Concert and Crash, A Huge Hit!

Last weekend [Friday Nov 12^th, 2010] the Center Museum had its first ever sleepover in the Museum.  This event included a concert with music by Meg & Bryan and Joel P. West with violinist Kelly Bennett [see image], a gourmet dinner designed and prepared by our very own Chef Justin Robinson and a fun adult friendly sleepover.  Above are some pictures of the night.  Thank you everyone who helped make this possible it was an amazing evening and we hope to do it again in the future!

Leveled - Art Events in San Diego

This day has been nuts.  We rarely have two TV camera crews come through the Museum in one day, but today was the day!  Kelly Bennett came through representing NBC to take footage of Leveled and interview our artists.  The clips from this footage along with Bennett’s piece on our show will air on NBC this Friday, November 12^th around 4:30 p.m.

In addition we just finished up shooting with FOX news about Concert and Crash and Ms. Augustine Greane.  This footage will air tonight at 10 p.m.

Art Event, San Diego

If you love the sounds composed by Joel P. West and the Tree Ring in Wes Bruce’s current Art installation at the Center Museum you won’t want to miss their next show on November 4^th at Sushi Art.  Also performing that evening will be The Vision of a Dying World.  Follow this link to Sezio’s website for more information.

http://sezio.org/news/Four-Day-Weekend.aspx

San Diego Art Event

Alternative Painting November 6, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Work with artist Ingram Ober to create alternative paintings using anything but a stuffy old paintbrush.  Come bearing items you would like to drag through paint and onto the canvas.  We will also have a few odd painting instruments in supply for you.  Be ready to create, have fun and get messy! Below are some pictures of things that might be fun to bring.

$10 Members, $13 non-members

As part of the Center’s Student Ticket Initiative, we are offering 5 FREE tickets to any college students that want to attend Almost Edible Art.  These tickets are first come first serve.

To reserve tickets call (760) 893-4100

Wes Bruce - Concert and Crash

Concert and Crash, November 12th 6:00 p.m. …

Join Artist Wes Bruce, Museum Director Olivia Luther and me for an adventurous night in the Museum.  Concert goers will hear the sonic qualities of musicians Joel P. West & the Tree Ring while amerced within Bruce’s Ms. Augustine Greane Fort structure. Those who wish to ‘crash’ with us will dine in the museum galleries, savoring tastes inspired by Bruce’s artwork and intimately experience the work by spending the night alongside friends and found objects within Bruce’s incredible installation.  I will even serve you coffee and bagels in the morning from our great deli across the street.

Get your tickets now!  There are a limited number of tickets for this special event. Tickets are first come first serve.

To reserve tickets call (760) 893-4120

Concert, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Tickets $10 Members, $15 non-members

Concert, Dinner and Museum Sleep Over, 6:00 p.m.Nov. 12th – 10:00 a.m. Nov. 13th

Tickets $50 Members, $55 non-members

Art Contest, San Diego

If you haven’t yet submitted your drawing for Marisol Rendon’s Mouth Watering Contest you only have a few weeks left!  The last day to enter the drawing contest is November 7^th.  Here are some images of drawings we have received so far. 

The selected drawings will be projected onto Rendon’s plate sculpture in her current installation, Esperanto, as well as be printed on t-shirts to be sold in the Museum.  Proceeds from the sale go to Feed the Children Organization.

Dia de los Muertos … Come if You’re Living

Monday November 1, 2010

6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Join us for the Center’s 15^th annual Day of the Dead Celebration!  This FREE event is a wonderful combination of energy and emotion while we morn those we have lost and acknowledge our own mortality.  The Museum’s Sculpture court be transformed by Eloy Tarcisio’s installation, Muerte de Todod Ofrenda de Participacion (Death Comes to Everyone, a Participatory Offering.)  Bring photos and keepsakes to decorate your own grave plot for someone or something you have lost.

The Center’s Education Studio’s will hold a plethora of art projects where you can decorate your own sugar skull, make papel picado [tissue paper flags to honor the dead], create your own paper skull masks and much more! In addition artists Daniel Martinez, Flor Kendall and Tomasito Wold will run creative workshops. 

To top it off there will be performances by Ballet Folklorico Tierra Caliente and a reading by author John Phillip Santos in the Center Theatre.  To fill your belly and quench your thirst enjoy complementary refreshments of Pan Dulce and Mexican Hot Chocolate.  The Museum will be open free for this event from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.