SUMMER ARTS CAMP

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Bravo School of Art and Theatre Arts School of San Diego team up this summer to create two fun and creative opportunities for kids! Located in beautiful NTC at Liberty Station, these two schools offer full and half-day camps in which students can experience all facets of the arts. From painting to improv, weaving to musical theatre, students can GLOBE TROT WITH THE ARTS and DREAM BIG this summer!

Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind camp experience!

Art campers painting with watercolor

GLOBE TROT with the ARTS! CAMP
June 24 – 28, 2013 / Monday – Friday / Ages 7 – 11
Join Bravo School of Art and Theatre Arts School of San Diego for this exciting, fun-filled week of creativity, imagination and unique experiences as campers travel around the world through the Visual and Performing Arts! Each morning, campers will embark on a theatrical adventure as they explore different areas of the theatre such as acting, improvisation, mask work, puppetry, stage makeup and more! Travel from the Kabuki theatre in Japan to Italy’s Commedia dell’arte to Shakepeare’s Globe Theatre. After an hour of supervised lunch and outdoor playtime in the park, head over to Bravo School of Art’s studio / classroom to continue the creative globe trotting. Visit the American Southwest, France and Italy, Africa and more with hands-on projects that may include mask making, shadow puppets, weaving, mosaic, drawing and painting and more.

Full Day                9am – 4pm        Both schools, includes 1 hour of lunch & playtime
$357 + $40 supplies fee

Morning Camp    9am – 12pm        Performing Arts at Theatre Arts School of San Diego
$210 + $10 supplies fee

Afternoon Camp   1pm – 4pm        Visual Art at Bravo School of Art
$210 + $30 supplies fee

DREAM BIG! VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS CAMP
July 15 – 19, 2013 / Monday – Friday / Ages 7 – 11

Bravo School of Art and Theatre Arts School of San Diego collaborate to create a unique and all-encompassing creative experience for kids. Each morning, campers will engage in fun-filled theatre games and activities. They will DREAM BIG as they create characters, improvise and write scenes, and develop short one-act plays. After an hour of supervised lunch and outdoor playtime in the park, head over to Bravo School of Art’s studio / classroom to continue the creative journey. Your young artist will learn about the art of Van Gogh, Picasso, Matisse, Klimt and Chagall. Their imaginations will be stimulated by their own interpretation of each master’s work as they explore each style of art. Campers will create their own artwork using hands-on techniques inspired by the master’s art. Using color pencils, watercolors, oil pastels, colored paper, paper mache, etc. projects may be drawing, painting, printmaking, paper craft, sculpture and more.

Full Day                9am – 4pm        Both schools, includes 1 hour of lunch & playtime
$357 + $30 supplies fee

Morning Camp    9am – 12pm        Performing Arts at Theatre Arts School of San Diego
$210

Afternoon Camp   1pm – 4pm        Visual Art at Bravo School of Art
$210 + $30 supplies fee
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FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER NOW, PLEASE CONTACT EITHER SCHOOL:

ABOUT THEATRE ARTS SCHOOL OF SAN DIEGO

Theatre Arts School of San Diego offers theatre classes ranging from music/movement and creative play classes for pre-school age children to advanced acting and musical theatre classes for pre-teens and teens. Their mission is to teach young people the cornerstones of theatrical technique and training in a non-competitive environment in which the individual creative potential of each child is encouraged and equally balanced with his/her collaboration with the group. A solid foundation in the theatre arts is provided, where the focus is not only on the final product, but the process of artistic learning.

THEATRE ARTS SCHOOL OF SAN DIEGO   619-786-6068
info@TheatreArtsSD.org
TheatreArtsSD.org/classes

2650 Truxtun Road, Studio 203 • Dance Place San Diego Building 175 in NTC at Liberty Station
San Diego, CA 92106
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ABOUT BRAVO SCHOOL OF ART
Bravo School of Art offers over 50 different hands-on art, craft and home decorating classes, workshops and summer camps for adults and children to explore their creativity in a safe, supportive and fun environment. Taught by experienced artists, these workshops provide the creative outlet you’ve been seeking.

BRAVO SCHOOL OF ART                   619-223-0058
workshops@BravoSchoolOfArt.com
BravoSchoolOfArt.com/Workshops/summercampbravos.html

2690 Historic Decatur Road, Studio 206 • Barracks 19 in NTC at Liberty Station
San Diego, CA 92106

The Artist’s Way Group now forming

Go on an adventure each week with Jill Hall guiding the group in discussion and exercises based on the weekly topics covered in Julia Cameron’s book, The Artist’s Way. Each week, take yourself on an artist’s date to inspire and surrender to the creativity inherent in you. Each morning brings an opportunity to release the clutter rolling around in your head, by putting to paper anything and everything that passes through. Free yourself to make art, dance, write, play music, sing or act. It’s fun!

Please join us for this powerful 12-week class. Delayed one week from the original start date, there is still time to register and there is room for you to join the group.
Tuesdays, January 22 – April 9, 2013   3 – 5pm

$268 Bravo member / $312 non-member

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A recipe for the New Year

I’m wrapping up 2012 and putting it to bed and looking forward to new creative adventures in 2013; in the art studio and in the kitchen. My holiday gift to you is this yummy all time favorite recipe. Invite your friends over and share some love.

GREEN POZOLE WITH CHICKEN

Active time: 1.5 hrs   Start to finish: 3 hrs

INGREDIENTS

5 cups water, reserve 1 cup

5 cups chicken broth, reserve 1 cup

1 large onion, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced

6 garlic cloves, chopped

3 lb skinless boneless chicken thighs or breasts

1/2 cup hulled raw pumpkin seeds

1 lb tomatillos, husked

1 can diced green chiles

3/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

1 T dried oregano

2 T vegetable oil

2 (15-oz) cans white hominy, rinsed and drained (I used 1 can)

salt to taste

Accompaniments: diced radish, cubed avocado tossed with lime juice, shredded cabbage, chopped onion, lime wedges, dried oregano, pumpkin seeds

THE RECIPE

Bring 4 cups water & 4 cups of broth, bay leaf, 1/2 of onion, 1/2 of garlic, and dash salt to a boil, covered, in a 6-quart heavy pot, then reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Add chicken and poach at a bare simmer, uncovered, until just cooked through, about 20 minutes. Transfer chicken to a cutting board to cool. Pour broth through a fine-mesh sieve into a large bowl, discarding solids, and reserve. When chicken is cool enough to handle, coarsely shred with your fingers.

Meanwhile, cook pumpkin seeds in a dry small skillet over low heat, stirring occasionally, until puffed but not browned (seeds will pop as they puff), 6 to 7 minutes. Or broil in the toaster oven although be prepared to burn one batch. It always happens to me. Transfer to a bowl to cool completely, then finely grind in coffee/spice grinder or in the blender.

Simmer tomatillos and remaining onion in remaining 1 cup water in a 3-quart saucepan, covered, until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain vegetables and purée in a blender with chiles, 1/4 cup cilantro, oregano, remaining garlic, and dash salt.

Heat oil in a 4- to 5-quart heavy pot over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then add purée (use caution as it will splatter and steam). Cook, uncovered, stirring frequently, until thickened… about 10 minutes. Stir in pumpkin seeds and 1 cup reserved broth and simmer 5 minutes. Stir in hominy, chicken and 3 more cups reserved broth or water and simmer, partially covered, 20 minutes. Add more water if it’s too thick. If you forget and use all the broth and water in the beginning, don’t worry… just use water where it’s needed.  * If the number of cups of broth and water don’t add up… don’t worry about it!

Stir in remaining 1/2 cup cilantro and serve pozole in deep bowls with accompaniments.

Happy New Year!

Shop With Us on Small Business Saturday

Small Business Saturday is that day between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It’s a day where you can get out, shop locally and support a small business…like us!

Mark your calendar for Saturday, November 24, 2013.

Enjoy your turkey leftovers and then come down to Liberty Station to visit us and register for art classes. We will be in the studio from 10am – 5pm.

Special for you on this day, try your hand at Mosaic, Painted Furniture, Painted Picture Frames and more! All ages are welcome.

Gift Certificates available in any amount.
Bring your friends and family!

$pend Your Small Business Saturday @ NTC at Liberty Station
for Holiday Gifts with a Creative Twist!

Artist Studios, Art Galleries and Museum Gift Stores

The number after the business name refers to building number

Ballast Point Gallery – 14
Bravo School of Art – 19
Casa Valencia Galeria Baja – 16
FlightPath Intaglio Studio – 15
M. Fischbeck Studio/Gallery – 19
Jeweliany – 19
Karen Kohlberg Art – 19
Mod-Est Studio/Gallery – 19
Osias Contemporary Art – 19
Pantaleoni Photographer – 19
Pulse Gallery – 202
San Diego Watercolor Gallery – 202
Sophie’s Gallery & Gift Shop – 202
Studio E – 15
M.Straub Studio – 19
Martha Pace Swift Gallery- 201
Visions Art Museum & Store – 202
Mandell Weiss Gallery -175
Women’s Museum of California – 16

Creative Retail & Art Making

Chi Chocolat – 19
Point Loma Tea – 14
SCOUT @ Quarters D – 2675 Rosecrans Street
The Hot Spot Ceramic Painting & Candle Making – 14
Yellow Book Road Children’s Books – 15 – All Books 25% off

Enjoy Cocktails, Lunch or Dinner

Solare Ristorante – 201

American Express’ Small Business Saturday is a day for everyone — from the business owners who create jobs to the customers who buy locally — to support small businesses that invigorate the economy and keep communities thriving.

It began in 2010 when American Express founded Small Business Saturday to help small businesses get more exposure during one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year. Last year, over 100 million people came out to shop at independently-owned small businesses on the day. Now, in its third year, Small Business Saturday will be even bigger. American Express is offering free and easy-to-use tools to help small businesses get the most out of the day and tools for consumers to show their support.

NTC at Liberty Station, located at the former Naval Training Center in Point Loma, is San Diego’s flagship civic, arts, and culture district. With 28 acres of beautifully renovated Spanish Revival architecture, NTC is a new landmark showcasing San Diego’s creative community, and offering state-of-the-art venues for indoor or outdoor weddings, events, parties, seminars, retreats, and meetings.

NTC’s resident groups include dance companies at Dance Place San Diego, theater companies, martial arts, educational groups, multi-disciplinary arts, and Museums & Galleries. Open seven days a week, NTC offers dozens of hands-on classes held weekly and provides a plethora of programs with something for everyone.

www.ntclibertystation.com

Friday Night Liberty like no other

You are invited to attend this phenomenal event occurring here in NTC at Liberty Station this Friday night. There’s a whole lot going on. Remember… Visit us at Bravo School of Art in Barracks 19 for Instructor Demonstrations and class registration specials.

FREE Open Artist Studios,
Galleries and Performances
Every First Friday – Starting at 5pm
NTC @ Liberty Station
2640 Historic Decatur Road,
San Diego 92106

Friday Night Liberty is a monthly first-Friday evening of FREE open artist studios, galleries and events throughout NTC at Liberty Station’s Arts & Cultural District.   Free parking. Free Admission.  The Freedom to explore, wander and enjoy our growing cultural campus.

Friday Night Liberty Hosts

Fall for the Arts Opening Night

Pods Project Artist: John Oliver Lewis	Pods Project Artist: Isaias Crow & Irene Castruita	Pods Project Artist: May-ling Martinez

Friday, October 5th, 5pm -10 pm NTC at Liberty Station is hosting a very special Friday Night Liberty. Joins us as we launch Fall for the Arts, a month-long celebration of arts and culture in San Diego County. This great evening will feature:

• Free open art studios and galleries including pulse gallery, San Diego Watercolor Society, Casa Valencia Galeria Baja, Ballast Point Gallery, Women’s Museum of California, Visions Art Museum, Sophies’s Gallery  and more.
• Free music and dance performances.
• ART BOXED SD: A PODS® PROJECT, an immersive art experience inside a PODS, Inc. storage containers created by local contemporary artists.
• Live screening of GIRL WALK ALL DAY and DJ Set presented by the Pacific Arts Movement.
• Food trucks with great grub.

Exhibits, Performances, & Artists at the Fall for the Arts Launch at NTC

ART BOXED San Diego: A PODS Project Ballast Point Gallery Bravo School of Art Carlos and Brook Castrejon Solis Casa Valencia Galeria Baja Eveoke Dance Theatre FX Dojo High Tech High – Fly on the Wall Island String Trio Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater Kenny Eng M Fischbeck Studio/Gallery Malashock Dance Mandell Weiss Gallery Martha Pace Swift Gallery Mira Mesa Theater Guild Mod-Est Studio Gallery Monique Straub Studio/Gallery Oasis Contemporary Art Ovation Artful Experience

Pacific Arts Philippine American Society and Cultural Arts Troupe Playwrights Project Point Loma Tea pulse gallery San Diego Guild of Puppetry San Diego Watercolor Society Gallery SCOUT @ Quarters D Sol y Mar Sophie’s Gallery & Gift Shop Taiko Drummers Terry Matsuoka The Hot Spot Visions Art Museum Westwind Brass Women’s Museum of California World Beat African Drum and Dance Troupe Yellow Book Road Children’s Books Young Audiences Zoe Tantrum and Zeph Tragic

FALL FOR THE ARTS is a month-long spotlight on the many vibrant arts and cultural activities throughout the region in conjunction with National Arts and Humanities Month. Special programs, discounts, incentives and activities will be offered throughout the region during the entire month providing countless opportunities to experience the arts in San Diego. Local arts and culture organizations will present hundreds of free (and almost free!) events to ensure residents and visitors can get more bang for the buck!

Thank You to Our Sponsors and Partners

Financial support for Friday Night Liberty is provided in part to the NTC Foundation by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture, the County of San Diego and The Heller Foundation of San Diego

 

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UCSD Crafts Center has been closed

Happy UCSD Student Grouting

I’m thinking that I should be posting something cool and interesting about Bravo School of Art, but I am mourning the loss of the Craft Center at UCSD.

I teach mosaic workshops at the Crafts Center. This unique facility, located in the middle of a eucalyptus grove on the campus of the University of California at San Diego, has provided classes and workshops including ceramics, jewelry, mosaic, metal work, screen printing, glassblowing, flame working, photography, graphics, music and poetry, stained glass, sculpture, weaving, neon, and even beer brewing, since 1972.

The Crafts Center is unlike any other facility in San Diego. Over the past 40 years it has been a welcoming space for students to work on their own projects, obtain expert instruction, learn life-long skills, turn their craft into an occupation and so much more.

It reminded me of Tyler School of Art, where I got my BFA degree in the 70′s. Secluded and filled with experimentation within soe many hands-on studio disciplines. Glass blowing, ceramics, jewelry, weaving, sculpture, graphics, photography, printmaking…

On September 27, less than 2 weeks before the start of the fall semester, I was sent an email to inform me of the closing of this unique venue. I am to assume that I no longer have a job there. This is what it said:

Dear Lauren,

This email is to inform you that the UCSD Crafts Center has been closed for the 2012-13 academic year. The closure includes classes, workshops and studio time. An official campus notice regarding this decision can be found here: http://adminrecords.ucsd.edu/Notices/2012/2012-9-26-2.html.

Over the next few weeks, the Crafts Center team will be preparing the space and equipment for closure, and will assist you with questions you may have regarding lockers and unfinished art pieces. Student who have registered for fall quarter will automatically receive a refund. The Crafts Center has brought many talented instructors to the campus over the years, and I thank you for your involvement and enrichment of the campus community.

Faculty and staff were notified this way, with a second email the following day from the interim director. Students are finding out about the closure when they go to the Craft Center website to register or to learn details of classes fro which they’ve already registered. Not only is the actual closure absolutely heartbreaking, but the handling of the closure announcement was so sudden that everyone was caught unprepared. Instructors were not given any notice whatsoever, nor were we ever directly informed that our positions had been terminated. The closing was sudden and done in a very uncool way.
To learn more about this or about what you can do, please visit this website.

If you are a displaced student, Bravo School of Art offers similar classes to suit your interest and schedule. If you are an instructor, come on over and teach at Bravo. I have room for you. Call me at Bravo.

ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE!

Summer Art Camp, Ages 7 – 12

Sophia’s Architectural sculpture

Join scenic designer Robin Roberts for this fun filled week of creativity and imagination with an emphasis on theatrical art. Boys and girls will design scenery and costumes, learn to paint a back-drop, make props, and explore what goes on BEHIND the scenes of a theatrical production. A classic fairy tale will serve as our “play”. Projects will involve drawing, painting and making 3-D sculptures. Don’t be a Drama Queen, sign up for camp and become a dramatic artist!

$180 Bravo member / $210 non-member
Materials fee $30
Monday – Friday, July 16 – 20    1 – 4pm

Register now!

at Bravo School of Art • 2690 Historic Decatur Rd, Studio 206 • San Diego, CA 92106

619-223-0058 • BRAVO’S website

Two great Workshops this weekend

COCKTAIL HAT / FASCINATOR

Beautiful students modeling their new hats.

Join instructor and milliner Jill Courtemanche for this Sunday afternoon workshop.
Just in time for Opening Day at the Del Mar Racetrack with the “One and Only Truly Fabulous Hats Contest”! Now is your chance to make your own fabulous fascinator or charming cocktail hat. Learn basic millinery techniques and the art of hand-stitching to craft your hat using straw, feathers, netting, grosgrain and more. Little or no sewing experience required. Class size is limited to 8 students.

at Bravo School of Art • 2690 Historic Decatur Rd, Studio 206 • San Diego, CA 92106

$57 Bravo member / $65 non-member
Materials fee  $20
       Sunday, July 15       1 – 4pm

Register Here.

ZENTANGLE®

Instructor and artist Jennifer Van Pelt will take you step by step through this fun and relaxing workshop: Zentangle®, an easy to learn technique of creating beautiful art from patterns that are simple and repeated with deliberate strokes. No art skills are necessary. Beginning with simple tools – pen, pencil, blending tool and paper; learn one pattern, step-by-step, and then another. Soon you have a repertoire of many patterns, variations and embellishments to apply to paper, cloth, jewelry, walls and more; whatever your heart desires. Breathe, smile and appreciate as you relax into this confidence-building method of creating beautiful art. Zentangle provides artistic fulfillment and an increased sense of personal calm and well-being through a very portable, inexpensive art form. It is sweeping the world as an amazing endeavor.

$55 Bravo member / $63 non-member

Materials fee  $20

         Saturday, July 14      1 – 5pm

Register here.

Masters Of Art Camp

We’re about to call it a wrap. Tomorrow is the last day of Bravo’s first summer camp. Bravo’s studio classroom has been buzzing with 8 bright, young creative campers who practiced their art, learned a bit about art history and then made some art history of their own. Some notable Masters were Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Gustav Klimt, Wassily Kandinsky and Henri Rousseau.

Sophia’s Sunflowers • Age 9

Experimenting with color pencil, oil pastels, cut paper, gel markers and watercolor… I think they had some fun.

Scarlet’s Tree of Life • Age 12

Campers Draw in the Rose Garden

Sammy’s Crazy Cactus • Age 8

Art Campers paint crazy cactus

Liberty School at Bravo

Once a week for 11 weeks, Bravo School of Art is host to 20+ third grade students from Dewey Elementary School because of a grant funding this program through the Liberty School. With art classes all but eliminated in San Diego City School District, these young students are able to experience the enrichment that the arts provide. Taught by Pamela Calore and Patricia Hyman, these children are inspired and are great artists!

Tree of Life after Klimpt

Liberty School is an innovative educational program at NTC at Liberty Station. This program offers at-risk students from San Diego County schools an opportunity to work with resident non-profit and civic organizations on project-based learning that supplements and enriches standards-based classroom instruction. Liberty School Program extends learning to the NTC at Liberty Station campus and engages the resident organizations’ teaching expertise and program offering to students who, without the program, would not have access to such professional instruction.

Below are some of the results:

 

Crazy Cactus

watercolor parrot