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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