Home again, home again, jiggety jig

I returned to San Diego last Thursday and hit the ground running for arts and culture. Friday’s In Community event at the Ramona County Library was all we’d hoped to see happen: performing art, visual art, updates about arts and culture in rural San Diego County, and most important (to me, at least) NETWORKING. I can’t stop praising our County Library system. We met in the Community Room (for FREE) where tables, chairs and AV equipment were set up for our use. Our county libraries not only loan out books and CDs, they serve as arts and culture hubs throughout the county. To be eligible to reserve one of the community rooms, be a County library member. Our tax dollars at work people. Believe it.

COMING SOON AND THE WORLD IS RUN BY THOSE WHO SHOW UP

April 26, 08-11am The World Famous Del Dios Pancake Breakfast fundraiser to benefit arts and culture programs at the Ol’ Del Dios Firehouse/Community Center, 20155 Elm Ln, Escondido, CA 92029. Reservations are not required. 

I will be there at 0900. Join me. 

                     Public art at the Del Dios Community Center by C. La Porte and G. Cohen

May 2, 2026 4-6 pm Opening reception

https://www.fallbrookartcenter.org/sustainablecreations

30 artists in an amazing space (click on the link above for the list of artists), Sustainable Art Creations will hold the opening reception at the Fallbrook Art Center 103 S Main Ave, Fallbrook, CA 92028, USA. The reception promises to be amazing, and it’s FREE.

The exhibit runs from May 2-June 13, 2026

                                      Hinged metal books by yours truly will be on display

May 09, 2026, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Eight designers, over 20 amazing up-cycled outfits, the Green Go Runway Show is a fundraiser to support programs at the Fallbrook Art Center

103 S Main Ave, Fallbrook, CA 92028, USA. Tickets are on sale now at https://www.fallbrookartcenter.org/event-details/green-go-fashion-show

The County Arts and Culture Commission has a new meeting schedule for 2026:

https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/cao/edga/arts-culture-commission.html

Commission meetings are now on Thursdays at 11:00am unless indicated otherwise.

• May 21, 2026  ßNext month
• July 16, 2026
• September 17, 2026
• November 19, 2026

Meeting location: 1600 Pacific Hwy, Room 402A, San Diego, CA 92101

Phone: +1 669 444 9171 
Webinar ID: 833 2424 4450 

June 4-July 30, 2026

Opening reception June 12, 3-4:30 p.m

 

  

 

Good morning again from the Atlantic Coast, where storms are exciting and the views are above average.

I’m cutting to the “show up” chase this morning. Right to it. On Friday April 17^th 3p.m.-4:30 at the Ramona County Library, I, along with the rest of the County Arts and Culture Commission and San Diego Art Matters, will be out front, and in the wings, hostessing rural creatives to mix it up and bring it on. I’m talking about In Community, same thing I’ve been mentioning here for a few weeks now.

I know from years of grass-roots experience that we organize for arts and culture a lot differently out here in rural San Diego. We rely heavily on free resources and infrastructure, private donations of materials and labor and much less on government funding. We rely on building connections among other rural Creatives, cross-supporting each other’s projects both organizational and individual. The purpose of April 17^th’s event is to expand that cross-support with each other in person. To share, imagine, connect and listen to each other.

The event is FREE, but pre-registration is important. So please sign up and show up. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-community-sd-county-district-2-gathering-tickets-1985540716733?aff=oddtdtcreator

See you this Friday,

 

Easter Sunday on the First Coast, the Space Coast, Atlantic Florida. We are barely an hour north of Cape Canaveral. Yesterday I watched a rocket fly over the ocean on its way to push a satellite into low orbit. Scifi in real time: it never gets old. 

Of course I brought art supplies. Paints, paper, my mid-century, 11-pound Singer Featherweight sewing machine. The first batch of art papers dries fast in the Florida sun.

COMING SOON AND THE WORLD IS RUN BY THOSE WHO SHOW UP

April 17, 3-4:30 p.m

In Community FREE art and culture conversation in County District 2. Join San Diego ART Matters and the San Diego County Arts & Culture Commission at the

Ramona Branch of the San Diego County Library

1275 Main Street, Ramona, CA 92065.

In Community  is part of the countywide initiative designed to bring together artists, cultural organizations, and creative partners through gatherings filled with conversation, collaboration, and inspiration. This event continues the series’ commitment to engaging communities across the region, including those in District 2, represented by Supervisor Joel Anderson.

Please RSVP at

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-community-sd-county-district-2-gathering-tickets-1985540716733?aff=oddtdtcreator

April 26, 08-11am The World Famous Del Dios Pancake Breakfast fundraiser to benefit arts and culture programs at the community center on Elm. Remember the chili cook-off? Same place, all you can eat this time. I’ll be there, you bet. 

(Above and below, notice how I’m using one image to reference 2 events. Clever, yes? Or maybe not…)

May 2, 2026 4-6 pm Opening reception

Sustainable Art Creations opens at the Fallbrook Art Center. 103 S Main Ave, Fallbrook, CA 92028, USA. The reception promises to be amazing, and it’s FREE. Curated by yours truly, Sustainable Creations gives us many, many ways to support our environment artistically and then some.

The exhibit runs from May 2-June 13, 2026

May 09, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Green Go Runway Show

                                                   

Eight designers, over 20 amazing up-cycled outfits, the Green Go Runway Show is a fundraiser to support programs at the Fallbrook Art Center

103 S Main Ave, Fallbrook, CA 92028, USA. Tickets are on sale now at https://www.fallbrookartcenter.org/event-details/green-go-fashion-show

June 4-July 30, opening reception June 12, 3-4:30 p.m

Ta-ta until next Sunday