DECEMBER 2018–MARCH 2019 COVER: DANIEL RUANOVA, HERALDRY FOR THE COMPLACENT – TWO SIDED BATTLE STANDARDS , 2015/2017. ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, DIMENSIONS VARIABLE. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND DE GALERIE VAN PIET HEIN EEK. PHOTO BY PABLO MASON. / IMAGE OF BRIANNA RIGG’S BLUES IN THE BLENDER , 2017. MIXED MEDIA INSTALLATION, DIMENSIONS VARIABLE. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST. PHOTO BY PABLO MASON. quarter of the exhibition’s artists running or programming independent spaces in both cities. cities. both in spaces independent programming or running artists exhibition’s the of quarter a nearly with communities, art region’s the in play venues art alterative that role crucial the acknowledges also contigo aquí You/ with Here Estando Being space. public to urban, right the and degradation; environmental politics; queer and feminist afterlives; its and colonialism monuments; of status contested the including world, our and region our affecting issues urgent other many address exhibition the in Artists communities. their of members alongside or peers their with directly working artists several with strategy, afrequent is Collaboration objects. found of reanimation and reclamation the through especially to materials, respect with aresourcefulness demonstrate also artists Many forms. craft traditional of transformation the and experimentation painterly in engage whom of many artists, by numerous shared is performance and to process approach improvisational An strategies. and interests to common attention draws exhibition the theme, or by media organized not While alliance. and connection of points up opening proximity, into artworks of kinds different brings which itself, exhibition the of format and spirit evoke the also may contigo” aquí estando you/ with here “being words The reciprocity. greater to foster aims and cities two the between exchanges artistic to growing points yet it circumstances, and contexts by dissimilar shaped distinct, are communities artistic Tijuana’s and Diego San that recognizes exhibition The border. the of sides both on to artists commitment its affirms and region Tijuana Diego/ San the of constituency binational the to serve mandate MCASD’s reflects contigo aquí You/ with Here Estando Being artists. Tijuana of work the include to program exhibition and collection its of focus the broadened has Museum the time, that Since Forty-Two Artists Exhibition: Emerging Diego ASan survey, 1985 to MCASD’s back harkens title the of “42” The artists talent. homegrown of history rich region’s to the points song bilingual the 2017, of summer the in Clark Kate and Collective Trolley by Cog•nate Tours organized Border the for soundtrack the on Included City, California. National from band ateenage Originals, the and by Rosie Baby” “Angel song the from title its borrows contigo aquí You/ with Here Estando Being beyond. and region binational our in communities and conversations shaping practices distinctive highlights exhibition the mediums, of range awide in working artists established and career by early works 100 over Presenting Tijuana. and Diego San in working and living collectives and artists by 42 work together brings contigo aquí You/ with Here Estando Being 2019 3, FEBRUARY THROUGH VIEW ON SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA 42 ARTISTS FROM ESTANDO AQUÍ CONTIGO: BEING HERE WITH YOU/ MCASD is provided by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture and the County of San Diego Community Fund. Community Enhancement Diego San of County the and Culture and Arts for Commission of Diego San of support City the by provided is Institutional MCASD Community. Underwriters contigo: aquí You/ Estando with Here Being the by Art possible made and Diego Contemporary of San Museum the by organized is Tijuana and Diego San from Artists 42 contigo: aquí You/ Estando with Here Being catalogue. illustrated an by accompanied is Graham. exhibition The Anthony Curator Assistant and Dawsey Jill Curator by co-organized is contigo aquí You/ Estando with Here Being
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TREVOR PAGLEN: SITES UNSEEN
ON VIEW FEBRUARY 22 THROUGH JUNE 2, 2019 Trevor Paglen blurs the lines between art, science, and investigative journalism to construct unfamiliar and at times unsettling ways to see and interpret the world around us. Paglen, who holds a Ph.D. in geography from the University of California at Berkeley, approaches his work with a scientist’s sense of inquiry. He employs a range of techniques and technologies to ask questions and probe for answers about surveillance, secrecy, privacy, and democracy. Paglen refers to his art-making as “experimental geography,” a hybrid discipline that uses ideas from the field of geography to extend our understanding of where and how we live.
Paglen was born in Camp Springs, Maryland, in 1974. A childhood spent on military bases made him familiar with and empathetic to its culture. Now based in Berlin, Germany, he has traveled the world over the past fifteen years collecting visual and material evidence of things we are not meant to see. Trevor Paglen: Sites Unseen surveys Paglen’s career and examines how he interrogates public records and spaces to create images, artifacts, and sculptural objects that reveal a covert world operating just out of view. Inspired by the history of American landscape photography, Paglen’s photographs explore the land, sea, sky, and heavens to show the physical infrastructure of secrecy, from classified military installations and spy satellites to communications cables and artificial intelligence (AI). His artifacts show the systems—logos, patches, and code names—that help maintain a cloak of invisibility. His sculptures act in opposition to what his images and artifacts expose, by offering alternative uses for military and intelligence technologies. With these objects, Paglen invites us to imagine a future in which “new forms of freedom and democracy can emerge.”
Trevor Paglen: Sites Unseen originated at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) and is organized by John Jacob, SAAM’s McEvoy Family Curator for Photography. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue.
Trevor Paglen: Sites Unseen is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The C.F. Foundation in Atlanta supports the museum’s traveling exhibition program, Treasures To Go.
TREVOR PAGLEN, STSS-1 AND TWO UNIDENTIFIED SPACECRAFT OVER CARSON CITY (SPACE TRACKING AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, USA 205) , 2010, C-PRINT. SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM, GIFT OF MIKE WILKINS AND SHEILA DUIGNAN © 2010, TREVOR PAGLEN. PHOTO BY: GENE YOUNG.
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ARTIST Q&A: LISSA CORONA
Lissa Corona is a San Diego-based artist and educator whose work explores deeply personal issues, from partnership and intimacy to emotional and physical vulnerability. Here the artist discusses the bold new work that she created for the exhibition Being Here with You/ Estando aquí contigo.
MCASD: For this exhibition, you created an shame, disappointment, and spite. I wanted affecting new video work, PENANCE (2018), to reclaim the power of apology for love and which shows you having the word SORRY work and effort. tattooed onto your stomach. In this video, you recite apologies for actions both tragic MCASD: What was the process of making this and trivial. How did you arrive at the idea piece and shooting the video like? for the piece? And how did you commit to using your body in this way? LC: I conceived of the idea ten years ago, and this exhibition felt like the perfect opportunity LISSA CORONA: During my first year of to finally commit. I’ve always had difficulty graduate school, I began dissecting the concept asking others for help, and trust was a big part of apologies. Who apologizes, how do they do of this piece. My brother and sister-in-law, it, and who are they for? Self-examination and Daniel and Emily Corona, are both experimental have been the scapegoats for men and their mistakes for centuries. Growing up, my mother would radical vulnerability are at the heart of my filmmakers and were eager to be my videog- sarcastically point out that any problems someone develops would inevitably be blamed on the art-making, and so I thought it was particularly raphers. I wanted a tattoo artist who knew mother’s failures. When I became a mother of twins, I finally understood her years of complaints— important to understand how I utilize apology me well, and whose work I would be proud to no matter how hard we try to do right by our children, our moments of weakness and vulnerability in my life—as a tool of repair, a form of live with forever. I asked Rene Lopez, a former can affect them in ways we never intended. I believe women have been characterized as care-takers, protection, a symbol of strength, a brand of student, to design and execute the piece. people-pleasers, and peace-makers and nearly all of the women I know have the tendency to insecurity, and a personal statement. Five hours of tattooing, doing my best to remain blame themselves unnecessarily. While this is inherently problematic for women, there is also still and straight-faced, served as both something beautiful and authentic about this expression. Navigating our place in the world as individuals, I quickly realized I was in constant apology a cathartic exercise of will and a form of self- as we hopefully make our most verdant attempts to understand others deeply, an apology is a mode. I apologized for the weather. I apologized flagellation: punishing myself for my wrongs concise way to express empathy. for not living up to ridiculous standards. I while taking accountability for my actions apologized for allowing myself to feel hurt by in the most self-serving and abject way I MCASD: What is it like living with this tattoo now? others. Apology was my most reliable mode could imagine. of communication. In order to acknowledge LC: I’m still finding it hard to believe that the tattoo is real and it’s staying with me for the rest of its power, I decided to commit my body to the MCASD: Were you thinking about the tendency my life. I love looking at it, I love the way it moves with my belly, and I love that it’s something few ultimate apology. SORRY defined so much of that women in our society have to apologize? people will actually see in person. The tattoo, for me, functions as a reminder to be empathetic, my life and explained succinctly how I move humble, and responsible for my actions. SORRY is about strength, vulnerability, and the desire to through the world as a woman, a mother, an LC: The tendency for women to apologize for , 2018. TWO-CHANNEL DIGITAL VIDEO. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST. become a better person—day in and day out. It’s about honesty, sincerity, and deep longing for artist, a wife, a friend, a daughter, a teacher, anything and everything is something I struggle absolution. It’s about repair, suffering, acceptance, and forgiveness. SORRY isn’t a word we should and a person compelled by feelings of regret, with daily. In a patriarchal society, women use less. It’s a promise to do right by others and ourselves. LISSA CORONA, PENANCE
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AXLINE LECTURE Rather than trying to find out what’s actually going on behind closed MCASD and The San Diego Museum of Art present doors, I’m trying to take a long hard the 19th Annual Axline Lecture featuring Trevor Paglen look at the door itself. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019 > 6-7 PM RECEPTION; 7-8:30 PM LECTURE > LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED —Trevor Paglen
MCASD and The San Diego Museum of Art invite you to the 19th annual Axline Lecture featuring internationally renowned artist Trevor Paglen. Paglen’s work spans image-making, sculpture, investigative journalism, writing, engineering, and numerous other disciplines. Known for his striking landscape photographs that emerge from his interest in science and journalism, Paglen’s work evokes more than a pristine or idyllic location; his images make visible the structures and technologies that impact our lives and reveal government secrecy. He has received numerous awards, including a 2017 MacArthur
Fellowship, and the 2014 Electronic Frontier Foundation Pioneer , 2009, C-PRINT. COLLECTION OF THE OAKLAND Award for his contributions to counter-surveillance. Trevor Paglen has exhibited his work at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the New Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, and in the upcoming MCASD exhibition Trevor Paglen: Sites Unseen. DMSP 5B/F4 FROM PYRAMID LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION (MILITARY PORTRAIT OF ARTIST TREVOR PAGLEN. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST’S STUDIO. / TREVOR PAGLEN, METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE; 1973-054A) MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA; ART ACQUISITION FUND. © AND PHOTO TREVOR BY PAGLEN.
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MCASD’S PARTNERSHIP WITH WESTFIELD SANCTUARY PRINT SHOP
UTC CONTINUES Sanctuary Print Shop is a project conceived of by artists Sergio De La Torre and Chris Treggiari. In a time when the world seems more divisive than ever, these artists give us the opportunity As part of MCASD’s commitment to maintaining a presence in the La Jolla community, to reimagine the possibility of connecting with one another and finding refuge in activism. three works from its permanent collection have been installed at Westfield UTC for Transforming the museum into a space for collaboration, dialogue, and action, these two a three-year partnership that brings MCASD artworks and art-making experiences back artists invite visitors to state their truths and work collectively to create protest posters. This to La Jolla. The first installation includes three sculptures—Sandro Chia’s The Twin’s Father project originated at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, exploring the (1986); Judith Shea’s Eden (1987); and Francisco Zuñiga’s Juchiteca de Pie (1966). history of the sanctuary ordinance in the state of California.
These works provided inspiration for Sculpture Frenzy, a pop-up Family ArtLAB at Here at MCASD, the timeline documenting this history will examine San Diego’s relationship Westfield UTC. On a sunny Saturday afternoon last summer, families and Westfield UTC to immigration. Through a series of workshops and conversations with immigrants, lawyers, shoppers alike were treated to conversation-based tours of the sculptures, followed by activists, and others, visitors will have the opportunity and the tools to raise their voice as a sculpture-making workshop led by MCASD Gallery Educators. In November, MCASD’s pop-up they activate the print shop. Family ArtLAB returned with Sketch and Draw, a themed workshop teaching life drawing techniques. Mark your calendar for the next Family ArtLAB pop up, Embracing Assemblage, Join us from 12 to 1:15 PM on select weekend dates as we create posters and foster dialogue in happening on Saturday, March 9 from 2 to 4 PM. a place of safety.
SANCTUARY PRINT SHOP ACTIVATION DATES:
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2 SUNDAY, JANUARY 6 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 SATURDAY, JANUARY 12 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 SUNDAY, JANUARY 20 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 UTC SHOPPERS STOP MCASD’S BY POP-UP ARTLAB FAMILY FOR SCULPTURE MAKING. THE SANCTUARY PRINT SHOP PROJECT. COURTESY OF THE ARTISTS. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 SATURDAY, MARCH 2
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TEEN ADVISORY GROUP (TAG) EXPLORES YOUTH HOMELESSNESS
The Teen Advisory Group (TAG) continues to examine various social issues through the lens of contemporary art, with a focus this year on the topic of youth homelessness. As part of TAG’s research and exploration within the local community, teens met with San Diego based artist David White, who joins the educator team as this year’s Guest Artist. On Saturday, October 20, TAG met with White at the New School of Architecture in the East Village, where the artist teaches, to begin in-depth conversations about what constitutes “home.” The field trip invited teens to think about how the word “homeless” is used to categorize and generalize a group of people.
White, one of 42 artists featured in this fall’s exhibition, Being Here with You/ Estando aquí contigo, has long addressed issues of homelessness, gentrification, and displacement. He approaches art historical conventions as a way of engaging individuals or groups at the scale of the neighborhood.
This year, TAG students expanded their own definitions of what constitutes contemporary art by working together to create participatory installations. During December’s Downtown at Sundown, TAG will join forces with community service partners in an interactive event inviting participants to create care packages of toiletries and other necessities while learning more about factors that affect our local youth.
Based on this collaborative exploration with local artists, community collectives, organizations, , 2016, VINYL BANNER, 16 X 9 FEET. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST. PHOTO PABLO BY MASON. workshops, and other guest speakers, teens will develop a group project for the TAG culminating showcase in mid June 2019. The teens’ final project will focus on peripheral concepts of identity and community, urging audiences to think beyond their preconceived notions of homelessness. MCASD’S TEEN ADVISORY GROUP TOURS THE EXHIBITION BEING HERE WITH YOU/ ESTANDO AQUÍ CONTIGO:42 ARTISTS FROM SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA THE AT MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO, 2018.
The Teen Advisory Group is supported by funding from The Hearst Foundations and California Arts Council. DAVID WHITE, PINNACLE
12 13 MARK YOUR CALENDAR JANUARYDOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN AT SUNDOWN AT SUNDOWN FOR THESE UPCOMING DOWNTOWN AT SUNDOWN EVENTS AND KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR SPECIAL PERFORMANCES:
> THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20 Teen Advisory Group Public Intervention
> THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 San Diego Symphony will present excerpts of Cornelius Cardew’s experimental masterpiece The Great Learning: Paragraph 7 as part of the Hearing the Future festival
> THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Opening of Trevor Paglen: Sites Unseen
> THURSDAY, MARCH 21
DOWNTOWN AT SUNDOWN > MORE THAN A MONTHLY ART CELEBRATION
Every third Thursday of the month, MCASD partners with San Diego State University Art Gallery, San Diego Downtown Partnership, and a selection of local restaurants to offer a taste of the Core-Columbia neighborhood. Enjoy free Museum admission, exhibition tours at 5:30 and 6:45 PM, live performances by local artists at 6:15 and 7:15 PM, drink specials at Stone Brewing Company Store, live music by DJ Air Nandez, and much more.
Join us for the first Downtown at Sundown of the year on Thursday, January 17, from 5 to 8 PM. Don’t miss your last chance to see the exhibition Being Here with You/Estando aquí contigo: 42 Artists from San Diego and Tijuana before it closes on February 3. Work continues at our La Jolla location, where you may have January’s Downtown at Sundown will feature performances by the San Diego Symphony as noticed some changes this fall. The creative minds at Hollis Brand part of the Hearing the Future festival. Curated by composer-conductor and MacAthur Genius Culture are behind our “Inside Out Gallery” concept, featuring Award recipient Matthew Aucoin, this year’s festival takes place January 9 through 27. At Downtown at Sundown, musicians will perform excerpts of Cornelius Cardew’s experimental works from the permanent collection along our construction fence. masterpiece The Great Learning: Paragraph 7 (with words by the Chinese philosopher Confucius). When MCASD La Jolla reopens, the new space will boast galleries A chorus of singers led by kallisti, UC San Diego’s vocal ensemble, will walk through the galleries while singing Cardew’s semi-improvised score to create a uniquely immersive and permanently devoted to the collection. In the meantime, stroll by interactive soundscape. 700 Prospect Street to get your fix. COG·NATE COLLECTIVE PERFORMS DOWNTOWN AT SUNDOWN. AT PHOTO ANGIE BY OLLMAN. / GUESTS ENJOY DOWNTOWN SUNDOWN. AT PHOTOS ANGIE BY OLLMAN. MATTHEW AUCOIN, CURATOR OF SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY’SHEARING THE FUTURE FESTIVAL.
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MONTE CARLO
On Saturday, September 8, MCASD held its 42nd annual gala at the home of Matthew and Iris Strauss in Rancho Santa Fe. Monte Carlo: An Art Affair broke all previous fundraising records in support of MCASD’s exhibitions and public programs. Chaired by Iris Strauss, Joan Jacobs, and Karen Cohn, this unforgettable evening included fine dining and dancing under the stars, and guided tours of the Strauss’ art collection, which ArtNEWS consistently names among the world’s top 200 private collections.
A huge thank you to our Monte Carlo Chairs, our guests, and everyone who made this year’s event an enormous success! AT THEAN ART AFFAIR AT HOME OF MATTHEW AND IRIS STRAUSS. PHOTOS KECK STACY BY AND 16 17 MONTE CARLO: AN ART AFFAIR CHAIRS IRIS STRAUSS, JOAN JACOBS, AND KAREN COHN. / MONTE CARLO: KRISTINA YAMAMOTO. KRISTINA UPPER-LEVEL TRAVEL MEMBERS’ FIELD TRIP: DESERT X (PALM SPRINGS) > MARCH 8-9, 2019
The desert comes alive once again this spring, when the Coachella Valley and the surrounding landscape offer a curated exhibition of site-specific works by established and emerging artists. Join us for the second iteration of the Desert X project, produced by Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit organization founded in 2015 to bring the finest international artists to the Coachella Valley to create art, engage viewers, and focus attention on the Valley’s environment. Artists are invited to make work that responds to the unique conditions of Palm Springs and the surrounding Valley.
EXCLUSIVE TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES You recently travelled with MCASD Collectors Join us for an exciting and in-depth FOR MEMBERS to New York. What were some of your favorite curatorial journey through the desert destinations? on this two-day trip. Optional hotel accommodations can be provided and MCASD’s New York Contemporary Collectors MCASD’s Upper-level Members receive exclusive access to all that MCASD has to offer. From private the group will dine together each trip was an unforgettable journey that kept collection visits and one-of-a-kind travel opportunities, to insightful conversations with curators and evening to socialize and discuss all of on giving. We started with a private photography patrons alike, our Members are at the center of it all. the day’s highlights. collection nested in an apartment with a breathtaking panoramic view over Central Park, Hear what Membership is like first-hand from Ingrid Westlake, a new Collectors Circle Member who has Registration is limited and available followed by trips to Dia: Beacon and Storm King sampled several MCASD programs and travelled with the Museum to New York City last spring. to current MCASD Members at the Art Center, more private art collection visits, Avant Garde level and above. Interested and a Nick Cave sound suit show finale. MCASD: Tell us what it’s like to be an MCASD How is travelling with MCASD different than in upgrading your Membership? Contemporary Collector? travelling on your own? Please contact Senior Membership Where are you headed next? & Annual Giving Manager April Erin It’s incredibly fun to meet fellow art lovers and I travel a lot to view art; logistics can quickly Farrell at [email protected] or I can’t wait to find out what reflective and optical collectors. There is no feeling that “I must stop become a military exercise which can detract 858 454 3541 x162. illusions Desert X has in store in 2019. The 2017 talking about art” with this crowd. We get to from the act of viewing art. When I travelled with edition of Desert X inspired one of my earliest blogs know each other, discuss exhibitions we’ve seen MCASD, juggling between exhibitions openings, on Reinventingrid.com. The question is: will you join? and share about artists who have left a strong museum hours and traffic to maximize what I UPCOMING TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES: impression, overall expanding each other’s can see in a short period of time all went away. JUNE 2019 > CONTEMPORARY COLLECTORS Want to meet like-minded individuals who are art knowledge and discoveries. At MCASD’s All I had to do was simply enjoy privileged access TRIP: WASHINGTON DC passionate about contemporary art? Contact Cocktails & Collections program, I get to see to the best private collections and exhibitions Elizabeth Yang Hellewell at 858 454 3541 x179 what other people live with and hang on their in the company of equally passionate art lovers. OCTOBER 2019 > INTERNATIONAL or [email protected] to join MCASD’s walls, adding wonderful perspective to my Heavenly! COLLECTORS TRIP: MILAN AND TURIN, ITALY Collectors Circle today.
personal collecting journey. MCASD CONTEMPORARY COLLECTOR MEMBER INGRID WESTLAKE VISITS DIA: BACON IN NEW YORK. DESERT X 2017.
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Following the spirited groundbreaking ceremony, MCASD Trustees, Members, and campaign contributors headed to the home of Trustee Elizabeth Phelps for a private luncheon hosted by Joan and Irwin Jacobs. The event celebrated the birthday of Irwin Jacobs, who was serenaded by the brass section of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, who played Happy Birthday to Jacobs before Kathryn Kanjo presented him with a special gift from the Museum, a sculptural rendition of Qualcomm’s first creation—a cell phone—created by artist Jean Lowe.
The Museum anticipates opening in 2021. MCASD is thankful to its partners in this project, including Gafcon, Inc., LPA Inc., and Selldorf Architects.
MCASD LA JOLLA GROUNDBREAKING
Two years ago, on the occasion of the Museum’s 75th anniversary, MCASD announced a transformative vision for the future: a campaign that would dramatically grow the campus and increase its operational endowment. With the acquisition of additional property, invested stakeholders, and the endorsement of the city of La Jolla and San Diego, the Museum broke ground on its long planned for expansion project on Thursday, October 18, 2018.
The special ceremony was led by MCASD’s David C. Copley Director and CEO Kathryn Kanjo, Board President Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, and Founding Principal of Selldorf Architects, Annabelle Selldorf. MCASD Trustees, donors, and staff were joined by civic officials Congressman Scott Peters, San Diego City Council President Pro Tem Barbara Bry, and Assemblyman Todd Gloria, to witness this important milestone in the project. Selldorf Architect’s design calls for new construction to the south that will allow for two levels Having raised $80M towards the $95M Capital Campaign goal for the renovation of its flagship of light-filled galleries, offering a wide range of volume and character. Vertical windows will welcome La Jolla facility, MCASD acknowledged and thanked all campaign contributors, with special the site’s distinct natural light and coastal views into the Museum. A large, flexible multipurpose thanks to lead donors Joan and Irwin Jacobs and Matt and Iris Strauss. gallery on the lower level will provide capacity for public programs, artist talks, performance art, music, and other immersive educational activities. By accommodating the required parking spaces underground, the existing parking lot on the north end of campus will be transformed into a public art park. New seaside terraces will offer dramatic views of the Pacific Coast from two levels. MCASD’s operations will be further enhanced by up-to-date back of house spaces including a new loading dock, art preparator’s room, freight elevator, art storage, and two levels of below
GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO’S EXPANSIONPROJECT IN LA JOLLA. PHOTOS ANGIE BY OLLMAN / © SELLDORF ARCHITECTS. grade parking.
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AN ARTIST’S PERSPECTIVE > ARTIST RUN SPACES
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 > 6:30-7:30 THE LOT > 7611 FAY AVE. LA JOLLA, CA 92037
An Artist’s Perspective is MCASD’s casual and engaging lecture series featuring acclaimed artists from around the region. THIS JUST IN: Join us for this unique opportunity to hear from artists featured in the exhibition Being Here with You/ Estando aquí contigo: 42 The Artist’s Perspective ON THE ROAD Artists from San Diego and Tijuana. The exhibition acknowledges series is now FREE the crucial role that alternative art venues play in the region’s to attend! In an effort One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, Andy Warhol is often recognized for art communities, with nearly a quarter of the exhibitions artists to increase access his celebration of Hollywood and celebrity. In Liz Taylor Diptych, a promised gift to MCASD, running or programming independent spaces in both cities. At this to contemporary art Warhol depicts one of his most iconic figures against a silver background. Alongside the special panel you’ll hear from Abraham Ávila and Ingrid Hernández and artists, MCASD second panel, left blank, the work evokes the silver screen of the movie industry as well as (Relaciones Inesperadas), Mely Barragán and Daniel Ruanova (TJ will offer all talks associated with the the flash and glamour of the actress’s life. in China), Thomas DeMello (ICE Gallery and Bread & Salt), Mauricio Artist’s Perspective Muñoz and Andrew Roberts (Deslave), and Joe Yorty (Best Practice). program FREE This fall, the work is on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art in their new of charge. Spread exhibition, Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again. With new research and scholarship This year marks the second year of continuous support from our the word! since the artist’s death in 1987, this is the first retrospective of the artist’s work in the Artist’s Perspective partner, The LOT. Thanks to the generosity
United States in almost 20 years. The exhibition will be on view through March 31, 2019, , 1963. SILKSCREEN INK, ACRYLIC, AND SPRAY PAINT ON LINEN, of La Jolla’s luxury cinema and dining venue, MCASD to is able to and is accompanied by a new catalogue. continue bringing enlighteningconversation to the village of La Jolla.
An Artist’s Perspective is made possible by support from the City of San Diego District One Arts, Culture, and Community Festivals Fund. Institutional support for MCASD is provided by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture and County of San Diego Community Enhancement Program.
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DAVID ANTIN: SKY POEMS
On Saturday, September 29, more than 200 people gathered behind the Museum’s La Jolla location on Coast Boulevard to witness artist Julien Bismuth’s tribute to the late poet and performance artist David Antin (1932–2016). A mesmerized crowd watched a fleet of five airplanes fly side-by-side across a clear blue sky, releasing puffs of smoke as they spelled out a three-line poem by Antin. Guests spoke the words aloud as they appeared in the sky and pondered their meaning over Joe’s on the Nose coffee and scones.
This special event was a restaging of a performance and literary event created by Antin in the late 1980s. On September 3, 1988, MCASD presented Sky Poems 2. The first stanza of the poem appeared in 1987 in the sky over Santa Monica. In La Jolla the following year, a team of aerial skywriters reproduced the second stanza over the beach and the Museum. For this restaging, the poem began in La Jolla and the second stanza was flown above the Los Angeles County Museum of Art later in the afternoon.
Antin wrote that the work was inspired by his childhood memory of a fleet of advertising planes skytyping a message over Coney Island. His original idea for the piece was “an epic poem stretching across the United States... gradually being written for people who would never see all of it.” While Antin was only able to realize two parts of the epic poem, the 2018 revival saw the poem stretch across Southern California in a single day.
Adding more meaning to this special event, the pilot who led the fleet of skywriters was Stephen Stinis, president of Las Vegas-based Skytypers. He is the son of the pilot who led the team that created the sky poems for Antin’s original project in the late 1980s, as well as—it turns out—the grandson of Andy Stinis, the pilot who led the skywriting team that Antin watched over Coney Island as a child.
David Antin: Sky Poems was co-presented by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. MCASD’s presentation is made possible by Maryanne and Irwin Pfister. DAVID ANTIN:DAVID SKY POEMS THE AT MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO, LA JOLLA LOCATION. PHOTO KECK. STACY BY
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Each year we ask our Members, Museum family, and donors at large to support another year of groundbreaking Learn directly from local, UPCOMING DATES: exhibitions and engaging public programs by donating WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30 > 6:30 PM > MADE contemporary artists at to our end of year campaign. Year after year, your support BY X: MELY BARRAGÁN AND DANIEL RUANOVA Made by X—MCASD’s hands-on, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 > 6:30 PM > MADE helps us bring contemporary art to San Diego’s community art-making event featuring BY X: JOE YORTY and beyond. This year, we’re asking you to help us raise an evening of exploration of MADE BY X IS $25 FOR MEMBERS; $40 FOR $14,000 in just one day, on Friday, December 14. Mark your artistic materials and processes NON-MEMBERS. SPACE IS LIMITED, EARLY calendar now and keep an eye on MCASD’s emails, Facebook, over conversation and cocktails. REGISTRATION IS SUGGESTED. TICKET PRICES and Instagram—we’ll be sharing some inspiration in the COVER ALL ART-MAKING MATERIALS, DRINKS, weeks leading up to the big day. AND ADMISSION. TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED AT MCASD.ORG OR BY CALLING APRIL FARRELL AT 858 454 3541 X162. 27 ARTIST PANCA LEADS AN INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP MADE AT X. BY EXIT eXit pARTy PARTY
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Non-profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID 700 Prospect St. La Jolla, CA 92037-4291 Permit Number 3426 change service requested San Diego, California EVENTS CALENDAR EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW MCASD LA JOLLA IS CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR A MAJOR RENOVATION AND DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH EXPANSION PROJECT SET TO QUADRUPLE DOWNTOWN > CURRENT GALLERY SPACE. 1100 KETTNER BLVD. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 SUNDAY, JANUARY 6 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3 SATURDAY, MARCH 2 Learn more at www.mcasd.org/expansion. EDUCATORS ENGAGE! > 9 AM-4 PM > DOWNTOWN SANCTUARY PRINT SHOP > 12-1:15 PM > SANCTUARY PRINT SHOP > 12-1:15 PM > DOWNTOWN SANCTUARY PRINT SHOP > 12-1:15 PM > BEING HERE WITH YOU/ ESTANDO AQUÍ DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN CONTIGO: 42 ARTISTS FROM SAN DIEGO MCASD Downtown is your hub for art SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 AND TIJUANA happenings, engaging programs, and thought- SANCTUARY PRINT SHOP > 12-1:15 PM > DOWNTOWN THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 SANCTUARY PRINT SHOP > 12-1:15 PM > DOWNTOWN MARCH 8-9 ON VIEW THROUGH 2/3/19 provoking exhibitions. AN ARTIST’S PERSPECTIVE: ARTIST RUN UPPER LEVEL MEMBERS’ FIELD TRIP: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Being Here With You/ Estando aquí contigo SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8 SPACES > 6:30-7:30 PM > THE LOT, DESERT X > PALM SPRINGS DOWNTOWN AT SUNDOWN > 5-8 PM > DOWNTOWN highlights artists whose distinctive practices are MCASD offers two-hour parking for $2 in the FAMILY ARTLAB: PRINTING FOR ACTION > 2-4 PM > 7611 FAY AVE., LA JOLLA, CA 92037 DOWNTOWN EXTENDED SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP (ESP) SHOWCASE SATURDAY, MARCH 9 shaping conversations and communities in the One America Plaza parking structure across SATURDAY, JANUARY 12 > 5:30-7:30 PM > DOWNTOWN, 1001 KETTNER BLVD. FAMILY ARTLAB: ASSEMBLAGE > 2-4 PM > binational region and beyond. the street from the Museum. Simply park in the FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14 SANCTUARY PRINT SHOP > 12-1:15 PM > WESTFIELD UTC, 4545 LA JOLLA VILLAGE DR., structure when you arrive, and then pick up your FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 $14 ON 14 > VISIT WWW.MCASD.ORG FOR DETAILS DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO, CA 92122 TREVOR PAGLEN: SITES UNSEEN voucher for redemption at the MCASD front FIELD TRIP: EXPLORE BAJA CALIFORNIA’S ON VIEW 2/22/19 THROUGH 6/2/19 desk.If you’re visiting on the weekend, please use SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 ART & CULTURAL SCENE > 8:30 AM > THURSDAY, MARCH 21 This mid-career survey of the MacArthur the parking garage intercom for access. SANCTUARY PRINT SHOP > 12-1:15 PM > DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN AT SUNDOWN > 5-8 PM > DOWNTOWN DEPARTURE DOWNTOWN AT SUNDOWN > 5-8 PM > DOWNTOWN Award-winning artist presents Paglen’s early DOWNTOWN EXTENDED SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP (ESP) photographic series alongside his recent FOR INFORMATION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 EXTENDED SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP (ESP) SHOWCASE > 5:30-7:30 PM > DOWNTOWN, sculptural objects and new work with AI. 858 454 3541 > www.mcasd.org DOWNTOWN AT SUNDOWN > 5-8 PM > DOWNTOWN SANCTUARY PRINT SHOP > 12-1:15 PM > DOWNTOWN TAG: ARTISTIC INTERVENTION > 5:30-7:30 PM > SHOWCASE > 5:30-7:30 PM > DOWNTOWN, 1001 KETTNER BLVD. MCASD LA JOLLA: CLOSED FOR DOWNTOWN 1001 KETTNER BLVD. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 DOWNTOWN > RENOVATION AND EXPANSION SUNDAY, JANUARY 20 MADE BY X: JOE YORTY > 6:30 PM > DOWNTOWN 1001 KETTNER BLVD. 700 Prospect Street, La Jolla CA 92037 SANCTUARY PRINT SHOP > 12-1:15 PM > MCASD DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN SANCTUARY PRINT SHOP ON VIEW THROUGH 3/10/19 1100 and 1001 Kettner Blvd., San Diego CA 92101 DEC 2018 | JAN | FEB MAR 2019 | JAN 2018 DEC SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 Sanctuary Print Shop is a project conceived of HOURS SANCTUARY PRINT SHOP > 12-1:15 PM > by artists Sergio de la Torre and Chris Treggiari. 1100 Kettner Blvd. DOWNTOWN Transforming the museum into a space for 11 AM–5 PM daily. Third Thursday of every month: collaboration, dialogue, and action, these two WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30 11 AM–8 PM. Closed Wednesday. artists invite visitors to state their truths and MADE BY X: MELY BARRAGÁN 1001 Kettner Blvd. work collectively to create protest posters. AND DANIEL RUANOVA > 6:30 PM > 11 AM-5 PM Thursday through Sunday. Third
DOWNTOWN Thursday of every month: 11 AM-8 PM. Closed SCREENING ROOM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
LETTERS TO AN ARMY OF THREE PUBLIC TOURS ON VIEW 1/17/19 THROUGH 3/10/19 Saturdays and Sundays at 2 PM, and every Letters to an Army of Three (2006) is a film third Thursday at 5:30 and 6:45 PM. For more EXHIBITIONS DOWNTOWN > 1100 KETTNER BLVD. created by internationally acclaimed artist information about guided tours for private, school, Andrea Bowers. As we enter an era when women’s or community groups, please visit our website at BEING HERE WITH YOU/ ESTANDO AQUÍ CONTIGO (THROUGH 2/3/19) TREVOR PAGLEN: SITES UNSEEN (2/22/19 THROUGH 6/2/19) rights are once again at risk, this empowering www.mcasd.org/learn/tours. film reminds us what can happen when women organize and support one another. ADMISSION EXHIBITIONS DOWNTOWN > 1001 KETTNER BLVD. Free for MCASD Members $10 Non-members > $5 Seniors (age 65+) SANCTUARY PRINT SHOP (THROUGH 3/10/19) Free for Military (with ID) Free for ages 25 & under LETTERS TO AN ARMY OF THREE (1/17/19 THROUGH 3/10/19) Admission is valid for seven days. Free the third Thursday of every month from 5–8 PM
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Member-exclusive event. Become a Member by visiting www.mcasd.org/join-give/overview. For tickets and more information, please visit www.mcasd.org. MCASD is accessible to all its visitors. DOWNTOWN AT SUNDOWN teens both in San Diego and Mexico City. Based on UPCOMING ESP SHOWCASE DATES: EDUCATORS > 5-8 PM > DOWNTOWN these experiences they created and coordinated a Visual and performing arts converge at MCASD’s special intervention for the public. > THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019 signature monthly event: Downtown at Sundown. > THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 FAMILY ARTLAB: PRINTING FOR ACTION EDUCATORS ENGAGE! MCASD AND THE SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART Every third Thursday of the month from 5 to 8 PM, > THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2019 > SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8 > 2-4 PM > DOWNTOWN > SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 > 9 AM-4 PM > PRESENT THE 19TH ANNUAL AXLINE LECTURE MCASD partners with San Diego State University Learn how to make your own activist posters at DOWNTOWN FEATURING TREVOR PAGLEN Art Gallery, San Diego Downtown Partnership, and this special Family ArtLAB. The session will begin Join us for a professional development session > WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019 > 6-7 PM RECEPTION; a selection of local restaurants to offer a taste of with a tour of the exhibition Being Here with You/ and learn how contemporary art enriches 7-8:30 PM LECTURE > LOCATION TO BE what the Core-Columbia neighborhood has to offer. TALKS AND TOURS Estando aquí contigo: 42 Artists from San Diego curricula across the content areas. At this special ANNOUNCED Enjoy free Museum admission, exhibition tours at and Tijuana, during which we’ll explore activism event for educators, you’ll learn how to MCASD and The San Diego Museum of Art invite 5:30 and 6:45 PM, live performances by local artists expressed through contemporary art from the incorporate contemporary art and in-gallery you to the 19th annual Axline Lecture featuring AN ARTIST’S PERSPECTIVE: at 6:15 and 7:15 PM, drink specials at Stone Brewing San Diego and Tijuana region. We’ll end with a teaching techniques in the classroom; participate internationally renowned artist Trevor Paglen. ARTIST RUN SPACES Company Store, live music by DJ Air Nandez, and FIELD TRIP: EXPLORE BAJA CALIFORNIA’S workshop in the Sanctuary Print Shop. in break-out sessions led by MCASD partner Paglen’s work spans image-making, sculpture, > THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 > 6:30-7:30 PM > THE LOT much more! ART & CULTURAL SCENE teachers and the Museum’s Gallery Educators; investigative journalism, writing, engineering, and 7611 FAY AVE., LA JOLLA, CA 92037 > FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 > 8:30 AM > This program is recommended for families with and explore ways to integrate the exhibition numerous other disciplines. Known for his striking MCASD is partnering with The LOT to present Mark your calendar for these upcoming Downtown DOWNTOWN DEPARTURE children ages five and older. Tickets are sold on a Being Here with You/ Estando aquí contigo into landscape photographs that emerge from his An Artist’s Perspective—a casual and engaging SANCTUARY PRINT SHOP at Sundown events and keep an eye out for special Grab your passport and join MCASD for an expedition first come, first served basis, and include Museum your curriculum. This program is $25 and includes interest in science and journalism, Paglen’s work EXTENDED SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP (ESP) lecture series featuring acclaimed artists > 12-1:15 PM ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS: SUNDAY, performances. into Baja’s food, art, and cultural scene. Begin the admission; capacity is limited to 60 participants. a continental breakfast and light refreshments. evokes more than a pristine or idyllic location; his SHOWCASE from around the region. At this special panel DECEMBER 2; SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15; SUNDAY, > THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20 > Teen Advisory Group day with a spectacular scenic drive down the coast of This program is free for MCASD Members and Discounts are available for organizations sending images make visible the structures and technologies > THIRD THURSDAYS > 5:30-7:30 PM > DOWNTOWN, discussion featuring artists from the exhibition JANUARY 6; SATURDAY, JANUARY 12; SUNDAY, Public Intervention Baja California as we head to Ensenada to visit military families; $15 for non-members. The family two or more participants who register at the that impact our lives and reveal government 1001 KETTNER BLVD. Being Here with You/ Estando aquí contigo: JANUARY 20; SATURDAY, JANUARY 26; SUNDAY, > THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 > San Diego Symphony photographer Alicia Tsuchiya. Next we’ll head to El Valle price includes two adults and up to three youths. same time. secrecy. He has received numerous awards, MCASD’s Extended School Partnership (ESP) 42 Artists from San Diego and Tijuana, you’ll FEBRUARY 3; SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9; SUNDAY, will present excerpts of Cornelius Cardew’s de Guadalupe to visit the studio of artist Beliz Iristay including a 2017 MacArthur Fellowship, and the 2014 program facilitates arts-based learning hear from Abraham Ávila and Ingrid Hernández FEBRUARY 24; SATURDAY, MARCH 2 > DOWNTOWN experimental masterpiece The Great Learning: before stopping for lunch at a world-renowned winery. Electronic Frontier Foundation Pioneer Award for his experiences in the classroom and at the Museum. (Relaciones Inesperadas), Mely Barragán and FAMILY ARTLAB: ASSEMBLAGE Sanctuary Print Shop is a project by Sergio De La Paragraph 7 as part of the Hearing the Future Back in Tijuana we’ll visit the shared studio of Mauricio contributions to counter-surveillance. Trevor Paglen The program empowers 6-12th grade teachers to Daniel Ruanova (TJ in China), Thomas DeMello > SATURDAY, MARCH 9 > 2-4 PM > WESTFIELD UTC, Torre and Chris Treggiari. In a moment when the festival Muñoz and Andrew Roberts, followed by a quick visit has exhibited his work at the Smithsonian American use the Museum as an extension of the classroom, (ICE Gallery and Bread & Salt), Mauricio Muñoz 4545 LA JOLLA VILLAGE DR., SAN DIEGO, CA 92122 world seems more divisive than ever, these artists > THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21 > Opening of Trevor to 206 Arte Contemporaneo, a unique gallery in the Art Museum, the New Museum, the Metropolitan enhancing their ability to incorporate original art and Andrew Roberts (Deslave), and Joe Yorty As part of MCASD’s commitment to maintaining a give us the opportunity to reimagine the possibility Paglen: Sites Unseen heart of downtown where we’ll see a solo exhibition Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of objects into their curriculum, promoting students’ (Best Practice). This program is free to attend. presence in the La Jolla community, three works UPPER-LEVEL MEMBERS’ FIELD TRIP: of connecting with one another and finding refuge > THURSDAY, MARCH 21 featuring artist Juan Villavicencio. The adventure will Modern Art, Tate Modern, and most recently in the critical and creative thinking. The program consists from its permanent collection have been installed DESERT X (PALM SPRINGS) in activism. Transforming the museum into a space end with a visit to Casa de la Cultura de Tijuana for MCASD exhibition Trevor Paglen: Sites Unseen. of professional development for the classroom at Westfield UTC for a three-year partnership that > MARCH 8-9, 2019 for collaboration, dialogue, and action, these two a glimpse of this vibrant city’s history and incredible teacher, class visits to the Museum, in-classroom brings MCASD artworks and art-making experiences The desert comes alive once again this spring, artists invite visitors to state their truths and work nighttime views. This program is free for students with valid ID critique sessions, and a culminating showcase back to La Jolla. Beginning in the summer of when the Coachella Valley and the surrounding collectively to create protest posters. This project and Members of MCASD and The San Diego where students are able to showcase their 2018, MCASD has engaged families and Westfield landscape offer a curated exhibition of site-specific originated at the Yerba Buena Center for the This program is $130 for Members and $160 for Museum of Art; $15 for non-members. Members at accomplishments at the Museum. UTC shoppers in a series of pop-up, art-making works by established and emerging artists. Join Arts in San Francisco, exploring the history of the non-members. the Patron Circle level and above are invited to a workshops designed to make art more accessible us for the second iteration of the Desert X project, sanctuary ordinance in the state of California. Here pre-lecture reception at 6 PM. To RSVP, please Each partnership is unique to the individual school for all. Led by MCASD Gallery Educators, Family produced by Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit at MCASD, the timeline documenting this history MADE BY X > JOE YORTY email [email protected]. and can be as short as a couple of weeks or as ArtLAB: Assemblage invites participants to combine organization founded in 2015 to bring the finest will examine San Diego’s relationship to immigration. > WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 > 6:30 PM > DOWNTOWN long as an academic year. Through multiple school found objects and collage to create unique works of international artists to the Coachella Valley to Through a series of workshops and conversations Learn directly from local, contemporary EXIT PARTY and Museum visits led by our Gallery Educators, art that participants can take home. This program create art, engage viewers, and focus attention with immigrants, lawyers, activists, and others, artists at Made by X—MCASD’s hands-on, art-making on the Valley’s environment. Artists are invited to > FRIDAY, MAY 31 > 7-10 PM event featuring an evening of exploration of artistic students and teachers embrace the Museum as a is free to attend. visitors will have the opportunity and the tools to MCASD’s eXit pARTies offer new ways to experience learning resource. make work that responds to the unique conditions raise their voice as they activate the print shop. materials and processes over conversation and of Palm Springs and the surrounding Valley. Join contemporary art. Help us close the exhibition Join us on select weekend dates beginning MADE BY X > MELY BARRAGÁN cocktails. At this Made by X, participants will learn us for an exciting and in-depth curatorial journey Trevor Paglen: Sites Unseen with tours, live music December 2 as we create posters and foster AND DANIEL RUANOVA from artist Joe Yorty. This fall, students in the visual arts and math A CURATOR’S PERSPECTIVE through the desert on this two-day trip. Optional curated by A SHIP IN THE WOODS, craft cocktails dialogue in a place of safety. > WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30 > 6:30 PM > classes from El Cajon High School, La Jolla > MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2018 > 2 PM > hotel accommodations can be provided and the by Snake Oil Co., and so much more. DOWNTOWN Country Day School, and The Charter School of DOWNTOWN group will dine together each evening to socialize Learn directly from local, contemporary San Diego were invited to explore the exhibition CAPTIONS: SANCTUARY PRINT SHOP ACTIVATION. $14 ON 14 The Curator’s Perspective series offers the and discuss all of the day’s highlights. Registration Each year we ask our Members, Museum family, artists at Made by X—MCASD’s hands-on, art-making Being Here with You/ Estando aquí contigo and PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTISTS. / GUESTS opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge is limited and available to current MCASD Members EXPLORE BEING HERE WITH YOU: ESTANDO AQUÍ and donors at large to support another year of event featuring an evening of exploration of artistic create original works of art in response to the about the installation and curatorial process at the Avant Garde level and above. Interested in CONTIGO / 42 ARTISTS FROM SAN DIEGO AND materials and processes over conversation and processes, materials, and themes used by the groundbreaking exhibitions and engaging public TAG > ARTISTIC INTERVENTION directly from the curator. Hear from MCASD upgrading your Membership? Please contact Senior TIJUANA AT DOWNTOWN AT SUNDOWN. PHOTO BY cocktails. This Made by X will feature a collaboration artists in the exhibition. Join the students to programs by donating to our end of year campaign. > THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20 > 5:30-7:30 PM > curators and tour our new exhibition, Trevor Membership & Annual Giving Manager April Erin ANGIE OLLMAN. / MCASD FIELD TRIPPERS VISIT between artists Mely Barragán and Daniel Ruanova. celebrate their work. This event is held during Year after year, your support helps to bring DOWNTOWN Paglen: Sites Unseen. Farrell at [email protected] or 858 454 3541 x162. AN ARTIST STUDIO IN TIJUANA. / MCASD’S TEEN contemporary art to San Diego’s community and MCASD’s Teen Advisory Group (TAG) will host a Downtown at Sundown and is free to attend. ADVISORY GROUP PRESENTS THEIR CULMINATING EXHIBITION. / STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN MCASD’S beyond. This year, we’re asking you to help us raise participatory event during the Museum’s monthly This program is free for Members, and free EXTENDED SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP SHOWCASE. / $14,000 in just one day, on Friday, December 14. Downtown at Sundown program. TAG Members for non-members with paid admission. GUESTS ENJOY A TOUR AT DOWNTOWN AT were inspired by the exhibition Being Here with You/ Keep an eye on MCASD’s emails, Facebook, and SUNDOWN. PHOTO BY ANGIE OLLMAN. / FAMILY Instagram—we’ll be sharing some inspiration in the Estando aquí contigo, as well as explorations into ARTLAB PARTICIPANTS TAKE PART IN AN weeks leading up to the big day. youth homelessness and conversations with other ART-MAKING ACTIVITY.