Category: Art

Art, Campus

National art show is a hit as it marks its 50th

Meagan Falcon

The 50th annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture show opened its doors to the public on Feb. 19. Photos by Meagan Falcon/Foghorn Studio engineering students, Jesse Lopez and Nicole Nccune, admire one of the pieces at the 50th annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show. Over 200 guests came to the nationally acclaimed show to see what this year’s participants had to offer. “The show is great and we had an amazing turn out for this year’s show,” said art professor and author Cynthia Perkins. Perkins sat out in front of the gallery selling her books that took 10 years…

Art, Campus, Entertainment

National art show marks 50th anniversary

Meagan Falcon

Samantha Douty/Foghorn Every year the college chooses the second place winner and places it in the gallery on the fifth floor in the William F. White Library on Del Mar College’s East Campus. In 1967, art professor Joe Cain speculated that the way to create an art exhibition worthy of national acclaim was to focus on two genres, drawing and small sculpture, and to bring in a nationally recognized judge. The event Cain started all those years ago at Del Mar is known today as the annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show. As the 50th anniversary for the show…

Art, Community, Entertainment

Ride in Theater presents screening of “Short Circuit”

Kira Hays

Johnny 5 comes back to life this month at the Corpus Christi Ride-In Theater’s screening of “Short Circuit.” The classic 1986 film, which features actors Steve Guttenberg and Ally Sheedy, will screen at the Watergardens on Sept. 12 to close out the Port of Corpus Christi’s Summer Movie Series partnership with Ride-In. The film follows Number 5, a military robot who, after being experimented on, experiences an unexpected transformation when struck by lightning. He suddenly begins to develop self-awareness, consciousness and a fear of the reprogramming that awaits him back at the factory where he was created. With the help…

Art

Documentary on pot critic to debut during SXSW

Meagan Falcon

Jennifer Gracia Reporter   Hanging out at the beach during spring break is fine, but if you would like a change of scenery then maybe SXSW can serve as an alternative. The annual music and film festival runs March 13-22 in Austin. Among the highlights this year is the premiere of the film “Rolling Papers,” a documentary about the Denver Post’s first pot critic, Ricardo Baca, and the effect it had on journalism. Directed by Denver native Mitch Dickman, the film follows the cannabis critic during his first year at the Denver Post and the new site The Cannabist, at…

Art

Annual art show names winners

Meagan Falcon

Lexy Garcia Reporter   The winners of Del Mar College’s annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture show were announced Feb. 20 during the show’s opening reception in the Joseph A. Cain Memorial Art Gallery. The Joseph A. Cain Memorial Purchase Award of $2,000 was awarded to Kurt Dyrhaug for the cast iron, small sculpture piece “Tonka Buster.” The White Library Purchase Award, also for $2,000, was awarded to Philip Laber for his multidimensional sculpture “Betrayed by Geometry and Time.” Margi Weir was awarded the DMC Permanent Collection Award and its $1000 prize for the piece “Variety Store.”     Honorable…