Comic-Con may be months away, but the NTC Arts & Culture District in historic Liberty Station is already gearing up for a comic explosion and the arrival of Ninja Turtles.
\nIDW Publishing has announced it’s relocating their headquarters and creative team, as well as opening a groundbreaking new San Diego Comic Art Gallery, to Liberty Station. The grand opening is scheduled for June 1.
\nIDW\u2019s new offices and a gallery will be located in two renovated former barracks buildings, among the first buildings constructed in 1923 for Naval Training Center San Diego. At 18,300 square feet, IDW will become the largest tenant in the already vibrant arts district.
\nThe San Diego Comic Art Gallery (SDCAG) will be a unique, new and dynamic space located within the IDW offices, designed to educate and engage visitors with the sequential comic book and graphic arts.
\nThe\u00a0SDCAG\u00a0will create a permanent home in San Diego as a showcase for this celebrated art form, already associated with San Diego, thanks to Comic-Con International.\u00a0
\nWith a retail space, a gallery of original art from comics and animation, and actual working artists on the premises,\u00a0the SDCAG is an entirely new kind of venture. Through events, author and artist appearances, art installations and celebrations,\u00a0the\u00a0SDCAG\u00a0will become a destination to worldwide fans of the medium, and cement San Diego\u2019s status as a capital of the comic arts. \u00a0
\n\u00a0“The NTC Foundation welcomes IDW Publishing and their creative team to the NTC Arts & Culture District at Liberty Station,” said NTC Foundation executive director Alan Ziter. “IDW joins more than 80 artists, dance companies, museums, galleries, music groups and art schools in San Diego\u2019s largest cultural district outside of Balboa Park.\u00a0 Their new San Diego Comic Art Gallery will be a great addition to the numerous art galleries and museums already at NTC and we look forward to the creative collaborations ahead.”
\nZiter said it\u2019s\u00a0anticipated that SDCAG will be a San Diego landmark destination for comic and animation art lovers from all over the world and “help draw new visitors to our district.”
\nThe time for IDW to move had come.
\n“We\u2019ve been expanding rapidly, and simply have run out of room, ” said Ted Adams, IDW CEO\/publisher. “We\u2019ve been looking for a space that more accurately reflects who we are as a company. When we started talking with NTC, it became evident immediately that this would be a perfect fit. “And with the gallery, we\u2019re going to be able to show the community \u2014 and the world \u2014 just who IDW is. This move is the perfect next step in the evolution of our company.”
\nThe design and build out of IDW\u2019s move into the historic buildings is being made possible with the assistance of San Diego area businesses Good & Roberts LLC and obrARCHITECTURE inc.
\nThe first installation in IDW\u2019s remodeled space will be an extensive showcase of the work of Kevin Eastman, co-creator of the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,”\u00a0and a San Diego resident.\u00a0
\nHarry L. Katz, former head curator in the Prints and Photographs Division at the Library of Congress, has been named the curator of SDCAG.
\nIDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego. Renowned for its diverse catalog of licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry.
\nNTC at Liberty Station is San Diego\u2019s largest Arts & Cultural District located in historic buildings at the former Naval Training Center in Liberty Station.\u00a0With 28 park-like acres and 16 of its 26 buildings complete, NTC is home to nearly 80 museums and galleries, artist studios, dance companies, educational groups, multidisciplinary arts, creative retail and other organizations that showcase San Diego\u2019s creative community and provide innovative experiences for the public.\u00a0 NTC is under the stewardship of the not-for-profit NTC Foundation.\u00a0
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