APRIL–JULY 2018 EXHIBITIONS

YVE LARIS COHEN: MEETING GROUND

ON VIEW 4/19/18 THROUGH 9/2/18 The work of transgender artist Yve Laris Cohen moves between the worlds of visual art and dance, situated within genealogies that include Minimalist sculpture, Institutional Critique, postmodern dance, and classical ballet. His work often considers the architecture and latent histories of theatrical spaces, through installations and performances that highlight states of transition.

For Laris Cohen’s exhibition—his first solo museum presentation on the West Coast—the artist takes as his starting point MCASD La Jolla’s current expansion, a construction endeavor involving the conversion of Sherwood Auditorium into gallery space. On the occasion of Sherwood’s disappearance, Laris Cohen has engaged in an excavation of the history of the auditorium and, in turn, of the Museum itself. His installation will transpose architectural and archival elements of Sherwood to the Museum’s downtown building, effectively extending the life of the former civic space. There is a striking symmetry in this gesture: just as Sherwood Auditorium is transformed into a gallery, the artist transforms a gallery into Sherwood Auditorium. . Laris Cohen sees architecture as not only a formal construction but also a social and political one. Indeed, the project considers not just material artifacts of the building, but also the labor that supported the auditorium’s programs and maintenance. As part of the exhibition, a former Sherwood events technician, Michael Scheer, has been contracted to assist with a weekly event taking place inside the installation. As a caretaker of Sherwood for over two decades, Scheer is now responsible for guarding archival materials from 1971, which marked a turning point in Sherwood’s history. This institutional ephemera points to Sherwood’s complex legacy, raising YVE LARIS COHEN: MEETING GROUND questions about the Museum’s parameters and its constituencies, both in the past and the present.

Meeting Ground represents the culmination of over a year of research on the part of the artist, who spent several weeks onsite at MCASD examining its archive. The exhibition’s title references an early press release the artist found that announced the opening of Sherwood Hall, describing it as “a meeting ground between the Museum and the public.” His Learn more about Yve Laris Cohen in project offers a meditation on this idea, exploring how the Q&A on pages 8-9. the particularities of theatrical architecture shape both a museum’s programs and its publics.

An event will occur every Saturday from 2 to 4 PM through September 2, 2018.

Yve Laris Cohen: Meeting Ground is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and made possible by underwriting support from the Cochrane Exhibition Fund. Institutional support of MCASD is provided by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and

COVER: G. LYNN BLACK-AND-WHITE FAYMAN, PHOTOGRAPH OF SHERWOOD HALL, EARLY 1960S. / OPPOSITE PAGE: GROUND PLAN OF SHERWOOD HALL, C. 1960, ARCHIVAL RESEARCH FOR Culture and the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Fund.

2 3 EXHIBITINONS EXHIBITIONS

“I AM THE OAKLAND 80’S BABY OF THE RADICAL MOVEMENT OF LOVE, THE INTERRACIAL, OUTER-SPACIAL, AND OF DISCO IDEALISM. I AM THE IMPROBABLE CELEBRATION OF MY PARENTS’ ACTS OF RESISTANCE.” —SADIE BARNETTE

SADIE BARNETTE: DEAR 1968,…

ON VIEW 4/19/18 THROUGH 9/2/18 In Dear 1968,… artist Sadie Barnette mines personal and political histories using family photographs, recent drawings, and selections from the file that the FBI amassed after her father joined the Black Panther Party in 1968. The exhibition takes its title from Barnette’s large-scale

drawing, which reads “Dear 1968,” “Love, 1984.” Laboriously rendering its seemingly mechanical , lettering by hand, Barnette approaches the year 1968 with a mixture of sentimental devotion and critical distance. Born in 1984, she sprinkles the embellishments of her birth era—glittery vinyl, UNTITLED (DAD,

rhinestone stickers—throughout the exhibition in an attempt to reclaim her family’s history. SPECIAL AGENT

Barnette and her family recently obtained her father’s 500-page FBI file through the Freedom of , 2017, GRAPHITE ON PAPER, Information Act and she responded to its intimate details by further redacting its contents with her signature stickers and paint splashes. Here, in its third iteration, Barnette has mounted the pages to pink panels, giving them a dystopic glow. On another wall, she has transformed the file’s official stamps into a domestic-style wallpaper. On top of the wallpaper, a pair of photographs show her UNTITLED (BLACK 1968) father in his Army uniform after being drafted to fight in Vietnam in 1966, and just two years later in his Black Panther uniform, fighting against racism on his own soil.

In Barnette’s immersive reimagining of the family album, she demonstrates that her family’s story is not theirs alone. Examining the fraught relationship between the personal and the political, the everyday and the otherworldly, the past and the present, Barnette reveals that the injustices of 1968 have not yet been relegated to the pages of history, but live on in new forms today. , 2016, C-PRINT, EDITION OF 3, FRAMED (EACH OF 2): 47 X 41 IN., 1/4 ON Sadie Barnette: Dear 1968,… has been organized by the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California, Davis and Associate Curator Francesca Wilmott. Funding for the San Diego presentation is made possible by gifts to the annual operating fund. Institutional support of MCASD is provided by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture and the 1966 AND 1968) County of San Diego Community Enhancement Fund. OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP BOTTOM: TO SADIE BARNETTE, FRAMED: 43 X 55 IN. SHEET: 38 X 50 IN. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST. / SADIE BARNETTE, 2017, CUSTOM WALL VINYL, DIMENSIONS VARIABLE. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST.

4 5 COMING SOON PROSPECT 2018

ON VIEW 4/19/18 THROUGH 9/2/18 Each spring, MCASD’s curatorial staff organizes an exhibition of artworks to be considered for acquisition by members of Contemporary Collectors and International Collectors, the Museum’s premier support groups. In advance of being selected by ballot at the Annual Selection Dinner, the works are displayed in the galleries along with contextual pieces from the permanent collection. This year’s presentation includes work by Meschac Gaba, Thomas Glassford, Camille Henrot, Judith Linhares, Jim Shaw, and Yinka Shonibare MBE.

Prospect 2018 is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, with funding provided by MCASD’s International and Contemporary Collectors. Institutional support of MCASD is provided by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture and the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Fund.

ARTISTS FROM THE MFA PROGRAM AT UCSD

ON VIEW 5/17/18 THROUGH 6/17/18 This collaborative exhibition between MCASD and the University of California, San Diego Visual Arts Department presents work by graduating artists in the Master of Fine Arts program. Artists included in this year’s exhibition are Dustin Brons, Jessica Buie, Corey Dunlap, Jessica Frelund, Jon Paden, Garrett Pointer, HeeJung Shin, Andrew Sturm, Sindu Thirumalaisamy, and Evelyn Walker. The exhibition is co-organized by UC San Diego PhD student Jonah Gray and MCASD Assistant Curator Anthony Graham.

Artists from the MFA Program at UCSD is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and the University of California, San Diego Department of Visual Arts. Institutional support of MCASD is provided by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture and the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Fund. COMING SOON > BEING HERE WITH YOU/ ESTANDO AQUÍ CONTIGO: PROSPECT PROSPECT 42 ARTISTS FROM SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA

ON VIEW 9/20/18 THROUGH 2/3/19 Being Here With You/ Estando aquí contigo will bring together work by 42 artists living and work- ing in the San Diego and Tijuana region. Filling the galleries of MCASD’s downtown location, the exhibition will include both early career and established artists, and will present new installations, videos, digital media, photography, sculptures, paintings, and performances. Being Here With You/ Estando aquí contigo will highlight artists whose distinctive practices are shaping conversations and communities in the binational region and beyond.

Artists include Robert Andrade, Abraham Avila, Mely Barragan, Carlos Castro-Arias, Alida Cervantes, Andrea Chung, Kate Clark, Cog•nate Collective, Lissa Corona, Thomas Demello, ELSOLDELRAC, Paula Flores, Victoria Fu, Aldo Guerra, Ingrid Hernández, Janelle Iglesias, Beliz Iristay, Angie Jennings, James Luna, Ana del Águila Malvaez, Michelle Montjoy, Raúl Moyado Sandoval, Mauricio Muñoz, Panca, Chantal Peñalosa, Omar Pimienta, Brianna Rigg, C. Ree, Matt Rich, Andrew Roberts, Griselda Rosas, Daniel Ruanova, Adriana Trujillo and José Inerzia, Barbara Sexton, Ash Eliza Smith and Kim-Anh Schreiber, Eva Struble, Monique van Genderen, Juan Villavicencio, David White, Oslyn Whizar, Chantal Wnuk, and Joe Yorty.

Being Here With You/ Estando aquí contigo: 42 Artists from San Diego and Tijuana is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art AT THE AT ANNUAL SELECTION DINNER. / THIS PAGE: MCASD DOWNTOWN JACOBS BUILDING. San Diego and made possible by gifts to the annual operating fund. Institutional support of MCASD is provided by the City of San Diego 2017 OPPOSITE PAGE: MCASD’S DAVID C. COPLEY DIRECTOR AND CEO KATHRYN KANJO GIVES A TOUR OF Commission for Arts and Culture and the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Fund.

6 7 ARTIST Q&A HEADER

ARTIST Q&A: YVE LARIS COHEN MCASD talks with New York-based, San Diego-born artist Yve Laris Cohen, whose first solo museum exhibition on the West Coast opens at MCASD Downtown in April.

MCASD: Your performances and installations Orchestra performances were billed as Museum often foreground bodies, buildings, and programming. I can think of no other US objects in states of transition—on the cusp visual arts institution, let alone a museum, of appearing or disappearing. Do these that has ever birthed and fully underwritten a ideas relate to questions surrounding performing arts ensemble. being queer or transgender? My initial research process was thrilling; I YVE LARIS COHEN: Many writers have felt like a detective unearthing a mystery. addressed the notion of “queer time,” but I’m The documents I was handling were mostly interested in how the space-time of transness office files: memos, contracts, applications, is a little different. Queer time is often thought letters, order forms, invitations, and install has begun, I’ve become a mortician in terms of arrested development, being late or occasionally newspaper clippings, programs, preparing a corpse for public viewing. The audience members to spontaneously leave out of sync with normative time, and resisting and photographs. I developed what felt like materials are in the uncanny valley now, unable their seats and venture onto the stage. Based chronological life benchmarks and terminal meaningful and intimate relationships with the to be fully reconstituted. One challenge has on these clues, I imagined Civil Rights-era goals. I’m compelled by topologies: crumpling, various characters who worked in Sherwood been resisting simply building a memorial community organizing meetings, public forums, stretching, and trembling, where form holds during its early years. The tone and texture of to Sherwood Hall, which itself had been and lectures, where the “hall” in Sherwood Hall but is recomposed under duress. This spatial my research shifted when I attempted to contact conceptualized as a memorial (to La Jolla Art might indicate an assembly hall or union hall. and temporal warping confuses distinctions and interview those people. Nearly everyone Center co-founder Franklin P. Sherwood). I hope I sadly found little evidence to corroborate my between inside and outside, here and there, had died—many of them very recently. I’d missed the project is lurking in stickier terrain. The political organizing theory, with the closest forward and backward. This is the transness I’m them by a few years, or in some cases, a few body is still on the premises. approximation being a town hall event called invested in—not a movement from one stable weeks. I found myself grieving in the Museum “Dialogue for Black Presentation of Views” pole to another, but the continual renegotiation board room, surrounded by boxes of ephemera. MCASD: In 1980, Sherwood Hall changed in June 1968 with speakers from the Black of power and form. Grief is one of the exhibition’s materials. its name to Sherwood Auditorium. Panther Party and the NAACP. The union hall How is this distinction between hall association, however, was somewhat apt: before MCASD: For your exhibition Meeting Ground, you MCASD: You have said that your project and auditorium significant? Sherwood was erected, satisfying La Jolla’s spent many weeks onsite at MCASD conducting aims to extend the life of Sherwood, need for a moderately sized auditorium, the archival research into the Museum’s early stretching and suspending time. YLC: In piecing together Sherwood’s early union Sherwood Hall Orchestra musicians had history, focusing on Sherwood Auditorium. Can How will this be accomplished? history, I was hungry for any sign that its been performing in the American Federation you talk about this process? What was the most initial function and early programming were of Musicians, Local 325 Union Hall. I imagine surprising thing you learned? YLC: Relocating some of Sherwood’s signature inflected with the leftist politics of the 1960s, as the shift to “auditorium” had much to do with architectural materials in the Museum’s Sherwood’s existing architecture indicated this clarifying programmatic goals—deemphasizing YLC: I was shocked to discover that the downtown building is the core gesture here. might have been the case. The carpeted steps music performances and amplifying Museum Museum had, from 1960-65, fully funded Although I first thought of the project in terms leading up to the stage apron, for example, lectures—but its timing at the onset of the an in-house orchestra comprising local of life extension—this exhibition offering a kind pointed to a porous “fourth wall” between Reagan era also suggests a distancing from the

professional musicians. All Sherwood Hall of palliative care for the auditorium—now that PHOTO OF YVE LARIS COHEN, COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND COMPANY GALLERY, NEW YORK. performer and spectator—one that might allow politicized connotations of “hall.”

8 9 MILLENNIAL ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE HEADER

LEARNING WITH MILLENNIALS

MCASD recently wrapped up a two-year project working with local artists and colleges to experiment with new ways of interacting with audiences. Beginning in November 2016, the Museum paired four sets of artists and artist groups with four campuses.

Cog•nate Collective was paired with San Diego State University, working with the MECHA and Chicano Studies classes; Kim Garcia was paired with Mesa College, working with the Museum Studies and Chicano Studies class; Michael Ano was paired with UC San Diego, working in the Communication, Art, and Technology program; and Collective Magpie was paired with Southwestern College and several other regional colleges.

Each of the groups developed and tested at least two types of engagements at their respective campuses. From performance and social practice, to artist-led pedagogy, the Millennial Engagement project provided students from across San Diego an opportunity to actively participate in and contribute to the creation of contemporary art alongside local emerging artists. The culminating projects were shared with MCASD audiences in a series of exhibitions in the galleries at 1001 Kettner Blvd.

The initiative also expanded online access to MCASD’s 4,700-piece collection. More than 450 digital images were added to MCASD’s e-Museum website, collection.mcasd.org/collections. This diverse set of assets shows the complexity of the Museum’s collection and highlights holdings that are meaningful to the San Diego community. Throughout the project, local artists and artist groups used e-Museum as a tool to connect the collection to the specific context of their work.

As a result of the two-year initiative, MCASD established meaningful relationships with new audiences—as well as reconnected with 18 to 25 year-olds who visited the Museum as school children—further cementing the Museum’s foundation as a community-centered institution. As of a result of their positive experience, some students will continue their experience with MCASD, transitioning into volunteer and intern positions at the Museum.

Lastly, MCASD is excited to announce our partnership with Sosolimited, a firm dedicated to redefining space through experiences driven by design and technology. In an effort to expand our dialogue with audiences, MCASD will test a personal, tailored technology application that features our digitized collection.

Become an X Set Member this spring and you can be part of the beta testing team for the new platform. Learn more at mcasd.org/x-set.

This initiative is funded by the James Irvine Foundation’s Exploring Engagement Fund. OPPOSITE PAGE, LEFT RIGHT: TO MCASD’S MILLENIAL ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE IN ACTION WITH PROJECTSCOG•NATE LED COLLECTIVE, BY KIM GARCIA, MICHAEL ANO, AND COLLECTIVE MAGPIE.

10 11 HEADER TEENS

MCASD’S TEEN ADVISORY GROUP EXPLORES SOCIAL ISSUES WITH A FOCUS ON FOOD JUSTICE

Through MCASD’s Teen Advisory Group (TAG), the Museum becomes not only a place of displaying and viewing artwork, but also a site of citizen participation, education, exploration, and experimentation. Each year, a group of 15-20 teens explore a social issue through the lens of contemporary art. The theme for this academic year is Food Justice.

Meeting socially engaged artists and visiting the exhibitions on view, TAGsters considered Food Justice from local to global issues, while exploring topics such as race, politics, history, science, and economics. Students participated in the Experimental Quesadilla Lab (EQL)—a mobile lab by Long Beach-based artist Teresa Flores that creates communal space to explore issues of family, traditions, origin, and food inequity through recipe sharing. Teens learned about Paletas Santa Monica, a project by socially engaged artist and TAG mentor Mario Mesquita that rethinks ways of asking for people’s opinions and creating conversations. TAG members also had the opportunity to meet with other teens in Mexico City through the Education Department at Museo Tamayo and Educator Atelier Romo.

As part of their experience, the group visited the San Diego Food Bank where they learned about food scarcity and how it affects local communities. The San Diego Food Bank is currently helping to feed up to 370,000 people—more than ever before. TAGsters spent the afternoon sorting and packing food boxes to be distributed to seniors at the Food Bank’s various distribution points.

As a result of these experiences and activities, TAG planned an interactive artistic endeavor for Downtown at Sundown in March. The teens invited others from their generation to think about food and challenge the way it is consumed.

For the remainder of the year, participants will work towards creating multidisciplinary educational experiments and artworks designed to reach a wider, trans-national Museum audience. These projects will be on view at the Museum’s Education and Engagement Hub at 1001 Kettner Blvd. from 2 to 4 PM on Saturday, June 9.

MCASD’s Teen Advisory Group (TAG) program is made possible by grants from the Hearst Foundations and the California Arts Council. CAPTION OPPOSITE PAGE: TEENS IN MCASD’S TEEN ADVISORY GROUP VOLUNTEER THE AT SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK, PACKING BOXES BE TO DISTRIBUTED SENIORS. TO

12 13 C.A.M.P.

SUMMER C.A.M.P. IS BACK DOWNTOWN WITH AN EXPANDED SCHEDULE!

C.A.M.P. (Contemporary Art, Media & Process) invites 6 to 14 year-olds to explore contemporary art through a series of weeklong, age appropriate art-making workshops designed to encourage artistic expression, art appreciation, understanding, and imagination. Led by local contemporary artists, C.A.M.P.ers discover out of the ordinary materials and learn about artists’ processes as they discuss artwork on view in MCASD’s galleries. Each week-long C.A.M.P. culminates with a showcase and celebration of the C.A.M.P.er’s artwork.

With the excitement of being in the heart of downtown San Diego, C.A.M.P.ers will explore current exhibitions on view and enjoy neighborhood walkabouts to public art and site-specific installations. C.A.M.P.ers will learn to use both analog and digital mediums to create original multi-media art to be displayed during a culminating showcase.

6-14 year-olds > July 30 through August 10 from 9 AM to 4 PM “SUMMER C.A.M.P. WAS GREAT! I LOVED BEING ABLE TO EXPERIMENT WITH ART ALL DAY AND TO WORK WITH SO MANY TYPES OF MEDIA, Pricing: Half-day: Member or Military Personnel $99; Non-members $200 per week ESPECIALLY CREATING INSTALLATION ART.” Full-day: Member or Military Personnel $198; Non-Members $395 per week —SOFIA, SUMMER C.A.M.P.ER 2017, 7-11 YEAR-OLD SESSION

Register by April 23, 2018 and receive a 10% discount off the listed price. C.A.M.P.ERS SHARE THEIR WORK WITH PARENTS AND FRIENDS THE AT CULMINATING SHOWCASE HELD THE AT END OF EACH SESSION.

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JOIN OUR TEAM!

MCASD offers unique professional experiences for interns

MCASD’s year-round internship program offers semester-long opportunities in the spring, fall, and MCASD’S 25 AND UNDER CONTEST IS BACK summer. During the summer, the Museum offers an eight-week intensive that includes seminar sessions with key leaders in the organization, private collection visits, and hands-on experiences. This year marks the 11-year anniversary of Qualcomm Foundation’s generous support of free admission for all MCASD visitors age 25 and younger. In celebration of this initiative, MCASD Interns are typically assigned to one department, but are exposed to other facets of the Museum developed the 25 and Under Art Contest as a way to showcase the talent of our young patrons. through interactive breakout sessions hosted by various departments. Interns have access to Now in its sixth year, the 25 and Under Art Contest invites young artists to submit original exhibitions and all public programs that occur during their internship, and will be invited to a lunch artwork for the chance to have their piece featured at the Museum. Notoriety isn’t the only Q&A session with MCASD’s David C. Copley Director and CEO, Kathryn Kanjo. thing at stake—this year’s grand prize is $500 to Blick Art Materials and a curator-led tour of the exhibition of your choice. MCASD’s internships are a learning experience and are offered for academic credit. Internships are unpaid. For candidacy consideration, students should submit a resume, personalized cover The 2018 25 and Under Art Contest theme is “Untold Stories.” A panel of judges will select their letter, letter of reference, two writing samples, an unofficial transcript, and school documentation favorite 25 works from the submissions. Those works will be on view to the public from Thursday, showing enrollment in an accredited internship program. May 24 through Sunday, June 3, when the winners will be announced at a special reception from 3 to 4:30 PM. The deadline for entries is 11:59 PM on Friday, April 27. To enter the contest, visit

To submit your application, please visit mcasd.org/internships. FORMER MCASD INTERN MARGARET HELPED ORGANIZE MONTHLY DOWNTOWN SUNDOWN AT EVENTS, AS WELL AS MCASD’S 25 AND UNDER ART CONTEST LAST YEAR. MCASD’S 2017 25 AND UNDER ART CONTEST. mcasd.org.

16 17 STAFF SPOTLIGHT

MCASD REGISTRAR SEES 62 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME SHOWS—AND HE HAS THE BUTTONS TO PROVE IT.

Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA was a far reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles that took place from September 2017 through January 2018 at institutions across Southern California. Supported by grants from the Getty Foundation, the initiative offered a series of thematically linked exhibitions at more than 70 museums and cultural institutions across the region, from Los Angeles to Palm Springs, and from San Diego to Santa Barbara.

When the exhibitions were announced last summer, MCASD’s Registrar Tom Callas decided he wouldn’t let the Getty’s massive effort pass him by. Curious, committed, and determined, he set out to see as many shows as he could. Here are a few highlights from his Pacific Standard Time expedition.

MCASD: What is your role at the Museum? inspired my attempt. It seemed to me that I could focus on one neighborhood at a time, MCASD: Did you make any new friends, or TOM CALLAS: The Registrar’s Office is see those shows, and move on to the next. My have any unexpected experiences as you responsible for keeping track of the art in only regret is that I started at too leisurely of a trekked across Southern California? NAME: TOM CALLAS MCASD’s collection; as well as artworks pace. At the beginning, I would go to a couple Position: MCASD Registrar on loan to MCASD for exhibitions. We keep of exhibitions on a weekend. By the end, I was TC: I engaged as many of the staff at the records of the location and physical condition seeing six or eight. Even so, there were three institutions I visited as I could, trying to see if Number of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA of the works, along with their storage, exhibitions in Los Angeles that closed before I their experience with this project was similar shows seen: 62 to our own. I think the fun thing about my exhibition, and preservation needs. MCASD could visit them. And I just couldn’t get to see Estimated number of miles travelled: 1,000+ lends artwork to other museums; we are any of the exhibitions in Santa Barbara. journey was seeing so many museums that I responsible for documenting those, and with hadn’t been to before. I didn’t know there was Favorite work: There was a work by Jesus communicating the needs of the artwork to MCASD: What are a few highlights from your an art museum in El Segundo, but ESMoA is a Rafael Soto called Cuatro Modulaciones (1969) the borrowing institutions. favorite shows. real gem. There are lots of institutions across in the Kinesthesia exhibition at the Palm Southern California that I should have been Springs Art Museum. Unlike other works in the MCASD: What inspired your journey to see as TC: I really enjoyed the design show Found more familiar with. exhibition that incorporated motors or lights, many Pacific Standard Time shows as possible? in Translation at LACMA. It brought familiar this work didn’t actually move at all, but it movements of design in Southern California MCASD: Any final thoughts? appeared to vibrate as you watched it. from the last 150 years, and showed how it TC: I was given a copy of the Getty’s Favorite show: I have to say the exhibition La related to similar movements in Mexico. I TC: Can I say that I am looking forward to the booklet which listed the arts organizations Raza at the Autrey Museum. The exhibition thought the drawings and collages of Martín next one? participating in Pacific Standard Time: LA/ consisted of photographs from a small Ramírez shown at ICA Los Angeles were terrific. LA. The booklet is arranged geographically; newspaper involved with the Chicano rights He was a self-taught artist, institutionalized in with the exhibitions grouped by neighborhood movement of the 1970s in Los Angeles. The a psychiatric hospital for much of his adult life. (West Los Angeles, Downtown LA, Orange images were both touching and powerful. County, San Diego, etc.). I think that’s what The lost mural exhibition at La Plaza de

Cultura y Arte was also a favorite. MCASD REGISTRAR TOM CALLAS. PHOTOS ANGIE BY OLLMAN.

18 19 FUNDRAISERS

Save the date For the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s annual fundraising gala

The Rancho Santa Fe home of Matthew and Iris Strauss Thank you to everyone who attended the Museum of Contemporary Art San Co-Chairs: Iris Strauss, Joan Jacobs, and Karen Cohn Diego’s biennial auction on Wednesday, March 28, 2018. Art Auction 2018 For more information and sponsorship opportunities, contact Advancement Director was an incredible success. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the artists Elizabeth Yang-Hellewell at 858 454 3541 x179 or [email protected]. who donated their work, and to the patrons who enthusiastically placed bids

mcasd.org/montecarlo PHOTOS ANGIE BY OLLMAN. throughout the evening.

21 MEMBER EVENTS

MCASD Members have a lot to look forward to this season. Mark your calendar now for these upcoming Member events.

Made by X Learn directly from local contemporary artists at Made by X—MCASD’s hands-on, art-making event featuring an exploration of artistic materials and processes over conversation and cocktails.

Made by X is $25 for Members; $40 for non-members. Space is limited, and early registration is suggested. Ticket prices cover all art-making materials, drinks, and admission.

Tickets can be purchased at mcasd.org or by calling April Farrell at 858 454 3541 x162.

Upcoming events: Made by X Featuring Adam Belt Wednesday, May 30 > 6:30-8:30 PM > Downtown Time, entropy, creation, and the unseen forces that shape our physical world are what interests artist Adam Belt. Represented by Quint Gallery in La Jolla, Adam Belt lives and works in San Diego and his work has been shown at museums and galleries, both locally and nationally. Join Adam Belt for cocktails and conversation as we explore his ideas and create our own works of art.

eXit pARTy Thursday, June 28 > 7-10 PM > Downtown Prepare for an evening of experimentation and imagination at MCASD’s eXit pARTy series. With hands-on activities, performance art, cocktails, and more, MCASD’s eXit pARTies offer Members new ways to experience contemporary art. Stay tuned to facebook.com/mcasd for the theme, soon to be announced.

As always, Museum partner A SHIP IN THE WOODS will curate a cutting edge music line-up, and Snake Oil will be on hand with seasonal craft cocktails.

eXit pARTies are free for Members and $25 for non-members.

eXit pARTy Member Benefits: > Members at the e-Member level and above receive FREE admission and one FREE drink. Admission is $25 for non-member guests. > Members at the Dual level may bring one guest and will receive two FREE drinks. > Members at the Avant Garde level and above may bring one guest and will enjoy a HOSTED BAR all night!

Interested in upgrading? MCASD now accepts monthly Membership payments starting at $5 per month. Contact Senior Annual Giving Manager April Farrell today at 858 454 3541 x162 or

MCASD’S EXIT PARTY. PHOTOS KECK. STACY BY [email protected].

22 23 PREPARE FOR ADVENTURE: MCASD PARTNERS WITH WESTFIELD UTC

MCASD COLLECTORS HIT THE ROAD THIS This spring, MCASD and Westfield UTC launched a three-year partnership that will bring MCASD’s SUMMER AND FALL permanent collection and art-making experiences for families back to La Jolla. As part of the partnership, three sculptures from MCASD’s collection will be installed in the mall’s courtyard– , 1986, BRONZE, BASE: 32 X 21IN., CONTEMPORARY COLLECTORS TRIP > NEW YORK CITY AND BEYOND > JUNE 4-9, 2018 Sandro Chia’s The Twin’s Father (1986); Judith Shea’s Eden (1987); and Francisco Zuñiga’s Collectors will enjoy exclusive access to Museum exhibitions, art galleries, artist studios, and Juchiteca de pie (1966). some of the most prestigious private collections in Manhattan. This tour will include day trips to Works from MCASD’s permanent collection will rotate annually and will remain on view at Greenwich, Connecticut for a tour of the Brant Foundation Art Study Center, and to Hudson Valley THE TWIN’S FATHER for a tour of Storm King Art Center and Dia: Beacon. Westfield UTC for the next three years. Every other month, families can explore these sculptures and create unique artworks of their own at MCASD Family ArtLAB workshops, led by our Gallery INTERNATIONAL COLLECTORS TRIP > PORTUGAL (LISBON AND PORTO) > OCTOBER 22-29, 2018 Educators and held at Westfield UTC. Join MCASD’s David C. Copley Director and CEO Kathryn Kanjo for an exploration of Portugal’s contemporary culture. The combined strength of Lisbon and Porto’s artist communities, the , 1987, BRONZE, FEMALE FIGURE: 55 1/2 X 15 X 9 IN.; MALE FIGURE: 60 X 29 3/4 X 17 IN. Celebrate the launch of this special partnership on Saturday, May 12, when MCASD brings breadth of their commercial galleries, and the scale and quality of their private collections— EDEN Sculpture Frenzy to Westfield UTC. together with Lisbon’s annual art fair and the biennial Portugal Arte—make this beautiful country , 1966, BRONZE WITH GREEN PATINA, 78 X 30 X 28 IN. COLLECTION MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY clinging to the edge of Europe an undisputed player on the contemporary international art FAMILY ARTLAB: SCULPTURE FRENZY! scene. This seven-day whirlwind program consists of visits to Portugal’s most prestigious private > Saturday, May 12, 2018, 2-4 PM > Westfield UTC > 4545 La Jolla Village Dr., San Diego, CA 92122 collections, artist studios, architectural ensembles, museum exhibitions, and gallery shows. Led by MCASD Gallery Educators, families can explore these sculptures and make unique artworks of their own. This program is free and is recommended for families with children ages 5 For more information about MCASD’s travel programs, contact Special Events & Travel Programs and older. Programs at Westfield UTC will take place every other month beginning in May. Check Manager Lesley Emery at 858 454 3541 x165 or [email protected]. Interested in joining the mcasd.org for dates and details. Collectors Circle? Contact MCASD Advancement Director Elizabeth Yang-Hellewell at 858 454 ART SAN DIEGO, GIFT OF KATHRYN S. COLACHIS, 2015.62. © FZLAC, CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ OF FRANCISCO ZUNIGA VOLUME I #457. THIS PAGE: CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: BERARDO COLLECTION MUSEUM IN LISBOA, PORTUGAL. / STORMART CENTER KING IN CORNWALL, NEW YORK. / BOM JESUS DO MONTE IN BRAGA, PORTUGAL. IMAGES, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: JUDITH SHEA, SCULPTURE: 40 X 26 IN. COLLECTION MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO. GIFT OF ELIZABETHFRANCISCO ANDZUÑIGA, MASON PHELPS, JUCHITECA DE 2013.208. PIE / 3541 x179; [email protected]. COLLECTION MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO. EXTENDED LOAN OF COLETTE CARSON© JUDITH AND SHEA DR. 1986. IVOR ROYSTON, PHOTO: PHILIP EL.2000.1.A-B. SCHOLZ RITTERMANN. / SANDRO CHIA,

24 25 ON THE ROAD

MCASD’S PERMANENT COLLECTION HITS THE ROAD

Several works from MCASD’s permanent collection are travelling to institutions near and far this summer.

Two works by Mary Corse will travel to the Whitney Museum of American Art this summer for the exhibition Mary Corse, on view from June 8 through September 23, 2018.

Manny Farber’s Story of the Eye will travel to The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles for the exhibition One Day at a Time: Manny Farber and Termite Art, on view in October 2018.

You won’t have to travel far to see Fred Tomaselli’s Head with Flowers, on view at the Oceanside Museum of Art from July 28 through December 2, 2018.

THIS PAGE: MANNY FARBER, STORY OF THE EYE, 1985, OIL, GRAPHITE, AND MASKING TAPE ON BOARD, 36 X 180 IN. COLLECTION MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO. MUSEUM PURCHASE WITH MATCHING FUNDS FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS AND CONTEMPORARY COLLECTORS FUND, Visit mcasd.org/collection to learn more 1988.27. © MANNY FARBER 1985. PHOTO: PABLO MASON. / OPPOSITE PAGE, LEFT TO RIGHT: FRED TOMASELLI, HEAD WITH FLOWERS , 1996, PAPER COLLAGE, DATURA, EPHEDRA, HEMP, AND RESIN ON WOOD, 60 X 60 IN. COLLECTION MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO. MUSEUM PURCHASE, about the Museum’s world-renowned CONTEMPORARY COLLECTORS FUND, 1997.14. © FRED TOMASELLI 1996. PHOTO: PABLO MASON. / MARY CORSE, UNTITLED (SPACE + ELECTRIC LIGHT) , 1968, PLEXIGLAS, NEON, AND HIGH FREQUENCY ENERGY, 45 1/4 X 45 1/4 X 4 3/4 IN. COLLECTION MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO. MUSEUM PURCHASE permanent collection. WITH FUNDS FROM THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION, 2007.10.1-2. © MARY CORSE.

26 MCASD REMEMBERS “THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE AND IN HIS ART, JACK WAS PROPELLED BY CONVICTION AND QUESTIONING, CONTROL AND ABANDON. EVER HUMBLE IN HIS UNDERSTANDING, YET CONFIDENT IN HIS INTUITION, HE MOVED AHEAD WITH FAITH ARRIVING AT A NEW WAY OF REPRESENTING THE WORLD AROUND US.” —KATHRYN KANJO, THE DAVID C. COPLEY DIRECTOR & CEO

MCASD MOURNS THE LOSS OF JACK WHITTEN > DECEMBER 5, 1939–JANUARY 20, 2018

An innovator of form, process, and material, Jack Whitten explored the possibilities of paint and expanded what we know as abstract painting. MCASD is honored to have organized the artist’s first full career retrospective, Jack Whitten: Five Decades of Painting (2014-2015). Since that time, Whitten has been the subject of renewed attention and acclaim, and in 2016 he received the National Medal of the Arts, presented to him by former President Obama.

OPPOSITE PAGE: JACK WHITTEN AND THE DAVID C. COPLEY DIRECTOR AND CEO KATHRYN KANJO, 2015. / THIS PAGE: INSTALLATION IMAGE OF JACK WHITTEN: FIVE DECADES OF PAINTING, ON VIEW AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO, 2015/2016.

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COLUMBIA ST EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW EVENTS CALENDAR MCASD LA JOLLA IS CURRENTLY DOWNTOWN CLOSED FOR A MAJOR RENOVATION AND APRIL MAY JUNE JULY EXPANSION PROJECT SET TO QUADRUPLE ON VIEW APRIL 19 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2, 2018 CURRENT GALLERY SPACE. THURSDAY, APRIL 19 SATURDAY, MAY 12 SUNDAY, JUNE 3 THURSDAY, JULY 19 YVE LARIS COHEN: MEETING GROUND DOWNTOWN AT SUNDOWN > 5-8 PM > DOWNTOWN FAMILY ARTLAB: SCULPTURE FRENZY! > 2-4 PM > 25 AND UNDER CONTEST RECEPTION > 3-4:30 PM > DOWNTOWN AT SUNDOWN > 5-8 PM > DOWNTOWN Learn more at www.mcasd.org/expansion. For Laris Cohen’s exhibition—his first solo museum > WESTFIELD UTC > 4545 LA JOLLA VILLAGE DR., DOWNTOWN > 1001 KETTNER BLVD. presentation on the West Coast—the artist takes THURSDAY, APRIL 19 SAN DIEGO, CA 92122 JULY 30 THROUGH AUGUST 10 FROM MCASD Downtown is your hub for art as his starting point MCASD La Jolla’s current ESP SHOWCASE > 5:30-7:30 PM> DOWNTOWN SATURDAY, JUNE 9 SUMMER C.A.M.P. > 6-14 YEAR-OLDS > 9 AM TO 4 PM happenings, engaging programs, and thought- expansion, a construction endeavor involving THURSDAY, MAY 17 TEEN ADVISORY GROUP (TAG) SHOWCASE > 2-4 PM > > DOWNTOWN provoking exhibitions. the conversion of Sherwood Auditorium into MONDAY, APRIL 23 DOWNTOWN AT SUNDOWN > 5-8 PM > DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN > 1001 KETTNER BLVD. gallery space. On the occasion of Sherwood’s A CURATOR’S PERSPECTIVE > 2 PM > DOWNTOWN MCASD Downtown offers two-hour parking for disappearance, Laris Cohen has engaged in an THURSDAY, MAY 24 THROUGH SUNDAY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20 $2. Park in the One America Plaza building and excavation of the history of the auditorium and, in FRIDAY, APRIL 27 JUNE 3 SELECTION DINNER WEDNESDAY > 6:30 PM > bring your ticket to the MCASD front desk to turn, of the Museum itself. 25 AND UNDER CONTEST DEADLINE > 11:59 PM 25 AND UNDER CONTEST: UNTOLD STORIES > DOWNTOWN receive a voucher. 11 AM-5 PM THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY > SADIE BARNETTE: DEAR 1968,… SATURDAY, APRIL 28 DOWNTOWN > 1001 KETTNER BLVD. THURSDAY, JUNE 21 In Dear 1968,…, artist Sadie Barnette mines FOR INFORMATION FAMILY ARTLAB: FAMILIAL ABSTRACTIONS > 2-4 PM > DOWNTOWN AT SUNDOWN > 5-8 PM > DOWNTOWN 858 454 3541 > www.mcasd.org personal and political histories using family DOWNTOWN WEDNESDAY, MAY 30 photographs, recent drawings, and selections MADE BY X FEATURING ADAM BELT > 6:30-8:30 PM SATURDAY, JUNE 23 MCASD LA JOLLA: CLOSED FOR from the file that the FBI amassed after her father > DOWNTOWN FAMILY ARTLAB: PROSPECT 2018 > 2-4 PM > RENOVATION AND EXPANSION joined the Black Panther Party in 1968. DOWNTOWN 700 Prospect Street, La Jolla CA 92037

PROSPECT 2018 MCASD DOWNTOWN THURSDAY, JUNE 28 Each spring, MCASD’s curatorial staff organizes 1100 and 1001 Kettner Blvd., San Diego CA 92101 EXIT PARTY > 7-10 PM > DOWNTOWN an exhibition of artworks to be considered HOURS for acquisition by members of Contemporary 1100 Kettner Blvd. Collectors and International Collectors. 11 AM–5 PM daily. Third Thursday of every month: 11 AM–8 PM. MOWRY BADEN: I WALK THE LINE Closed Wednesday. In the 1960s, Mowry Baden began to explore ways in which sculpture could be experienced physically 1001 Kettner Blvd. with the whole body as opposed to just visually. 11 AM-5 PM Thursday through Sunday. SAVE THE DATE: I Walk the Line invites viewers to do just that: to Third Thursday of every month: 11 AM-8 PM MONTE CARLO > SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2018 straddle the sloping rail and walk the aisle of the PUBLIC TOURS oversized construction. Saturdays and Sundays at 2 PM; and every third Thursday at 5:30 and 6:45 PM. For more ON VIEW MAY 17 THROUGH JUNE 17, 2018 information about guided tours for private, school, or community groups, please visit our website at ARTISTS FROM THE MFA PROGRAM AT UCSD www.mcasd.org/learn/tours. This collaborative exhibition between MCASD and EXHIBITIONS DOWNTOWN > 1100 AND 1001 KETTNER BLVD. the University of California, San Diego Visual Arts ADMISSION Free for MCASD Members 4/19/18 THROUGH 9/2/18 Department presents work by graduating artists in the Master of Fine Arts program. $10 Non-members > $5 Seniors (age 65+) Free for Military (with ID) YVE LARIS COHEN: MEETING GROUND 5/17/18 THROUGH 6/17/18 Free for ages 25 & under SADIE BARNETTE: DEAR 1968,… COMING SOON Admission is valid for seven days. PROSPECT 2018 ARTISTS FROM THE MFA PROGRAM AT UCSD Free the third Thursday of every month from 5–8 PM MOWRY BADEN: I WALK THE LINE BEING HERE WITH YOU/ ESTANDO AQUÍ CONTIGO 25 & under free admission supported by ON VIEW SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 THROUGH FEBRUARY 3, 2019 MCASD is accessible to all its visitors. Being Here With You/ Estando aquí contigo will bring together work by 42 artists living and Member-exclusive event. Become a Member by visiting www.mcasd.org/join-give/overview. For tickets and more information, please visit www.mcasd.org. working in the San Diego and Tijuana region. APR / MAY / JUN / JUL 2018 a curator-led tour of the exhibition of your choice. C.A.M.P.ers will explore current exhibitions on view Dear 1968,…. Following your gallery exploration, The 2018 25 and Under Art Contest theme is “Untold and enjoy neighborhood walkabouts to public art join us for an art-making workshop inspired by the Stories.” A panel of judges will select their favorite and site-specific installations. C.A.M.P.ers will learn artist’s abstract compositions of family keepsakes. 25 works from the submissions. Those works will be to use both analog and digital mediums to create Bring one or two items that represent an important on view to the public from Thursday, May 24 through original multi-media art to be displayed during a moment in your family history. MADE BY X MONTE CARLO: AN ART AFFAIR Sunday, June 3, when the winners will be announced culminating showcase. Learn directly from local contemporary artists at > SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2018 > THE RANCHO at a special reception from 3 to 4:30 PM. 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Ticket prices cover all art-making 858 454 3541 x179 or [email protected]. back to La Jolla. Three sculptures from MCASD’s Upcoming ESP Showcase dates: Register by April 23, 2018 and receive a 10% discount materials, drinks, and admission. EXIT PARTY collection are now installed in the mall’s courtyard > THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018 > 5:30-7:30 PM > off the listed price. > THURSDAY, JUNE 28 > 7-10 PM > DOWNTOWN More at mcasd.org/montecarlo. as part of a three-year partnership between the DOWNTOWN, 1001 KETTNER BLVD. Prepare for an evening of experimentation and Museum and Westfield UTC. Led by MCASD Gallery UPCOMING EVENTS: Join students from Vahalla High School, Chula Vista imagination at MCASD’s eXit pARTy series. With Educators, families will explore these sculptures and High School, and High Tech High Chula Vista to hands-on activities, performance art, cocktails, and DOWNTOWN AT SUNDOWN make unique artworks of their own. This program is celebrate their work. more, MCASD’s eXit pARTies offer MCASD Members > 5-8 PM > DOWNTOWN TALKS AND TOURS free and is recommended for families with children new ways to experience contemporary art. This Visual arts and performing arts converge at MCASD’s ages five and older. Programs at Westfield UTC will eXit pARTy will be inspired by the exhibition Yve after-hours offering: Downtown at Sundown. On the take place every other month beginning in May. Laris Cohen: Meeting Ground, on view at MCASD third Thursday of every month from 5 to 8 PM, enjoy A CURATOR’S PERSPECTIVE Check mcasd.org for dates and details. TEEN ADVISORY GROUP (TAG) SHOWCASE Downtown from April 19 through September 2, 2018. free Museum admission, exhibition tours, free entry > MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2018 > 2 PM > DOWNTOWN > SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2018 > 2-4 PM > DOWNTOWN > to SDSU Downtown Gallery, drink specials at Stone Hear from MCASD curators and explore three 1001 KETTNER BLVD. FAMILY ARTLAB: PROSPECT 2018 For the artist’s first solo museum presentation Brewing Company Store, live music by The Roots exhibitions that highlight the Museum’s commitment View the multidisciplinary experiments and artworks > SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 2018, 2-4 PM > DOWNTOWN on the West Coast, Yve Laris Cohen takes as his Factory, and so much more! to the art and issues of our time, including Yve MCASD’s Teen Advisory Group (TAG) members Laris Cohen: Meeting Ground, Sadie Barnette: Take part in a Look/Explore tour and let our starting point MCASD La Jolla’s current expansion, created during their explorations of food justice and Gallery Educators lead you and your family in lively a construction endeavor involving the conversion Mark your calendar for these upcoming Downtown at Dear 1968,…, and Prospect 2018. At this Curator’s other social issues. conversation about the exhibition Prospect 2018. of Sherwood Auditorium into gallery space. On the Sundown events: Perspective, you’ll hear from Assistant Curator Anthony Graham and Curator Jill Dawsey. Following your gallery exploration, join us for an occasion of Sherwood’s disappearance, Laris Cohen art-making workshop inspired by the work on view Made by X Featuring Adam Belt has engaged in an excavation of the history of the > Thursday, April 19, 2018 in the galleries. This program is recommended for WEDNESDAY, MAY 30 > 6:30-8:30 PM > auditorium and, in turn, of the Museum itself. > Thursday, May 17, 2018 This program is free for Members, and free with paid families with children ages five and older. DOWNTOWN > Thursday, June 21, 2018 admission for non-members. Time, entropy, creation, and the unseen forces that As always, Museum partner A SHIP IN THE WOODS > Thursday, July 19, 2018 PRICING: shape our physical world are what interests will curate a cutting edge music line-up, and Snake The Family ArtLAB program is free for Members and artist Adam Belt. Represented by Quint Gallery in La Oil will be on hand with seasonal craft cocktails. Military families, and $15 for non-member families. Jolla, Adam Belt lives and works in San Diego Museum admission is included. Tickets are sold on and his work has been shown at museums and eXit pARTies are free for Members and $25 for a first come, first served basis; capacity is limited 25 AND UNDER CONTEST galleries, both locally and nationally. Join Adam Belt non-members. to 60 participants. We recommend buying tickets in >DEADLINE > FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 11:59 PM for cocktails and conversation as we explore his advance at either Museum location. The family price ideas and create our own works of art. eXit pARTy Member Benefits: EXTENDED SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP (ESP) > SHOWCASE ON VIEW > THURSDAY, MAY 24 includes two adults and up to three youth. > Members at the e-Member level and above receive SHOWCASE THROUGH SUNDAY, JUNE 3 > DOWNTOWN > 1001 FREE admission and one FREE drink. Admission is The Extended School Partnership program invites SUMMER C.A.M.P. SELECTION DINNER KETTNER BLVD. $25 for non-member guests. teacher and students to consider the Museum as > 9 AM TO 4 PM > DOWNTOWN > 1001 KETTNER BLVD. > WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2018 > 6:30 PM > > Members at the Dual level may bring one guest extension of their classroom by integrating the arts > RECEPTION > SUNDAY, JUNE 3 > 3-4:30 PM > > JULY 30 THROUGH AUGUST 10 > 6-14 YEAR-OLDS DOWNTOWN and will receive two FREE drinks. into the core curriculum. Each school and cohort of DOWNTOWN > 1001 KETTNER BLVD. C.A.M.P. (Contemporary Art, Media & Process) It’s the Collectors Circle Members’ most anticipated > Members at the Avant Garde level and above teachers work together with our Museum educators This year marks the 11-year anniversary of invites 6 to 14 year-olds to explore contemporary night of the year! This annual exclusive event is open may bring one guest and will enjoy a HOSTED to develop a curriculum that uses contemporary art Qualcomm Foundation’s generous support of art through a series of weeklong, age appropriate to the Museum’s International and Contemporary COVER: SADIE BARNETTE, THE LIVING ROOM (DETAIL), 2017. CUSTOM BAR all night! and the exhibitions on view as a catalyst for creative free admission for all MCASD visitors age 25 and art-making workshops designed to encourage Collectors, who will view and vote on works of art to WALL VINYL, INSTALLATION DIMENSIONS VARIABLE. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST. thinking and making. This semester, students visited younger. In celebration of this initiative, MCASD artistic expression, art appreciation, understanding, be acquired for the Museum’s permanent collection. Interested in upgrading? MCASD now accepts monthly the Museum and explored the exhibitions Memories developed the 25 and Under Art Contest as a way and imagination. Led by local contemporary International and Contemporary Collector Members THIS PAGE: GUESTS TOUR MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT: ART Membership payments starting at $5 per month. AND THE DECOLONIAL TURN IN LATIN AMERICA, 1960-1985 AT of Underdevelopment: Art and the Decolonial Turn in to showcase the talent of our young patrons. Now in artists, C.A.M.P.ers discover out-of-the-ordinary are invited to dine with both new and longtime Contact Senior Annual Giving Manager April Farrell MCASD’S MONTHLY FREE PROGRAM, DOWNTOWN AT SUNDOWN. / Latin America, 1960-1985; In Close(d) Relationship; its sixth year, the 25 and Under Art Contest invites materials and learn about artists’ processes as FAMILY ARTLAB: FAMILIAL ABSTRACTIONS friends as they make a case for their favorite works EXTENDED SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP SHOWCASE ON VIEW AT 1001 today at 858 454 3541 x162 or [email protected]. and Art Auction 2018. ESP Showcases present young artists to submit original artwork by April 27 of art. Interested in learning more about Collectors KETTNER BLVD. / MCASD’S 2017 25 AND UNDER ART CONTEST. / TAG they discuss artwork on view in MCASD’s galleries. > SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2018, 2-4 PM > DOWNTOWN MEMBERS EXPLORE EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW AT MCASD DOWNTOWN. / and celebrate the unique works students create in for the chance to have their piece featured at the Each week-long camp culminates with a showcase Take part in a Look/Explore tour and let our Circle Membership? Contact Advancement Director C.A.M.P.ERS SHARE THEIR WORK WITH PARENTS AND FRIENDS AT THE response to their experience in the galleries. Museum. Notoriety isn’t the only thing at stake—this Elizabeth Yang-Hellewell at 858 454 3541 x179 or CULMINATING SHOWCASE HELD AT THE END OF EACH SESSION. / FAMILY and celebration of the C.A.M.P.er’s artwork. With Gallery Educators lead you and your family in lively ARTLAB AT MCASD DOWNTOWN. / PORTRAIT OF ADAM BELT. PHOTO year’s grand prize is $500 to Blick Art Materials and the excitement of being in the heart of downtown, conversation about the exhibition Sadie Barnette: [email protected]. CREDIT MELISSA AU. / GUESTS ENJOY EXIT PARTY > TROPICALIA.