “Neruda Poetry #1”

My other choice is a lovely piece by D.Dodge “Neruda Poetry #1” (mixed media), chosen for the One-Foot Show. It looks like in this exhibition I am really drawn to something I myself do not do anymore, i.e. figurative work and portraiture. Everything pleases me in “Neruda”: the colors, the background, the woman’s loneliness, the collaged piece of map used so intricately as part of her clothes; but most of all the poetry of her image and the mystery behind it. Whether she is listening to one of Pablo Neruda’s poems or waiting for someone,- we don’t know. The truth is that when it comes to a good work, the words are not necessarily needed: just look and sense. And let the mystery of Art prevail.

Who Sir, Me SirUncle Doug

Neruda Poetry #1

Communion