Interesting article from the Los Angeles Times on new grants awarded to southern California arts groups and museums despite the tough economy– read the full article here.
Check out the work of Anjela Piccard tonight at Planet Rooth studios in North Park, ground zero of San Diego art institution Ray at Night.
Check out this fascinating article on the late great San Diego artist, filmmaker, and art critic Manny Farber.
When Manny Farber, local painter extraordinaire, died in 2008, he hadn’t done any writing on films for some 31 years. But the tributes for Farber the film critic came forth at a rate that surprised even his wife, Patricia Patterson, a highly accomplished artist and a collaborator on the later film writings.
“He was one of those critics who opened other critics’ eyes,” said film critic John Powers in a tribute on “Fresh Air,” the WHYY show that airs nationally on NPR stations. And the highly regarded film historian David Thomson said, in his obituary for The Guardian in England, “Manny was the first person in English who wrestled with words to arouse the feelings produced by imagery on screen.”
Read the original article here.
Art Now San Diego noted this article form the Los Angeles Times Culture Monster on southern California artists responding to the southern California wildfire experience.
Check out the Art Now San Diego post here and the original article on the LA Times here.
Art from the Ashes
San Diego’s South Park neighborhood hosts its quarterly Walkabout tonight, with businesses and studios open late along with bars and restaurants.
In an unplanned coincidence, San Diego mural artist John Hiemstra is finishing up an unusual mural project in South Park’s historic Firehouse #9 on 30th and Juniper this weekend and will have the beautiful new barn doors open to the public to check out the project, a 30 foot long set of vertical blinds for a private residence custom painted with a cityscape of downtown San Diego.
cityscape mural by John Hiemstra
San Diego photographer Mike Brown has been documenting the process and will screen a rough edit of his time lapse filming of John painting the mural. Mike also took all the reference photos for the project.
photographer Mike Brown does downtown San Diego
The approximately 12 minute film will show on the big blank wall of the newly rehabilitated Firehouse #9. Currently for lease, the raw space is only a temporary studio for John to do this particular project, making tonight’s event a real “once in a lifetime” event,