Port of San Diego slashes art budget

Artist Margaret Noble reacts to her project’s cancellation

While the fate of every public-art project under proposal is in limbo, Castaneda confirmed the cancellation of two pieces that were in the planning stages: Margaret Noble’s “Tideland Sessions” and Randy Walker’s “WRAP Project,” about which we wrote in March.

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Wednesday, June 19,2013
Seen Local

Bradford Lynn explains “Celeste”

The story behind the art

By Alex Zaragoza

Hanging out at Yeller Studio and LWP Group’s art show, No Tan Lines, was almost overwhelming. More than 17 artists brought their A-game to a North Park apartment complex that served as a multi-room exhibition space. Among them was Bradford Lynn, whose work appeared on our cover in March 2012.

Tuesday, June 18,2013
Drink Issue

You got served

A special coin denotes membership in Fernet-Branca’s secret society

By Alex Zaragoza

San Diego has a secret society that involves the suspenders-wearing bartenders who make your fancy craft cocktails, and, luckily, the first rule of this secret club isn't "Do not talk about the Fernet coin challenge."

Tuesday, June 18,2013
The Hit List

Happy anniversary!

Let our Hit List guide your nighttime activities

By Alex Zaragoza

Anniversaries are hard to remember. I'm definitely guilty of buying emergency Taco Bell after realizing I forgot a loved one's birthday. Taco Bell is a good gift, right?

Tuesday, June 11,2013
Cover artist

Meet our cover artist, Bat-Brain

He actually is kind of batty

By Alex Zaragoza

"Power," his bold piece on the cover of this week's issue of CityBeat, was done solely with Sharpie paint pens and markers, his implements of choice.

Tuesday, June 11,2013
Seen Local

East Village mural’s in jeopardy

A commissioned work of art will most likely be shut down

By Alex Zaragoza

Not all public art is welcomed warmly in San Diego. Pamela Anderson of ArchitectureArt, a company of artists who create large-scale commissioned murals, is finding that out firsthand.

Tuesday, June 4,2013
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Scott White Contemporary is in a ‘Spiral’

Artist Gail Roberts views the world through bird nests and math sequences

By Alex Zaragoza

Nature is connected in a complex yet structurally perfect way. Everything fits just as it should, and nature's cycles speak to life, death and the stuff that fills the in-between. This will be explored in Spiral, an exhibition of new paintings by Mount Helix artist Gail Roberts.

Tuesday, June 4,2013
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New mural in Golden Hill

Giancarlo Pia beautifies the corner of 25th and B streets

By Alex Zaragoza

Artist Giancarlo Pia loves Golden Hill, mostly because of its large community of creative people and cultural diversity. So, when he was given the opportunity to create a mural that represented Golden Hill, he jumped at the chance.

Monday, June 3,2013
There She Goz

Confronting body shame, ass-naked

The day I faced my demons and modeled for a nude-drawing class

By Alex Zaragoza

Fourteen years later, it's still a daily fight to maintain a sense of empowerment and self-possession over those body issues. Hell, I own multiple girdles and use them regularly.

Wednesday, May 29,2013
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Master works on view in 'MFA 2013'

UCSD grad-student show opens May 30

By Alex Zaragoza

UCSD’s visual-art’s department is known for developing and fostering artists who don’t so much walk the line between experimentation and art as much as tap dance all over and around it.