St. Madeleine Sophie's Center and the Feminist Image Group present:

Inspire/Respond

Art Exhibition June 1 - 30

Opening Reception: Friday, June 1, 5-8pm

Sophie's Gallery & Gift Shop NTC

2825 Dewey Road, Gallery 101

San Diego, CA 92101

619-578-2207

open Tuesday – Saturday 10am to 4pm, Sunday 12pm to 4pm

Map:

http://www.stmsc.org/shop-sophies/sophies-ntc

Artists from FIG create visual and critical responses to artworks by adults with developmental disabilities of St. Madeleine Sophie's Center. "Inspire/Respond"  challenged partners to expand artistic horizons and methods, honoring the traditions of outsider art. Artworks are displayed together in this exciting exhibition at Sophie’s Gallery in Liberty Station.

Participating artists:

George Cline / Daphne Hill

Tina Frantz / Anna Stump

Linda Rubin / Michele Guieu

Mitch Gricman / Kathy Nida

Clayton Hauer / Susan Myrland

Omar Torrez / Lisa Hutton

Michael Jacobs / Jeanne Dunn

Susan Warin / Prudence Horne

Theresa Baker / Asa Kvissberg 

Mary Ann Denton / Anna Zappoli

Linda Rubin / Amy Paul 

Beth Navarro / Lauren Carrera

Article By Susan Myrland in the Union Tribune:

San Diego's Emerging Art Scene: Clayton Hauer and Inspire/Respond

Clayton Hauer "Superhero" (Detail)

Photos from FEEDER

Garage 4141 Presents Anna Stump and F.I.G in the performance "Feeder" 

Performance & paintings by FiG
The name FIG has several connotations that we like. Fig refers to the original name. It also conjures up images of censorship, as in fig leaf. Fig also refers to art historical textbooks, as in "refer to Fig 12.24." 

Thanks to Larry Caveney for creating this video:

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Art by Kathy Nida

Art by Susan Myrland

More Pictures Here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanmyrland/sets/72157629475478536/

FIG Presents Feeder

Performance and Installation

Opening Reception: April 14, 6-8pm

Garage 4141

4141 Alabama St., North Park, San Diego

Women are care-givers. Mothers, daughters, sisters, wives–we do the bulk of caring for others. We often look after the young, the sick, the elderly and the helpless. This performance celebrates nurturers, and explores notions of dependence, intimacy, sensuality and privacy in the act of nurturing. It recalls being fed as children, and uncomfortably harkens to a future when we may be spoon-fed as elders.

“Feeder” is a Relational Aesthetics performance work and installation in which FIG members serve food to guests and each other at the opening event. The performance develops out of the relationship between people in the intimate act of serving and eating. Wall pieces will also explore the idea of nurturing through food.

Free and open to the public. For more information: fig.sandiego@gmail.com

Images from the Panel Discussion

Panelists Catherine Gleason Curator SDSU Downtown Gallery, Robert Pincus Writer and Critic, and Alessandra Moctezuma Professor of Art and Gallery Studies at Mesa College.














Anna Stump Introduces the Panel.

What Women Want Panel Discussion

FIG presents a panel discussion:
Sunday, April 10, 4:30-5:30pm

San Diego Repertory Theater
Horton Plaza, San Diego




Moderator: Robert Pincus, Writer and Critic

Panelists include Catherine Gleason, Curator of the SDSU Gallery downtown and Alessandra Moctezuma, Professor of Art and Gallery Studies at Mesa College.

The panel discussion is free and open to the public.

Was It Censorship or Just a Debatable Decision? By Kinsee Morlan

Highlights from Wednesday's Panel Discussion
Read the article here:

Images from the Opening

photos courtesy l hutton and damian nunez