audiences into a general response. Live theater encourages, even incites, the imagination to par- ticipate. No laugh track or swoony background music will tell you how to feel. You can laugh when you want and have your own unique experience. To paraphrase Meatloaf: Just let the drama tell your heart what to do.
BARBARELLA FOKOS
Where art resides “Artist residences are about taking the time to explore your work in a new way,” says Melissa Walter, who is currently the artist-in-residence at Bread & Salt (1955 Julian Avenue, Barrio Logan), “a gallery and experimental center for the arts.” From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, passers- by can pop in and watch as Walter, who is also an illustrator for NASA, experiments with “ways to make the invisible vis- ible.” She will be creating an installation piece that explores that mysteri- ous stuff of the universe known as dark matter. One aspect of dark mat- ter, she explains, is the fact that we can’t see it. “We know it exists by
how it affects the things around it, and one of those things is light — if we’re looking into space, if there’s a galaxy and stars behind dark matter, then all of a sudden the light from those stars and galaxies will completely bend. It’s almost like look- ing through a water glass and light bends the image. And that bending of the light is called gravita- tional lensing.” This is Walter’s first
time as a resident art- ist. “Most of the people who come through are other artists or creatives somehow associated with events in the building,” she says. “Having creatives come through wound up being, surprisingly, one of my favorite parts about residency — every- body’s really open to sharing their process and resources. I’ve been work- ing from home forever, and even when I was in college I didn’t take up the studio spaces that were offered to artists. It’s been quite wonderful getting to be more collaborative.” During Walter’s
first week, another art- ist, Michael James Arm- strong, happened by her studio and, after some discussion, suggested
OBSESSION TANGO
FEATURING ACCLAIMED NEW YORK BANDONEONIST RAUL JAURENA
Melissa Walter works as an illustrator for NASA.
new materials, including mylar. “It’s like transpar- ency paper, really pliable and interesting — it hadn’t been on my radar before, but now I’m excited to try and incorporate it.” Though most of the
people in and out of the Bread & Salt artist-in- residence studio are other artists, the space is open to the public. “I don’t mind people watching me,” Wal- ter says, “but I definitely think I’m unusual in that a lot of artists I know are more interested in being solitary.” Fortunately for art-
ists who’d rather not be watched as they work, there are more private
THE “POP-UP” DINNER IS BACK!
@ BREAD & SALT
MUSIC BY ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Bandoneon, Flute, Violin, Cello, and Piano.
Tango dancing by the always-scintillating Tango Alma!
from 6:30–7:45pm 1955 Julian Avenue, Barrio Logan
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18
residency programs, such as the one at the San Diego Art Institute (1439 El Prado, Balboa Park). At the institute, artists receive a stipend ranging from $500 to $8000, depending on their project, and they work not at the Balboa Park location, but at the institute’s satellite location (141 Horton Plaza, Down- town), which is also where their finished pieces are exhibited to the public. “I have actually found
that artists hate [public] residencies,” says Ginger Shulick Porcella, executive director of the Art Insti- tute. Porcella says that, typically, artists “just want to make work in private,”
and that for artists who get accepted to the pro- gram, “The main benefit is being able to mount a solo exhibition, as well as the frequent visits with curators that we line up for artists-in-residence so that they get exposure in the larger art world out- side of San Diego.” The next exhibit,
which opens March 31, will feature Noé Olivas, whose artwork “investi- gates the Mexican-Amer- ican identity as a Cali- fornian” and “considers the relationship between labor/leisure as it fits into conceptions of feminin- ity/masculinity, specifi- cally by evaluating the
myth of machismo and its relationship to patri- archal culture.” Whereas San Diego
Art Institute focuses solely on regional artists, Lux Art Institute (1550 S. El Camino Real, Encinitas) is more interested in art- ists from abroad. Artists have been brought in from countries including Colombia, Cuba, India, and Poland. Because artists are not local, Lux’s residency pro- gram includes an actual residence: invited artists “recognized nationally and internationally” live and work onsite. The cur- rent artist-in-residence is Siro Cugusi, from Italy. Cugusi has been in- studio since January 21, and his work — a large oil abstract painting that “responds to his tempo- rary surroundings” at Lux, along with smaller works and accompanying studies — will continue to exhibit through Saturday, March 18. Lux Art Institute
hosts artist talks and workshops that aim to engage teens and adults in the community. For kids, there are camps, classes, and family events. There is also a Kids-in-Residence program for children aged
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