As part of the Women’s History Month programming Angelica Yanez will be hosting a presentation via Zoom that will showcase the political art of Chicana feminists that engage in a host of social and cultural issues like racism, labor rights, sexuality, and Mexican Native culture. Images will be shown.
The talk is scheduled for 3/17 from 1:30-2:30
Get sign up details by visiting the Women’s History Month Website
Are you thinking of transferring? Take advantage of the National Portfolio Day Association portfolio review. They offer portfolio review events intended
to provide advice on how to improve or present your portfolio, and experience a small taste of what it’s like to attend a professional art or design program. There are 2 virtual events coming up and their full schedule of events is on the website.
You do need to register ahead of time and the times are listed in Eastern time.
March 12th 11-2 PST:
https://nationalportfolioday.heydays.io/conventions/408
May 21st: 11-2 PST
https://nationalportfolioday.heydays.io/conventions/409
March is Women’s History Month and Palomar College has a variety of activities planned including panels, film screenings, discussions, performances and more. To see the full schedule of activities and to sign up visit the empowered women page
On 3/17 at 1:30 Angelica Yanez is conducting a talk and showing images that will showcase the political art of Chicana feminists that engage in a host of social and cultural issues like racism, labor rights, sexuality, and Mexican Native culture. The zoom link is on the page with the full schedule
You will see the schedule and zoom details for all the activities.
The My Modern Met website released an article featuring 11 contemporary ceramics artists. If you are interested in contemporary ceramics art you may want to explore some of the artists featured in the article.
The artists include Christopher David White whose work looks like wood but is actually clay, Charolette Mary Pack
Livia Marin, and Lei Xue, whose work has traditional roots in the Ming Dynasty.
If you are interested in modern ceramics you will be inspired by some of the artists featured!
Ceramics faculty member Sasha Koozel Reibstein has a show at the Quint Gallery in La Jolla. The show is titled “Are you OK in the Dark” and features her recent work examining transformation and the sublime. The show runs until March 5th and there is an artist talk Feb 26th at 11:30. For more details visit the Quint Gallery website.
Sunday March 20th 2022 is the deadline to submit your work to be included in the Palomar College literary journal Bravura.In addition to poetry and fiction Bravura is interested in publishing photography, drawing and painting, illustration, digital art, comics, graphic design, and mixed media art. Also published are images of three dimensional arts including sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, metalworking, woodworking, and fashion design
Students currently enrolled at Palomar College, as well as alumni, may submit their work to Bravura. We also accept submissions from former Palomar students (so even if you did not graduate from Palomar, but attended classes at our school at some point, you are eligible to submit). Any high school student enrolled in a high school located in San Diego County will also be able to submit.
To submit or get more details go to Bravura’s website
The San Diego History Center has an interactive exhibit, Celebrate San Diego: Black History & Heritage. The virtual and physical exhibitions are now open. Celebrate is an unfolding exhibition that’s not complete without on-going community crowd-sourced insights, information and items. Visitors are invited to be contributors by nominating a Black hero that has been a pioneer, visionary, champion, leader or inspirational to you in the San Diego region. Or by submitting an event, milestone or memory to the 24 foot wide historical timeline being put together. Be sure to visit online or in person to view this interactive exhibit celebrating black history and heritage.
Thao Huynh French, shares about the effort, time, and energy that went into a newly-unveiled mural of the Tiger – in celebration of The Year of The Tiger. The mural is painted on the side of the Minh Ky restaurant in City Heights. The mural was created with arts funding provided by the county. Thao Huynh French is a San Diego artist and you can read more about her and her organization Ladies who Paint here. The website includes maps to a walking or driving mural tour you can take in San Diego.
The website also showcases other female muralists working in San Diego
Lunar New Year, held typically in late January or early February, is a holiday celebrated primarily in Asian countries. It marks the start of the spring season and is annually linked to one of a dozen zodiac animals, such as the dragon, horse, ox and tiger. Watch more here. on this pbs story about Lunar New Year and the new mural.
