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From Americans for the Arts:

February 13, 2009—Today the House of Representatives voted 246 to 183
to pass the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The bill includes
$50 million in direct support for arts jobs through the National
Endowment for the Arts and language that would have prevented museums,
theaters, and arts centers from receiving stimulus funds was removed.

There still seems to be some doubt about the value of investing in art in a suffering economy. The Senate just cut arts from the ecomomic stimulus bill and we need to act now. Please read the Americans For the Arts announcement below and lets make some waves about this... many studies have been done about the economic and morale benefits of government investment in the arts. Ideas and talking points for making your voice heard are below... Thank you!

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An excerpt from Walter Neurath Memorial Lecture given by Kenneth Clark.

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As the Obama administration
tackles the challenge of shoring up the economy through infusions of
capital and job creation, cultural leaders are urging the president not
to forget arts institutions, which are also reeling from the market
downturn.

Interested in being on the Board of Directors?

If you are excited about making a difference in San Diego, then there is a place for you at SDFAS. Please send an email to April Game at april.game@sdfas.org

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ArtExpo New York is one of the most successful art trade events in the world. With tens of thousands of artworld professionals, galleries, publishers and design professionals from around the world attending. This is a serious art trade event, where galleries and publishers seek out new artists and network with their colleagues from around the country and around the world. San Diego Fine Art Society invites you to join us in helping the San Diego visual arts community gain the visibility, prestige and opportunity it so richly deserves. If you have an art-related business and want to get exposure in this marketplace and support the Society, please contact me. This is an excellent opportunity for media as well - track the trends, meet artists and gallery owners from around the world, and be apart of this sizzling and vital art business event. Sponsorships begin at $500. Please join us!

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November's Collectors Club event was a huge success. Robert DeLaurentis hosted the event at his beautiful Bankers Hill house, where guests enjoyed meeting Boban, hearing him speak about his work and seeing several beautiful works of art brought in by Masterpiece Publishing for the event. Paintings by Dejardins were present as well and several guests went home with silent auction items benefiting the Academy of Fine Art Foundation.

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The San Diego Union Tribune

The art of competitiveness

By Dalouge Smith
October 29, 2008

We are witnessing the end of the Information Age, just as our forebears
saw the close of the Industrial Age. The heralded knowledge workers of
the late-20th century – computer programmers, CPAs, engineers and MBAs
– rooted their success in linear, analytical reasoning, traditionally
considered left-brain skills. With complex, technical jobs now shifting
overseas by the tens of thousands – from financial analysis to software
development – the outsourcing megatrend has moved beyond manufacturing
into the white-collar arena with skilled workers abroad working for a
fraction of U.S-level wages.

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You may not know him by name - yet - but I am quite sure you will soon. Dave Ghilarducci is a sculptor on the rise, with a quirky style that somehow makes you feel good. He was selected to be a participating artist at the prestigious Movers and Shakers exhibition at the Art Experessions Gallery in September, where artists and arts workers (think Hugh Davies of the Museum of Contemporary Art and Felicia Shaw of the San Diego Foundation) where honored for the hard work and really difference they are making in the art world.

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Publicitiy is good! Yesterday morning between 7am and 9am four artists and myself were interviewed on "Good Morning San Diego". The artists, John McDavid ("Stormy Weather"), Kathryn Weiss ("Sofia"), Lia Strell ("Triflow of Truth"), and James Stone ("Tree Under the Sea") all got a few minutes each to talk about themselves and their work.