High Art in and institution of Higher Education Tweet Reported by Katherine Sweetman Date: May 11th, 2012 to May 12th, 0000 Time: All day Fri-Sat Location: Calit2 Auditorium, Atkinson Hall, UC San Diego *Guest Speakers: Sheldon Brown, Ricardo Dominguez and Jordan Crandall, Co-Curators et al. Visual Arts Faculty members at The University of California, San Diego DESCRIPTION/ABSTRACT: Phase 2 of […]
DRONES AT HOME conference organized by the gallery@calit2, UCSD
Author & Punisher Announces New West Coast Tour Dates
Music From San Diego Tweet Reported by Katherine Sweetman Author & Punisher Announces New West Coast Tour Dates San Diego artist/ musician, Tristan Shone, is the man behind the madness. He will be flying solo, tearing through California, Washington, and Oregon in support of his forthcoming Seventh Rule Recordings debut, “Ursus Americanus” (due out in digital and digipak CD on […]
Sharpen your Conceptual Claws, World: UCSD Open Studios
A simple subjective experience By Katherine Sweetman “The Visual Arts Department at UC San Diego encourages experimentation, innovation and risk-taking in scholarly and artistic production. We provide a unique environment for learning and research that crosses the boundaries between history, theory, and practice in the visual arts.” – from Vis Arts website Last Saturday the top graduate art program […]
Spotlight Chicago, IL: Tom Torluemke, “Ring around the Rosie”
An Essay on Artist Tom Torluemke Tweet By Kevin Freitas Ring-a-ring-a-roses, A pocket full of posies; Hush! hush! hush! hush! We’re all tumbled down. “Though it seems at times as if nothing could rout him out of the inertia in which he is entrenched, it is quite possible that he may one day be shocked into a greater state of […]
Create at Will: An Interview with Adam Murillo
By Katherine Sweetman Tweet Two life-like dinosaur heads were sticking out of the walls at an art opening at 57 degrees. It was as if someone had hunted them for sport and mounted their heads as trophies — this was the first work I saw by artist Adam Murillo. The curator of the event, Guy Lombardo, introduced me to the […]
A Sculptural Lighting Collection: Interview with artists Rachel Eva and Shawn Michael
By Katherine Sweetman Tweet Interview with artists Rachel Eva and Shawn Michael: K.S. Tell me about this new collection of work– your “Sculptural Lighting” collection. What brought the both of you, who are artists in many different mediums, to focus your energy toward this very specific kind of work? R.E. I think we both have always been fascinated by light. […]
The RAW-ist of the RAW: Interview with Erleen Nada
Interview with Erleen Nada Tweet By Katherine Sweetman It was a Thursday night, and I went downtown to see a “show” at 4th & B put on by a national “independent arts organization, for artists, by artists” called RAW. I went especially to see one particular artist/musician, Erleen Nada, because I’d seen a music video created by my friends at […]
The Tantalizing and Gut Wrenching Art of Surly Gurly
Tweet By Katherine Sweetman The First time I saw this artists’ work, I bought it on the spot. It’s the kind of thing that lures you in with its provocative, seductive, shinny surface layer and then kicks you in the balls — or the metaphorical balls (in my case). I watched people observe the work, and I paid special attention […]