Athenaeum Art Center

@_vespervesper_ mixing colors as part of her work creating scagliola, at the Womxn’s Open Art Studio.

Closeup of work by @printmakingasresistance NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, 2020

Closeups of work by @morganmillerthe3rd 2020 BOOK ONE, MARCH-MAY Currently showing at the @athenaeumartcenter

Closeups of work by @lynn_oleum WHAT WE BELIEVE, 2020 Part of the current PRINTMAKERS AGAINST RACISM show curated by @dontbegood_betrue at the @athenaeumartcenter inside @breadandsalt_sandiego

New La Jolla mural uses bandleader’s century-old quote to bring modern race issues into focus. If the latest installation in the Murals of La Jolla program lo...oks familiar, there’s no need to get your eyes checked. The new In Chains mural was done in the same style and by the same artist as its predecessor, Is All That It Proves. Both are Snellen eye chart-inspired pieces by Marcos Ramirez ERRE with quotes written in place of the letters one would read for an eye test. In Chains contains the Paul Whiteman quote Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains. The Murals of La Jolla program was created in 2010 by The La Jolla Community Foundation and subsequently relinquished to the care of the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, which oversees the program. SEE STORY at www.lajollalight.com//new-la-jolla-mural-uses-bandleaders- See more

Closeups of work by @lynn_oleum WHAT WE BELIEVE, 2020 Part of the current PRINTMAKERS AGAINST RACISM show curated by @dontbegood_betrue at the @athenaeumartcenter inside @breadandsalt_sandiego

New La Jolla mural uses bandleader’s century-old quote to bring modern race issues into focus. If the latest installation in the Murals of La Jolla program lo...oks familiar, there’s no need to get your eyes checked. The new In Chains mural was done in the same style and by the same artist as its predecessor, Is All That It Proves. Both are Snellen eye chart-inspired pieces by Marcos Ramirez ERRE with quotes written in place of the letters one would read for an eye test. In Chains contains the Paul Whiteman quote Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains. The Murals of La Jolla program was created in 2010 by The La Jolla Community Foundation and subsequently relinquished to the care of the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, which oversees the program. SEE STORY at www.lajollalight.com//new-la-jolla-mural-uses-bandleaders- See more

Our PRINT STUDIO at the @athenaeumartcenter is featured in a VIRTUAL EXHIBITION and TOUR during @sddesignweek (September 9-13, 2020). [Link in Bio | Print Studio / Design Week] Join host Susan Merritt on a discovery of the unparalleled Athenaeum’s School of the Arts Print Studio at the Athenaeum Art Center in Logan Heights. The studio opened in 2016 and is dedicated to teaching letterpress and printmaking.... Participants in Design Week can view creative projects at the Print Studio, shared virtually through photos and video. The work demonstrates a range of printmaking techniques from relief printing with letterpress and woodcut to intaglio and one-of-a-kind monoprints produced by students, including several design professionals. They can also meet book artist @sibsell, manager of the Print Studio, who teaches book arts and printmaking classes along with illustrator @morganmillerthe3rd. Video stills @standard.fantastic #athenaeumschoolofthearts #athenaeummusicandartslibrary #athenaeumartcenter #sandiegodesignweek2020

Repost from @morganmillerthe3rd Today I hung copies of my 2020 drawings in the Athenaeum Art Center gallery. The photos on this post show 51 drawings in three rows. They are in chronological order from left to right columns. I plan on adding 3 more drawings for a total of 54 on the wall. I plan on also adding an artist's statement. The AAC and the school are still closed because of COVID, but we were permitted to hang a show that will be called: "2020 So Far". We plan on ha...ving safe, socially distanced viewing by appointment. Besides my drawings, the other work in the show is anti-racism prints collected by Printmaking As Resistance. These prints are a small collection from all over the U.S. See the prints on their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/printmakingasresistance/ I am currently working on putting together the 2020 drawings into three books. Each book will cover three months. Book One: March, April, May Book Two: June, July, August Book Three: September, November, December The books will have letterpress covers printed on chip board with a linocut illustration. The inside covers will be printed with a linocut pattern for end pages. The inside pages will be printed digitally. The binding will be hand sewn. Each book will be an edition of 50 copies, signed and numbered. More information on how to order copies to come soon.

ONLINE ART CLASSES START SEPTEMBER 21! Registration is now open [LINK in BIO / ART CLASSES] Drawing, painting, photography, mixed-media, collage, book arts, and more! ... #athenaeumschoolofthearts #onlineartclass #sandiego #lajolla #loganheights #athenaeumusicandartslibrary #athenaeumartcenter @athenaeummusicandarts @ Athenaeum Music & Arts Library

The latest poster from the Print Studio! @sibsell

29TH ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION 2nd place AWARD goes to Chantal Wnuk for Salt Water (2019), oil paint on canvas. About This Work: A reflection on friendship, communication, connection, and heartache. There are times to text your ex and mix your tears with salty ocean waves.... Two additional works were chosen for the exhibition: Biggest Sunburn, Smallest Sun" and "The Water Will Dry" (2019), oil paint on canvas. CONGRATULATIONS! [link in bio / Juried Exhibition] Artist Bio Chantal Wnuk is a painter and sculptor currently living and working in San Diego, CA. She was born in Houston, TX and received her BFA in 2012 from the University of Texas at Austin. Recent exhibitions include A Beach for Me (and maybe you) at Ignition Project Space in Chicago, I Dreamt of a Perfect Ocean, I Dreamt of Stepping in a Hole at Best Practice, Being Here with You/ Estando aqui contigo at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, and A Show About Touching at Bread & Salt. Chantal has been awarded residencies at ACRE, Bread & Salt, 1805 Gallery, and The San Diego Art Institute. chantalwnuk.com @chantalmika Jurors @e_rooklidge and @joejoejoe_yorty Repost from @athenaeummusicandarts #secondplace #juriedexhibition #athenaeummusicandartslibrary #sandiego #sandiegoartscene #videoart #athenaeumlajolla

The online JURIED EXHIBITION is on view through September 12, 2020 [Link in Bio] Congratulations to the selected artists! ENJOY! And Big thanks to the jurors @e_rooklidge and @joejoejoe_yorty SELECTED ARTISTS (alphabetical order)... Carol Abbe, Victor Angelo, Victor Ballesteros, Farshid Bazmandegan, Kyra Brandt, Stefani Byrd, Joe Cantrell, J. Carlson, Sister Chapman, Alan Cohen, Remi Dalton, Victor De La Fuente, Lenny Gerard, Marisa DeLuca, Kristine Diekman, Flavia D'Urso, Bridget Enderle, Ricardo Galvan, Vienna Gambol, Peter Geise, Sofia Gonzalez, Eleanor Greer, Becky Guttin, Lisa Hutton, Amanda Kachadoorian, Marie Keech, Kirby Kendrick, Alexander Kohnke, Elena Lomakin, May-ling Martinez, Brad Maxey, Arie Menes, Annalise Neil, Oriana Poindexter, Allison Renshaw, Bryan Ali Sanchez, Gail Schneider, Ingrid Schraufstatter, Sage Serrano, Maggie Shen, Joe Skoby, Wayne Swanson, Kline Swonger, Leslye Villasenor, Chantal Wnuk, Cindy Zimmerman. #athenaeummusicandartslibrary #juriedexhibition #onlineexhibition #sandiego #sandiegoartscene #lajolla @athenaeummusicandarts

Carol Denenberg has been enjoying Sibyl Rubottom’s ABC: Altered Books & Collagraphs this summer. She recently shared this altered book she created using a weaving process. Look for Sibyl’s Potpourri of Book Arts class this fall, starting September 23 on Wednesdays from 10 am to 1 pm. Online registration will be open by August 17. Making a mark... Marking time Order out of chaos Bringing time to one moment The world falls away The focus is on the tip of the brush, the knife blade, the pencil, the pen. All else disappears. Sibyl Rubottom #athenaeumschoolofthearts @sibsell @cfdenenberg #bookarts #onlineartclass #athenaeummusicandartslibrary #sandiego #lajolla

We have a JOB OPENING for a part-time Bilingual Manager of the ATHENAEUM ART CENTER in Logan Heights. Check our website for details: ljathenaeum.org/employment (link in bio) #athenaeumartcenter #jobopening #loganheights #sandiego #athenaeummusicandartslibrary @ Athenaeum School of the Arts

The Port of San Diego is excited to announce two Call for Artist opportunities! The Port of San Diego invites professional artists to submit their qualification...s for two public art projects as part of its Percent for Art Program. This is a unique opportunity for local and national artists to create innovative, engaging, permanent, public artworks on Port tidelands and enrich the experiences of visitors to the waterfront. Two new public parks, Sweetwater Park and Harbor Park, will be built along the Chula Vista waterfront as part of the Port’s transformational Chula Vista Bayfront redevelopment project. Each park has its own public art component with a separate application process, budget, goals, and eligibility requirements. Deadline to submit is Saturday, July 11, 2020. Applicants can submit their qualifications and find more information on the Port’s website: https://www.portofsandiego.org//waterfront-a/opportunities Sweetwater Park Sweetwater Park will be built near the National Wildlife Refuge and Sweetwater Marsh on the north side of the development, and carries an art budget of $80,000. Artists should consider the influence of the natural landscape, local ecological features, and movement of pedestrians. This regional call is open to Southern California artists in San Diego, Orange, or Los Angeles Counties. Harbor Park Harbor Park will be built along the bayfront and beach areas surrounding a soon-to-be-constructed hotel and convention center complex, and carries an art budget of $195,000. Artists should consider the bayfront landscape and the interactions between people who are enjoying this area. This national call is open to artists in the United States. Waterfront Arts & Activation 3165 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 92101

I don’t think about art while I work, I think about life. - Jean-Michel Basquiat The (Anti) Product Postcards (c. 1980) a set of 10 annotated postcards created by Jean-Michel Basquiat early in his career. ... The postcards are xeroxed prints of collages the artist created with paint, found materials, photographs, and ink, mounted onto card stock to make them seem like postcards. (Anti) Product Postcards reflect Basquiat’s signature style of elusive symbols, diagrams, and obsessive scribbling- a style he had developed by the time he was 20 years old! #basquiat #athenaeumfromhome #postcard #art #talent @ Logan Heights, San Diego