US San Diego Visual Arts MFA Open Studios 2010

Saturday I went to the UCSD Open Studios 2010.
I enjoyed the visit and took some pictures.



Ash Eliza Smith






Scott Lyne








Rob Duarte



studio

Tim Schwartz




Joe Yorty










Elisabeth Chaney




David White








Elle Mehrmand

Elle Mehrmand and Micha Cardenas

Zac Monday












Glenna Jennings






Brianna Rigg

on the door of her studio







Leigh Cole




Agitprop (David White), Elle Mehrmand and Micha Cardenas, Glenna Jennings are selected for the exhibition Here Not There at MCASD.

Here not There @ MCASD - the list of the selected artists

David Adey, Agitprop, Adam Belt, Susannah Bielak, Brian Black and Ryan Bulis (exhibiting together), Kelsey Brookes, Sheldon Brown, Micha Cardenas and Elle Mehrmand (exhibiting together), Brian Dick, Ricardo Dominguez, Tom Driscoll, Kelly Eginton, James Enos, Steve Gibson, Brian Goeltzenleuchter, Matt Herbert, John Hogan, Jeff Irvine, Glenna Jennings, John Oliver Lewis, Lev Manovich, Heather Martin, May-Ling Martinez, Jessica McCambly, Gretchen Mercedes, Patricia Montoya, Ingram Ober, Christopher Puzio, Andy Ralph, Marisol Rendon, Allison Renshaw, Jason Sherry and Matt Hoyt (exhibiting together), Tristan Shone, The Border Corps (Armando de la Torre, Anthony Vasquez, Endy, Perry Vasquez and Shondra Dawson), Stephen Tomkins, Michael Trigilio, Robert Twomney, Zlatan Vukosavljevic, Vicki Walsh and Allison Wiese.

List published in The Union Tribune.
Here Not There in MCASD website

One week of seismic activity after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit next to Guadalupe Victoria, Mexico

2809 earthquakes on this map

Being There

Anything to Declare?

Omar Pimienta and Iana Quesnell

I love the photo I took at the MCASD last March of Omar Pimienta and Iana Quesnell, two of my favorite artists!

Tomorrow night is the opening of Iana Quesnell's show "Anything to declare?" at Compact Space in Los Angeles.

I will not be able to be there but I am planning on going to see the show later during the month. I cannot wait to discover what she did for that show. There are not many photos of it, it is quite mysterious, that's great!



Anything to Declare?
Opening reception: April 8, 2010, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
The show runs from
compactspace
105 E 6th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90014
(626) 676-0627

A few Days in Arches and Canyonlands National Parks

In Arches National Park



I am lucky that my family have the same love for the wilderness and the desert I have. A few weeks ago one of my kids brought home a brochure about Arches National Park from his school and asked if we could go there someday. Spring break was coming up, we decided that Moab, Arches' (and Canyonlands') closest little town would be our destination. Although it is a 12 hours drive from San Diego, it did not seem too long. The road becomes very interesting just after Las Vegas, so there are seven hours of driving in beautiful landscapes.

I went to Moab with my sister years ago, we made together two amazing camping trips through the Southwest. So I was thrilled to be there again. The town did not change that much, more inns and motels, but it is still small.


In the Devil's garden

We took the time to watch the changing light, the rocks and the plants. To hike until sunset. To look for wildlife. One morning, on the White Rim, in Canyonlands, we saw four Bighorn sheep.

Titanic forces of nature are at work. The erosion, which gives those fabulous shapes, is ongoing, changing the very structure of the mesas and the different geological formations. Some arches fell lately. Tons of rock falling in a few seconds, after being there million of years.

Breathtaking landscapes where the Colorado River and the Green River meet in Island in the Sky. Mind blowing scales. Empowering views. Exhilarating feelings.

If it works for my kids like it worked for me (experiencing the beauty of amazing landscapes with my parents at a young age), I know that something good will stay forever within them.


















Courthouse Wash




Canyonlands National Park - Island in the Sky,
from the White Rim, view on the Colorado River










In Canyonlands - Island in the Sky






Dead Horse Point


The Green River

Peaceful day with tremor

Back from a few days in spirited Moab (very much needed).

Spent some good time yesterday at dear neighbors'. Such an amazing day.

Felt the earthquake as we were saying goodbye, standing on the sidewalk. Pretty strong, rolling. We were already outside, there was not a better place to be. We looked at our feet. Minutes after, the map showed up on the USGS' website. 6.9 upgraded 7.2 an hour later. Did not felt any aftershocks. We were in la Jolla, walking on the beach with a dear friend from New York we do not see enough, checking the small tide pools with the kids. The seals did not seem stressed out. They were all sleeping, rolling and stretching on the beach, some of the babies feeding in the soft light of the end of the day. The tide was coming back up.

Did not think about taking a screen shot of yesterday's map on USGS' site so those ones are from this morning. One interesting thing with the USGS' maps is that one can see all the smaller events occurring almost at the same time around the area where a strong earthquake hit. It shows an intense activity: 332 earthquakes on the second map. Almost all of them happened since yesterday.

Interactive Table

KUU #0!

KUU #0

My friends artists Ivan Sigg and Eric Meyer created KUU, an art magazine! The first issue is available online. The magazine is about their collaborative work, their mail exchanges, their notes, their thoughts, the magazines' covers they transform. I am honored to be the first artist invited! There will be 2 issues per year.


From Ivan Sigg:

"KUU se prononce Cou-ou, ce qui signifie "le vide" en Japonais, et c'est le nom que nous avons choisi de donner à notre revue.

Bonjour à tous.

Voilà un an qu'avec mon ami peintre Eric Meyer nous travaillons à ce projet avec l'idée de coucher sur papier ce que nous développons pendant l'année : échanges plastiques et graphiques, boomerangs postaux, carnets-blogs quotidiens, métamorphoses de UNES, observations sur la vie, typographies, couleurs... tout cela compilé en une revue ouverte et imprévisible.

Le numéro 0 vient donc de voir le jour, il est dès à présent disponible. Chaque exemplaire est accompagné d'une oeuvre originale réalisée à deux mains par Eric et moi-même (sur la quatrième de couverture restée blanche). Chaque KUU est donc un exemplaire unique !

Souhaitant ouvrir l'espace de notre revue à d'autres artistes еt à d'autres échanges nous avons invité notre ami peintre Michele Guieu à participer à ce premier opus.

Nous pensons éditer deux numéros par an.

Pour tous renseignements complémentaires et pour commander la revue KUU :
www.ku-u.org.

art-mitié"
Ivan

My portrait of Lynn Susholtz is installed in her studio!

"Lynn Susholtz", 2009, 6x[24"x24"], acrylic and ink on canvas.

The portrait I've made of Lynn Susholtz is now installed in her studio and it is a pleasure to see it there and to know it is there - where it belongs! I am honored that she loves it, it means a lot to me.