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California Center for The Arts Escondido Museum Events

Five new exhibitions on view until November 30, 2008: Active Duty, Contemporary Ruin

United and Severed: That Window of Time, Shannon McNeill: Little Drawings and Warning Signs. The Center Museum is open Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information about current exhibitions or Center Museum events, please call (760) 839-4120 or visit www.artcenter.org.

Gallery Talks

Come meet the artists behind the new exhibitions in the Center Museum. Hear each artist speak about their works in a gallery setting. This unique opportunity is free with paid Museum admission.

Wednesday, September 3

Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Led by artists Kristine Diekman and Karen Schaffman, United & Severed

Followed by light reception

*Admission to the Center Museum is free from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Wednesday, November 5

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Led by artist Shannon McNeill, Little Drawings

*Admission to the Center Museum is free from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Smithsonian Museum Day

Saturday, September 27

10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Enjoy free general admission for you and a guest to the Center Museum in honor of the 2008 Smithsonian Museum Day. Visit www.smithsonianmag.com to download your free admission card.

Printmaking Demonstration

Wednesday, October 1

1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Led by artist Vinita Voogd, Contemporary Ruin; this demonstration will guide you through the different printmaking processes.

*Admission to the Center Museum is free from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Sixth Annual ArtSplash Event

September 20-21, Sat-Sun 10am-5pm

Once upon a time, a handful of people had a vision. They dreamed of creating an outdoor arts and music extravaganza decorated by a gorgeous panoramic ocean view; with professional artists creating chalk art right on the street and offering families the chance to do the same; with performers wowing the crowds; artisans purveying fine arts and crafts; great food and spirits; and all for free. Imagine this fall classic, they thought, that would attract thousands while benefiting arts and music programs in North San Diego County schools.

“What shall we call this colorful Carlsbad event?” they pondered, ready to dive into its creation in 2003. ArtSplash!

Thus a tradition was born. On September 20-21, the fifth annual ArtSplash will be held on Armada Drive, between Cannon Road and Palomar Airport Road.

Nurtured by participants and visitors, nourished by sponsors and supporters, the vision has grown into a picture-perfect reality. A beautiful paradox, ArtSplash is based on ephemeral art – chalk that washes away with the first rain – to celebrate that which endures – the human spirit uplifted by arts and music.

Visit www.CarlsbadArtSplash.org or call (760) 436-2828.

Cannon Art Gallery

Sleeping Beauties: The Jerome L Joss Collection of African Headrests

Sept. 7 to Nov. 30

In the Marungu and Uguha (the southern and northern Tabwa lands within Zaire), the natives’ monumental coiffures do not do well in contact with (sleeping) mats – the beads break and the horns (of woven hair) are deformed. These hair styles and designs are far too complex to redo each day, so those wearing them preserve them by sleeping with their necks lying on little wooden supports. Some of these pillows are very simple, with a small horizontal piece of wood mounted on a single foot, the whole thing being carved rather simply from the same block of wood. Others, though, are beautifully and artistically carved. And the magical medicines (dawa) attached to the pillows are intended to bring agreeable dreams to that person.

African headrests, as a distinct type of object, have increasingly become the focus of attention for many scholars, collectors and museums. The 1980 exhibition and catalogue, African Furniture and Household Objects, pointedly set out “to whet the viewer’s and reader’s appetite with a sampling of traditional, utilitarian, often splendid but essentially modest objects.” Sleeping Beauties, a survey of African headrest styles and meanings, will tantalize the viewer even more.

The works in this remarkable collection, assembled by Jerome Joss, the founder of Sealy Posturepedic, display the range of forms produced on the African continent. The collection is all the more amazing considering that it was assembled in approximately ten years. Jerome Joss’ generosity in donating his collection to UCLA’s Fowler Museum of Cultural History and bringing it to the attention of the broader public through publication of catalogues and traveling exhibitions will encourage further scholarship and appreciation of headrests in general.

Special Opening Reception: Sunday, September 7 from 4 - 6 pm. Sponsored by the Carlsbad Friends of the Arts. Public is invited.

Lecture by Dr. William Dewey, curator of the exhibition, also on Sunday, September 7, at 3pm.

Dr. William Dewey currently serves as Chair of the Art History Program at the University of Tennessee, and was the Chair of their African and African-American Studies Program before that. Professor Dewey, a noted scholar and curator, grew up in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) and often travels to eastern and southern Africa for research. He curated the origianl version of the exhibition at the Fowler.

William D. Cannon Art Gallery is located at 1775 Dove Lane, Carlsbad, CA 9201. For information call (760) 602-2022

Escondido Children’s Museum Events

9/13

Fiesta Time

We will dress in Mexican costume and make tortillas by hand. Get ready to make a piñata and then play a game to break it.

10/4

5th Annual Moonlight Masquerade

"Setting Sail." Support museum operations while you dress-up, bid, dine, and dance. Tickets and sponsorships available - buy early, while you can!

10/11

Going Batty

Come and learn about the surprising, beneficial world of bats. We will make some play bats and enjoy bat cookies with Dracula punch.

11/8

Feathered Friends

Fly on over to make a bird feeder and a bird seed collage. We’ll have some bird-themed snacks to peck at, too.

Escondido Children’s Museum is located at 380 North Escondido Blvd. Studio 1, Escondido, CA 92025. Open Tuesday through Saturday 10:00 am. – 4:00 pm. Admission: $5.00 per person. Children 12 months and under are free. (760) 233.7755

www.escondidochildrensmuseum.org

Birthday Parties at the Museum are Fabulous!

Leucadia Resident/Artist Jackie Appel Has Appeal

Many art professors and local art aficionados already know that Jackie Appel is the real deal. It’s just that the rest of the local population is just now finding out how very talented this young Leucadia resident really is.

Jackie grew up in Del Mar, California, graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a B.A. in Studio Art, where she received several awards for outstanding achievement in the School of Communication and Fine Art. She now works out of her beach house studio in Leucadia, California.

Visit her studio or her website and you will see that she makes fantastic one-of-a kind ceramic sculptures and tiles. She also incorporates unique glass fusing tiles, ceramic tiles, and mosaics into fountains, murals and birdbaths.

Jackie’s work encompases many types of mediums including oils, pastels, and ceramics and can also be seen at the Studio Arts Gallery in Laguna Beach, California, and in many private exhibits. She also does private and public commissioned work.

Jackie is passionate about teaching art and has an after school program for students 6 years and older. She teaches no more than six students in each class. Private lessons are also available. Students get to work with the best materials available and learn techniques the artist has mastered.

For more information and the opportunity to view her work visit visualizzi.blogspot.com. For class availability call (858) 735-9962 or email Jackie at visualizzi.jackie@gmail.com.

MENGHINI ARTS, WINE AND MUSIC FESTIVAL IN HISTORIC JULIAN

September 27 and 28, Saturday and Sunday, 10am-5pm

Each year as the apples ripen in the beautiful mountains of historic Julian, locals prepare for a down-home, small town tradition, the Menghini Arts, Wine and Music Festival. The event marks the twenty-first year of celebrating the good life in the back-country. Many area artists working in glass, clay, wood, painting and more will be on hand to show and sell their work. Visitors will sample locally grown and produced wines, listen to jumping, live country music and watch our terrific Mountain Gypsy Belly Dancers while relaxing in the apple orchard surrounding the vineyard.

Come and enjoy this unique experience of culture, fall colors and fresh mountain air. This event is free and there’s plenty of free parking, too. Menghini Winery is 3 miles north of Julian, near the intersection of Farmers Road and Wynola Road. For more information, visit their web site at www.julianca.com/media/art_music.htm.

"O" OCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART

DAMNGORGEOUS: Millard Sheets and His Southern California Legacy

Exhibit Sept 14-Jan 4

Oceanside Museum of Art presents the influential work of Millard Sheets in DAMNGORGEOUS: Millard Sheets and His Southern California Legacy. This exhibition is a comprehensive look at his impressive career from the 1920’s into the ‘80s. Over forty watercolors, oils, etchings, lithographs and drawings will provide viewers a wonderful introduction to the legacy of Millard Sheets. A preview reception will announce the exhibition on Saturday, September 13th from 5:00- 7:00 p.m. OMA’s receptions are known for their party atmosphere complete with wine and scrumptious hors d’oeuvres prepared by OMA’s own Culinary Arts Council. Admission to the reception is $8. Members of the museum enjoy complimentary admission as a benefit of membership. The exhibition is on view September 14th through January 4, 2009.

Sheets began painting during the time of American Scene painting, a style of art important to the American people because it focused on The United States and was a reaction against European art. In the early 1930s Sheets helped define a movement known as Southern California Regionalism that depicted rural scenes near his home in Claremont, California. He portrayed the simplicity of life embedded in rural America with a feeling of optimism. Sheets made important advances with his inventive watercolors that rivaled oils in their luminosity and rich color quality. This exhibit will also give you a feel for how well traveled Sheets was. He visited over fifty countries and never forgot his sketchbook, making sure to capture the beauty of countries he visited such as India, Mexico, Yugoslavia and Hawaii.

OMA is proud to announce the publication of “Damngorgeous,” a loving memoir by Carolyn Owen Sheets-Towle that complements the exhibition and affords readers personal insight into her father’s life. Carolyn will give an entertaining informal walk and talk at the museum Thursday, October 2nd from 7-9 p.m. The talk is free for OMA members as a benefit of membership and $5 for nonmembers. “Damngorgeous” received major funding from the National Endowment of the Arts and will be available in the OMA Museum Store.

The Vibrant Edge: Paintings of Karl Benjamin from the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s

Now until October 19. Oceanside Museum of Art presents the radiant work of Karl Benjamin in the upcoming exhibition The Vibrant Edge: Paintings of Karl Benjamin from the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s. The exhibition is on view through October 19, 2008. The Vibrant Edge illustrates how this West coast painting icon became known as one of the founding fathers of Hard Edge.

“Color is the subject matter of painting” according to Benjamin, whose oeuvre spans over a half-century. Since the early 1950s, Benjamin has been filling canvases with carefully orchestrated color that vibrates in geometric shapes with clean, crisp edges. He was one of four artists featured in the landmark 1959 exhibition “Four Abstract Classicists,” along with Lorser Feitelson, John McLaughlin, and Frederick Hammersley.

Benjamin was twice awarded with the National Endowment for the Arts Grant in Visual Arts and his work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Seattle Museum of Art, among others. He is professor emeritus at Pomona College and Claremont Graduate School where he taught painting for many years.

Oceanside Museum of Art is located at 704 Pier View Way in downtown Oceanside. Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Sunday 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. For information about current exhibitions or other museum programs call, 760-435-3720 or visit the Web site, www.oma-online.org.

San Marcos Historical Society Museum Exhibits Work of Robert Freeman

Sept. 1-30

On Saturday September 6, from 1-3pm the San Marcos Historical Society will host an open house artist's reception for Robert Freeman, a controversial world renowned artist and long time San Marcos resident. Freeman, a new board member, will have 40 to 50 of his works on display at the Museum during the month of Sept.  His career has produced thousands of pieces - paintings, sculptures, drawings and murals.  His work is displayed all over the world in galleries, including those in Germany, Japan, Hawaii, the Smithsonian in Washington, DC and public places throughout the world. The museum is located at 270 W. San Marcos Blvd., San Marcos and is open Wed thru Sun 12-4pm. For further information, please contact Maryanne at 760-744-9025.

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