PUBLIC PROGRAMS/EVENTS
 
LECTURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
FILM SCREENINGS
TNT: THURSDAY NIGHT THING
INFORMATION ON GALLERY TOURS

LECTURES  AND SPECIAL EVENTS
 
MIX Architecture Tour: Downtown Region -- SOLD-OUT
Saturday, July 11 > 10 AM – 4:30 PM
Starting Point: MCASD Downtown
$50 MCASD Members; $55 General
 
In conjunction with the exhibition MIX: Nine San Diego Architects and Designers, join MCASD for this rare and in-depth opportunity to explore significant San Diego architectural sites. Led by the architects themselves, this exclusive bus tour will feature sites by Lloyd Russell, Jonathan Segal, Sebastián Mariscal, Public, Jennifer Luce, and Rinehart Herbst. The first of two scheduled architectural tours, the day’s excursion will focus on the downtown region. Lunch will be provided, and the day will end with an optional happy hour with the architects and MCASD staff.

*Please note: This program is sold-out. For more information, please contact 858 454 3541.
 
Hugh Davies on Francis Bacon
Thursday, July 16 > 7 PM
MCASD La Jolla
Free to MCASD Members and Students; $5 General
 
After the suicide of his lover George Dyer in 1971, Francis Bacon began a series of paintings known as the Black Triptychs. Hugh Davies, MCASD’s David C. Copley Director, has described these works as the “frenzied momentum of a struggle against death” and will discuss the series in light of his multiple 1973 interviews with the artist.

A renowned scholar on the work of Francis Bacon, Davies has lectured on the artist internationally, most recently at the invitation of the Tate Britain in London, and has published extensively on the artist. He serves on the Francis Bacon Authentication Committee, and in 1999 curated the exhibition Francis Bacon: The Papal Portraits of 1953.
 
MIX Architecture Tour: North County and Coastal Region -- SOLD-OUT
Saturday, July 18 > 10 AM – 4:30 PM
Staring point: MCASD La Jolla
$50 MCASD Members; $55 General
 
The second of two architectural tours offered in conjunction with the exhibition MIX: Nine San Diego Architects and Designers, this excursion will focus on significant sites in the North County and coastal region. Led by the architects themselves, this will be an exclusive first-person look at sites by Teddy Cruz, Jennifer Luce, Public, Sebastián Mariscal, and Jonathan Segal. Lunch will be provided, and the day will end with an optional happy hour with the architects and MCASD staff.

*Please note: This program is sold-out. For more information, please contact 858 454 3541.
 
Art Talk: Jim Skalman
Saturday, August 1 > 4 PM
Downtown
Free to MCASD Members and with Museum admission
 
Join artist Jim Skalman in the galleries as he discusses his work on view in the exhibition Attempt to Raise Hell. Skalman is Professor and Chair of the Department of Art and Design at Point Loma Nazarene University and is known for his subtly subversive environmental sculptures.
 
Teen Workshop: Illustration with Morgan Blair
Thursday, August 13 > 1-4 PM
Downtown
Free (Reservations required, limited capacity)
 
In collaboration with Sezio's Artist Exchange Series, teens ages 14-18 are invited to participate in a hands-on illustration workshop with Brooklyn-based artist Morgan Blair. Blair, a recent graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, is a freelance illustrator and fine artist. After exploring Blair's creative and working process, participants will collaborate with the artist to create a large-scale collective illustration project.

On Friday, August 14 and Saturday, August 15 from 6 to 10 pm, all are invited to meet the artist and view her work on view at downtown's Luce Loft (1037 J Street). Road-tripping across the country to be here, Blair brought a large amount of work with her, spanning an array of media. Blair is the first featured artist in this new Artist Exchange Series, launched by local artist collective, Sezio. For more information, visit www.sezio.org.

For more information or to make a reservation, contact the Education Department at 858 454 3541 x151 or eyanghellewell@mcasd.org.
 
MIX Roundtable: Part 2
Thursday, September 3 > 7 PM
La Jolla
Free to MCASD Members/Students; $5 General
 
The second of two roundtable discussions in conjunction with the exhibition MIX: Nine San Diego Architects and Designers, this event will feature Sebastián Mariscal, Lloyd Russell, Jennifer Luce, and Jonathan Segal. Each participating architect and designer will give an overview presentation of his or her work, and then the program will conclude with a lively roundtable discussion moderated by Sam Lubell, California Editor for The Architect's Newspaper.
 
 
FILM SCREENINGS 
 
Tickets may be purchased in advance at the downtown Jacobs Building and La Jolla front desks. For more information call 858 454 3541.
 
alt.pictureshows '09
Thursday, August 27 > 7-10 PM
MCASD Downtown
Free to MCASD Members; $5 General
 
Part cinematic funhouse, part short-film festival extraordinaire, the seventh annual alt.pictureshows returns in force as San Diego’s premier short-film showcase with a new collection of stunning and innovative live-action and animated short films that are sure to delight and surprise viewers. This year’s eagerly awaited installment of the popular film event will incorporate a small selection of animated shorts in the ‘Toon Town Troublemakers’ Detention Room including Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes’ Oscar-nominated, animated gem, “This Way Up,” among others.

With its wildly eclectic lineup of brilliant shorts, alt.pictureshows continues to break down the barriers of the movie-going experience by encouraging “physical channel surfing” where viewers can experience a range of different short films in the Museum’s various exhibition spaces as they screen on a loop throughout the evening. This year’s event will take place—for the first time—at the Museum’s downtown location, and will feature short cinematic works by the likes of Dumb Bunny (“Abbie Cancelled”), Sam Taylor-Wood (“Love You More”), Bill Plympton (“Hot Dog”), PES (“Western Spaghetti”), Don Hertzfeldt (“I Am So Proud of You”) Justin Newell (“Acting for the Camera”), Nadejda Koseva (“Omelette”), and many others. Please note that many of the program’s short films contain adult content and are not rated.

 
TNT (THURSDAY NIGHT THING)

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Since 2002, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego has hosted TNT (Thursday Night Thing), an ongoing program of intriguing events in MCASD's Downtown galleries on the first Thursday of the month. Due to the economy, TNT is being temporarily suspended after April's event. The next TNT is November 5. Thank you for your incredible support, and we look forward to seeing you in November!

Support for TNT is provided by JP Morgan Chase Foundation, Redducs Foundation, mediaThe foundation, inc., an anonymous donor, and the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture. Programs in the Jacobs and Copley Buildings and at 1001 Kettner, including TNT, are supported in part by The James Irvine Foundation, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Program, as well as generous contributors to MCASD's Annual Fund. In-kind support for TNT is provided by 91X, San Diego CityBeat, Stone Brewing Company, and Sammy's Woodfired Pizza. For more information on TNT please contact  858 454 3541.


GUIDED GALLERY TOURS
 
Join MCASD's Gallery Guides for free public tours of the Museum's La Jolla and Downtown locations. Tours begin at 2 pm on Saturdays and Sundays, and at 6 pm on the Third Thursday evening. No reservations necessary.
 
To book  a private or school tour, please contact the Office of Education at 858 454 3541 x151 or e-mail education@mcasd.org. For more information about booking a tour at MCASD, visit the Tour Information page. 

 
 
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