La Prensa San Diego

“Sufismo: Mística musulmana originada en Persia” Por: Paco Zavala Inauguran extraordinaria exposición pictórica denominada “Ritmo Sufi: Variaciones de un mismo tema/ Variations on Sufi Thems” que presenta el artista iraki Adeeb Maki Jasim, el próximo viernes 27 de enero, a las 19:00 horas, en la Galería de la ciudad en el Palacio de la Cultura [...]

The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego presents John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundationin its La Jolla location from February 5, 2012 to May 13, 2012. John Baldessari is one of the most influential artists working today. A native of National City, Calif., Baldessari has [...]

By Michael Klam For almost 30 years now, Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Sigüenza of Culture Clash have delivered on-stage history and civics lessons disguised as madcap anarchy. Their particular brand of comedic social commentary has left audiences revolving from uproarious laughter to contemplation of pressing social problems. The performance troupe draws its inspiration [...]

By James Klein New York (KPRENSA) – The reputation and importance of artists from Latin America continues to advance in the modern and contemporary art world. Fifty carefully selected galleries set the pace for this growing trend during the celebration of PINTA, the annual Latin American art fair, that recently concluded in New York.    [...]

By Michael Klam     “Mexican Modern Painting” from the Andrés Blaisten Collection has made its way to the San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA) from Tlatelolco via Phoenix, Ariz. Eighty paintings dated between 1907 and 1956 now grace the Balboa Park museum as part of a traveling tour.     From the turn of the 20th century [...]

First Person: By Al Carlos Hernandez     Lalo Alcaraz is a nationally syndicated political cartoonist and the creator of La Cucaracha, the daily comic strip. He hosts a radio show called Ponchos Hour of Power at LA’s KPFK radio 90.7.     Mr. Alcaraz is considered the most prolific Chicano artist in the nation. He has [...]

A group of international scholars and writers will gather at UC Santa Barbara for “The Two Faces of Fiction,” the 14th annual colloquium on Mexican literature. The three-day event begins on Thursday, November 3 at UCSB’s Centennial House. The conference will continue Friday, November 4, in the graduate student lounge in the campus’s MultiCultural Center; [...]

  Lead Artist/Coordinator: Victor Ochoa. Team Members: Hector Villegas, Stephanie Cervantes, David Ortiz and Original Artists Eddie Galindo and Juanillo Luna. Specifications: Acryloid b-72, consolidator and sealer, Novacolor acrylics, and Permashield graffiti barrier. By David Avalos     Eddie Galindo speaks about Logan Heights in terms of barrio virtues such as honor, respect, loyalty and love. [...]

Story and Photo by David Avalos  Lead Muralist: Felipe Adame. Assistants: Glory G. Sanchez and Frank Galindo III. Contributing Artist: Guillermo Chavez Rosette. Specifications: Nova Color Acrylic Paint on original mural, 2 coats of Liquitex Gloss Medium Varnish, Permashield Sacrificial Graffiti barrier.    Though Vidal Aguirre died days after his fiftieth birthday in 1997, his [...]

“I was never in the mainstream, never in all my life. I was born on the margins, lived on the margins, and have always sympathized with the margins.  They make a lot more sense to me than the mainstream.” Shifra M. Goldman, September 1992  Shifra M. Goldman 1926-2011 By Carol Wells     Shifra Goldman, a [...]

Historic Restoration Project’s Second Phase Now In Progress Photo and text: David Avalos     On July and August weekends this summer Norma Montoya traveled from Los Angeles to San Diego’s Chicano Park painstakingly repainting Niños del Mundo. The hardworking artist first came south in 1975 with Charles “Gato” Félix, invited by local muralists to paint [...]

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz     Two San Diego artists that were selected to create the art for an important development project in Shelltown will be accepting input from the community.     Artists Ingram Ober and Marisol Rendón will be having a conversation on Sept. 13 with community stake holders to get suggestions for the public [...]

    Palomar College Alumnus Gregorio Gonzalez, of Poway was honored at the College’s May 20 Commencement Ceremonies as 2011 Alumnus of the Year.     Gonzalez was born and raised in Mexico, and came to California at age 16. He was a student in the music area of the Performing Arts Department, graduating in 1996. He [...]

By Geneva Gámez-Vallejo     You’ve heard of MoMA, New York’s Museum of Modern Art but you probably haven’t heard of MoMita, Casa Familiar’s newest housing project translated into an exhibition at the facility’s The Front located in San Ysidro.     The show features two progressive architectural designs: “Living Rooms at the Border” or “El Salon” [...]

Por: Paco Zavala    Invitados por Casa de Cultura Playas Cortijo San José para asistir al IV Festival de Fandango Fronterizo, nos enteramos que la nueva administración, está desarrollando un trabajo extraordinario a favor de la comunidad de esta zona tijuanense: apoyando, promoviendo, presentando proyectos, festivales, exposiciones  y múltiples actividades.    A esta institución pueden [...]

Por Citlalli Rodriguez     El arte de Antonio Guerrero llegó a San Diego en forma de pintura y poesía; cada una de sus obras no son más que el reflejo del difícil recorrer de su vida y vivencias tanto en su natal país Cuba como el interminable tiempo que ha transcurrido en prisión. La organización [...]

    Art Expressions Gallery of San Diego is presenting an exhibition of portraits, botanicals, and nudes by Imogen Cunningham, one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century, now through June 11.     The works in the exhibition span her 70-year career. They range from a soft-focus almost nude self-portrait photographed in a secluded part [...]