Kongkee, an award-winning animation director and visual artist, takes you back to the future in an odyssey more than 2,000 years in the making. Part comic book, part motion picture, part meditation on history repeating, the immersive experience of Kongkee: Warring States Cyberpunk traces the legendary Chinese poet Qu Yuan’s soul on […]
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Good morning, and welcome to the U-T Arts & Culture Newsletter. I’m David L. Coddon, and here’s your guide to all things essential in San Diego’s arts and culture this week. Next March, San Diego Dance Theater will celebrate its 50th anniversary. In the meantime, the company founded by SDSU […]
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – San Diego released guidelines Tuesday for two funding opportunities to support arts and culture activities, programming and projects taking place between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023. Guidelines for the funding opportunities can be found at sandiego.gov/arts-culture/funding. The deadline to apply is Oct. 31. “The […]
SAN DIEGO — On a recent morning, artist Kim Phillips-Pea led two women on a walking tour of a gray city block in Encanto that a couple of decades ago was a hub for Black arts, culture and community. Today, the area is dominated by a trolley line, a handful of […]
New works of art to catch this month in San Diego by Christina Kim, El Anatsui, Ivonne Garcia, Chitra Gopalakrishnan with The House of Resilience, and youth at MOPA. Christina Kim: ‘liquid2solid’ On view at the Mingei International Museum beginning Sept. 3, 2021 I should probably just list the entirety of […]
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — The Asian Art Museum tells the vital story of Asian art from prehistory to the present, bringing diverse voices together to engage and enlighten. Immerse yourself in rich art experiences that honor Asian culture through world-class collections, programs, and exhibitions. “The Asian Art Museum is the […]
Good morning, and welcome to the U-T Arts & Culture Newsletter. I’m David L. Coddon, and here’s your guide to all things essential in San Diego’s arts and culture this week. A fixture on the San Diego music scene since their formation back in 1994, the genre-hopping B-Side Players will […]
Good morning, and welcome to the U-T Arts & Culture Newsletter. I’m David L. Coddon, and here’s your guide to all things essential in San Diego’s arts and culture this week. If you’re not excited about the Shell, you should be. The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park on our bayfront […]
Arts worker Andrea Chandler wants to map — and change — whose voices are heard, valued and funded. And one year after the murder of George Floyd, she is holding arts orgs to their promises. “This is not the first time I’ve had to speak out about some folks being left […]
This weekend in the arts: Four events in one at Bread and Salt, Bach Collegium online, a drive-thru steamroller printmaking exhibition, and Carrie Feller and D.WREX at Sycamore Den. Credit: Katie Ruiz Above: “Re-Imagine Welcome” by Katie Ruiz is a large-scale print made with a steamroller. It’s on view as part […]