DMC art department to host 58th annual drawing and sculpture event

DMC’s Art Department is coming up on its 58th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture, an event Joe Cain, art professor at Del Mar, created back in 1966. The entries were not limited to Del Mar college students. Submissions were open to all U.S. artists, with a record 792 artworks submitted for consideration, including 25 sculptures and 28 two-dimensional works. Accepted submissions included work that has been created within the past three years. Artists were allowed to submit a maximum of three pieces. Artwork that was accepted could be submitted within three years of production. All the artwork that is…

Heritage and heart inspire art

‘My Casa is Your Casa’ features work from students Located in the center of the Cain Art Gallery you will come upon a sculpture of two busts. One is looking up and one is looking down. Each bust is overlaid with an antique print with a solemn expression. The face itself is painted in a style reminiscent of Dia de los Muertos, implementing the Mexican-American heritage of its creator, art professor Amorette Garza. “I like the idea of finding objects somebody may have had before, and I try to bring a different life to it,” Garza said. Garza said she…