Daily Painters San Diego: Keiko Tanabe
October 19, 2009 – 5:47 amCheck out the latest Daily Painters post featuring Keiko Tanabe in San Diego.
New Central Library still alive in San Diego
October 16, 2009 – 10:45 amIts been a year since our show of architect Rob Quigley’s New Central Library design work, and the UT reports that the project is till alive:
A proposal to spend an additional $500,000 to seek bids for a new downtown San Diego library moved forward Wednesday.
The San Diego City Council’s rules committee unanimously approved increasing consultant contracts as the city hopes to nail down costs for the project by next April. The full council still has to approve the expenditure.
The step is key to keeping a $20 million state grant that will help pay for the new library. The state librarian has twice extended the grant’s deadline, but the latest extension is contingent on the city approving a bidding process by Nov. 15.
Read the entire Union tribune article by Craig Gustafson.
2009 La Jolla Festival of the Arts Raises Over $200,000 for Local Disabled Charities!
October 16, 2009 – 4:44 amThis from Reuters:
LA JOLLA, Calif., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ — The La Jolla Festival of the Arts,
produced by the Torrey Pines Kiwanis Foundation, celebrated its 23rd
anniversary in June with excellent results. More than 8,500 people attended
the two-day event, despite unfavorable weather and heavy local competition. As
a result, over $200,000 was raised to support programs for the disabled
community of San Diego.“We were thrilled that the Festival continued its run as one of the longest
running and premiere art Festivals on the west coast,” said Ronn Rohe, 2009
Festival Chair. “Through careful artist selection, a growing chalk art
section, a solid entertainment line-up, and an expanding food court, our
visitors were able to enjoy an event that is really second to none here in San
Diego,” Rohe concluded.
TONIGHT: photographer Judith Fox speaks in San Diego
October 13, 2009 – 2:31 pmThe Art Now San Diego blog just posted this note on photographer Judith Fox speaking in San Diego tonight in conjunction with local art institution The Art of Photography, whose 2009 exhibition is on view at the Lyceum Theatre in downtown San Diego through the end of the month.
Watercolor classes at Liberty Station San Diego
October 11, 2009 – 4:01 pmWell written article here on watercolor artist Jerry Stitt’s workshop at the San Diego Watercolor Society’s studio and gallery in Liberty Station.
How to take the round world and put it on flat paper! Jerry teaches you to concentrate on value as well as color in your paintings. Learn to use your brushes as “tools”, and learn the importance of choosing the correct paper. Lessons include how to push & pull, how to create color harmony, and how to use abstract gesture versus representational to achieve tension.
Read the entire article on the Liberty Station blog/