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Watercolors by Duane R. Light
February 14, 2013 - March 24, 2013

“Seeing is the miracle by which we become acquainted with the infinite beauty that surrounds us.”
Duane R. Light

A prolific author, teacher and watercolor artist, Duane R. Light made his mark on North County San Diego beginning in the 1980s when he moved here and founded Studio West Gallery. Into the Light will feature works acclaimed throughout the US ranging from near-photorealistic to more expressive and gestural, encompassing scenes from the Escondido Valley and beyond.

The exhibition features paintings of local Escondido architecture and scenes of the San Diego Bay, as well as images of boats and trains which were the artist’s specialty. Praised for his contributions to the local art scene, Light embraced his adopted community. He served as the President of the Board of Directors for both Watercolor West and the San Diego Watercolor Society. He also served on the Board of Directors of several organizations including the La Jolla Art Association, the San Diego Art Institute, Rancho Bernardo Art Association and the Big Bear Art Association, among others.

This exhibition is co-curated by Linda Doll, President of the National Water Color Society and Carol Mansfield, and is made possible with support from Mr. and Mrs. Don Bundy, Ms. Patti Cowell, Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Moir, Dr. and Mrs. David Plotner, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Will, Wendy Wilson and the Escondido Municipal Gallery.

 

     September 28, 2012 – December 2, 2012

Mid-20th Century Drawings of Raúl Anguiano

One of the most esteemed Mexican muralists and painters, Raul Anguiano depicts the people, customs, celebrations, and traditions of Mexico throughout this rare collection of over 90 pieces of art never shown previously in the United States.

During his lifetime, Anguiano received numerous awards and prizes including the ‘National Prize for Science and Art,’ Mexico City, the ‘Award of Commendatore’ from the Italian government, and the ‘Gold Medal’ from Puerto Alegre, Brazil. His works are in numerous individual collections in the US, Mexico, Europe and around the world. Currently, his works are in the Smithsonian Institution, the Museum of Modern Art, in New York, the National Museum, in Beijing and the Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City and the Vatican Museum.

This exhibition will feature a creative bilingual educational component for children and their families from local communities.

Journey through Mexico's Ethnicity
A Photographic Exhibit by Mario Castillo

Mario Castillo, photographer was born in Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico, in 1953. Castillo is a self-taught photographer who’s work has focused on the ethnic groups of Mexico. He was awarded a scholarship from the State Fund for Arts and Culture in 2000. A recipient of multiple prizes and acknowledgements across Mexico and the USA, Castillo exhibited in the Italo-Latinamerican Institute in Rome, Italy; in Beijing, China; at the Centro Cultural de la Raza in San Diego, at the Cultural Center El Agora in Mexico City; and at the Tijuana Cultural Center.

This exhibition was made possible with partial sponsorship from the Consul General of Mexico in San Diego and the Mexican Cultural Institute of San Diego.

 

 

February 12 - June 30, 2011

"...there is nothing larger than life.  Life itself densely fills every know crevice, it overwhelms any surface, it defines sounds, smells and sight." - Leah Ollman

Nationally recognized and locally based artist Patricia Patterson creates theatrical installations and sumptuously painted snapshots, providing a visual account of domestic and outdoor life on Inishmore (one of the Aran Islands located off the western coast of Ireland) and her home in Southern California.  Her work has a richness that can only be achieved after years of delving deep into a particular subject. This retrospective exhibition is comprised of works spanning her 50-year career shown together for the first time.

Here and There, Back and Forth (Detail), 1985/2010
Casein on paper, mounted on Canvas
Dimensions Variable
Courtesy the artist and Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA


Born and raised on the East Coast, Patterson studied at the Parsons School of Design in New York before embarking on an adventure that would seer the course of her artistic career.  At the age of nineteen she read J.M. Synge's, The Aran Islands, and soon found herself on Inishmore.  She spent the next two years immersing herself in an "ever-changing spectacle" of land, sky, water, history, people and language.  On the islands, Patterson found craggy, rugged terrain and difficult living conditions that provided a sharp contrast to the warm and generous character of the people she met.  Since her original visit, Paterson has revisited the island a dozen times for extended sojourns, always returning to her home in New York, and later San Diego.  These experiences serve as the origin to a life's work that offers a series of individual glimpses into the lives of others, like scenes from a film that define a set of characters and places of daily life - an everyday theater.

At the core, Patterson makes art about ordinary things, a subject matter that is, as she puts it, "...tricky...Using domestic material is risky; it can seem too sentimental, too intimate."  Yet Patterson expertly navigates around sentimentality and intimacy, creating works monumental both in scale and subject matter.  Drawing on a continual stream of inspiration - from the everyday world around her to varied works of art and artists such as Giotto, Piero Della Francesca and Yamoto-e scrolls - her discerning eye takes in everything, creating an experience of connectedness, in her art of daily life.


The Conversation (Manny and Steve at the Table), 1990
Casein on canvas, painted wooden frame
72 x 102 inches
Collection Maggie and Terry Singleton

August 14 – December 31, 2010

Interact, create and discover while you explore the works of Coris Bittar, Wes Bruce, Ingram Ober and Marisol Rendon.  The interactive installations presented by these artists examine various connotations and significances of the word green introducing thoughts on cultural identity, human imagination, world hunger, alternative energies and the creative process.  Each installation includes an interactive component that will foster open communication and experimentation between you and the artist.  Beginning opening night, August 14 and continuing through November 7, 2010 you will be able to alter and engage with each installation according to the artists' guidelines.  Return to the Museum during Artist in Residence Week, November 9 - 14, 2010, and watch all four artists recreate and/or add to their installations in response to the changes you've made.

Come in and discover your way through Bruce's nostalgic architectural forms.  Touch, move and draw Rendon's furry felt fruit and vegetable sculptures.  Create massive green paintings on canvas in Ober's Green Century installation and hear the sounds of Arab, Chinese and Aztec cultures when exploring Bittar's world of pattern

Wander through the Museum's hallways to find video documenting the fabrication and installation of these works for an intriguing behind the scenes peek into the process of mounting an art exhibition.

 

   
The Green Century © 2010 Ingram Ober

 

Esperanto © 2010 Marisol Rendon

 

 

Tec Tang Tarab © 2010 Doris Bittar with Diane Gage and Jonathan Glasier

 

The California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum would like to extend its profound thanks to the below corporations and individuals for their generous support of this exhibition:

SDG&E A Sempra Energy Utility
The Samuel I. & John Henry Fox Foundation
The Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation
The Arthur &  Jeanette Pratt Memorial Fund
Photo Dark Room, Ink.
Green Castle Textile, Inc.
Stone Brewing Co.
Antique Refinishers Inc.
Sullins Connector Solutions
Objectiva Software Solutions
Elbanna Arabic School
House of Palestine
Ibrahim & Muna Dayeh
John Gibbon
Camil & Dima Saab
Zoe & Andre Batarseh
Suad & Danny Kashou
Ty & Fadiya Odeh
George & Susanne Salameh
Ed & Lynn Shamieh
Ayoub & Angela Jaraicie
Michael & Mona Khoury
George & Kathy Wahab Md.
Naser Barghouti
Nader & Afaf Elbanna
Amani Jabsheh
Fatima & Taysir Abu-gharbieh
Manal Swairjo
Michel & Delores Madbak
Ed & Ethel Sweed
Jamil Barhoum  

for their generous support of these exhibitions.

 

Action/Reaction
August 15 – November 7, 2010
Free with Museum admission
Don’t miss the chance to do the unthinkable...touch, alter, add and subtract from the current artworks in the Museum’s current exhibition, Leveled: An Interactive Experiment in Art. For this limited time, Museum guests are invited to get creative and make their mark in the galleries and on the artwork. Please note there are guidelines and this will be a monitored process.

Artist in Residence Week
November 9 – 14, 2010
Free with Museum admission
Watch firsthand as artists respond to the changes made by Museum patrons during Action/Reaction. All four artists in Leveled: An Interactive Experiment in Art will create their final works in the Museum galleries during open hours.

For more information call (760) 839-4120

February 13 - July 4, 2010

One’s naturally accepted culture, society, habitat and political sphere can seem invisible until pressed up against a disparate culture and its methods or histories. Based on his recent experiences in China, American born artist Seth Augustine has created a body of work that presents a visual and audible cacophony, a complex hybrid of China and the United States. This precariously balanced relationship is exposed through a fusing of similarities and divergences that exist between the two cultures. Chimerica Dreality explores the misconceptions and complexities between past condition, present configuration, and future desire of the American-Chinese interplay. Augustine urges contemplation of the varied worldviews existing in both countries, as well as encourages hands-on engagement that highlight issues of public health, government power and control, illegal migration, and the blurring of public and private spheres.

Material Matters showcases work by 23 members of Allied Craftsmen, a juried organization founded over 50 years ago comprised of nationally and internationally recognized artists currently living and working in the San Diego area. Their multi-media work is presented as immersive installations, engulfing the viewer in a visceral experience of both material and object. Each artist pursues their inspiration through innovative process and unconventional design using materials such as wood, clay, wire, fabric, metal, gold and silver.

Born in Pennsylvania and currently living and working in Elfin Forest, California, Anne Mudge has been creating and exhibiting artwork for over 40 years. Her most recent series articulates the contextual and open-ended balance between chance and circumstance, creating a visual poetry that defies linear expression and invites the viewer to participate in the construction of meanings and associations. Fluid and elegant yet full of tension and strength, Mudge‘s hanging and wall oriented structures contort, bend and weigh within the space, interacting with each other and their surroundings through their size, shadows and delicate placement. She binds, wraps and entwines materials such as masking tape, wire, cotton cording and asphaltum into bodies that waver between sparse linearity and intricate accumulation.

The California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum would like to extend our profound thanks to:

• SDG&E a Semrap Energy Utility
• Wells Fargo
• The Samuel I. and John Henry Fox Foundation at Union Bank
• The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation
• Stone Brewing Co.
• TubeTape.com

for their generous support of these exhibitions

August 15–December 31, 2009
Quint: Three Decades of Contemporary Art

Sustainability of the art world is based on the concerted effort of a collective commonwealth of museums, galleries, auction houses and art collectors, all linked together by a common thread - the art and the artist. This exhibition, a survey of artists shown by Quint Gallery, will explore how the vision of one local gallery has contributed to the commonwealth and document the changes seen in the artistic community of San Diego, in the art world, and for each individual artist as they have found their notoriety and artistic voice.

Featuring paintings, sculptures, installations, drawings and prints, the exhibition will include work by bold and innovative artists such as Jean Lowe, Mel Bochner, Kim MacConnel, Ryan McGinness, Manny Farber and Patricia Patterson. Exhibited together, the creations of these artists embody the vitality of the past three decades of art, and will further the public’s understanding and appreciation of our current contemporary art scene.

Check out our new FREE Audio Tours!
Audio tours containing interviews with exhibition artists (Adam Belt, Aaron Stephan, Jean Lowe), Gallery owner Mark Quint, and Museum Curator & Executive Administrator, Olivia Luther are available the Museum desk. Curious now...
Click here for a sample of the audio tours.

Come by and check out the California Center for the Arts newest public artwork, Drawbridge, created by Artist Kim McConnell. This work is installed on the footbridge connecting the Center and it’s north parking lot. We look forward to enjoying it for many years to come.

The California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum would like to extend our profound thanks to:

• SDG&E a Semrap Energy Utility
• The Samuel I. and John Henry Fox Foundation at Union Bank
• The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation
• Wells Fargo
• Stone Brewing Co.
• Windi and David Grimes

for their generous support of these exhibitions