Woodstock’s Pizza on College Blvd has been the college town pizza place for San Diego State students for decades. My high school vice principal, who is an SDSU alum told me about Woodstock’s three years ago, before I had even committed to the University yet. He told me that it
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They’re so majestic, so smooth, so elegant. They are the masters of their medium, moving at remarkable speed, propelling themselves through the air, entertaining their audiences. The bond between these performers and their trainers can’t be described in words. If you have ever been to SeaWorld and seen the killer
This video shows the shutdown of an art studio, Glashaus, here in San Diego. The art studio that artists use to create their work is sacred; without a studio, artists struggle to work on the very tasks they decided to devote their lives to. I asked my artistic friend what
In 2011, after Easter weekend, a mosaic mural appeared unannounced under a bridge in Encinitas, California, a beach town about 30 minutes north of San Diego. The 12-foot tall mosaic depicted the Virgen de Guadalupe, the Virgin Mary who was believed to have appeared before an Indian peasant named Juan
Now through April 10, 2016, the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park is featuring a solo art exhibition by local artist, Neil Shigley. Shigley’s series, “Invisible People, Invisible Structures” features portraits of San Diego homeless and their living conditions. Shigley, by presenting both portraits and architectural representations together, provides
In San Diego during the 90’s graffiti was a huge issue facing the city. The public sphere was constantly being vandalized with graffiti, and the city had really no way of controlling it. Somewhere along the line, the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation discovered that the majority of the tagging
There has recently been discussion in the local San Diego area regarding the opening of an art park and program where artistically talented individuals would be legally able to display their art. The space for this park would be at an underpass beneath the 163 Highway. The proposal was made
The Cardiff Kook, originally named the “Magic Carpet Ride” by artist Matthew Antichevich, is a statue created to honor the surfers of San Diego County. These local surfers, however, dubbed the Cardiff Kook, due to its awkward stance. In surfer terms a kook is person who cannot surf well and/or
Have you ever been out driving and seen a crocheted stop sign and wondered to yourself what the purpose was for that? Well apparently so have politicians around San Diego County. This public art display has (controversially) turned over 100 stop signs into brightly blooming flowers using yarn and wire