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39-528: In 1941, a group of San Diego businessmen met in the office of then director of the Fine Arts Gallery in Balboa Park , Reginald Poland. They formed a group, with the chief objective the painting of local characteristic and historical scenes of San Diego and vicinity. Invitations were issued to painters interested in preserving the memories of the fast disappearing early landmarks of San Diego County . In May,

78-452: A documentary film called Workhorse Queen . After premiering at Slamdance Film Festival and a long international film festival run, the film was released in June 2022 for television broadcast and streaming on Starz , and additionally became available for VOD on Amazon Prime , AppleTV , Roku , and Vudu . Workhorse Queen is distributed by Breaking Glass Pictures. Washko was the recipient of

117-784: A larger audience with a feminist discourse. Her work has been exhibited by the Museum of the Moving Image (London) in the National #Selfie Portrait Gallery, Biennial of the Americas in The World is !Flat, Denver Digerati in Denver, Colorado, Transfer Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, and Super Art Moderne Museum: Spamm. She was a contributing writer for Animal NY. Washko has organized exhibitions and programs at

156-565: A premier artist and curator residency program. SDAI has a main exhibition space in Balboa Park, 8,000 square feet dedicated to contemporary exhibitions. As of November 2015, SDAI also has a secondary 3,000 square foot project space in Westfield Horton Plaza Mall, dedicated to hands-on art-making workshops, experimental performances, rotating exhibitions, and artist studios. SDAI exhibits artwork by artists mainly living and working in

195-550: A professor of art at Carnegie Mellon University , she is currently the Catherine B. Heller Collegiate Professor of Art at University of Michigan . Washko mobilizes communities and creates new forums for discussions of feminism where they do not exist. Washko is the founder of the Council on Gender Sensitivity and Behavioral Awareness in World of Warcraft to bring attention to and protest

234-451: A re-organizational meeting was held, at which time the name "San Diego Business Men’s Art Club" was adopted. The first president was Walter W. Austin , former mayor of San Diego . The first instructor was Maurice Braun , known for his mellow California landscapes as well as for his unusual teaching ability. Otto Schneider , Alfred R. Mitchell and many others also acted as instructors of this enthusiastic outdoor painting group. Exhibitions of

273-673: A shift in making the internet a more inclusive space for women and their cultural work. She was the Department Events Coordinator of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego until 2015. She has written for dpi Magazine. In 2013 she hosted the podcast "A Cups" with new media artist Ann Hirsch , made possible by the Radiohive collective in which they interviewed guests such as Nate Hill , Carla Gannis , Chris Gethard , and Genevieve Belleveau . In 2017, she curated

312-467: A solo exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York. Johanna Fateman named "The Game: The Game" at Museum of the Moving Image as one of the top ten exhibitions of 2018 for Artforum . Rhizome (organization) added "The Game: The Game" to their Net Art Anthology, a project aiming to preserve historically important works of net art . In 2021, Angela Washko moved into film-making by directing

351-587: Is housed in the nearby Timken Museum of Art , established in 1965. In 2012, the Museum of Art received 48 German Expressionist paintings, drawings and prints from a range of artists, including Otto Dix , Egon Schiele , Alexej von Jawlensky , Gabriele Münter and Gustav Klimt from the collection of Vance E. Kondon and his wife Elisabeth Giesberger. The museum houses works by Italian masters Giorgione , Giambattista Pittoni , Giotto , Veronese , Luini and Canaletto . Works by Rubens , Hals and van Dyck represent

390-496: Is in Spanish works by Murillo , Zurbarán , Cotán , Ribera and El Greco . Much of the museum's old master collection was donated by sisters Anne, Amy, and Irene Putnam. The museum's first major acquisition was the 1939 purchase of Francisco Goya 's El Marques de Sofraga , which had belonged to a private family collection until that time and had never before been on public exhibition. The Putnam sisters provided financial backing for

429-467: The Northern European School. The museum regularly hosts touring exhibits and has lately been working to display its standard collection in new ways, including an upstairs gallery discussing information which can be gathered by looking on the back of the canvas. The exhibition is complemented with a large collection of images, including portraits, Arnold Newman's work, and Mexican landscapes from

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468-469: The Old Globe Theatre . SDAI promotes multimedia art education through school art programs, summer camps, and individualized youth art education initiatives. They hire practicing artists making important contributions to their fields who have also demonstrated a vested interest in the capacity of art to empower young people. In 2015, SDAI started a Teen Summer Intensive, now housed at Coronado School of

507-548: The Panama–California Exposition of 1915 . The dominant feature of the façade is a heavily ornamented door inspired by a doorway at the University of Salamanca . The Cathedral of Valladolid also influenced the museum's exterior design, and the architects derived interior motifs from the Santa Cruz Hospital of Toledo, Spain . The original construction took two years. Sponsor Appleton S. Bridges donated

546-411: The University of California, San Diego , New York University , Flux Factory, and Temple University's Tyler School of Art . She curates and compiles A Feminist Art Movement Online, an archive of artists, writers, curators, and cultural producers with various practices addressing issues regarding gendered experiences. These practitioners primarily make and/or distribute their work online and contribute to

585-766: The #VeryShortFilmFest. Her video work "Chastity" won the Terminal Award from the Center of Excellence in the Creative Arts at Austin Peay State University . She was the 2013 to 2014 Recipient of the Franklin Furnace Fund Grant for her World of Warcraft performances. In 2020, she was awarded the Creative Capital Award. In 2018, she exhibited her new work "The Game: The Game" at the Museum of

624-553: The Arts . SDAI also provides frequent opportunities for youth to exhibit their artwork in Balboa Park. 32°43′51.98″N 117°9′3.65″W  /  32.7311056°N 117.1510139°W  / 32.7311056; -117.1510139 San Diego Museum of Art The San Diego Museum of Art is a fine arts museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California , that houses a broad collection with particular strength in Spanish art. It opened as

663-810: The Best Documentary Feature award at American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland, and the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at Buffalo International Film Festival . In 2020, Angela Washko was awarded the Creative Capital Award for her new video game project "Mother, Player." In 2023, she received the United States Artists Fellowship in the Media category. In 2014, Creative Time commissioned an essay from Washko on her findings as

702-475: The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego on February 28, 1926, and changed to its current name in 1978. The official Balboa Park website calls it "the region's oldest and largest art museum". Nearly half a million people visit the museum each year. The museum building was designed by architects William Templeton Johnson and Robert W. Snyder in a plateresque style to harmonize with existing structures from

741-581: The Fine Arts Society of San Diego was forced to evacuate its galleries in Balboa Park and move, originally to 2324 Pine Street, and then to 2030 Sunset Boulevard, a home which was a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Marcy to the Fine Arts Society to use as its wartime temporary headquarters. Following the return of the Fine Arts Society to its galleries in Balboa Park after the war, the Sunset Galleries were left vacant. E. T. Price, at that time president of

780-466: The Fine Arts Society, offered the use of the gallery at 2030 Sunset Boulevard for its headquarters and gallery, and many exhibitions, social affairs, classes, lectures, and educational and cultural meetings were held there. Exhibitions of the club's work were held continuously, with the show changed at monthly intervals. Visiting exhibitions were held, not only of paintings, but of photography and other arts and crafts. Field painting excursions continued under

819-718: The House of Charm was taken over by the military during World War II. In 1996, because of deterioration, the building was torn down and rebuilt to its original appearance. Represented on the National Register of Historic Places , the House of Charm is now home to the San Diego Art Institutes's Museum of the Living Artist as well as the Mingei International Museum and three full-scale rehearsal spaces belonging to

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858-833: The Moving Image. The Game: The Game takes the form of a dating simulator, pitting you against six men who are aggressively vying for your attention at a bar. "The Game: The Game" additionally won the 2018 Impact Award at Indiecade . In 2021, Angela Washko's first feature-length documentary film about Mrs. Kasha Davis and the Rochester drag community, Workhorse Queen , premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival . Washko's interdisciplinary practice of performance, video, and installation investigates public opinion regarding proper etiquette, appropriate lifestyle choices, limited gender designations. She works in mostly online public spaces of contemporary American culture in order to reach

897-1332: The Southern California/Baja Norte region (Los Angeles to Tijuana). While past programs have focused solely on monthly regional juried exhibitions, SDAI has shifted their focus towards themed and curated exhibitions. Opportunities for artists are frequently posted on their website. Past notable exhibitions include: "Millennial Pink" curated by Lissa Corona and Marina Grize, “Beyond Limits: Postglobal Mediations”, “Women’s Work: Masculinity and Gender in Contemporary Fiber Art” curated by Ginger Shulick Porcella, “Sweet Gongs Vibrating” curated by Amanda Cachia, “Universal Dissolvent”, and “Ephemeral Objects”. Notable artists that have participated in exhibitions include: Angela Washko , Andrea Chung , Blane de St. Croix , Mary Mattingly , Pablo Helguera , Einar & Jamex de la Torre, Debby and Larry Kline, etc. In 2014, SDAI instituted an artist-in-residence program. Past artists-in-residence include: Andrea Chung, Matthew Mahoney, Nina Preisendorfer, Cindy Santos Bravo, Vabianna Santos, Robert Andrade, Omar Lopex, Brian & Ryan, and Michelada Think Tank. Past curators-in-residence include: Alex Young, Andy Horwitz, and Amanda Cachia. The House of Charm

936-541: The Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition. Each of the ten presentations involved Contemporary Artists' responses to the Modern Art on display in the museum. Each April since 1981 the Museum hosts its major fundraiser, "Art Alive". Floral designers use flowers and other organic materials to express their interpretation of a work of art from the Museum's permanent collection. For four days the resulting creations are displayed next to

975-468: The advent of women as associate members, activities increased markedly, and, with the Sunset galleries becoming available, increased quality of the work submitted for exhibitions was noted. San Diego Art Institute is a contemporary art center, focusing on the artists and audiences of Southern California/Baja Norte. Its core programs include rotating, curated exhibitions of regional contemporary art, as well as

1014-403: The art work that inspired them. The museum also hosts events such as "Art after Hours" and "Culture and Cocktails", which encourage attendees to sample the collection into the evening during extended opening hours or partake in social events centered in the gallery. Angela Washko Angela Washko is an American new media artist and facilitator based in New York. After nine years as

1053-498: The building to the City of San Diego upon its completion. In 1966 the museum added a west wing and a sculpture court which doubled its size, and an east wing in 1974 further increased its exhibition space. Plans are underway for a renovation to the rotunda, sculpture garden, façade, auditorium, and other features. The museum's collections are encyclopedic in nature, with pieces ranging in date from 5000 BC to 2012 AD. The museum's strength

1092-658: The club were increased and expanded. Exhibitions were held in numerous business establishments, hotels and schools. In 1950, these exhibitions were extended to outlying locations such as the Hoberg Hotel in Borrego Springs and the Carlsbad Hotel in Carlsbad . The San Diego Business Men's Art Club had grown in activities and public relations to such an extent that a headquarters and gallery were sorely needed. During World War II,

1131-763: The early twentieth century. Important special exhibitions that the museum has hosted include The Precious Legacy (1984). In 2024, the exhibit "Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World" features works spanning 13 centuries that show the intersection of art and science. In 2010, the San Diego Museum of Art in conjunction with the Agitprop gallery created The Summer Salon Series. The program, curated by Alexander Jarman and David White, featured local emerging artists who presented and performed temporary art works and workshops in direct response to

1170-664: The exhibition "Hacking/Modding/Remixing as Feminist Protest" at the Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . Washko graduated in 2009 from Tyler School of Art of Temple University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting/Drawing/Sculpture. She studied at the Post Graduate Apprentice Program at The Fabric Workshop and Museum in 2009. She graduated in 2015 with

1209-637: The original members. Several painting exhibitions were held by members, including one at the San Diego Club with an attendance of more than 140 people. In 1947, E. H. Pohl and Ben Vaganoff were added to the list of club instructors. During 1948, increased interest and enthusiasm was manifested by alternate Saturday painting trips by the membership to various sites in San Diego County. The all-county Art Mart held in November of that year at 6th and Laurel Streets

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1248-558: The purchase. The following year, director Reginald Poland acquired a portrait by Giovanni Bellini for the museum's collection. Then in 1941 the museum purchased a Diego Velázquez portrait of the Infanta Margarita of Spain, which was possibly a study for a larger portrait of her in Vienna . Other major benefactors during the museum's first quarter century were Archer M. Huntington and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Timken, whose small art collection

1287-582: The self-founded Council on Gender Sensitivity and Behavioral Awareness in World of Warcraft . She is the first person to ever sell a Vine video. The video was bought by Dutch art advisor, curator and collector Myriam Vanneschi for $ 200 at the Moving Image Art Fair. The title, "Tits on Tits on Ikea" was an extension to a Vine selected as a runner-up in a project called "The Shortest Video Art Ever Sold," curated by Marina Galperina and Kyle Chayka, submitted to

1326-566: The sexist language from players in the game. Washko has been creating performances inside the online video game World of Warcraft (WoW) since 2012 in which she initiates discussions about feminism within the gameplay. In 2015, Washko presented an ongoing project focused on noted pick-up artist Roosh V , called Banged. The project was initially supported by a Rhizome at the New Museum Internet Art Microgrant. Her video game project "The Game: The Game" premiered in 2018 in

1365-496: The supervision and instruction of one of the faculty members. During this time, Alfred E. R. Van de Veide, Carlos Verharen, J. Milford Ellison, J. Roland McNary, and Earl Schrack were added to the faculty, while Elsey Taft became curator. In 1951, the membership voted to incorporate under the name of “The San Diego Men’s Art Institute" and to accept women as associate members. The membership promptly rose to more than fifty regular members and more than one hundred associate members. With

1404-589: The work of club members were held at various places; the first one-man show to be held by a member of the original group was by Charles Small in Bohnens Studio at Fifth and Laurel Streets. In 1942, the San Diego Business Men's Art Club negotiated with the city for studio quarters in the Spanish Village in Balboa Park . Before this arrangement could be consummated, World War II intervened; Balboa Park

1443-695: Was called the Indian Arts Building when it was originally created for the Panama–California Exposition in 1916. The lath and plaster structure was renamed the Russia and Brazil Building in 1917, the Exposition's second year. It acquired its current name, the House of Charm, during the California Pacific International Exposition in 1935. Like many other Exposition buildings within the Park,

1482-558: Was requisitioned for use in the war effort. During the war the club was relatively inactive, except for a member exhibition in the La Jolla Art Center in June 1944. After the end of the war, interest in the project was revived and the club was reorganized at a meeting held on April 4, 1947. In 1947, there was an increase in activity resulting in many outdoor painting sessions, including one at the Pine Hills ranch of Fred Heilbron, one of

1521-404: Was under the chairmanship of one of their instructors, Alfred R. Mitchell. Most of the members of the San Diego Business Men's Art Club participated in this activity, which greatly increased the public interest in the organization. For a number of years following the 1948 Art Mart, this activity was under the chairmanship of a member of the San Diego Business Men's Art Club. In 1949, the efforts of

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