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produce gallery |
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3139
University Avenue,
San Diego, CA 92104 |
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www.artproducegallery.com |
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The
ART Produce Gallery is a unique artist run storefront exhibition
space in North Park, a diverse and historic urban community
of San Diego. The gallery is entirely visible from the sidewalk
and was designed to accommodate sculptural installations,
cross-disciplinary works, digital media, and performance
events. The space allows for unconventional presentation
opportunities for artists and unexpected art encounters for
viewers. Intended to enliven the experience of the pedestrian
it is an experiment in public art that is accessible to everyone
in the community - an attempt to render visibility and transparency
into the art process itself. Originally built as a market,
the ART Produce building now houses the storefront gallery,
artist’s studios,a community room, Caffe Carpe Diem, and
the San Diego Shambhala Meditation Group. The community room
is utilized for public meetings, classes and workshops, film
screenings and performance events. The gallery is open 7
days a week, 7 am - 4 pm through the cafe.
The gallery hosts performance events throughout the year
and public receptions on the second and third Saturdays of
each month in conjunction with the neighborhood art walk,
North Park Nights. Please join the mailing list at www.artproducegallery.com
ART Produce Gallery has been honored with an Orchid award in the category of Public Art by the San Diego Architectural Foundation. The jury noted that this award "generated much debate over what exactly defines the "public" aspect in public art... "When artist Lynn Susholtz renovated the old North Park Produce building, her plans included a pedestrian art gallery. The long and narrow space has storefront windows along University Ave, where the art is part of the street, the art viewer is also on display, and the activity of the street becomes part of the experience of the art. Places like this are fundamental to the experience of walking in the city. It creates a public space, a meeting space. It is places like this gallery and the view it shares with the street, that make walking in the city worthwhile... It's a provocation to think about art in the community".
Learn more at www.orchidsandonions.org |
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Upcoming
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A conversation,
"Community Development in the Context of Art"
with Gail Goldman, Public Art Planning and Policy Consultant
Leslie Ryan, Landscape Architect and Planner
Lynn Susholtz, Artist
Saturday February 20, 7-9pm
In conjunction with the exhibit -Future Imperfect of Cities, Landscapes and Dreams
Rather than ask how art is part of a community plan, we ask- what is community development in the context of art? What is the city that you would invent?
With cities, it is as with dreams: everything imaginable can be dreamed, but even the most unexpected dream is a rebus that conceals a desire or, its reverse, a fear. Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else.
- Italo Calvino Invisible Cities
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