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ARTS Virtual Spring Open House
May 30th, 12:00 pm via Live Streaming

Community Design Challenge

April 13th, 2020
via Instagram

ARTS @ Home Virtual After School Classes Begin!

April 7th, 2020 | 4:00 p.m.
Virtually via Zoom

Respite Event

This event has been cancelled.

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Join us tomorrow at 12pm on Instagram Live for a conversation with Susana Peredo Swap of Vanguard Culture! @vanguardculture #ARTS4lunch
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Join us tomorrow at 12pm on Instagram Live for a c

Join us tomorrow at 12pm on Instagram Live for a conversation with Stacy Kelley @sddesignweek #ARTS4lunch
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James Baldwin — DOB: 8/2/24 On artists & creativ

James Baldwin — DOB: 8/2/24
On artists & creativity:
“Perhaps the primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone. That all men are, when the chips are down, alone, is a banality — a banality because it is very frequently stated, but very rarely, on the evidence, believed. Most of us are not compelled to linger with the knowledge of our aloneness, for it is a knowledge that can paralyze all action in this world. There are, forever, swamps to be drained, cities to be created, mines to be exploited, children to be fed. None of these things can be done alone. But the conquest of the physical world is not man’s only duty. He is also enjoined to conquer the great wilderness of himself. The precise role of the artist, then, is to illuminate that darkness, blaze roads through that vast forest, so that we will not, in all our doing, lose sight of its purpose, which is, after all, to make the world a more human dwelling place.”

Pride @ ARTS series highlights LGBTQ+ artists from

Pride @ ARTS series highlights LGBTQ+ artists from the Southern California area.

This week we are focusing on Thuyduyen Jenny @thuyduyenjenny, a San Diego based multimedia artist.

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Mad Engine @madengine donated 2,000 face coverings

Mad Engine @madengine donated 2,000 face coverings to ARTS as part of their One Million Masks Initiative #memillionmasks. We’re grateful to Dolores Ordas (VP, People and Culture) for the generosity in this time of need. Masks will be included in “ARTS Cares” packages, received by all youth registered in our ARTS @ Home programs, and in our partnership programming with the San Diego Promise Neighborhood @southbaycommunityservices

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#staysafe #creativitytransformscommunity #wearamask #artsathome #madengine #onemillionmasks

ARTS Fall Camp registration is now open! Please

ARTS Fall Camp registration is now open!

Please email hello@areasontosurvive with the information listed above if you are interested in registering for any of the 6-week sessions we will be offering.

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Pride @ ARTS series highlights LGBTQ+ artists from

Pride @ ARTS series highlights LGBTQ+ artists from the Southern California area.

This week we are focusing on Beto Soto @betosotophoto, a local photographer and former student & assistant teaching artist at ARTS!

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#tbt That one time that ... we partnered with High

#tbt That one time that ... we partnered with High Tech High Chula Vista, Megan Willis students, designed a really cool temporary installation for Pepper Park. Here the students are presenting to Megan Gamwell @m_business with the city of National City. Double Megans!

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