London Journal 3:Today's Special: Pace Gallery, Tate Modern Matisse
Today's Special at the Pace Gallery LondonA visit to London is not complete without a stroll down Cork Street off of Bond Street. This is the traditional street of Art Galleries, but it is undergoing...
View ArticleLondon Journal 4: National Portrait Gallery and Saatchi
Portrait painting is more than alive and well in the UK, it is blooming.We viewed the BP Portrait Awards 2014 at the National Portrait Gallery now in its 25 year and showing 50 of the best and...
View ArticleLondon Journal 5: London Fashion Week and London Design Show at Tent and...
This is a week of friends and food. Because this year's journal is in this public forum, I am not including names of the many many close buddies that we are re-united with during the trip. But I will...
View ArticleLondon Journal 6: Gilbert and George, Boyd and Evans, Anslem Kiefer and AI...
As we are nearing the end of our six weeks in London, I seem to be more and more frantic to try to fit in all the art I want to see. Being here this length of time means shows have ceased and new ones...
View ArticleIncubator for Innovation - final 9 teams for San Diego
Nan Renner, director of the San Diego Incubator for Innovation for the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership was our host for this evening where we got to preview the final 9 teams for the San Diego...
View ArticleTurn on, chill out and Pop up
Turn on, chill out and Pop up In this time of holiday cheer, I am glad to pop a cork or two and celebrate the season and all for which we are grateful. Our pop culture seems to be pop crazy this year...
View ArticleRaymond Elstad captures SDVAN Holiday Potluck Lunch
Raymond Elstad managed to capture the flavor and feeling of our annual 2014 SDVAN Holiday Potluck Lunch in this series of images he is sharing with us.Kaz MaslankaPatricia and Darwin's home, rather...
View ArticleMural by Paola Villasenor at SDAI and Art Fair Miami
I had a chance to view the mural by Paola Villaseñor Panca at San Diego Art Institute gala fundraiser and found myself very, very attracted to it. I was not put off by the subject matter, but instead...
View ArticleState of the Arts 2014: Are these the Questions for 2015? by Patricia Frischer
The State of the Arts series is about a wider vision of what is happening in the art world. At the end of 2014 we look forward to 2015 not so much with answers but with a list of questions which I...
View ArticleHobby Store Heaven
I was invited by Naimeh Tahna Woodward, the president of the Encinitas Friends of the Arts to go to what I thought was going to be a gift show with fine craft artists, but it turned out to be a...
View ArticleValentine's Day celebration
Thanks to everyone who made Valentine's Day such a wonderful celebration this year. Kale, ginger and carrot salad with shrimp was lunch for Irene de Watteville when we made crafty little Valentine...
View ArticleWhy does San Diego need a County Arts Council?
The envisioned role of the San Diego County Arts Council (SDCAC) is NOT to manage the existing county disbursement of funds by the supervisors. Instead it is our belief that SDCAC will provide a...
View ArticleTrue Collaboration Means Sharing Credit
Collaboration can be the pits. The challenges are many when any two people or organizations come together. It is a sort of marriage and many of us have failed at least once at that! You have to...
View ArticleSan Diego Art Prize at the Athenaeum March 2015
I was so pleased to speak at the opening of the SD Art Prize exhibition for 2014 where I announced the 2015 SD Art Prize established artists for 2015. The show features new joint work by Marianela de...
View ArticleNorth County Arts Network meeting at CCAE in Escondido
The second of four 2015 North County Arts Network (NCAN) meetings was held on April 16 at The California Center for the Arts, Escondido(340 North Escondido Boulevard, Escondido, CA 92025). The honorary...
View ArticleScaling Up and Out: The changing audience for the arts.
Sometimes you just need to take the day off and I was more than happy to stay in bed and attend the 2015 Smith Leadership Symposium April 20 at MOPA online. This was an all day event and although I...
View ArticleSpoiled for Choice equals a Guilt Free Art Life
This month I am writing a very simple post about an observation that I hope will make others have a guilt free art life. I lived in London for 35 years and London has so many visual arts exhibition,...
View ArticleChanges to the SD Art Prize
I was thrilled that Kinsee Morlan of City Beat choose to write about the SD Art Prize and changes we are considering. She presents a fair and accurate reporting of our thoughts which you can read...
View ArticleNaimeh Tanha Woodard
Queen of Parties and Art Supporter par ExcellenceI think it is time to pay homage to Naimeh Tanha Woodard who has whole heartily supported local arts since I was first asked to train her in 2006. She...
View ArticleIn Praise of Saying Thank You
I have been listening to the radio in the car this week. I usually end up with a take away. No, the universe is not speaking to me, but someone on the airwaves seems to be communicating directly to me....
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