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<\/p>\nPor BJ Coleman<\/p>\n
Mission Federal ArtWalk regres\u00f3 a Little Italy del centro por 35 a\u00f1os en una celebraci\u00f3n de fin de semana de bellas obras de arte y entretenimiento en vivo de artistas. El festival de las artes se llev\u00f3 a cabo el s\u00e1bado y domingo 27 y 28 de abril. El evento llen\u00f3 16 cuadras en el coraz\u00f3n de Little Italy, en una galer\u00eda al aire libre que muestra las obras de m\u00e1s de 350 artistas.<\/p>\n
La novedad de este a\u00f1o fue una subasta de arte de tablas de surf en asociaci\u00f3n con Rerip, una organizaci\u00f3n de sostenibilidad ambiental sin fines de lucro que se especializa en la reutilizaci\u00f3n de tablas de surf usadas. Las ganancias de la subasta estaban programadas para beneficiar a ArtReach, que brinda educaci\u00f3n en artes visuales a las escuelas K-8 del condado de San Diego que carecen de programas de artes.<\/p>\n
Las obras de arte de tablas de surf se exhibieron no solo en el sitio de subastas de la plaza de la Piazza della Famiglia, sino tambi\u00e9n dispersas entre varios puestos de ArtWalk.<\/p>\n
Carolyn Johnson de Laguna Niguel subast\u00f3 arte de tablas de surf y otras tablas de surf con temas oce\u00e1nicos a la venta en su stand. Esto fue un ajuste natural, se\u00f1al\u00f3. Johnson presenta im\u00e1genes y colores del mar en gran parte de su pintura, y describe su arte como t\u00e9cnica mixta, utilizando acr\u00edlicos y elementos como c\u00e1scaras de huevo para aportar textura y dimensionalidad a la creaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n
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Los artistas locales, que viven y trabajan en el centro de San Diego, estuvieron bien representados en el festival de arte.<\/p>\n
Marna Schindler viaj\u00f3 a menos de una milla de su hogar y estudio de arte combinados para exhibir sus v\u00edvidas y hermosas pinturas y grabados con temas de la naturaleza.<\/p>\n
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\u201cArtWalk has been great to me,\u201d Schindler said. She\u2019s considered herself an artist from when she began creating art at the age of 5.<\/p>\n
\u201cArt gave me joy, a real sense of joy,\u201d Schindler said. Her first ArtWalk was in 2005 and she has come back each year since then. Schindler was a featured artist at Little Italy\u2019s ArtWalk in 2014. She is an award-winning artist for what she calls \u201cfolk art with a twist\u201d \u2014 with bold colors, simple forms and expressive brush strokes. Most of her artwork subjects are animals and landscapes in nature. Schindler donates an original painting to Rescue House in Encinitas annually, to aid in animal rescue efforts. She also accepts commissions for pet portraits.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a neat career to be in. Art is good for the soul,\u201d Schindler said.<\/p>\n
Some of Schindler\u2019s most recent paintings are from the recent Southern California \u201csuper blooms.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another Downtown-linked artist also featured recent \u201csuper bloom\u201d landscapes at her Little Italy ArtWalk booth. Rebecca Noelle is a plein air painter \u2014 an artist who paints scenes on-site outdoors. Noelle and her family lived in Downtown\u2019s Little Italy from 2010 through 2015.<\/p>\n
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Noelle teaches art classes at Washington Elementary School and at the San Diego Rescue Mission since retiring from dance and theater at age 30. She painted outside at Balboa Park locations for two years. Noelle\u2019s paintings of outdoor scenes feature both natural landscapes and architecture.<\/p>\n
The 2019 Mission Federal ArtWalk was Noelle\u2019s first art show back in action after she experienced a life-threatening car accident in November 2018. Noelle, her daughter and grandson were driving slowly in Noelle\u2019s van through rain-slowed traffic, when another car hydroplaned on slick roadway pavement, spun around, ran backwards and slammed into the van. All three suffered whiplash injuries. That neck injury exacerbated overuse stress of \u201cartist arm\u201d for Noelle\u2019s painting shoulder and arm. But she returned to painting early this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has been a good show and it is great to be back,\u201d Noelle said.<\/p>\n
Otros artistas coincidieron en que el ArtWalk de este a\u00f1o en Little Italy fue bueno para las ventas y la exposici\u00f3n. Del mismo modo, los organizadores de la subasta dijeron que las ofertas en las obras de arte de las tablas de surf cumpl\u00edan o superaban las expectativas, ya que las ofertas en l\u00ednea y en persona terminaron el domingo por la tarde.<\/p>\n
Los organizadores de ArtWalk ampliaron el calendario y las ubicaciones de sus eventos al incorporar un espect\u00e1culo de finales de verano en Liberty Station de Point Loma, que cumplir\u00e1 su 14.\u00ba a\u00f1o en agosto. Se agreg\u00f3 un festival de tiza y bellas artes del condado norte con ArtWalk Carlsbad en septiembre de 2018.<\/p>\n
According to La Mesa artist Jason Humphrey, \u201cLittle Italy is the granddaddy of them all. This promotes the love of art,\u201d Humphrey said. Humphrey said his mixed-media artwork begins with \u201coriginal ink,\u201d followed by a layering technique, with images he dubs intuitive, noting the subjects are drawn from nature.<\/p>\n
Humphrey continued, \u201cAt Little Italy ArtWalk, you can have intimate conversation with people who come by. You can talk about what goes into art, and how art has a healing property.\u201d<\/p>\n
More information about all these events is available at artwalksandiego.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n