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SEPT/OCT 09 M E M B E R S H I P N E W S
VOL. 09/10-09
SAN DIEGO
ART INSTITUTE
SINCE 1941
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July 28, 2009
Dear Tim,
I was so hoping circumstances would bring us together before this but this damn chemo thing limits my ability
to mixand for that I am sorry. Sooo there are thoughts I wanted to express and Ill take this second method of
contact.
I brought to our rst meeting in the ofce of SDAI just the knowledge of your mysterious functions therebut liking
what I had seen with what you did for the presentations of the various shows. My background was engineering,
successfully leading to my own business, retirement and nally having time for my beloved realistic humanistic art.
We talked about our beloved Brooklyn and pasts for a while and I felt the click. As you know, I was in the midst of a
tough battle with cancer and the chemo had made me physically weak. This is to explain why what followed was from
me just sitting and observing after you said Lets go down and see what youve got. You and my hired hand, Roberto,
then spread the reliefs, bronzes and paintings on tables for you to inspect. You studied them, all while walking, and
then started seeing concepts, colors, arrangements, statements and presentations all within your mind and started
moving, changing tables, talking colors and even took the time to explain where you were coming from and why.
I must stop here for diversion and tryjust tryto explain why I sat there through all thisexperiencing the most
emotional experience of my life and could only give you a thumbs-up salute while tears rolled down my cheeks.
The attached page [see Inside and Outside the Box] helps tell the story of working within the box from early
educational experiences in Engineering School till we sat together there at SDAI. [Please take a moment to see
page 8 before continuing.]
I had spent some time before our meeting at the site of my show, measuring the wall, space, etc., and went home and
carefully, as an engineer should, laid out my suggestions from within the box. You, Tim, in just a few minutes from
your vantage point #1, saw the box, my conceptions, the art, stories tried to be told, colors needed to highlight the
show and switched into a mode beyond what I could possibly envisionall without a ruler!
When it was all roughed out, you had to leave and so did I, exhausted from chemo and this life experience. I goofed
up by misunderstanding that we were to return the next day to help paint and set up and I let Roberto go. That next
day you were not there but had returned the previous day to have colors picked, matched at the paint store and
I would like to strongly suggest, as Vice Chair of the SDAI
Board of Directors, that you read the letter below from
one of the current featured artists, Neil Greenstein. As
is so often the case with any organization, more negative
comments are received than positive. Its an unfortunate
human trait that we are more likely to put pen to paper,
or ngers to keyboard or phone keys, for the purpose of
complaining than praising. Below is well deserved praise
for the SDAI staff, particularly our President and CEO
Tim Field, whose creative and other talents compelled
Neil Greenstein to take the time to write this wonderful
letter. Thank you, Neil, for your effort, and we wish you all
the best with your current health challenges.
Claire Slattery,
Vice Chair of the SDAI Board of Directors
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SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE
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House of Charm, Balboa Park, 1439 El Prado
San Diego, CA 92101-1617
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Educational Facility: 3830 Ray St.,
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email: info@sdartdept.com
website: www.sdad-sdai.org
Board of Governors
Bill Hawkins, Schuyler Hoffman, Susan Leonard
Ted Mintz, Ginger Wallace,
Chris & Lorraine Wolfe
Board of Directors
Chair: Elaine Ellis
Vice Chair: Claire Slattery
(past COVA Board Member)
Secretary: Jimmy Van Norman
Treasurer: Ruth Hoffman
(Alpha Board of Directors)
Kathye Kramer
Jean McKee
Joe Nalven
Larry Poteet (Attorney)
Educational & Outreach Committee
Andrea Chamberlin
Bruce Groff
SDAI Advisory Board
Vincent Andrunas
(Social Editor: Dcor/ Style Magazine)
Elizabeth Basinet (Barrett Resource Group)
Liliana Garcia (Host / Univis)
Pamela Hartwell
George Loand (Founder/Art Dept.,Ray Street)
Debra A. Morse Attorney
Peter B. Rutman (AdminEstate Corporation)
Vaughn Woods, CFP
Co-Sponsors
Commission for Arts & Culture, City of San Diego
Friends of SDAI
San Diego Art Department/Ray Street
Director Andrea Chamberlin
Studio Assistant Alex Field
Studio Assistant Jack Harmanian
Staff of SDAI
President & CEO Timothy J. Field
Executive Administrator Kerstin Robers
Gallery Assistant/Public Relations Marc Pickett
Graphic Designer/Production Coordinator - Jack Wade
Poet Program Coordinator Michael Klam
PR & Development - Debora Wells
Educational Programs Andrea Chamberlin
Elene Ramirez
Clerical /Accounting Assistant Joanne Mell
Clerical /Accounting Assistant Paul Stolte
Journal Staff
Tim Field, Kerstin Robers, Jack Wade,
Deb Wells, Richard ChauDavis
Photos Richard Messenger, L. J. Sullivan,
Website Design
Michael Hanes, Roark Dority
Camey McGilvray
SDAI Featured Artist: August 28 to October 4, 2009
DECONSTRUCTING CHAOS
About the Artist
McGilvray uses wood and metal to create abstract, contemporary sculptures that tell
a story or convey an emotion. The artwork is evocative rather than representational
and relies on shape and placement of the component pieces, the shadows that are
cast and the color and texture of the paint to convey the message to the viewer.
In some works, such as Geometrica, the mood is created using components that
are exclusively geometrical. In other works, such as Tropicana, the curving, earth-
toned shapes are pure abstraction, but their placement and composition suggest
the exotic and sultry atmosphere of the tropics.
Some of McGilvrays most characteristic sculptures possess gurative associations;
In Three Sisters, Sunbather and Lovers, the components are whimsical and
abstract but the resulting illusions are gracefully anthropomorphic. Works such
as Blue Moon, City, and Interior represent another genre of McGilvrays sculpture,
the architectural relief, perhaps her closest irtation with a symbolic romanticism.
These works often hark back to her past in New York City, where she studied at
the Art Students League and the New School, and carry a hint of the age of Deco
glamour.
Lastly, the piece that best exemplies and provides the unifying theme for
Deconstructing Chaos is Nude Descending a Staircase (Homage to Marcel
Duchamp), which includes all of the characteristic features of McGilvrays
sculptures. Components of this piece are geometric, abstract and gurative
and the setting is an architectural relief. The inspiration for McGilvrays piece is
Duchamps avant-guard painting Nude Descending a Staircase, which caused a
sensation when it was rst exhibited at the Armory Show in 1913 in New York City.
One critic said it looked like an explosion in a shingle factory. While the gure is
indeed shattered, the result is not chaotic. A pattern and order emerge that depict
the descending, graceful movement of the gure. Likewise, McGilvrays goal is to
deconstruct the chaotic array of shapes and colors to create abstract, contemporary
sculptures that tell a story or evoke an emotion. Her goal as an artist is to involve,
amuse and excite the viewer.
Judy Pike
SDAI Featured Artist: August 28 to October 4, 2009
ORDINARY MOMENTS
Artists Statement:
Whatever the medium, the human form has always had a prominent place in my
art. For this exhibition it is front and center. For the past three years my focus has
been on recording contemporary life, albeit within the studio setting. My intention
has been to draw the clothing, attitudes, activities, ethnic groups, age, class, rela-
tionships, family we encounter every day that make up our community and our lives.
Because of the informal settings and multiple sessions, conversations with the
models (about half professional and half acquaintances or just people I asked to sit)
were possible and an unexpected benet was getting to know them more personally
-- career aspirations, relationships, attitudes, pastimes and thoughts as well as
their exterior form. Sometimes I have recorded these experiences on the drawings.
Hopefully viewers will see these more intimate aspects of the individuals in the
ORDINARY MOMENTS as well as the lines and shadings.
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Betty Hock
SDAI Featured Artist: October 9 to November 15, 2009
Town and Country: Common Threads
Artists Statement:
I paint the uninhabited landscape but I also paint the busy city street. My intent is
not to contrast or compare, but to express a love shared by both. Born and raised in
Manhattan, and also an out-of-doors enthusiast, I nd it quite natural to reference
the crowded street as well as the open landscape in my art. Each provides an
unending source of ideas and inspiration.

I love natures contrasts the dramatic sky against the quiet land, the bright color
of trees against muted earth tones. I never tire of this visual stimulus. But I also
love the fast-paced action of the big city. I embrace its energy.

Although different in subject and feeling, forms in the landscape and gures in the
city share another common thread I use shape and color to create a subjective
mood.

In my landscapes, dark silhouettes and the rich colors of early evening provide the
basis for my shape-making and color choices. My street scenes try to capture a
single moment of yellow cabs and rushing pedestrians. In all my paintings, shapes
become simplied and invented color is used for impact. Memory and imagination
help fuel the painting process. I want to create a mood that the viewer can feel.
Betty received her BS Ed and MS Ed degrees from The City University of New York
(CCNY). Her work has been accepted into many juried exhibitions and has won
numerous awards. She is represented by Metro Galleries, Inc. in Bakerseld, CA.
Judith Parenio
SDAI Featured Artist: October 9 to November 15, 2009
Wax, Wood and Clay
Artists Statement:
Greek and Egyptian artists as far back as the 5th Century BC practiced the ancient
painting method with molten beeswax, tree resin and sometimes pigment, called
encaustic. For the past 6 years I have worked with this medium, experimenting with
the myriad ways it can be used.
Having worked off and on for most of my adult life in clay sculpture, the texture and
malleability of that material has had inuences in how I produce my pieces, even
in painting and printmaking. Always looking for new ways to use these mediums, I
arrived at the knowledge that I could make a sculpture, glue it onto a wood surface (on
which many encaustic artists work), draw and paint on the wood, and even transfer
Xeroxes of images on top of the wax, to combine various mediums! The process is
the thrilling part for me, and working at being a good technician was learned from
my Dad when he let me help work with wood in his work area. (My jigsaw and I are
good friends!) This show is the evolution of my experiments, which sometimes have
messages about the demise of our natural world. I feel so fortunate to be able to do
what I love and share it with you!

Judith Parenios education was at UC Long Beach, Orange Coast College,
Chouinard Art Institute, and Mesa Community College. Her work is a part of
collections throughout the United States, Mexico, Australia and Europe. She has
been an exhibiting member of SDAI off and on since the early 70s.
Welcome SDAI New Members!
Patricia A. Neuhoff
William Jeffrey Palmer
Jo and Milton Coulthurst
David A. Ombrello
Robert D. Lovell
Mohammad N. Karimi
Sergey I. Gornushkin
Drew Fehlman
Mark Slusser
Debra L. Flanagan
Mark Brodie & Elinor Merl
Patti and Coop Cooprider
Linda Nehme
Reynaldo Fulgenico Lubas
Debra OToole
Tom Hanger
Dan Allen
Dan Adams
Dan Adams Eighteenth Annual Juried
Exhibition Athenaeum Music and Arts
Library Aug 1 to Sept 5, 5 paintings.
Solo Show Oct 2009
Jeffrey R. Brosbe
Jeffrey has received 2 Special Recognition
Awards for his artwork in the 8th Annual
Summer All Media Juried Online
International Art Exhibition hosted by
Upstream People Gallery. (For his work
Kusadasi Sunset Rothko Homage and
Pamukale #2.)

This international exhibition received
approximately 600 artworks from around
the world by 156 artists which were selected
by Juror Larry Bradshaw, Professor of Art
at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
The exhibition will be featured through
August 31, then can be viewed in the
archives section online through July 31,
2010 at www.upstreampeoplegallery.com.
Video Camera Needed!
The Institute is expanding its
position in supporting the featured
artist exhibitions. We are looking
for a donated video camera to
lm the featured artists and their
works to help their professional
development and for the SDAI
archives.
This donation, of course, would
be tax-deductible. We are a 501 (c)
3 non-prot organization with the
FED ID #95-1816068. (Call Kerstin at
619.236.0011)
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The San Diego Art Institutes Educational Facility,
The San Diego Art Department, provides an
inclusive, collaborative environment that fosters
artistic expression, for all ages and prociencies,
using art to contribute value and diversity to the
community with educational programs, exhibitions
and workspace.
CLASSES OFFERED IN:
Stained Glass Oil & Acrylic Painting Drawing
Watercolor Collage Silk Painting
Life Drawing Jewelry Mosaics
Youth Classes Fused Glass As Art And More!
September Exhibition featuring
Reincarnated: Eco Art, by Connie Cannon
On display Sept 19 Oct 11
October Exhibition featuring
Creature of the Imagination by Lois Adler-Roussell
On display Oct 17 Nov 15
Also on exhibit will be artwork by students, members, and
SDAD instructors.
Opening receptions during North Park Nights,
Saturday, Sept 19 & Oct 17, 6:00pm 9:00pm
SDAD is located at 3830 Ray Street in North Park.
For a detailed schedule of our classes please
visit the website: www.sdad-sdai.org or call:
619-299-4ART.
David G. Fleet Young Artist Gallery
Montgomery Middle School
Featuring artwork from the
Page to Canvas to Stage
SDAI Artist Residency Program
An awards reception for students, teachers,
administrators, and parents will be held in conjunction with
the regional exhibition on Friday, September 4
th
from 6-8pm.
The purpose of the Page to Canvas to Stage program was to
provide a project that incorporated creative writing, poetry, and
visual and performing art for students of Montgomery Middle
School. Montgomery Middle School concluded their program
on June 26, 2009. This show exhibits the artwork made during
this program.

Poets Jackleen Holton, Brandon Cesmat and Michael Klam
taught students poetry for the rst 5 weeks of the program. The
poets discussed personication and read poems that used this
device to convey feelings. They introduced poems that used
color to help convey emotion. Discussions were led by teaching
poets about what feelings were conveyed by certain colors.

Susan Osborn, Elene Ramirez and Thia Nevius (visual artists)
began teaching the students how to describe and analyze
the elements and principles of art and how they are used to
create and express meaning in a work of art. The visual artists
discussed the use of the elements and principles of art in their
work and students began making connections in their own
artwork, realizing the importance of these tools in the creative
process. The student projects, such as creating shape poems,
incorporated both language and visual thinking skills. To
complete the shape poems, students learned how to use words
to create a form or object visually, as well as demonstrate their
ability to brainstorm descriptive words to use in their poems. A
connection was made between using both visual and language
strategies. A variety of art mediums were used throughout
the program, allowing the students to practice different art
techniques and applications. For example, student exercises
and projects included the creation of landscapes in the style
of realism and fauvism, color mixing studies using tempera
paint and watercolors and the creation of large-scale portrait
paintings, and shape poems.

In the nal weeks, performing artists Sharla Mandere and Emily
Calabrese gathered the poems that each group of students wrote
at the beginning of the program in their journals and combined
them into three different plays. Students were taught several
performance techniques, such as stage presence, interpreting
poetry into body and facial expression, focusing on speaking
as one voice, cue pickup and timing and letting music inspire
your body. Students worked in groups to encourage team-
building. Montgomery Middle School students performed two
plays entitled The Forest and The Dream. Every student
involved in the program had a part in the play.
Through our partnership at both schools we have successfully
developed a stronger understanding and awareness of
the arts within the lives of students, teachers and school
administration. By providing students with the opportunity to
participate in all forms of expression we are in turn teaching
youth to become patrons of the arts, collectors, and mentors
for future generations.

Most students involved in the program did not have any formal
training in the arts. Through their experiences, students
became empowered by the arts and stated they began to look
forward to coming to school.

The David G. Fleet Young Artists Gallery provides a venue for art
from public, private and parochial schools (K-12) throughout
San Diego City and County in conjunction with SDAIs art and
education programs.
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GREEN SCENE
San Diego, CA (August 17, 2009)- On Saturday September,
19
th
from 6pm 10pm North Park Nights, non-prot arts
collective, will celebrate their third collective event
Green Scene. Septembers event will feature local
artists and businesses as they respond to the green
theme. NPN believes in sustainability, responsibility
and an overarching respect for our immediate community
and by extension the planet at large. The date for the
event was chosen specically to build on the efforts of
local architecture rm Zagrodnik + Thomas, who for the
past few years laid the groundwork for green events in
their annual Green Scene. The collaborative spirit has
made this years event bigger and better. Artwork will be
featured at local galleries, restaurants, retailers and bars.
Together were going to paint the town green, freckling
the North Park landscape with creative eco-inspired works
of art.
CARDBOARD CHALLENGE:
In the spirit of green, select members are responding
specically to a cardboard challenge that coincides with
our second scavenger hunt. Local artists and business
were invited to create a window display, artwork or
installation that is built primarily from cardboard. It will
be juried, and participants will compete to win prizes for
rst and second place. Most importantly, the public is
invited to come and enjoy the creativity. Stroll through
and take a peak or head out on the scavenger hunt that
will lead you to each participating location and ultimately
to a wide array of prizes, from gift certicates to artwork,
all donated by different local businesses. Local artists
will show SD how North Park can convert objects that are
ordinarily thrown out into works of art. Creativity meets
sustainability in this interactive project.
ABOUT NPN:
NPN is a non-prot collective of North Park businesses,
artists and community leaders dedicated to the support
and preservation of arts and culture in the North Park
community. Through the organization and promotion of
individual artists and collective events, NPN insures the
continued revitalization of the arts in North Park and by
extension all the businesses therein. The strength of a
committed collective group has laid the foundation to
set North Park, its artists, businesses and general spirit,
apart from any other community on the map.
FOR MORE INFO OR TO CONTACT:
www.NorthParkNights.org
E-MAIL: npn@northparknights.org
Please visit the San Diego Art Institutes website.
Check for the lastest information,
events and updates.
Get the newsletter online, see the current gallery shows, look
over the events calendar and nd out about what classes are
offered.
Also, you can nd most SDAI artists bios and samples of
their work along with an archive of previous shows.
Artists take advantage of posting your work on the
members space so you wont miss out on a service the
Institute offers to you for free.
So check it out at www.sandiego-art.org.
LEAP INTO THE ARTS
FEATURING ARTWORK BY Allen School for the
Arts
Themed: Why School is Cool
Student artwork will be on display September 15
th
through
November 15
th
at the corporate ofces of Cricket Wireless
located in Sorrento Valley. The theme of the exhibition is
Why School is Cool.
About the Partnership:
Through its collaboration with Leap, SDAI will feature
a quarterly, rotating exhibition of art at the corporate
ofces of Cricket Wireless, highlighting both young and
professional artists in the San Diego community, with
a goal to broaden the understanding and exposure of
the visual arts into the corporate culture and San Diego
community.
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The GOLDEN Acrylic
Lecture
There is always something new going
on at Golden Artist Colors. Spend an
evening hearing about the latest and
greatest innovations available including
our newest line of paints, OPEN, which
have an extended working time, increased
blendability factors, in addition to being
completely compatible with all of our other
paints.
You will hear about our Digital Mixed Media
line which invites your Ink Jet Printer
to participate in all of your mixed media
projects. Discover how you can now print
at home on surfaces that are truly amazing
and innovative.
The GOLDEN Acrylic Lecture Demo
is a fun, fast-paced informative lecture
covering a technical review of acrylics and
their varied application possibilities. The
lecture demo will present information on
pigments, viscosities, gels, mediums and
more.
Artists of all levels will come away from
this lecture demo with fresh new insights
to feed their creative expression.
All participants will receive free product
samples and a literature packet, including
hand-painted color charts.
Space is limited, so register today!
Presenter: Chris Cozen
Date: Wednesday, September 23
Time: 6:00 8:00 p.m.
Location: San Diego Art Institute:
Museum of The Living Artist
1439 El Prado, Balboa Park,
House of Charm
Phone: 619-236-0011
Fee: $5 SDAI/SDAD members
$10 non-members
RSVP: Contact Andrea Chamberlin
at eduprogramSDAI@gmail.com
Chris Cozen,
Pasadena artist, Chris
Cozen was trained
by GOLDEN for the
Working Artists
Program in 2005.
Since then she has
been offering lecture/
demos and hands-on
workshops around
Southern California.
Chris is a self-taught
artist with a Masters
in Education. She has
been exhibiting her
work professionally
since 2000 in both
solo and group shows.
Her paintings,
collages, and
assemblages are
included in numerous
private collections in
the US, Canada, and
Europe.
She has published
two books entitled
ALTERED
SURFACES,
published in 2008,
and TRANSFERS &
ALTERED IMAGES,
2009.
Through SDAIs collaborative partnership
with the Japanese Friendship Garden,
Paint-Out artists are NOW able to enter
the beautiful garden, Free of Charge,
and use it as a backdrop for their art
creations.

Co-Hosted by Maura McHugh and Lee Sautereau
Maura McHugh is currently studying
ne art in the Masters in Fine Arts (MFA)
program at Vermont College of Fine Arts.
In 2001 she started painting and taking
classes at the Athenaeum in La Jolla and
studied there under Pat Kelly. She has a
BA in Visual Arts from University of San
Diego where she studied under John
Halaka. Maura has been a participant
of the SDAI Paint-Out since the program
started in 2003, is on the SDAI Gathering
Committee and often volunteers for
SDAI: Museum of the Living Artist. Not
only has Mauras work been exhibited
throughout the San Diego area but her
work has also been selected to receive
Jurors Choice honors.
Please Note: Maura McHugh is
looking for a co-host for the Paint-
Out since Lee Sautereau is no longer
able to be part of the Paint-Out. If
you are interested in co-hosting the
Paint-Out with Maura, give her a call
at 619-977-1226. Thanks
Admission: FREE to members & guests
Sat., Sept. 19 & Sat. Oct 17
9:00am-12:00pm

Paint/draw/explore Balboa Park
and the San Diego Japanese
Friendship Gardens

Whether you work in oils, acrylics,
watercolor, digital, charcoal, pencil,
pastels or mixed media, all artists,
amateur to professional, are encouraged
to participate. At noon meet back at
SDAI for a group discussion of the
work created (and other relevant topics).
During this time theres a potluck meal
(bring food and/or drink to share). For
more information about this event call
619.236.0011
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About Art from Artists by LJ Sullivan
As each artist is distinctive in visual expression, this columns guest artists are
unique in their approach to selecting personal favorites out of all the wonderful
art exhibited at the July-August SDAI show. In the last of the two-part series
featuring Lemke and Martin, both SDAI artists are consistently individual as they
choose favorites and write about their choices.
Again (sigh) guest artist Douglas Martins schedule forced him to bow out.
Baudelaire, the legendary dog art critic and Martins friend, bounded to the rescue
saving the day a second time by agreeing to select his own exhibit favorites.
To avoid being mobbed by famous artists, the canine viewed the SDAI Regional
and One-Foot shows cleverly disguised as a human. In the true spirit of paparazzi,
alert photographer Gabriela Anaya Valdepea quickly saw through his incognito. She seized a photo
opportunity as Baudelaire momentarily paused in the reception area.
Brian Lemke, our other return guest artist, stays true to his own sensibilities. Twice he has selected
a favorite work of art only from the Regional show and decided not to fake it with the One-Foot show. (If
nothing grabs us as an individual, then nothing grabs us.)
Lemkes Choice:
As if rendered from the memory of a dream, Tina Sgros Sleep
Defeated is my artists choice this month. Loose and gestural,
with just the right amount of information to tell the story. A well
planned composition, seemingly painted early in the morning
while the moment was still fresh. Wonderful.
Brian Lemke
Baudelaires Choices
One-Foot Show: Monique Straub, Sardines
My master occasionally slips a left-over sardine into my kibbles, and I
enjoy the dense and slippery taste, as well as the way iridescent scales
and oily residue, which inevitably stick to my dog dish, capture the morning
light. Monique Straubs Sardines similarly combines the gustatory and
the aesthetic, using a few simple strokes of paint to emphasize both the
stubborn shiness of the subject matter, and the power of art to bring
grease, dull metal, sh eyes, and abstract background into an inevitable
balance. I only wish I too had opposable thumbs, so that I could twist tin
and sardine key into that saucy angle.
Regional Show: Petey Dietz,
Red Bird Squared
I peed, once, against an old school desk
discarded in our back alley, and I couldnt help but pause to admire the
stories written there, in faded ink, worn paint, and idle scratches. Petey
Dietzs Red Bird Squared reminds me of that magical moment. I dont
know who sketched that red bird; I dont know who scrawled that surprised
green prole; I dont know who traced with care the aming heart at
the center of the composition. But I do know there is a tale, puckish or
pathetic, behind every clumsy gure, dimly recalled through the red and
yellow membranes of human memory.
Douglas Martin
Chris Cozen,
Pasadena artist, Chris
Cozen was trained
by GOLDEN for the
Working Artists
Program in 2005.
Since then she has
been offering lecture/
demos and hands-on
workshops around
Southern California.
Chris is a self-taught
artist with a Masters
in Education. She has
been exhibiting her
work professionally
since 2000 in both
solo and group shows.
Her paintings,
collages, and
assemblages are
included in numerous
private collections in
the US, Canada, and
Europe.
She has published
two books entitled
ALTERED
SURFACES,
published in 2008,
and TRANSFERS &
ALTERED IMAGES,
2009.
Sleep Defeated
Sardines
Red Bird Squared
Baudelaire
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Neils Letter
Continued from page 1
left instructions where and what colors were to be used. Kerstin wonderfully
stepped in and did the paintingwe helped in the clean-upand left again
tired.
You returned in the night, and hung my show magnicently. It kind of reminded
me of Rumpelstiltskin who we never saw yet returned to spin his gold and
disappear. The entire presentation was beyond what this old boy could have
imagined. So when next we meetpleaseI need a Brooklyn hug.
Love,
Neil Greenstein
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE BOX
In a development and design class in my Mechanical undergraduate days,
the professor drew the following 9-dots box on the board with the following
comment: Can you place your pencil on a dot and without removing it from the
paper draw four continuous straight lines and connect all the remaining dots?
There was a long silence as we tried and I was absolutely so proud that I
presented the following attempt as the solutionjust start at 1 and follow to 2,
3, 4, and back to 2.
I raised my hand and was told to go to the blackboard and show it to the class.
Most complained that I had gone outside the box and broken the rules. The
teacher explained I had the correct answer and it did require thinking outside
the box and there was no such rule stated.
That outside the box inclusion stayed with me throughout life until that moment
with Tim at SDAI where Tim absolutely changed it all but going around my
teachers initial statement that we should start with the pencil on a dot in the
box. I suddenly watched someone who started outside the box (went beyond the
teachers limited conception) stayed within the rules and solved the problem.
Tim started at his point 1 (outside the box)got a different perspectiveyet
solved the problem completely differently than I would have. It was amazing
to me.

This program will provide an op-
portunity for artist members to
share work, questions and infor-
mation through visual representa-
tion and dialogue.
New members: this is a great opportunity to
meet other members, show your work and
see the work being created in the San Diego
area.
Everyone else: show us your work, whether
youre getting into the juried shows or not,
we want to see what you are doing and have
the opportunity to talk with you.
Members: Free Nonmembers: $5.

The next Gathering will be:
Sept. 6, 2009
Description and schedule:
4-6pm Sunday. 4-4:30 bring artwork
and check in; 4:30 doors locked. If there
is a guest artist the presentation will
begin at 4:30.
Members can bring up to 3 pieces of
artwork and will be displayed either
leaning on the wall around the gallery,
on empty pedestals or easels if
available or they bring them.
From 4-6pm artists have the
opportunity to discuss their work, ask
questions of other artists, discuss
general and specic artist issues and
share information.
Artists are encouraged to bring books,
announcements, magazines, etc., to
share.
Artists may also bring food and
beverages to share.
Cosponsored by:
and The San Diego County Community
Enhancement Fund

Feedback is always appreciated and if you
would like to do so, please email Andrea
Chamberlin at: eduprogram@sandiego-
art.org.
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SDAI Reception - July 24, 2009
photos by R. ChauDavis & Sullivan/Messenger
Marion Mettler,
Honorable Mention Rufus
Scarf and Debby Wells
(SDAI PR & Marketing)
Constance Rawlins, Honorable
Mention Untitled and Debby Wells
Neil Greenstein, featured
Artist A Slice of Life
Glen Maxion, featured
artist Between the Sun
and the Sand
John Brodie, jurors choice
Viewer and Viewed
Sigal Govrin and friends
Dan Adams, jurors
choice Luccio
Elena Lomakin &
Richard Messenger SDAI artist member
Hank Gross
Suzanne LaJoie, featured artist Natural Instinct
Jana Sanchez, Honorable Mention for
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SDAD Summer Camp Wrap Up
This summer the San Diego Art
Department held four weeks of summer
youth art camps. Over 40 kids got their
art on as they created jewelry, sculpture,
cartoons, paintings, and yes, even shoes
and skateboards. Children from six to
sixteen, explored the arts, made new
friends and captured their creativity
through a variety of artful endeavors.
New to SDAD this year was Teen
Week, which focused on designing
skateboards and shoes. Each teen
sketched their skateboard design onto
a template and Soul Ryde, Inc. (located
across the street from SDAD) custom-
engraved each board. Students had the
opportunity to paint their skateboards
and a pair of sneakers throughout the
week. (Photos attached.)
A big thank you to the summer camp crew
of Instructors: Alexis Arhcibald, Denise
Bonaimo, Billy Martinez, Thia Nevius,
Sally Phillips and also to camp volunteers,
Caroline Wells and Myra Sierra.