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Wednesday, November 21,2012
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Omar Lopez’s motorcycle photo booth

Tintype-photography project ‘Relampago’ hits the road

By Amy T. Granite
Relámpago is Spanish for “lightning,” and it’s also what Omar Lopez has named his series of tintype portraits that document what he refers to as “the game”
Wednesday, November 14,2012
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I got pranked by Ube-Wan Kenobi

Street artist’s fake flyer frazzles a gallery owner and nearly pulls one over on CityBeat

By Amy T. Granite
Last week, street artist Ube-Wan Kenobi emailed me a flyer for an upcoming solo show, which he called “Sticky Situations,” at McNabb Martin Contemporary Art in Little Italy.
Wednesday, November 14,2012
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Michelle D. Ferrera’s emotion-packed artwork

Pencil-on-wood drawings reflect good times and bad

By Amy T. Granite
Michelle D. Ferrera’s artwork mirrors her emotional state. Whether she’s happy or miserable, she’ll take a series of self-portraits and use one as a frame of reference to begin drawing on wood that she buys from the scrap bin at Home Depot.
Wednesday, November 7,2012
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Abridged Gallery’s different view

Dennis Covey has a new studio and salon concept

By Amy T. Granite
When the San Diego Reader bought the Art Union Building on 23rd Street and Broadway in Golden Hill, its artist tenants were forced to move out.
Wednesday, November 7,2012
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Marc Sandoval’s work inside Gang Kitchen

Urban pop art decorates Downtown Asian eatery

By Amy T. Granite
Seven years ago, Marc Sandoval interviewed for a bartending job at Basic in East Village, and he left feeling pretty sure that he wouldn’t get a call back.
Wednesday, October 31,2012
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Kelsey Brookes gets trippy

Scientist-turned-artist will take you to a happy place with ‘Serotonin; Happiness and Spiritual States’

By Amy T. Granite
Kelsey Brookes is putting the finishing, trippy touches on paintings for Serotonin; Happiness and Spiritual States, his second solo show in San Diego that opens from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at Quint Contemporary Art in La Jolla (7547 Girard Ave.).
Wednesday, October 31,2012
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Lauren Siry embarks with Eighteen o Five Gallery

How the 24-year-old artist is making it work

By Amy T. Granite
At 23 years old, Lauren Siry has an unusual workload—interning at Downtown’s Meyer Fine Art while running her own gallery, Eighteen o Five, which opened last June in Little Italy.
Wednesday, October 24,2012
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Three art shows to check out

From Barrio Logan to UCSD

By Amy T. Granite
Barrio Logan’s The Spot (1835 Main St.) is also opening up its Dia de los Muertos celebration to the masses. 
Wednesday, October 24,2012
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Barrio Art Crawl celebrates the dead

Colorful shrines and really big art at The Roots Factory group show

By Amy T. Granite
The fall installment of Barrio Art Crawl—a self-guided tour through the Barrio Logan Arts District—is all about Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, when Latin American cultures welcome the spirits of deceased family members home for a visit.
Wednesday, October 17,2012
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Mob-art project to ‘Shine on Baja’

On Nov. 3, 35 miles of coastline will see a glow of friendship lanterns

By Amy T. Granite
If all goes as planned, at 7 p.m. on Nov. 3, 35 miles of Baja’s coastline will be illuminated by hundreds of wish lanterns during what organizers Debbie Shine and Robin Mackenzie say will be the largest “mob art” event in the region’s history.
 
 
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