News & Events

// Sept. 15 – Oct. 15, 2021//

AIA SAN DIEGO + DESIGN WEEK

PANEL SERIES: EXAMINING OUR BORDER THROUGH THE LENS OF ART, CULTURE AND ARCHITECTURE

The American Institute of Architects San Diego (AIA SD) presents a celebration of LatinX Heritage Month through the lens of art, culture and architectural design. We will feature a panel-led discussion examining our U.S./Mexico border and the positive impact art, culture, and architecture has on both communities.

These conversations are important to all of us living and working in our cross-border region, and we think you will enjoy hearing from diverse voices and perspectives from the design community. Recordings of these dynamic interviews, discussions, and conversations will be published and accessible for all to view at any time.

Conversations will be released daily starting September 15th.

// View the talks //// ———> HERE

// July 21-23, 2021//

CIVIC CENTER PUBLIC ART COLLABORATION

11am -1pm PST // 3 Day ~ WORKSHOP // + Art Making Supplies Provided

//Deadline to sign up: July 12, 2021//// ———> SIGN UP HERE

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// March 12 – September 26, 2021 //

Collective Magpie – Who Designs Your Race? @ ESTAMOS BIEN – LA TRIENAL 20/21 El Museo del Barrio

NYT Trienal Exhibition review ———–> HERE

// MARCH 12, 2021 @ 6:00 pm EST //

VIRTUAL CELEBRATION @ El Museo del Barrio

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// September 30, 2020 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST //

ARTIST TALK : Who Designs Your Race? | Collective Magpie @ El Museo del Barrio

See Artist talk ————–> HERE


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// February 15 – December 3, 2020 //

FEAR NO ART: Civic Engagement, Histories, Currencies @ San Diego Central Library Gallery

Fear No Art: Civic Engagement, Histories, Currencies invites the public to consider the artworks in the City of San Diego Civic Art Collection and the narratives that emerge when engaging with local contemporary artists. Together, these artworks represent a wide range of themes and approaches, acting as a provocation for the viewer to consider concepts such as institutional criticism, the ability of art to speak effectively with and for the masses, the specificity of the Collection of Civic Art, and the notion of collection itself.

Fear No Art is curated by Dr. Lara Bullock and features the work of Eric Blau, Donald Borthwick, Mildred Bryant Brooks, Celeste Byers, Collective Magpie, Jung Ho Grant, William Hogarth, Robert Kelly, Leslie William Lee, Jacquelyn Hughes Mooney, John Parot, Cat Chiu Phillips, Charles Reiffel, Zoya Sardashti, Jean Swiggett, Terry Turrell, Jerry O. Wilkerson, and Joe Yorty.

View Exhibition Virtual Tour ———–> HERE

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// January 25th – February 22nd 2020 //

Where are you going? and What do we notice? @ Art Produce Gallery

See Exhibition ——> HERE

An exhibition of 65 public art proposals for San Diego from high-tech and media arts students

Opening Reception: Saturday, January 25 from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Gallery hours: Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 2pm or by appointment. (Closed on February 15)

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    // January 25- April 19, 2018 //

IN A CLOSE (D) RELATIONSHIP @ MCASD

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/// Thursday, January 25, 2018, 5-8 pm Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego ////

Book Release of, 82 Border Conversations by Residents of Tijuana-San Diego :

Publication authored by participants

See Full Publication —————-> HERE

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& Rap on Border:

A public conversation with the students participating in our 15-week Transnational Seminar from Southwestern College, Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana and University of California San Diego Thursday, January 25, 2018, 5-8 pm Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

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 // BORDER PERFORMANCES //  

December 1, 2017, 1-4pm; Procession begins at Pasaje Rodriguez, Tijuana

THIS IS A SERIES OF ART PERFORMANCES DESIGNED AND CONCEIVED BY ARTISTS FROM THE BORDERLANDS

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// December 2017 //

Transnational Seminar in San Diego and Tijuana

Art and Action in the Public Domain of Tijuana + San Diego

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The seminar is only offered in FALL 2017

Students of

Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana

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University of California San Diego

 –You are invited to collaborate with the artists of the Collective Magpie to activate public spaces on both sides of the MX / US border. For 12 weeks in Fall 2017 (September 29 – December 15), seminar participants will research, design, facilitate, and critique public art interventions through the lens of art practice, history, and theory. Contemporary, supported by shared research and the translation of artworks from the collection of the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art (MCASD). Together, students will engage with the social complexities of urban space in both Tijuana and San Diego as sites of research, art, and object production. The course will take place at the MCASD center with multiple visits to Tijuana and San Diego.

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        // TJ // AGUAS // CAUTION // AGUAS // SD //

* – Special Edition Balloon Workshop- *

As President-elect Trump officially takes office on Inauguration Day January 20, 2017, we are conducting a Globos,, TJ // AGUAS // PRECAUCIÓN // AGUAS // SD workshop in an effort to open new bridges of conversation across the border. The community workshop will be held in collaboration with artists from  Relaciones Inesperadas in the Ruíz Cortínez neighborhood, Tijuana. There will be artist performances, conversations, hot air balloon making, and more. This is in association with the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art.

In addition, more workshops will continue at the El Trompo children’s museum in Tijuana on Saturdays and Sundays, from January 14 to April 30, from 1 to 4 p.m.

// Extended until October 30, 2017 //