Interview with Alex Perez Demma 04/30/2020 Alexandra Scarlett Perez Demma was born and raised in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. In 2007, she transplanted to San Diego and has been here since. Her shop in Barrio Logan, known as Simon Limon, has (in just under a year and a half) grown […]
Notes on “Revivance” 05/03/2020 On Sunday, May 3rd, the Rising Arts Leaders of San Diego’s Programming Committee hosted an online event called Revivance. The idea behind Revivance was to offer a workshop of “fun and restorative practices that draw upon multiple art disciplines to help reduce stress, rebalance, and recover […]
Interview with Dr. Max Branscomb 04/27/2020 Introducing Max Branscomb, Professor of Journalism and Adviser for Student Publications at Southwestern College in Chula Vista, California. Max has taught journalism and creative writing at Southwestern College for 24 years. Before that, he taught musical theater and journalism at Bonita Vista High School. […]
Interview with Tiffany Anchondo 04/22/2020 Another San Diego local, Tiffany Anchondo is a social media mogul. She runs her own business (GetSocial with Tiff) where she manages other businesses’ social media pages, as well as creating content for them to get more traffic on the freeway of the internet. What […]
Interview with Max Robert Daily 03/15/2020 As a way to move forward into the year, and away from the typical “happy hour” of other years prior, Rising Arts Leaders partnered with Max Daily at the Oslo Sardine Bar in Seaport Village in order to get together and get to know […]
Interview with Perry Vasquez 04/20/2020 Continuing with providing resources through interviews with local artists, we sent some questions to Perry Vasquez, an interdisciplinary artist who has taught locally at Southwestern College in Chula Vista, has had artworks on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Downtown San Diego, and […]
Interview with Ilse Almazan 04/26/2020 A Mexican artist from Tijuana, Ilse Almazan grew up in South San Diego. She tells us she had always been drawn (pun intended?) to painting and art-making, and she even majored in Studio Art at SanDiego State University (or, SDSU). While painting has always been […]
Interview with Foxine Jay 04/27/2020 Born and raised in Portland, Maine and a transplant to San Diego to attend SDSU in 2006, Alex has been here ever since. Visually she creates under the name Foxine Jay. She creates bright and surreal double exposure images from collage to painting, and even […]