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2/21/12 ARTIST TALK: HASAN ELAHI @ USD

VISITING ARTIST TALK: HASAN ELAHI TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 @ 5:33 – 7:06 PM CAMINO HALL 153 Hasan Elahi (born 1972, Rangpur, Bangladesh) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work examines issues of surveillance, simulated time, transport systems, and borders and frontiers. His work has been presented in numerous exhibitions at venues such as SITE Santa Fe,...
2/16/12 INFORMAL MARKET WORLDS conference @ UCSD

2/16/12 INFORMAL MARKET WORLDS conference @ UCSD

The Center for Urban Ecologies (CUE) at UCSD and the FWF Science Fund research project ‘Other Markets’ present INFORMAL MARKET WORLDS an international research forum on the trading places of urban informalities Thursday, February 16, 2012, 10am-7pm Friday, February 17, 2012, 10am-7pm at Calit2 Auditorium, Atkinson Hall University of California San Diego ——————————————————————————- Informal markets have emerged as...

2/9/12 Goya’s Disasters of War: A Legacy in Print @ USD

Goya’s Disasters of War: A Legacy in Print Thursday, February 9, 2012 – Sunday, May 27, 2012 Robert and Karen Hoehn Family Galleries Cost: free   Between 1810 and 1820 Spanish artist Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) created the Disasters of War series, a set of 80 prints created through the etching and aquatint...
2/3/12 opening reception RECOLLECTION at the SDSU Downtown Gallery

2/3/12 opening reception RECOLLECTION at the SDSU Downtown Gallery

RECOLLECTION is an art exhibition that includes the video installation GULF (2009-2012) by Anna O’Cain and Richard Keely Reception will be this Friday, February 3, 2012 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm Phone: 619-501-6370 http://downtowngallery.sdsu.edu/ This exhibition will be on view though July 30, 2012. SDSU Downtown Gallery, 725 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101
2/4/12 Agitprop Reading and Performance Series: Dan Gutstein and Taylor Mardis Katz

2/4/12 Agitprop Reading and Performance Series: Dan Gutstein and Taylor Mardis Katz

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,...

2/2/12 4-7pm Mapping Occupations OPENING RECEPTION ARTifact Gallery UCSD

ARTifact gallery presents MAPPING OCCUPATIONS Opening reception: Thursday, February 2, 4-7pm Free and open to the public February 2-March 31, 2012 Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm ARTifact gallery, housed in the public spaces in and around the offices of Academic Programs at UCSD’s Sixth College, showcases artwork conceptually related to the courses in the Culture, Art & Technology...

1/27/12 Movement by Rob Duarte (book release party) with musical performances by Author & Punisher and starvelab/EVERYTHING IS UP @ Double Break

DOUBLE BREAK EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT Movement by Rob Duarte (book release party) with musical performances by Author & Punisher and starvelab/EVERYTHING IS UP.   Friday, January 27, 2012 (6-10pm) Please join us this coming Friday, January 27, 2012 (6-10pm) as we celebrate the release of Movement, a limited-edition artist book by San Diego-based artist Rob Duarte. The evening will...

1/20/12 Richard Sennet at UCSD Robinson Auditorium 7PM

The Urban Ecologies of Global Justice The Center on Global Justice, the Center for Urban Ecologies and social service NGO Casa Familiar in the border neighborhood of San Ysidro -through the UCSD Community Stations Initiative- will develop a series of collaborative public programs addressing pressing bio-regional and global socio-economic, urban and environmental issues. These meetings...

1/21/12 “I clean your bathroom for a Fair price”/Paulo Nazareth @ Sala de Espera

Project # 4 Sala de Espera: “I clean your bathroom for a Fair price”/Paulo Nazareth Paulo Nazareth is an artist who has been walking from Brazil and the rest of Latin America to bring the dust of these places to the United States where upon arrival Paulo sold bananas from Guatemala out of a van...

1/26/12 Big and Bright: New Work from Texas @ Southwestern College

“Big and Bright: New Work from Texas” January 26, 2012- February 21, 2012 Southwestern College Art Gallery Southwestern College 900 Otay Lakes Road, Chula Vista, CA 91910 Opening Receptions Thursday January 26 11-1 & 6-8 SWC Art Gallery Artist Talks Sponsored by the SWC Foundation Thursday January 26 12 PM featuring Matthew Bourbon & Vincent Falsetta...
1/28/12 TILT-SHIFT LA", Curated by Darin Klein, Opens Saturday 6-9 pm

1/28/12 TILT-SHIFT LA”, Curated by Darin Klein, Opens Saturday 6-9 pm

LUIS DE JESUS LOS ANGELES  proudly presents   TILT-SHIFT L.A. New Queer Perspectives on the Western Edge ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||       A Pacific Standard Time Participating Gallery Exhibition CURATED BY DARIN KLEIN & FRIENDS   JANUARY 28 – FEBRUARY 25, 2012 Artists Reception: Saturday, January 28, from 6 – 9 PM   Opening-Night Performance by OUR LADY J  ………………………………………………………  ...

The Frozen Moment Anthology Reading @ The Ink Spot

The Frozen Moment Anthology Reading The Ink Spot 710 13th Street, Ste. 210, San Diego, CA 92101 Saturday, January 21, 2012 7:00pm until 10:00pm “Every life has its tipping points–those moments when multiple future paths are laid out and decisions must be made. In an anthology curated by Colin Farstad and filled with writing by Tom Spanbauer and...