Our goal is to find and create exhibition opportunities for artists both emerging and established. Secondly, and just as importantly, it is our intention to create a meeting ground for talented artists to share their art for encouragement, critique and collaboration. The results of these exchanges are to become the works exhibited.

Craig Hewitt and Jessica Johnson, San Diego artists, desire to create a community of all types of artists to share and show together. Painters, musicians, performers, all who are a servant to the spirit of art…we want to know you.

We are young, but we are strong and thrive to maintain talented and passionate artists.

We promise our members to always search for promising art exposure and outlets, and as artists we promise the world works of discipline and originality.

Members Teddy Pancake, Jessica Johnson, Bobbi Blane & Danica White will be showcased at El Zarape.

Artist Link: Aesthetigeist Collective

Exhibit Location: El Zarape

Native Oregonian Allen Cox is a long-time Pacific Northwest contemporary painter. Cox has been showing his work nationally since 1982 and internationally since 2003.  He holds an MFA in painting from the University of Oregon, where he studied with the highly regarded Pacific Northwest abstract painter Frank Okada.  Allen Cox is represented by galleries in Portland, OR; Laguna Beach, CA; Knoxville, TN and Christchurch, New Zealand.

Cox’s work has been featured in New American Paintings:Artists of the West, the public television program Oregon Art Beat, the book 100 Artists of the West Coast, various design magazines and other visual media.  His paintings are found in numerous public and private collections throughout the US, as well as internationally.  Cox currently resides in Paso Robles, California.

Exhibit Location: GALLERY4204

Fractalista Designs is the laser-guided creation of San Diego-based designer, Andrea Towns. Custom laser etching https://www.etsy.com/shop/Fractalista

Artist Link:  Andrea Towns

Exhibit Location: Shanti Spa and Gallery

Anh Pham was born in Saigon, Vietnam during the war. In the U.S. he honed his gift at visual art and now creates fine art in the subjects of Vietnamese ornithology and Vietnamese culture. Using the airbrush and pencil, he has created images illustrating the symbiosis of Vietnamese a birds and Village life. On display at Tam’s Thai food restaurant during Art Around Adams, you can view these dreamlike paintings and experience Vietnam

Exhibit Location: Tam's Thai

ArtFORM will have an open house displaying the types of projects that can be made from creative reuse.

Creative Reuse Store OPEN during the Art Around Adams event.

Come gather recycled materials and art supplies fro a low cost donation.

Exhibit Location: ArtFORM / Rare Hare Studios

Artisan Collection is a fine jewelry and art gallery featuring custom jewelry designs in gold, silver & platinum by master jeweler & owner Shirley Kanno Boynton.  Local artisans in painting, sculpture, art glass and ceramics are also showcased.  Between Artful Ruins & Artisan Collection, customers have a one-stop shopping destination for original art and unique gifts.  Both will be participating in the days activites with homemade Sangria, beverages and a special chance drawing.

Exhibit Location: Artisan Collection

Movie starts at 7:30

Exhibit Location: Adams Ave Community Park

Painting, Drawing, & Tattoo Art by Brent Hefner, Greg Bartz, & R.J. Grijalva

Exhibit Location: Black Anvil Tattoo Shop

R. John Ichter is best known for his brilliantly colored, stylized landscapes in pastel on suede and abstract oil and acrylics on canvas. His color-saturated landscapes and dragonflies convey his passion for the beauty of nature and his intense abstract works show his depth of imagination and spontaneity.

Exhibit Location: GALLERY4204

Brent Hefner began his love for art when he was a young boy. He was given a golden ticket and allowed inside a large beer brewing factory and led around by a strange man who liked to sing and dance with little people who sang songs making fun of other contest winners. He discovered at a young age the power of art but since singing and dancing really wasn’t his thing, he escaped and hid in Northern California.
He developed a love for drawing and painting and would draw pictures of skulls and demons while passing notes to girls in class. “Do you like me? Yes… No… Maybe….” This love for drawing developed into a full blown enterprise for Brent drawing pictures on notes for other people in school to pass off as their own.

By age 13 Brent was a full blown hundred-aire and was on top of the world until a girl went public with one of his notes and Brent was forced into art rehab. While in rehab 15 other girls came forward and snitched that Brent had been sending them art covered notes too. This forced Brent into hiding once again only to surface 10 years later….
In San Diego.
Part of his rehab was Brent was no longer allowed to make art on paper so he switched up and started tattooing people. Come in and meet with Brent as part of his lifelong battle with art addiction. Remember every little bit helps and you are not just doing it for art, or for Brent, you are doing it for Corey

Artist Link: Brent Hefner

Exhibit Location: Black Anvil Tattoo Shop

Inspired by a variety of music genres, skeletons, and optimistic views. I’ve been on this skeleton kick for a couple of year now. I use acrylic on canvas.

Artist Link:  Brianna Baer

Exhibit Location: McDaniel Tax and Administration

I’ve lived in San Diego since 2001 and feel constantly inspired by my surroundings.

 It’s easy to dismiss art. Say that it’s irrelevant.  A waste of time.  Boring.  I understand that people feel this way (although I disagree).  In my life, I used to take things at face value. I didn’t extrapolate. But I’ll say this: Art changes the way I see things. I appreciate subtleties I would have otherwise missed. It makes my life richer. It introduces a new way of seeing.

 Another thing I learned… artist bios are difficult to write.

 Thank you so much for looking at my work.

Artist Link:  Bryan Tipton

Exhibit Location: Twiggs Bakery & Coffee House

Cale Winchester here, and I’m a 26 year old artist originally from Europe. I came to the states about 6 years ago and I am one of the employes for Villainous Lair Comics and Games. I went to school in Naples Italy graduating with a bachelors degree in multimedia and fine arts. I have been creating art and on commission for years working in a wide range of mediums from painting, drawing to sculpture and love making costumes and props. A lot of the decor in Villainous Lair is also done by my sister Sara and me.

Exhibit Location: Villainous Lair Comics & Gaming

Thanks to a little known space fantasy film called Star Wars which premiered in May 1977…it was by far the most amazing and Epic movie I’ve ever seen!   As for this 10 year old native kid at that time…I was totally blown away by the special effects which inspired me to pick up a pencil  and began drawing spaceships, characters and battle scenes from the movie which seemed to come natural at such a young age. Thank you George Lucas, Phil Tippett, Dennis Muren and all those at LucasFilm that brought the Saga into my life. From that moment on, I was drawing on any piece of paper I could get my hands on, and being the second youngest of 10 kids…Yes, you heard me right…10 kids, there was plenty of paper to be found! You could say it was my new way of escaping the realities of the real world and entering my own world with imagination during my childhood. My creative side continued all the way to high school and into my early twenties until my interest in art slowly began to decline due to the lack of appeal, therefore never pursuing a career in art nor exceeding it to the next level. Therefore my drawing days came to an end for the next seventeen years with no regrets…until the passing of my Father in SEPTEMBER 2006. With only two days before the funeral services, I wanted to give my grieving Mother something very special and meaningful. So I literally locked myself up with as many photos of my Dad and just like that…began drawing all over again. What originally started as a self portrait, ended up becoming a life collage of fond memories of him. It was by far the hardest 36 hours I’ve had to endure. Thereby finishing the drawing on time as it stood next to his final resting place. My Mother , my Family and all those in attendance  loved It…as it proudly hangs in her living room to this very day.

Artist Link:  Daniel Jaimes

Exhibit Location: Get Fit on Adams

As a child, I had dirt under my fingernails. I continue to allow the earth to feed me information for my art and for daily living. My expression is basic yet intrigues me to continue this exploration of clay and the figure. Working intuitively from pounds of wet clay, forms appear and stories develop. I may be questioning an occurence or celebrating a relationship or just be aware of daily life. The search continues until I reach the core: the spiritual level of sculpture. Then the work can speak. At the present, I am exploring new territory in the west while embracing my southern heritage. I am touching ground, getting to the basics, and listening.

Each sculpture is hand built, mainly using thick coils, and fired three to five times depending on the color and surface I am trying to achieve. I approach the color on the clay as a painter. My palette is a combination of oxides, slips, underglazes and glazes. The form of the piece informs the way I should approach the surface.

Exhibit Location: GALLERY4204

I’ve been a working artist for 8 years. I specialize in illustration,concept art, and fine art. I was trained at Studio Second Street, and attended Art Center’s Entertainment Program.

Artist Link: Enrique Plazola

Exhibit Location: Brooklyn Bicycles

An autodidact in ceramics, I was introduced to clay at the Genesee Co-op Communiversity in Rochester, New York in 1972. The meeting was pure serendipity. I was hoping to learn weaving, but wool was expensive, I was broke, and clay was cheap! Time passes, life changes, and livings have to be made. San Diego became the new location, a law degree the new goal (not as an autodidact). The end of clay? Not at all. Another episode of serendipity: down the street, actually within walking distance, was the best pottery studio in San Diego. First, Clay Dimensions, then, Clay Associates. There I landed in 1978 and here I stay.

For the most part, my work is wheel thrown; stoneware is my medium. While confining myself to the rigors of the potter’s wheel, my personal challenge is produce work which contains strong organic elements. I enjoy freeing up the form through cutting, adding coils, utilizing trim lines, and finally, using glazes which fit. In my view, organic imperfections enhance the aesthetics of the piece while not interfering with its function.

In recent years, I have been exploring the wide world of hand built ceramics. The results are wedge and box shaped plant holders, along with the beginnings of sculptural forms. The lesson in this new exploration of clay is that there really is no end. Lucky me!

Exhibit Location: Clay Associates

A dynamic blend of art and music, Greg Lloyd’s Kinetic Collage may best be
described as video “painting”.
Born from the free-spirited rock & roll light shows of the 60s, Kinetic
Collage is now an all digital mix of compelling abstract visuals combined
with customized imagery and performed with a unique soundtrack of
underground electronica music.

Whether softly painting amorphous forms, or flashing rhythmically to a
syncopated beat, Kinetic Collage will transform its space into an exciting
multi-dimensional experience.

Artist Link:  Greg Lloyd

Exhibit Location: Mason Unity Lodge (inside)

The Inslider is San Diego’s hottest food truck addiction, serving gourmet sliders and sides on the go.

Have you ever visited a restaurant and simply could not decide which single item to order? We know the feeling. It is that desire to try a little bit of everything that inspired the concept behind The InSlider.

Driven by variety, our first steps were to ask for input from the community on an assortment of topics from our name to colors for the truck. We then united a team with diverse experience in culinary, business and creative ventures. After much anticipation, and months spent developing the menu/preparing the truck – TheInslider hit the streets in April 2012. We’ve been serving up gourmet sliders and fries all over San Diego ever since.

Community, sharing, variety, and a love for unique, tasty food have inspired us to embark on this culinary adventure. Come join us!

Business Link:  Inslider

Exhibit Location: Smitty's Stage

When I’m not teaching yoga or working at my restaurant job, I like to sit down and relax with some cool jams, a big glass of coconut water (or coffee), and go into a deep jewelry-making meditation.  When the mood is right, I like to drift off into my creative zone for hours of end.  The act of creating and making things with my hands is so satisfying,…it’s a way of letting my creative energy flow, and finding expression through color and form.  Sometimes I will be listening to African drum beats or Hawaiian ukulele, and the music will inspire a more colorful palate of mixed stones together to create some rather funky pieces! Other times, I will play some Indian music or Native American flute, which creates a more meditative jewelry making process.

The jewelry pieces I create are a collection of unique and one-of-a-kind handmade items. I like to keep mixing it up; with new materials and stones, different techniques and methods of making the pieces. The styles are diverse and ever-changing. This is what keeps me making jewelry, – the shear freedom to make whatever I’m inspired to in that moment makes me feel so ALIVE! I love that my creative work can also bring beauty and happiness to someone else out there!

Artist Link:  Jackie Stenzel

Exhibit Location: Shanti Spa and Gallery

much of what inspires me can be found surrounding us every day/every moment.

there is an art to every thing,
each person/object/look/earthly element/
in all that we do.

and when we recognize it,
we let go/allowing ourselves to create.

i am not a traditional artist, but i’ve always enjoyed doodling/losing myself,
in patterns/especially hashmarks.

wood burning allows me to reinvent what was once two-dimensional, meditative explorations into art, functional art and jewelry.

Exhibit Location: Shanti Spa and Gallery

i consider my art organic. it flows from me when i’m inspired… a fleeting glimpse of what goes on in my head… and in my heart, unfiltered and indulgent. i believe we are all uniquely beautiful.. in rhythm and form, shape and balance, strength and vulnerability…physically, figuratively and spiritually. perfectly imperfect. a native san diegan, i am an enthusiast of hugs, smiles and recycling. i believe every day is a gift.. and live towards spreading love through art, music, and compassion…especially over coffee

Artist Link:  Jen Fong

Exhibit Location: Key Crew

Jesse Reno is a mixed-media painter living and working in Portland, Oregon. An entirely self-taught artist, Jesse creates symbols and shows beings becoming and evolving from their environment – transforming from man to animal and back again.

The artist is stimulated by indigenous and primitive societies, and terms his art “neo-primitivism.” The materials he uses in his art include acrylic paint, oil pastels, and colored pencils over wood panel and canvas. As in primitive cultures the artist’s creations remain unadulterated and are devoid of the concerns of predetermined ideas, meaning, artistic procedures, or preoccupation with already established art forms.

“I use my art to express my deepest thoughts, dreams, and ideas to connect and explain the things important to me – lessons of truth, connection, and intropsection. The need to become ones dreams. The idea of ambition over direction. The chase to become my fullest being and example of myself,” the award winning artist and muralist tells us.

Exhibit Location: GALLERY4204

Jonathan Wenner was born in Manhasset, New York. He grew up in both Elmont, New York and Newfoundland, Pennsylvania. The urban versus country atmospheres sculpted into multi faceted content. His education has been gained from experience, a few teachers and the privilege of great peers met sporadically all over the United States. He has painted murals in Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Chicago, San Diego and specializes in custom helmets, bikes, cars, tattoos, portraits, and pretty much anything artistic he will find a way to make it happen. The name Unity came as a result of spiritual experience and it simply displaces himself from taking credit for what God is doing through him. He currently resides in San Diego as a home base but will continue to travel all over the world, painting, learning cultures, and creating unity.

Artist Link: Jonathan Wenner (Unity21)

Exhibit Location: Zia Gourmet Pizza

Artist Link:  Jorge Leon

Exhibit Location: Sophie's Kensington Gallery

Born in southern California, Katie Halvin lived in San Diego as a young child and throughout the southwest and Florida. Katie returned to San Diego in 1986 and has called La Mesa home since 1996. Ever since she was a little girl, Katie has been enthralled by color, nature and music. Their respective influence on her, undeniable and their combined influence upon her, life changing! A retired Chief Torpedoman, she is proud to have served her country and her family. Her life experience brings depth to her work. Her passion and zest for life is reflected there as well. Each piece is a story of a person or an event. Ask her about them, she would be glad to share. Making a living as an artist is Katie’s dream, but more importantly sharing her world through art so that it may influence someone else to pursuit their dream first, is what drives her. Each day she strives to create something new. When she succeeds her flight of fancy comes alive in the hearts and minds of others. She hopes you are one of them. Check out her website at katsworldart.com

Artist Link: Katie Halvin

Exhibit Location: The Book Tree

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Exhibit Location: Kensington Park

KimCHI (aka Linda Nguyen) is a San Diego native that grew up around Adams Avenue. Surrounded by several artists in her family, the expressive talent came naturally for her, and she has been creating since she was a child.

Her life experiences are her inspiration and her canvases capture your attention with their large scale and intricate detail. She also finds inspiration in the beauty and allure of sex and the female form. She displays the juxtaposition of dangerous beauty by adorning her girls with guns and ammo.

KimCHI is a strong supporter of small local businesses in San Diego. She occasionally displays art at Chez Rouge Salon, a shop on Adams Ave owned by her sister, as well as Villainous Lair Comics and Little Fish Comic Studio, a local studio that teaches art to all ages. She has also participated in several local art shows with RAWartists San Diego, Thumbprint Gallery, and The Infusion Project.

When KimCHI is not painting, she spends time designing costumes to cosplay for Comic Con International: San Diego. All components of her costumes are made by hand – she paints, forms, and sculpts everything from masks, weapons, and accessories. It’s a grueling process of trial and error, but the end results make everything worthwhile. She has been featured on several costume websites and even made an appearance on The Colbert Report. Eventually she would like to travel to other conventions in different cities to showcase her passion for cosplay.

Artist Link: KimCHI (aka Linda Nguyen)

Exhibit Location: Chez ROUGE Salon

Artist Link:  Kristyan Stjerne

Exhibit Location: Kensington Cafe

Drawing, coloring, painting, and gluing tissue paper to empty Snapple bottles to use as vases and such are things that I have loved to do for as long as I can remember.  Art has always been an important part of my life in one way or another, and now I am discovering just how important it is.  My style and the things I create are a direct reflection of my life and who I am…  A bit scatter-brained, constantly changing, and still figuring things out.  I am inspired by people—the ones in my life that are close to me, and people interacting with each other in general.  I enjoy expressing their impact on me through art.  Some of the things I create also come from moments/events/feelings  I experience that I think are better suited on a canvas or piece of paper than tucked away in my mind.

Exhibit Location: Moosie's Classic Ice Cream

Various artists from Wonka Gallery

Exhibit Location: Lestat's Coffee House

Artist Link:  Linda Rodenbo Barton

Exhibit Location: Clip Art Salon

Exhibit Location: Brooklyn Bicycles

All of Najera’s paintings are developed as stories of the artist’s life, overlaid with influences of current inspirations focusing on specific projects. Marie Najera incorporates new languages and vocabularies as they pertain to current emotions, experiences, and her artwork’s designated spaces.

Exhibit Location: GALLERY4204

Exhibit Location: Clay Associates

Monty Montgomery began exhibiting his work in 2002. Born and raised in Virginia, Montgomery loved black lines and bright colors at a very young age and was influenced by his mother who was a kindergarten teacher. “I started doing art really young,” Montgomery says. “Grabbing crayons and markers and trying to fill in good old-fashioned coloring books. I remember having a massive amount of coloring books and being able to sit for hours with my mom at the kitchen table trying to get each page perfect.”

Montgomery’s use of “stars” in his work comes from years of sitting with his Grandfather as he pointed out constellations through the dark, small town, Virginia skies. “It was always magical listening to my Grandfather and learning about the stars”, Montgomery says. “I will always remember that feeling as a little boy and try to somehow bring it back to life in my paintings.” Through his teenage years he discovered this visual connection was becoming more and more a substance for him to express his inner works of art. In his junior year at Longwood University, he launched Cilli Original Designs and began spreading his word through clothing, paintings, poetry, stickers, and culture. Montgomery went on to earn his BFA from Longwood University in 1998.

While based in Charlottesville, Va. and working on various design projects in the music/surf/skate industries along the East Coast, Montgomery opened, operated, and curated, C.O.D. Gallery & Studios on the Downtown Mall in “C-VILLE” and joined forces with the “SOA” Sound of Art in New York City for a period of time.  After many great years in Virginia, he made the move to Boston, Ma. in 2006 to expand his vision. “Almost every single one of my pieces has a specific meaning to it, a vibe, a feeling or message that I want you to take in and walk away with,” Montgomery says. “I not only want to hit you with my vision of color and lines, but even more so with the message within each creation. My job is to create art that makes you feel.”

In 2008 Montgomery made the move to San Diego, California and launched http://www.montymontgomeryart.com. He is currently based in San Diego and continues to focus in on his works and take on various projects across the USA. Montgomery recently combined forces with J Feather, another San Diego based Artist and the duo formed KREASHUN in 2012. KREASHUN is a combination of both Artist’s visions and talents coming together to create one lucid dream of experience upon interior and exterior walls around the globe. Experience this new vision at http://www.kreashun.com.

Owner at Monty Montgomery Art.

Artist Link: Monty Montgomery

Exhibit Location: Sycamore Den

Nicole Pisciotto is widely known in the healing, beauty and visual arts. She has a passion for creating positive change on the planet beginning with encouraging others to discover and connect to the inner light & peace inside of themselves.

A blend of creative vision, style, and compassion are words often used to describe Nicole’s approach to life. Embracing life as a free spirit she encourages relaxation and comfortable ambiance in all endeavors and invites you to do the same.

Artist Link:  Nicole Pisciotto

Exhibit Location: Shanti Spa and Gallery

Andrew has founded Pacha Soap in Hastings, NE. From the beginning, Andrew designed Pacha Soap to be a for-profit social business, meaning a business that helps with a social issue. In our case, we are tackling the WASH sector (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene). Through the Raise the Bar campaign, Pacha gives a bar of soap for every bar purchased! About 4,500 children die each day from unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation facilities (UNICEF). To help solve this problem, Pacha’s Raise the Bar campaign extends to a global scale, collaborating with our international partners to promote better standards of hygiene in developing nations.

Artist Link:  Pacha Soap

Exhibit Location: Shanti Spa and Gallery

“Found” and Fold art, 3D “found” objects mixed into multimedia color blast paintings.  Pamela Joy Weiler is an artist who resides in San Diego and Rosarita where she is opening a ship and gallery for her works.

PJW Art is about taking objects and making them into art

Artist Link: Pamela Joy Weiler

Exhibit Location: San Diego Creative Arts Project

Regeneration-Art Recipe

Ingredients:

1 Ton Donated Material

1 Artist

Step One: Collect donations in the local community.

Step Two: Blend in a high-speed mixer until smooth. Consistency should be like caramel.

Step Three: Ride On.

Artist Link: Paris Davis

Exhibit Location: Rosie O' Grady's

Gregory Page has the gift to observe life and to capture this in a realistic, sensitive though humorous way in his lyrics. He is truly in his element performing live. Everyone who has seen him perform on stage can confirm this: the man has truckloads of charisma. His performance is far more than just a trip down memory lane. Entertaining, heart warming, moving and often very funny as well.

This unique English born Irish/Armenian musician creates oddly compelling songs that are full of cinematic melodies. Gregory Page has the gift to observe life and to capture this in a realistic, sensitive though humorous way in his lyrics.

Artist Link: Paul Stanley

Exhibit Location: Cafe 21

Richard Peter Han was educated at Art Center College of Design and graduated with a B.A. in illustration with a focus on entertainment design. He then started working in concept design for video games creating work for major companies such as Sony, Konami, Cheyenne Mountain, Trion, Vivendi Universal, and many more. Peter is currently working at Sony as a contract concept artist.

Credits: Warhawk, Spyro the Dragon, Stargate Worlds, Silent Hill Experience, and Defiance.

Artist Link:  Peter Han

Exhibit Location: Barberside

Pujari Scheaffer is a landscape painter who uses watercolor and mixed media. He has exhibited in Northern California. Most of the paintings are California landscapes and also Tuscany, Italy.  Pujari’s love of nature and the outdoors in evident in his paintings. Pujari Scheaffer has been painting since he was a child, and he studied Art at Humboldt State University.

Exhibit Location: Papaha Gallery & Studio

Rich Walker will be presenting a  community collaborative, The Expression of Color.  Come express yourself and join in the fun.

Artist Link:  Rich Walker

Exhibit Location: Adams Ave Park

Art and psychology have always been my two passions in life! Although these majors appear to be on opposite sides of the scholastic spectrum, I have found that focusing specifically on the psychology of how we visually perceive the world acts as a unifying prism that blends these seemingly divergent subjects into one bright career path.

In many ways art is like a visual language, it has the communicative power to universally connect, direct, inspire, entice, emote, promote and much more. Every form of art has a different voice, tone, and visual grammar, which is why I have tried to learn as many art forms as possible. Everything from murals to mosaics, aerosol to airbrush, glassblowing to ceramics, painting to printing, and drawing to digital designs I can and love to do it all!

When I am not drafting graphics for clients I am drawing images for my classes at SDSU. I am currently a senior honors student at San Diego State University, where I am double majoring in Graphic Design and Psychology. Understanding the linkage in my dual major is key to recognizing that I am equally as proficient in rendering to create unique design solutions as I am interested in understanding helping and developing strong bonds with my team of co-workers. In addition psychology helps me to understand the relationship between the visual perception and cognitive interpretation of an image. As a result I try to utilize my knowledge of how the brain works and integrate these concepts and ideas into my creative process.

Artist Link: Robert Piper

Exhibit Location: Home Start Thrift Boutique