Please join the board of directors of The Imperial Court de San Diego as they mix and mingle with other community organizations to build relationships. The event will be held at Jake’s on 6th. No admission to attend but please support Jake’s with a purchase of a glass of wine or a cheese plate. If you would like to showcase your organization please come and mingle with us!
The large-scale autobiographical paintings of Jarmo Mäkilä reflect personal childhood memories and the mythology of his native Finland. Scenes of boys playing games are a favorite subject. Mäkilä’s paintings examine the moment at which childhood ends and innocence begins to falter. The exhibition consists of paintings that illuminate memories and emotions associated with childhood. Women are completely absent from enigmatic scenes that analyze male anxieties in a world with hidden rules. The artist allows boyhood memories to be interpreted through a thick layer of the present in large-scale scenes expressing heavy tension. While Mäkilä’s works are autobiographical, their impact is universal in that they reflect good and evil, as well as oppressive loneliness.
Lux Art Institute, 1550 S. El Camino Real in Encinitas, 1-5 p.m., adult admission $5, 760-436-6611, luxartinstitute.org
San Diego Race for Autism
saturday, march 22
San Diego Race for Autism
The Race is produced by the National Foundation for Autism Research (www.NFAR.org), a local nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for children and their families affected by autism right here in San Diego. The 5K Run/Walk raises funds for local autism programs and services. Come to beautiful Balboa Park for a fun time while supporting a great cause! Be sure to invite all those superheroes you know: friends, family members, teachers and professionals to run or walk. 5K timed run on a fast, and scenic course in beautiful Balboa Park, 5K Walk, 1-Mile Family Fun Walk, refreshments, Resource Fair, Children’s Activities, Awards Ceremony, Music and much more. Come in your favorite superhero or character outfit (no scary costumes please.) We also welcome strollers and kid-friendly dogs.
Sixth Street and Laurel, south side, at the west entrance to Balboa Park, 7-11 a.m. (registration 6.45 a.m.), Race Day registration from $40, nfar.donordrive.com
Carol Williams
sunday, march 23
Carol Williams Organ Concert
A perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon in Balboa Park. This week’s concert will feature Dr. Carol Williams, civic organist with Annelle K. Gregory on the violin.
Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Pan American Road East in Balboa Park, 2 p.m., free, 619-702-8138, sosorgan.org
100+ Years of Coronado Yachting
monday, march 24
100+ Years of Coronado Yachting
Highlights include an Olympic Gold Medal in sailing won by Coronado native son Robbie Haines in 1984, a beautiful handmade wooden sabot designed and built by a local craftsman and a touch-screen video kiosk featuring recorded interviews with long-time Coronadans about their yachting and racing experiences. One special aspect of local yachting lore presented is how Coronado’s iconic boathouse has metamorphosed over the years.
Coronado Museum of History and Art, 1100 Orange Ave. in Coronado, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., adult admission $4 (suggested donation), 619-435-7242, coronadohistory.org
Log Cabin Quilts
tuesday, march 25
Log Cabin Quilts from the Pat L. Nickols Collection
Celebrating the 2012 gift of 350 American quilts from local collectors Pat and Tom Nickols, this installation features Log Cabin quilts. A Log Cabin quilt is formed in squares known as blocks, each with a central small square surrounded by bars or logs. Quilts may contain over 100 blocks, each pieced by hand in most cases. Many of these quilts include secondary patterns or variations of the Log Cabin such as Sunshine and Shadows, Barn Raising and Courthouse Steps. The immense versatility of the Log Cabin pattern has made it popular with quilters in America since the mid-nineteenth century.
Mingei International Museum, 1439 El Prado in Balboa Park, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., adult admission $8, 619-239-0003, mingei.org
No One You Know
wednesday, march 26
No One You Know: Good Work by Artists You’ve Never Heard Of
Five starving artists from Southern California, all trained in classical realism, branch out into their own creative methods. The show includes painting, sculpture, drawing, taxidermy and street art. Work by Gloria Rivera, Trace Mendoza, Emily Geiger, Alex Eng and Ry Beloin. Curated by Ry Beloin. Ry utilized non-profit Space4Art’s gallery as an opportunity to invite skilled working artists to just create – without concerns for salability or institutional approval. The tongue-in-cheek show title No one you know is also literally appropriate; all the artists in the show are talented, young, and virtually unknown. All the participating artists are graduates of LCAD (an atelier-style art school with a heavy emphasis on French-academy-style realism) and push themselves beyond this precision-based training in traditional media into more contemporary conceptual realms.
Space 4 Art, 325 15th Street in San Diego, gallery hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Wednesday-Saturday, admission free, 619-269-7230, sdspace4art.org
