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3/17 Chicana Art Talk via Zoom

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

 

Virtual Portfolio Review

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 Womens History Month

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.

11 Contemporary Ceramics Artists

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!

Bravura 2022 accepting submissions

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

Discover local Black History and Heritage from the San Diego History Center

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.

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