PAST EXHIBITIONS
"Social protest, de-segregation, assassinations, anti-war demonstrations, censorship, conflict, controversy, art events and student/faculty growth all contributed to the spirit of a dynamic and exciting ten year period, more or less, of the art department's evolving history. And the art students were terrific!" Bob Matheny comments on his thirty years as an art teacher at Southwestern College (1961-1991) and 12 years (on and off) of running the gallery on campus.
The San Diego Visual Art's Network and SanDiegoArtist.com have established the San Diego Art Prize which is given annually to three established and three emerging artists who have exhibited outstanding achievement in the field of Visual Arts. For the second series of the prize 2007/08, 17 emerging artists have been nominated by a committee of art professionals including Stephanie Hanor, Derrick Cartwright, Teddy Cruz, Mary Beebe, Amy Adler, Tina Yapelli, James Robbins, Larry and Debra Poteet, Ann Berchtold, Patricia Frischer, Joan Seifried and Jonathan and Wendy Segal. These artists will be featured in an exhibition at the Simayspace at the Art Academy from June 22 to July 27, 2007.
For 18 years, Lowe has been inspired and challenged to make work that is visually seductive, viscerally engaging, but also provocative in its critique of how we live in relation to other species and the environment. Lowe enjoys creating artwork that tackles difficult issues such as over-development, sex, power and the widespread mistreatment of animals.
Raul Guerrero has been an important presence on the Southern California art scene-particularly in the San Diego/Tijuana region-- for more than thirty years. Making paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, and videotapes, he has forged an expansive, ever-evolving vision-one that combines technical innovation with symbolic power.
HUMANURE - THE ART SHOW
"Anatomy...Scatanthropology... The study of man." These words and thoughts echo through the minds of 21 local artists in the combined efforts and creation of "Humanure - the Art Show" inspired by the band Cattle Decapitation and the self-titled album.
"Anatomy...Scatanthropology... The study of man." These words and thoughts echo through the minds of 21 local artists in the combined efforts and creation of "Humanure - the Art Show" inspired by the band Cattle Decapitation and the self-titled album.