1MAY/JUNE 2010 M E M B E R S H I P N E W S

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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 2009) is provided in part by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, QUALCOMM Incorporated, and the Chris and Lorraine Wolfe Fund.

Letter from the desk of Timothy Field

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Summer C-Note EventIt is time once more for the most anticipated and lively of fundraisers

C-Note consists of original artwork - donated by our members, emerging regional artists, and sold right off the wall for one ($100), two ($200) or three ($300) C-Notes.

It gives new and experienced art collectors alike an opportunity to purchase original works at less-expensive prices.

Dont miss the C-Note Night on:May 29, 2010, 5-8 PMPreview Only: May 28 and 29, 2010 10 am-4pmC-Note runs: May 28 June 13, 2010The SDAIs C-Note Fundraiser bene ts many programs.For more information call: (619) 236-0011. Free Admission for SDAI Members. $3 for nonmembers.

The San Diego Art Institute is located in Balboa Park, House of Charm, 1439 El Prado. Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 4 p.m., Sunday 12 - 4 p.m. Requested Gallery Donation: Adults $3. Senior Citizens, Military and Students $2. Children under 12 admitted free.

Dear Members,

The opening reception for The Southern California Awards Exhibition on April 10 was an affair to be proud of. Our juror, Andi Campognone, selected an outstanding show truly showcasing the quality and breadth of artwork being created here in Southern California. The amount of entries made the jury process a long one. SDAI allowed for additional awards to be presented based on the jurors input due to the exceptional work submitted. Along with the cash awards we presented 12 additional awards. Jurors Acclaim Awards: Reed Cardwell for Looking,

Jackie Dotson for As the Sun Descends, Charles Held for Uncovered, Laura Lehman for Stay and Stephanie Mead for The Journey.

Merit Awards: Connie Rawlins for This She Left.... and Mary Buckman for Natasha

Media Services Award: Sandra Chanis for Amazon Sister: The Shaman

Honorable Mention Awards: Ellen Dieter for the Walking in the Neighborhood and Luis Lima for Little Buffalo

Hoffman Trust Award: Ted Washington for ThedaJurors Choice Award: Mike Miller for Rene at the Side of

Brick PartitionThis years SoCal Awards Exhibition was also the staging for the presentation of two awards and honors from SDAI. The Ginger award, named after the exceptional person, artist, patron, wife, mother and friend Ginger Wallace, honors an individual or organization demonstrating exceptional support to regional visual arts or artists. This 10th Ginger Award was presented to Ruth Hoffman, who embodies the spirit and nature of this award. Ruth Hoffman has been involved with SDAI for over 12 years. She held the position of Board Treasurer for many years and also de ned part of her large art collection San Diego School, where artists of SDAI are represented. The Palette Award was presented to Jim Hubbell, a name well known here in So Cal as well as internationally and for many reasons. Accepting for Jim was his son Drew Hubbell, for which we are grateful. Jim and his son Drew do the SoCal region very proud not only in the ne arts but in the method and length of time they have served this community. We are very proud to have honored Jim for his wonderful artwork and his exceptional professionalism married with love of the environment and community.

2SAN 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: krobers@mola-sdai.orgSan Diego Art Department

Educational Facility: 3830 Ray St., San Diego, CA 92104

(619) 299-4278email: info@sdartdept.com

website: 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: Kathyrn KramerTreasurer: Ruth Hoffman

(on leave)Jim Van Norman

Jean McKeeJoe Nalven

Larry Poteet (Attorney)

Educational & Outreach CommitteeAndrea Chamberlin

Bruce Groff

SDAI Advisory BoardVincent Andrunas

(Social Editor: Dcor/ Style Magazine)Elizabeth Basinet (Barrett Resource Group)

Liliana Garcia (Host / Univis)Pamela Hartwell

George Lo and (Founder/Art Dept.,Ray Street)Debra A. Morse Attorney

Peter B. Rutman (AdminEstate Corporation)Vaughn Woods, CFP

Co-SponsorsCity of San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture

Friends of the Institute

San Diego Art Department/Ray StreetDirector Andrea Chamberlin

Studio Assistant Kevin FreitasStudio Assistant Jack Harmanian

Staff of SDAIExecutive Director Timothy J. Field

Executive Administrator Kerstin RobersGallery Assistant/Public Relations Marc Pickett

Graphic Designer/Production Coordinator - Jack WadePoet Program Coordinator Michael KlamAccounting/PR Associate - Debora Wells

Educational Programs Andrea Chamberlin& Elene Ramirez

Clerical /Accounting Assistant Paul Stolte

Journal StaffTim Field, Kerstin Robers, Jack Wade,

Debora Wells, Richard ChauDavisPhotos Richard Messenger, L. J. Sullivan

Website DesignMichael Hanes, Roark Dority

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The San Diego Art Institute: Can you hear me now?

Once voted San Diegos best-kept secret, the San Diego Art Institute is marketing itself slowly and surely to step away from that moniker. Even though it is a positive one for the organization, it sheds light on the obvious. Why dont more people know this 65year-old organization and its work?

SDAI endeavors to support the making of quality art in all media, as a re ection of the San Diego areas diverse population. SDAI is available and accessible to the community, it provides a nurturing environment for artists professional development, to promulgate local, national and international recognition, and to connect artists with the potential for increasing income and exhibition opportunities.

So, with all that said, who are we and what do we do? SDAI is a 501(c)(3) nonpro t art and community gallery. We are dedicated to:

Actively promoting California artists, the arts, and arts education. Providing opportunities for artists and supporting activities that contribute to

their continued creativity and development. Fostering a sense of community by having public monthly exhibitions and special

events that increase awareness, stimulate respectful yet authentic dialogue, encourage exploration, and aid in the understanding of communities and the issues that impact and interest them.

SDAI is neither a traditional museum nor a for-pro t galleryfor-pro t gallery; rather we function much like a municipal gallery and offer a comprehensive look at the visual art scene here in San Diego. SDAI is unique in that its exhibitions offer the individual an opportunity to experience the contemporary visual arts of the Southern California/Baja region in a professional and elegant setting, as well as offering the regional artist an opportunity for exposure, thereby supporting both the local and visitor community. SDAI lls in the gap between the past and the present here in Balboa Park.

Education and outreach rank high on the goals of SDAI and programs, lectures, classes and bus trips are part of its schedule of events. SDAIs Educational Department and its facility at Ray Street are able to offer a variety of programs and public events for youth, family, student, and adult audiences. The very versatile Art Box 1 and Art Box 2 programs strengthen SDAIs ties to the community and expand museum audiences. Using SDAIs exhibitions as a vehicle, those two programs promote public understanding, the appreciation of contemporary art, and its relationships to our everyday life. These programs provide unique opportunities for the public to become closely engaged with the exhibition and to come in close contact with contemporary (living) artists.

Outreach Through ExhibitionOutreach Through Exhibition is a unique concept that engages the visual arts for an understanding of the value of the visual arts beyond aesthetics. SDAI has partnered with many organizations to show the integral value to the community of the visual arts as it relates to intrinsic issues of self-esteem, self-worth, academic achievement, healing, creative processes, abstract-thought process, language acuity, and early childhood and developmental processes. SDAI has developed original exhibitions directly related to community issues like the border, health, healing, and cross-generational dialogue. This program of exhibition and partnership is meant to show our community that the visual arts and artists are integral and necessary and not a luxury that is subject to budget cutbacks.

SDAI recognizes the value of cooperation and consolidation to create an organization with a rm base in accountability and professionalism. We have in recent years acquired two other organizations that expand and ful ll our offerings not only to the artist but the community in general--COVA: Combined Organizations for the Visual Arts and SDAD: San Diego Art Department. The consolidation of

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3Michele GuieuSolo Show SDAI June 18 July 18, 2010

Correspondences and Elevation

When I started to organize the pieces that now constitute this series, I used canvases that were identical in height but variable in width. They t together both physically and in content, like stanzas of a poem. Some of these paintings were originally created as diptychs, and the diptychs appear in their entirety here.

The arrangement and composition of this group of paintings invites change. This composition could absorb new paintings; pieces could be reorganized and presented differently in spaces of different proportions.

For this exhibition, I considered the dynamics of the space rst and experimented with the size of the wall and the scale of the art, and the way one can read the piece as a whole from a distance and read each element when being up close.

Each element is a result of my experiments with outdoor spaces. This exhibition is an opportunity for me to experiment with bringing these elements into a relationship with indoor space.

I borrowed the title Correspondences and Elevation from two of my favorite Baudelaire poems. Those poems express a connection to a sequence of scenes from a life and a living landscape.

Michele Guieu, April 2010

Michele Guieu is a graduate of the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs de Paris (Master of Graphic Design and Multimedia), Paris, France. She is a recipient of the 2009 San Diego Art Prize in the Emerging Artists Category. Guieu recently had a solo exhibition at Art Produce Gallery and participated in shows at the California Center for the Arts, the Oceanside Museum of Art and the William Cannon Art Gallery. She will have a solo exhibition at Project X: Art in December 2010. Michele Guieu lives and works in San Diego.For more information, please visit: micheleguieu.com

Susan J. OsbornSolo Show SDAI June 18 July 18, 2010

Crosses, Shrines and Tributes

There is something very special about the process of taking something old and making new of it. It is a metamorphosis like our transitory lives. The parts that go into a piece have had lives as something else. Now they are given a second life in a magical way. The mundane needs to be a bit more whimsical!

Van Goghs ear, Brancusis soap dish, Cross for Safe Travel and shrines to Sleepy, The Black Madonna, and St. Vitus are found in this gallery sanctuary.

My vision and imagery are in uenced by art history, Mexican, Oceanic and African folk art, superstitions, fairy tales and myth, childhood toys, nostalgic tools, dreams and intuition.

The objects used are found objects. Many have come from the debris left by our 2007 San Diego res (Harris Fire). I frequently visit thrift shops, swap meets and garage sales. I am drawn to feminine things like high-heeled shoes, dolls, hands, kitchenware, irons, toys and small bottles as well as masculine saws, tools and broken machinery.

Every artwork has a story and history to tell. One wonders about each part and if it was some sort of old relic, machine or discarded item. How was it used?

About MeSusan Osborn lives in Bonita, CA and is currently teaching drawing and painting classes at The Athenaeum and the San Diego Art Department. She taught art for seventeen years at The Bishops School in La Jolla. Her varied teaching experience includes art and photography classes at Southwestern College and numerous private lessons.

Susan received her Master of Arts degree from Cal State University, San Diego. She has held numerous exhibitions and won many prizes for her work, including exhibitions at the San Diego Museum of Art, the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC-Xerox) and at the Museo Internacional de Electrogra a, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha in Cuenca, Spain.

In 2007, Susan took a class from Michael deMeng in assemblage and a whole new art world opened up to her. The experience of transforming the old and discarded into mysterious relics has changed the way she looks at society and what we do with common ordinary things around us.

Lowell Hamburg Richard GibsonMarcia And Thomas MautnerSissy AlsabrookDarcy Patricia AbrahamsAugusto SandroniJohnathan R. FooteRichard W. VogelPamela M. NigroRoger A. Anderson

Welcome SDAI New Members!

Bunnie Sahl Bunnie is showing her work at San Diego Hospice & The Institute for Palliative Medicine. Reception Sunday, May 16, 2010 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. San Diego Hospice & The Institute for Palliative Medicine Inpatient Care Center 4311 Third Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103 .Artwork will be on exhibit from May 1 to June 25

Teresa J. Fleschner Jack W. RaglandGeorge ChikvaidzeCarlos CastrejonJodie N. HuldenMichael MaasJohn M. NoelLarry GroffDawn B. KureshyVinita AgarwalMichael D. Taylor

414th Annual North Park Festival of the Arts

Sunday, May 16, 2010North Park, San Diego, CA North Park is one of San Diegos most historic neighborhoods and over the last few years the area has seen a Renaissance of new businesses, residents and culture. The area is now an urban twist of new and vintage, historic and fresh. So what better place to celebrate a multicultural arts and entertainment extravaganza than the very neighborhood that encompasses it all! Its the 14th Annual North Park Festival of the Arts, taking place on Sunday, May 16th, 2010 from 10AM through 6PM on University between 30th and 32nd Street. Best of all, its a FREE event that has something for everyone. Whether you are looking for live music, exciting dance moves, vendor booths, fabulous food, a little something to entertain and educate the kids or, of course, amazing artwork from around the globe, you are sure to nd hours of fun and exciting things to wow and delight you and your whole family!

One of the best parts of a street festival is the vendors, and the North Park Festival of the Arts delivers with over 100 specialty booths lled with thousands of treasures. Peruse all types of handmade crafts, unique dcor items and everything in between. Also, be sure to stop into the International Food Court to sample delicious and aromatic foods, cool and tantalizing drinks and desserts from dozens of local restaurants and specialty caterers.

The North Park Festival of the Arts is an all-day extravaganza for the senses, with a whopping eight hours of unlimited entertainment, including the six stages of live music, spoken word, dance and poetry, over 100 vendor booths, the Artists Village with its thousands of paintings, sculptures and crafts, the International Food Court and the Kids Art Beat Area. So whether you walk or drive and take advantage of the free parking in the garage available at 29th St. and North Park Way, you absolutely must boogie on down to this amazing event!

SDAD will be hosting a Quick Draw event during the North Park Festival of the Arts. Registration for artists is 9:30am 10:00am at SDAD. The public is invited to watch participating artists during the Quick Draw event complete a Plein air painting within a two-hour time frame from 10am - noon. The artists will be within walking distance of the Art Department, giving onlookers the opportunity to watch any or all the painters while the work is being done. Together artists and spectators are immersed in the creative process. See the scenes and how the artists interpret them. Smell the wet paint and get caught up in the excitement of watching a painting come to life before your eyes.

The paintings, once completed at noon, will be framed by each artist and displayed for public viewing on easels in front of SDAD. The works will be judged at 1pm by Stuart Burton. The wet paintings will be on sale from 1pm 6pm during the festival.

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 Lecture Upcoming Professional Artist Lecture schedule will be posted online.schedule will be posted online.

All lectures are held at the San Diego Art Institute: Museum of the Living Artist1439 El Prado, The House of Charm, Balboa ParkAdmission: $5 SDAI/SDAD members / $10 nonmembers

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

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

New members: this is a great opportunity to meet other members, show your work and see the work being created in the San Diego area.

Everyone else: show us your work, whether youre 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 two Gatherings will be: May 2 & June 6Gathering Dates: First Sunday of each month.

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 that will be displayed either leaning on the wall around the gallery, on empty pedestals or easels if available, or members may bring some.

From 4-6pm artists have the opportunity to discuss their work, ask questions of other artists, discuss general and speci c 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:

5YOUTH SUMMER ART CAMPSYOUTH SUMMER ART CAMPSEach summer, SDAD presents week-long art workshops where kids can discover and imagine new ways to try their ideas with art.

FULL DAY CLASSES - Mon-Fri. (9:30am - 3:30pm) Two classes per day / $260 per week Ages 6 - 12 One TEEN WEEK 1/2 day for Ages 12-17

For a detailed description of each camp please visit our website, www.sdad-sdai.org and click on the class schedule. Please call 619-299-4ART to register.

WEEK 1: July 12 -16Comic Creations with Instructor Billy Martinez Bring Your Comics to Life!with Instructor Alexis Archibald

WEEK 2: July 19 - 23Art Explorers: Printmaking & Screen Printingwith Instructor Stephanie Lavender Jewelry Design with Instructor Denise Bonaimo

TEEN WEEK 3: July 26 - 30 (1/2 Day only / Fee: $175)Skateboards and Logo Designwith Alexis Archibald

WEEK 4: Aug 2 - 6Mixed Media Sculpture Goes Greenwith Angela Baldridge Community Dance with Eveoke Dance Theatre Instructors**

WEEK 5: Aug 9 - 13Draw It All with Instructor Sally PhillipsWatercolor Painting with Instructor Thia Nevius

**Week 4 students will be accompanied by an adult to the dance theatre and should be picked up at that location: Eveoke Dance Theatre 2811-A University Ave, San Diego, CA 92104

LEAP INTO THE ARTSLEAP Wireless and The San Diego Art Institute have teamed together to present, Leap into the Arts, a pro-gram that highlights the philosophy of Art Beyond Aes-thetics focusing on culture, diversity, and community growth. It is important for The San Diego Art Institute to educate the community that there is value in the visual arts beyond aesthetics. The scope of work SDAI has presented is through our Outreach Through Exhibition Program and a focus on our mission to advance the vi-sual arts through Exhibition, Outreach and Education.

Through the collaboration it is our goal to: To feature a quarterly rotating exhibition of art at the corporate of ces of LEAP Wireless, to highlight both young and professional artists in the San Diego Commu-nity To broaden the understanding and exposure of the vi-sual arts into the corporate culture and San Diego com-munity.

San Diego Art Institute / Museum of the Living Artist: Our Belief: The creative process is essential for a healthy quality of life. Our Vision: To see the visual arts elevate San Diego to a world-class, creative, and vibrant community.

Stay tuned for upcoming exhibitions of artwork created by students all throughout San Diego County in 2010. Visit our website: www.sandiego-art.org for more information.

Montgomery Middle Schools (SUHSD) 6th graders art-work is currently on display April 5th, 2010- July 1st, 2010 at the corporate of ces of LEAP Wireless International, Inc. located at 5887 Copley Drive, San Diego, CA 92111 (858) 882-6000. The theme of this exhibit is Powerful Women in History. Some of these powerful women depicted in the exhibit are: Hatsheput, Hypatia, Mary Leaky, Isis, Queen Elizabeth, Mumtaz Mahal, Murasaki Shikibu, Artemisia, Tehordora, Cornelia, and Melania the Elder.

PRESERVE OUR PLANETSWITCH TO READING THE JOURNAL ONLINE AT WWW.SANDIEGO-ART.ORG.

Call Kerstin Robers at 619.236.0011 to request the removal of your name from the mailing list for the hard-copy Journal.

Please take time to change to green for the Journal. You all are aware of the dif cult economic times we are in and when you change to greening the Journal you also reduce overhead costs.

ROOM FOR RENT: SDAI member and former art teacher has room for rent in a mid-century modern

home designed by renowned architect Henry Hester. The furnished room has sliding glass doors opening to a blooming private garden, cable TV/DVD, private

bath and entry, linens, use of kitchen and studio in the garage. Rent is $650 + 1/2 of utilities.

Home has a lovely view and is totally surrounded by gardens. If interested, please call (619) 287-2213.

6Admission: FREE to SDAI/SDAD members & guests Meet May 15Timeframe: 9am-12pmPaint/draw/explore Balboa Park and the San Diego Japanese Friendship Garden

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:MOLA for a group discussion of the work created (and other relevant topics). During this time theres a potluck meal (bring food and/or drink to share). For more information about this event call 619.236.0011.

SDAI Paint-outs will be held on the rst Saturday of each month.Locations will be at various places in San Diego County or Southern Orange County. Two or three of these may be in Balboa Park. Locations will be announced in the bi-monthly SDAI Journal with the e-mail address of the host of each event. The host for each event is to be contacted by e-mail for sign-up and detailed information and directions on where to meet, etc.

An e-mail list of interested participants will be maintained by Richard Powers and announcements will be sent to all on the list prior to each event in addition to being in the SDAI Journal.

The events will be open to anyone desiring to participate whether members of SDAI or not.

There will be at least one juried show at the SDAI Gallery per year for about 20 paintings running simultaneously with one of the Regional Shows.

All painting canvases or watercolor papers are to be stamped and dated at each event to prove they were done in the program. Only paintings done within the program can be submitted for the show.Paintings are limited to a maximum size of 12 x 16 and should be framed in appropriate plein air frames with wire hangers. Up to 2 paintings can be submitted by each artist for the show. Non-members of SDAI will pay an entry fee of $20. There is no fee for SDAI members.All paintings must be hand-delivered and picked up at the end of the show at SDAI.The co-hosts for these SDAI Paint-outs are Richard Powers and Mark Slusser with occasional assistance from Mark Fehlman.

Dates and times for the next 3 months:

June 5th Mission Trails Regional Park.Meet @ 8:30 am at the Visitors Center.DIRECTIONS: From I-5 or I-15 get on the 52 going east (to Santee area). Get off at Mast, then left under the freeway, next turn right at light. Proceed to Mission Gorge Road...a right turn. Up and down a hill until MTRP Visitor Center is on your right. Parking lot is at a short left. Meet at the Visitors Center per signs to get your canvases or paper stamped. Then nd your favorite painting spot. (Hills, Rocks and Chaparral Trails)

July 3rd Sunset Cliffs. Meet @ 8:30 am.DIRECTIONS: From I-5 north or south take I-8 westbound (Ocean Beach Fwy), continue on Sunset Cliffs Blvd to forced left onto Ladera St., then right on dirt road into Sunset Cliffs Park. Meet in the parking lot to get your canvases or papers stamped. Then pick your spot! (Windswept Eucalyptus, Cliffs and Surf/Sea Views)

August 7th Rancho Peasquitos Regional Park. Meet @ 8:30 am.DIRECTIONS: From I-15 north or south take the 56 Ted Williams Pkwy westbound to Black Mountain Road, go left (South) on Black Mountain Road, turn right at signal onto Canyonside Park Driveway, continue on Canyonside past the developed sports areas all the way to the Rancho Peasquitos Adobe. Meet there to get your canvases or papers stamped. Then pick your spot! (Barns, Outbuildings, Adobe Ranch House, Sycamore and Willow trees and trails.)

New Paint-out times and format starting June 1

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

May/June exhibition featuring North Park Scene2nd Annual Plein Air North Park Exhibition. The exhibition will be on display May 15 June 13th. The opening reception (awards ceremony) will be held on May 15th from 6-9pm.

June/July exhibition featuring artwork by Jason Gould.Opening reception on June 19th from 6-9pm and the closing reception will be held on July 10th from 6-9pm

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

SDAD is located at 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.

7SDAI Artist Reception March 5, 2010photos by Sullivan/Messenger

SDAI Southern California Regional Awards Show Reception - April 10, 2010photos by Sullivan/Messenger

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Ellen Dieter

Marianne Mettler Elena Lomakin & friends Brian Lemke Vallo Riberto (juror) andEric Cantrell

Glen Crooks, Ruth Hoffman, John Abel, Schuyler Hoffman, Ken Goldman, Stephanie Goldman, Timothy Field, Jean McKee, Dennis Batt, Sean Sullivan and Pam Crooks

Timothy Field, Claire Slattery, Larry Poteet, Ruth Hoffman and Kathryn Kramer

Constance Rawlins & family

Ellen Dieter and Andi Campognone

Ted Washington, Ruth Hoffman and Schuyler Hoffman

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these organizations into programs of SDAI was done in a spirit of wisdom and cooperation to bene t the growth of the visual arts as a whole. The acquisition of SDAD extends our physical presence out of Balboa Park and brings us back to our earlier roots of art-making and professional artistic development. Most recently SDAD has developed the Plein Air Paint-out and exhibition, a juried competition of plein air artworks recently done in the North Park area. We also in our advocacy role feel that the community on and around Ray Street needs support to solidify the emerging art and gallery community. In addition to advocacy, the North Park for the Arts program is developing and marketing a gallery guide and seeks nancing of artworks on the University Avenue corridor and pocket parks. This group is essential in moving forward the opportunity for a true artist community. Be involved.

In order to better service its programs, SDAI has reorganized its exhibition schedule in order to have its two awards shows in alternating years. This year we presented both the Ginger and the Palette Awards during the current Southern California Exhibition. Our most deserving and distinguished recipients were Ruth Hoffman and James Hubbell respectively.

SDAIs steady growth is due to dedicated people and volunteers, including Board Members and longtime friends. We need to focus on engaging the funding community and directly requesting nancial support from all constituents to properly run this organization. SDAI is well worth the investment. Please step forward to support SDAI. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

Sincerely, Timothy FieldExecutive Director

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