Ginga paints, sculpts, designs clothing and has recently gotten into body painting. Not only is she a member of the local female artists’ collective Grrrrrl Power, but in 2003 she also created Visual Graffiti, a monthly event that occupies different bars and clubs around town and includes visual art, trunk shows and music . In 2003, she also started her own art-and-clothing business called 1/8 Fresh Gear and Art.

Noticeably women-centric, Ginga’s art includes many anime girls (often depicted kissing and holding one another), ’70s-style images of bohemian-looking women, and female icons like Audrey Hepburn and Diana Ross. There’s a conspicuous lack of masculine images in her artwork, yet she says she doesn’t identify as a feminist.

Artist Type:  Ginger Placek

Exhibition Location:  Cafe 21

Day of the event come on by for great art, amazing food, and live music!

Artist Link:  Kelly Hutchinson

Exhibition Location:  Dia Del Cafe

Art has become my everything. I’m constantly trying new techniques, mediums, tools, and ideas. I love making people’s dreams come to life. If you can think of it, I can make it. My job has trained me to specialize in lettering and visually conveying messages. If you have an idea for a sign for your business or an art piece for your friend and need someone to draw it out for you, I would love to do it. I’m a creator and I absolutely love it.

Artist Link:  Amanda Visger

Exhibition Link:  Dia Del Cafe

Artist Link: Shawn Erler

Exhibition Location:  Polite Provisions

Keith was born and reared in Brooklyn, New York and realized at an early age that he was gifted and destined to be an artist.  Keith graduated from High School of Art and Design and the School of Visual Arts in New York City.  He live in Sweden for 13 years and expanded his artistic focus while defining the art.  He returned to the States in 2001 and now lives and works in San Diego as a Tattoo and freelance artist.  Keith paints and draws in his free time as he expands his artistic knowledge and expresses his gift of creativity.

Artist Link:  Keith Green

Exhibition Location:  Federation Ink

Artist Link:  David Hovsepian

Exhibition Location: Federation Ink

Artist Link: Alisa Zanot

Exhibition Location: Federation Ink

Artist Link: Annalise Neil

Exhibition Location: Kaya Salon

Stop on in for open house refreshments all day during the event.

I am from Southern California, but i recently moved back to San Diego after 7 years of living in Boston. I have been painting my whole life but I have been a muralist for over 18 years.

My paintings are as random as my life. I am inspired by everything around me but my usual subject matter is eyes. The reflection and human connection associated with eyes. I have always found it hard to look someone in the eyes when I am talking to them. I have tried to be better at this as the years pass. When you make eye contact with another person, you let down your guard, it is growing vulnerability the longer the contact lasts. There are many theories on eye contact while talking, but I notice that there is a limit, most people must look away off and on, while talking.

Artist Link: Cassandra Schramm

Exhibition Location:  Edward Jones

Come inside to browse the store and experience mural painting as it takes place.

Michelle is Owner & Principal Designer at MRH Interiors, a retail shop & showroom located in the heart of Normal Heights. We specialize in North African textiles, but also carry an assortment of home goods from local artists & craftsman. In addition to offering interior design & styling services, Michelle loves to get her craft on and party with friends.

Artist Link:  Michelle Huber

Exhibition Location: MRH Interiors

Michael Carini received his artistic training in Los Angeles, studying at Loyola Marymount University while simultaneously serving as an apprentice under respected artists Jane Brucker and Roland Reiss. Graduating at the top of his class in 2006, Carini returned to his hometown in San Diego, where he currently maintains his studio.

Michael Carini’s creative visions will play with your senses and illuminate the human condition as he delves into the uncensored depths of his mind and invites you to catch a glimpse of the other side. Transmuting his medium through what he describes as a poetically alchemical process based upon the principles of equivalent exchange (Acrylic Alchemy), it is Carini’s hope that you will completely lose yourself within these labyrinthine experiences, only to discover a new sense of self and emerge reborn.

Artist Link:  Michael Carini

Exhibition Location:  MRH Interiors

Baraciel Almada is an anthropologist and religious scholar from Tijuana, Mexico. She is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Archeology at San Diego State University, focusing on Maya pottery from Cahal Pech in Belize.

As she comes closer to finishing her M.A., she has given herself permission to pursue art, a life-long passion, thus enrolling in Southwestern College. Now in her third year of formal art training, Baraciel is a freelance artist and illustrator.

Artist Link:  Baraciel Almada, online store

Exhibition Location:  White Rabbit Day Spa

JayOlermo is a self-taught painter who believes art is an experience meant to be shared. Each painting. whether mixed media or simple acrylic, was formed freestyle with the goal of drawing the viewer into an accessible world of experimental color and layered texture. Original paintings and prints will be available.

Artist Link:  JayOlermo

Exihibition Location:  Pilgrimage of the Heart Yoga

Lisa was fortunate to grow up in a home environment that encouraged artistic expression. As a child, she drew creative inspiration from the different countries and cultures her family visited on yearly vacations. In high school, Lisa enrolled in a stained glass program, and discovered the artistic medium that would be her life’s calling.

During her 3 years in Switzerland, Lisa participated in several exhibitions. The first was a group showing called Arts Visuels au Garenne in Monthey, in 2002. Also in 2002, Lisa exhibited at the Swiss Museum of Stained Glass in Romont, Switzerland. And in 2003 she created a fused glass piece for an exhibition at Glasmalerei Peters in Paderborn, Germany. Lisa also won design awards for a private chalet in Champery, Switzerland and a trophy for an annual floral arranging contest in Monthey, Switzerland.

Since her 2004 inaugural solo exhibition at Dulcinea in San Diego, Lisa has paticipated in many exhibitions. Her work has been featured in the La Jolla Light, San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles Magazine, San Diego Uptown News, and Glass Craftsman Magazine.

Artist Link:  Lisa Maywood

Exhibition Location:  Dulcinea Salon and Gallery

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!  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.

Artist Link: Katie Halvin

Exhibition Location:  The Book Tree

One day I decided to take a long walk. This notion took me to Spain, where I trekked 303 miles along the Camino de Santiago. The journey inspired me to get back into slow process image making. When I returned home to the States, I treated my inner artist to paints and canvas. I’ve been a full-time art-making-machine ever since.

I am influenced by Spanish Masters– Miró, Picasso, Gaudi, Dali. I am also inspired by street art, the evidence of time, distressed wood, rusty metal, patterns in nature, and music.

You can find me at the Hillcrest Farmers’ Market every Sunday in San Diego.

Artist Link: Amy Baca Lopez

If you are familiar with the Normal Heights area you probably have been to Lestat’s Coffee Shop.  Old Victorian furniture reupholstered in bright colors. Statues and columns inside and out. The clientele is very diverse, depending on what time of the day or night you go there you can see many different types of people.  One thing that sets Lestat’s apart from the rest, Is that it features underground, or outsider art, not the mainstream type of art you see day to day.

Featured artists include:  Franky Agostino, Bret Barrett, bd Dombrowsky, Peter Geise, Michael Mahaggey, Paul Nasri, David Russell Talbott, Andrew Lucas, Mike Zimmer, Phil Provins, Todd Rice, Paul Brogden, and Janelle Despot

Artist Link: Wonka Gallery

Exhibition Location:  Lestat’s Coffee House

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!

Artist Link: Robert Piper

Exhibition Location:  The Ould Sod

It was in June 2015 that I published a feature on west coast artist Amber Jahn. Who would have thought, at that time, that this publication was to become the most read ever registered by the Bauge littéraire ? Is it because it has been published, right from the start, in two languages, that of the Bauge and that of the artist, opening my french-speaking space up to a much larger public ? Or is it the fascination raised by the tempest of colors that Amber’s brush stirs up without mistake ?

Artist Link: Amber Jahn

Exhibition Location: Rabbit Hole

Artist Link:  Violet Kush

Exhibition Location:  Rabbit Hole

Even if you’ve never met Beth, you’ve probably seen her beautiful murals. Although she prefers black and grey tattoo work, she’s no stranger to color or wild patterns. Beth’s skills really shine in pieces that accentuate the wearer’s body.

If this is your first tattoo, you’re in good hands—Beth has been drawing on people for over 20 years.

Artist Link:  Beth Emmerich

Exhibition Location:  Rabbit Hole

Kai nurtured his talents with private art classes at Neko Press Art Studios and earned a graphic design degree from Platt College. Since then, Kai has been live painting for nearly 10 years. He painted on stage with his friend’s band Silent Armada for the first year, then followed that up with many live art appearances at nightclubs, bars, and gallery events with local artists from the Infusion Project. Currently he can be found at comic conventions along the Western US as well as traveling the country to show his work at rock festivals including Riot Fest, Rock on the Range, and Aftershock.

Artist Link:  Kai Martin

Exhibition Location:  Rabbit Hole

A custom piece of art is One Of A Kind and one of the MOST precious works of art. Prices range with size and type of portrait. You can also choose to seal the portrait in epoxy resin, which gives it great depth, gloss, and added protection! Drawing on wood is my signature, but I am not opposed to drawing on other surfaces. I ask for great quality photos to go from (at least five images), so I can truly get as accurate as possible. I always welcome different ideas, projects, and collage work. Please email me or contact me on my mobile to set up your order!

Artist Link: Jamie Clark

Exhibtion Location:  Rabbit Hole

Brise Birdsong is an award winning book illustrator based in San Diego, CA.  She specializes in a variety of projects which include murals, teaching art, illustrating children’s books, painting, and digital illustration. Although she graduated from the Art Institute of California-San Diego with a Bachelors degree in Media Arts and Animation, her work is heavily based in acrylic painting.

Artist Link:  Brise Birdsong

Exhibition Location:  The Box Stop

Come by to check out the great specials.  Heights Optometry will be celebrating it’s 4 year anniversary the day of the event.

Fabiana Foca was born in Brazil on April 20th 1981. Moved to San Diego in 2001 and have been locally doing art ever since. Mosaic art and Photography are the most noticeable mediums on Fabiana’s resume. The photography is manually transferred into the wood. One of a kind (unlike prints) every single photo is an original piece of art. All recycled wood for the wood transfers and recycled materials for the mosaics as well.

Artist Link: Fabiana Foca

Exhibition Location:  Heights Optometry

I was born and raised in Sin City, Las Vegas, Nevada. Through my schooling there I came to the realization that all I wanted to do in life was paint and create. So I packed up and moved to southern California, where I have continued my learning, painting, and creating.

I’m inspired by life. The works of Salvador Dali, Micheal Parks, and the wonderful San Diego local artists I’ve come to personally know help to shape my vision. I find my paintings in the forms of the clouds, the bubbles in my bath, and in the playfulness of the creatures of nature.

Artist Link:  J. L. Anichowski

Exhibition Location:  Uptown Bicycles

Thumbprint Gallery and Exodus Studios presents the Art Around Adams Juried and Popular Vote Art Competition.

This is the finale of the year long art competition that has been ongoing the first Monday of every month at URBN in North Park.  Each month a group of artists have submitted their work for voting from a group of judges and the general population.  The winners of each month will be displaying their best work for the chance to gain a cash prize.  This is a much anticipated event for the artists, so come and show your support and cast your ballot for the best of the best.

Location

Artist Link: Jack Lungu

Exihibition Location:  Humphrey Appliance and Repair 

Drop by all day during the event for price specials throughout our menu.

Acrylics, Oils, Mixed Media, Ink

Artist Link: Leroy Davis

Exhibition Location:  Little Miss Brewing

Artist Link:  Heather Basile

Artist Location: Little Miss Brewing

Mexican Folk Art in Displays

Artist Link: Melody de Los Cobos

Exhibition Location:  Back From Tombuctou

Spring Ceramics Sale – Stop by for great deals on authentic creations

Featuring new work by Associates and students
with new items added throughout the sale

Clay Associates is a ceramics studio whose mission is the advancement of the clay arts and of arts in general. It is a structured collective of nine associates – potters and sculptors. It maintains studio and classroom space in an encouraging and nourishing environment to promote growth in the creation and teaching of the clay arts.

The Clay Associates are Eric Woods, Evelyn Goldman, Gerald Thiebolt, Lance Walsh, Michael Nobel, Shaun Craig, and Warren Bakley.

Exhibition Location: Clay Associates

An autodidact in ceramics, I was introduced to clay at the Genesee Co-op Communiversity in Rochester, New York in 1972.  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. .

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.

His work is on display at the Memorial Wall, Unitarian Univresalist Fellowship of San Diego, in Solana Beach, as well as the Wall of Remembrance, Sacred Heart Church of Ocean Beach (not open to the public).

I am a 4th generation San Diego native who grew up loving the mountains, desert and beaches. Drawing was my first love until I discovered clay in the 3rd. grade. I am continually inspired by natural and native elements in my environment.  I am constantly finding inspiration from sticks, rocks, pinecones and other elements of nature. The complex simplicity in the forms is a source of never ending fascination for me. I love to use art in my life so when people have a piece of mine I want them to use it and enjoy it in an everyday setting.

I hold a Bachelor of Fine arts degree from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA with continuing study in ceramics and clay arts at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Maine and Alfred University, Alfred NY. My work experience has been as Exhibits Designer with the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Design Consultant for American Olean Tile Company, Landsdowne, PA, Interior Designer with three major architectural firms, and institutional and residential projects as an Associate with Diversified Interior Design Associates, Philadelphia, PA.

My teaching experience has been of graduate level design at Drexel University and Moore College of Art. As well as classical Art and Sculpture through Trenton State UniversityDesign, San Diego State University, the Community Colleges of Cuyamaca and Southwestern in California and Ceramics at Clay Associates.

I am a nine times first prize winner of the annual Sculpture Division, Imperial Beach Sand Sculpture Competition, Imperial Beach, CA.

We aim to support and empower artisans around the globe through the universal language of art. The products carried and curated by isiko connect humans across the world through the stories they tell in the use of fabric, in the patterns, the texture and in the design itself.  Using traditional techniques and materials, our handmade products are not only beautifully unique, but also bring deserved recognition and provide jobs to underserved communities around the world.

As a social good company, every quarter we identify a deserving organization and donate ten percent of our proceeds to support their efforts. Every purchase you make at isiko helps give back to a community so desperately in need. Learn more about the organization we are currently supporting by visiting the Social Goodpage.

Artist Link: Isiko

Exhibition Location: Kiko and Sven

Haven will be having drink specials all day during the event, come on by.

Jason Lane is the Principle of JXL Studio and a senior partner of Bells & Whistles Design/Build, the San Diego team responsible for popular destinations like The Starlite, The Smoking Goat, and UCSD’s The Loft. Lane sharpened his early creative teeth as front man for the infamous Aktionist Art Group Crash Worship and as a prop designer for clients such as Dita Von Tesse and Fantasy Inc. The Golly Pods came to life in a moment of playful reverie but frenzied attention from the international design circuit has demanded that JXL Studio make them a sell-able reality.

Artist Link: Jason Lane

Exhibition Location:  The Haven Pizzeria

Kelly Paige Standard – a depictive oil painter – specializes in painting people. Her hauntingly accessible figures radiate with an honest balance of joy and sadness. Using strong values and colors, she explores and celebrates the best parts of being human. Kelly’s paintings are often solitary, occasionally piercing, but always mysteriously truthful and radiant.

Artist Link:  Kelly Paige Standard

Exhibition Location: Good Vibrations Chiropractic

My name is Paul Naylor, I’m an illustrator/designer living in San Diego, where I’ve been my whole life.  I have been drawing since I was three, and currently specialize in acrylic paintings / illustration, and also enjoy logo and general design.  I have a Bachelor’s Degree from the Art Institute of San Diego in graphic design.  I’ve been lucky enough to perform and educate for audiences at the San Diego Zoo, Downtown Disney, and many other events around the US. I currently work with my friends and mentors at Launch Live Art, where I paint, perform, and have even played live percussion.

I was drawn to graphic design because I was intrigued by the idea of using typography artistically, and I’ve always loved art associated with underground music and film, especially from decades past where emphasis was heavy on hand-rendering. I also play drums in a couple local bands, and love when visual art and music can be combined. Big influences on my art include a long love of animals, old horror and sci-fi movies, vast natural landscapes (especially Yosemite), Godzilla, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Mid-Century Modern design, and music.

Artist Link:  Paul Naylor

Exhibition Location:  Buddies and Babes

I started painting rocks and raising funds for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. On behalf of my son, Anthony. As my own healing process through grief and depression. I also create mixed media pieces that always have a message of my journey. Hoping to help others that can relate. I want people to know that they matter. That there is hope. That there are other people struggling just like them, like me.

Artist Link:  Elie Kennedy

Exhibition Location:  Clem’s Tap House

My name is Elena and I’m a Florida transplant residing beachside in sunny San Diego, California. I come from a long-line of amateur artists and I’m so excited to finally be fulfilling my destiny! I paint for the sheer joy of painting- as it brings out my inner child. Adulthood is overrated! I love playing with color and am heavily inspired by the great outdoors and music. My style is abstract and whimsical and every painting is designed to spread the message of love.

Artist Link: Elena Sabo

Exhibition Location:  Pappalecco Kensington