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A10 THE COAST NEWS
JAN. 30, 2009
Museum aims high with ‘Lowbrow’ art
By Promise Yee
OCEANSIDE — The
Oceanside Museum of Art’s
“Lowbrow Art: Nine San Diego
Pop Surrealists” drew close to
400 art lovers and pop surrealism
“cult followers” to the Jan.
24 preview reception.
Notable San Diego area
artists Mary Fleener, Charles
Glaubitz, Pamela Jaeger, Tim
McCormick, Scott Saw, Scrojo
(Craig Haskett), Jason Sherry,
Jen Trute and Ron Wharton are
on display at the exhibit, which
is curated by Jerry Waddle and
Michael C. Gross.
“It clearly demonstrates this
form of art hangs together in the
San Diego region,” Skip Pahl,
Oceanside Museum of Art executive
director, said.
Pop surrealism takes 1960s
pop art’s expressions of adversity
and use of common objects
one step further and makes complex
narrative statements with
comics, photography and form.
“This generation of younger
artists was raised on pop culture,”
Gross said.
“I was born in Studio City,
pop art images are burned into
my mind,” Tim McCormick
said. “I approach pop art
from the ideology of a fine
painter.”
OCEANSIDE —
MiraCosta’s Kruglak Art Gallery
in the MiraCosta College
Student Center on the
Oceanside Campus kicks off the
New Year with an exhibit and
workshop on underground publishing
held by Grrrl Zines A-Go-
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This is not just an exhibit,
but also an active exploration of
zine culture and production,
including a “Scrap Lounge” in
which visitors can create their
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McCormick’s wall-size painting
“Pitfalls of Modern
Romance,” combines surrealism,
figurative expression and
honest introspection. “It’s a
hodgepodge of people, child-
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hood, early memories,”
McCormick said. “I had to have
real feelings to create the painting.”
Fleener’s painting “Our
Lady of Conspicuous
will show in the gallery Feb. 3 to
Feb. 26. A reception is scheduled
from 6 to 8 p.m., Feb. 3 and a
workshop is scheduled from 6 to
8 p.m. Feb.11. Gallery hours are
Monday and Tuesday, 2:30 to
7:30 p.m. and Wednesday and
Thursday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Admission is free. Gallery director
Diane Adams can be reached
at (760) 795-6657.
Zines are the print media of
an “alternative” culture. Selfpublished
and without censorship,
zines are raw culture, not
Consumption” speaks out on the
glorification of guns and war
with geometric figures and an
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el Mar Community Connections hosts blast from past
DEL MAR — Take a trip back
to the 1950s, as singer Dodie
Stevens performs at Del Mar
Community
Connections’
“We Love Del
Mar” Valentine
Tea celebrating
Del Mar’s 50th
anniversary.
The tea will
be held from 1:30
to 3:30 p.m. Feb.
9 at Powerhouse
Community
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ON THE WALL Close to 400 art lovers and pop surrealism “cult followers” attended the Jan. 24, preview reception of “Lowbrow
Art: Nine San Diego Pop Surrealists,” on exhibit at Oceanside Museum of Art through May 24. Above, attendees view Tim
McCormick’s, “Pitfalls of Modern Romance,” 2004, done in acrylic on wood. Photo by Promise Yee
Center, 1658 Coast Blvd.
Where were you in 1959?
Submit a photo
from the 1950s
for a special
Valentine Tea
p r o j e c t .
Submission
deadline is Jan.
22. All photos
will be scanned
and returned.
At the tea,
Stevens, who in
DODIE STEVENS
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1959 at age 13, had the hit record,
“Tan Shoes and Pink Shoelaces”
will perform that and other songs
from the era with Don Terwilliger
“Remembering When.”
The club will also be holding
an opportunity drawing to win a
handmade quilt sewn by Jeanette
Brown of the city of Del Mar
Planning Department. Tickets
are $2 each or three for $5.
Costumes are encouraged and $10
is the suggested donation. RSVP
to (858) 792-7565 or dmcc@
dmcc.cc.
In addition, the first in a
series of four Lifestyle Issues
workshops are being offered from
1 to 2:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at City Hall
Annex, 235 11th St. by Del Mar
Community Connections and the
Parkinson’s Disease Association of
San Diego. This workshop will
provide education and information
services about lifestyle issues
— employment, caregiver support,
tax issues and health care
training.
Reservations are required.
RSVP to (858) 792-7565 or
dmcc@dmcc.cc.
Underground ‘zines’ come to MiraCosta art gallery
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Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go is an
all-women workshop group
based in Southern California.
Since 2002 the group has been
facilitating workshops in community
venues and college campuses
in the region. They focus
on the empowerment of young
women through the production
of fanzines and self-published
works. For more information on
Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go, visit
www.gzagg.org.
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Free e-waste
collection in
Encinitas
ENCINITAS — Get rid of
all your old electronics safely
at the Solana Center for
Environmental Innovation
from 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 31.
The event is sponsored by the
city of Encinitas. Electronic
waste, or e-waste, materials
will be disposed of responsibly
by Recycle San Diego. Items
include batteries, TVs, computers,
monitors, cell phones,
and just about anything with a
cord. The event is free, but
donations can be made to support
the Solana Center, which
is located at 137 N. El Camino
Real.
Electronic waste and batteries
containing toxic substances
like lead, mercury, and
cadmium are often illegally
dumped in landfills. In 2005 in
San Diego alone, 2,237,570
pounds of batteries were sold
but only 790 pounds were collected
to be recycled.
Contact the Solana
Center at (760) 436-7986, ext.
213 or e-mail sandy@solanacenter.org
with any questions.
Visit www.solanacenter.org to
learn more.
Coast Hwy.
plan lets
senior park
stay in place
By Promise Yee
OCEANSIDE — Council’s
unanimous vote to take Mira
Mar Mobilehome Community
out of the Coast Highway Vision
Plan received a standing ovation
from residents Jan. 21.
“We were beyond
shocked,” Eve Hall said. Hall is
the planning committee chair
with Mira Mar Mobilehome
Community Home Owners
Association.
Hall’s sentiments were
shared by many mobile home
park residents, who found out
that the plan called for a redevelopment
overlay to replace
the Mira Mar Mobilehome
Community.
While the Coast Highway
Vision Plan is a “vision statement”
and not an adopted redevelopment
plan, the proposed
plans for a redevelopment area
to replace the mobile home
park has caused stress and
uncertainty in mobile home
community residents, many
who are seniors on a fixed
income.
“We have very few
options,” Al Cinino, Mira Mar
Mobilehome Community
Homeowners Association board
member, said. “Our facility may
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