On March 9, 2012, The Cal State University San Marcos Art Gallery held its Grand Opening party at Old California Restaurant Row. A special THANK YOU needs to go out to the Eubanks family, who donated the space to the CSUSM Visual & Performing Arts Department. Another Thank You should also go out to all the restaurants who supported the Grand Opening party as well as their commitment to promote the Art Gallery throughout the year with special events; hence, drawing more attention to the art department of CSUSM. The Gallery looked amazing and it was filled with many great pieces that just amazed onlookers the entire night. It was a great event with local student artists coming out to show their work, give live demonstrations, have great food and listen to some incredible music. It truly was a VIP star treatment event and many officials from CSUSM, the City of San Marcos, The San Marcos Arts Council and some San Marcos Chamber members came to enjoy the festivities. The image above depicts artwork by CSUSM VPA Student and Arts Association President, Brittany Galante.
This image depicts CSUSM VPA Student, David Chavez who brought out his work. He was giving live demonstrations on how to paint and he continued working on his painting there the entire night. It was great to see him work on the painting... You can see in the background of this picture, that many people were enjoying the music, food and art in the courtyard area of the Village Shops at Old California restaurant Row.
Here is Amanda from
Rhythm City Grill, who was out supporting the event with delicious food and hanging out with Craig from
Old California Coffee House & Eatery, who was serving up coffee & dessert! It was a fun event for us as we got to enjoy the art and music for a couple of hours.
We had local musicians come and play for two hours. They were fantastic! Thanks again to the Eubanks family,
Old California Restaurant Row and all the participating restaurants, who donated their time, money, food and manpower to make this event a very special launch party for CSUSM Art Gallery and all in attendance!
On Sunday, May 6th 2012, Old California Restaurant Row hosted a Car Show and
Art Walk in the parking lot and along the Village Shops! It was a Sunday Classic
with a perfect blend of flavors that included Great Food, Great Cars, Live Music
and an Art Walk. From Ferrari's to street rods to old classics, the car show had
something for everyone. The Art consisted of paintings, jewelry, Pictures,
Framed Art, hand made cards, wreaths, hats, flowers and much more. The Music
was great and performed by Bill Bradburry and Gunner Biggs. This was the first
of many Summer Events scheduled at Restaurant Row in 2012. Click Here to stay informed about upcoming events at
Restaurant Row.
Around this time last year, Julianna McDuffie sat crocheting a purse on Carlsbad Beach sand. A domestic beach day with husband, children, and brothers triggered a fantastic performance/public/found art project. Julianna set up her blog “The Curious Pebble Project: Random Acts of Art—One Girl’s Quest” at Curiouspebble.com. Her first post outlined, each step paired with a lovely photo, finding that first pebble, crocheting a little sweater for it, and hiding it for someone to stumble upon. She credits her husband for the idea, quoting him as saying, “Hey! You know what? You should make some of those crocheted rocks while we are at the beach… and then just leave them there for someone to find.” At this early stage, her intention was mainly performative, focused on the act of finding pebbles, sitting in their environment crocheting, hiding them, and hanging around to watch the reactions of those who found them.
