THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD! IS BACK!!
There Goes the Neighborhood! is a four day event that positions “the neighborhood” as a fluid institution of creative production, critical thinking and intersecting interests. Collaborations between artists, residents, small businesses, universities and local activists will culminate in a series of workshops, talks, installations, performances and tours that center around the North Park neighborhood of...
5/5/12 Literary Art: Charles Alexander & Aaron Kunin
We hope you can join us for a reading by Charles Alexander and Aaron Kunin at Agitprop this Saturday, May 5 at 7pm. For a full list of upcoming literary arts events, have a look at our online schedule. Charles Alexander is the founder/director of Chax Press, author of five books of poetry, most recently Pushing...
Mark Dery Interview
Mark Dery has been exploring the shifting sands of American sub-cultural trends for almost twenty years. He has built a reputation as an engaged and voluble critic hailed for his urbane, funny observations delivered with clear-eyed reason. His new book, I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts: Drive-by Essays on American Dread, American Dreams features thirty-two...
4/7/12 Literary Art: Kelli Anne Noftle & Julia Bloch
After a brief hiatus in March, we invite you to join us for a reading by Kelli Anne Noftle and Julia Bloch at Agitprop on Saturday, April 7 at 7pm. Kelli Anne Noftle grew up in Lynchburg, Virginia. She has a B.A. in Visual Art and is a graduate of the Master of Professional Writing...
Unconditional Surrender to Mediocrity: a letter to Port Commissioners
The Port of San Diego is not historically known for making good decisions related to art. And today they made sure that this reputation was not sullied. The Board of Commissioners at the Port of San Diego voted 4 to 2 in favor of accepting a permanent copy, to be cast in bronze, of the...
scott b. davis
scott b. davis has earned a national reputation for his night photography. The San Diego Museum of Art is currently exhibiting a survey of his work from the past decade. And a show of recent work opens in March at jdc Fine Art. A recent profile of davis in the Summerset Review offers a wonderfully...
Is Robert Pincus a real person?
On Saturday the U-T San Diego editorialized on the impending removal of a public artwork from the San Diego waterfront. The editorial begins with a full paragraph quoting former U-T art critic Robert Pincus on his response to the artwork in question. It then states the following: “These criticisms discount the undeniable reality that, from...
A Painting by Anita Storck
John Baldessari, Commissioned Painting: A Painting by Anita Storck (1969) If a sign painter could paint my texts, why not ask somebody to paint a picture according to my indications? Every year my father and I used to visit county fairs. Despite the fact that he loved looking at tractors and farm equipment and I...
Literary Art: Dan Gutstein and Taylor Mardis Katz, February 12, 7pm
Dear Friends, We hope you can join us for our very first reading of 2012 on Saturday, February 4 at 7pm for a reading at Agitprop by Washington, DC poet Dan Gutstein and San Diego poet Taylor Mardis Katz. Dan Gutstein is the author of non/fiction (stories, Edge Books, 2010) and Bloodcoal & Honey (poems,...
Todd Stands Interview: Documenting the Chicano Park Mural Restoration
Todd Stands is a multi-skilled artist with 30 years of public art experience. He was invited to be a part of million dollar restoration project of the murals at Chicano Park. Lucky for history he is also an excellent photographer. While working on the murals Todd would bring along his camera and document the painstaking...
Leonard Koren Interview: Making WET
Leonard Koren published WET Magazine for 5 1/2 years between 1976 and 1981 as part of a creative and philosophical experiment he called “gourmet bathing.” WET Magazine became his primary vehicle of expression during that time. Overt definition equals death for artistic ideas so Leonard has maintained a refusal to define explicitly what gourmet bathing...
Literary Art: Kim Koga & Ken White, December 3, 7pm
We hope you can join us for our last reading of 2011 on Saturday, December 3 at 7pm for a reading at Agitprop by poets Kim Koga and Ken White. Kim Koga is the author of Ligature Strain (Tinfish Press 2011). She received her MFA from the University of Notre Dame where she co-edited two...