Blog - Rising Arts Leaders

14 Oct '21

Join the 2022-2023 Steering Committee

October 14, 2021

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The Rising Arts Leaders of San Diego Steering Committee is made up of volunteers with a passion for the arts and culture community. Our organization is a great stepping stone for career changes, to expand and build on skills, and be part of a strong network of arts leaders. Given […]

1 Jul '21

Sierra Aguilar aka Stardust Coyote

July 1, 2021

Artist's Toolbox, Artists and Creatives

Interview with Sierra Aguilar aka Stardust Coyote 4/25/2021 Sierra Aguilar, known as Stardust Coyote, is a collage and mixed media artist living and working in San Diego, CA. In addition to being an artist, she is an art educator and creative mentor working with students in K-12 schools and adults […]

17 Jun '21

Susan Neville

June 17, 2021

Artist's Toolbox, Artists and Creatives

Interview with Susan Neville 4/14/2021 Susan Neville has been a renowned artist and designer in multiple mediums throughout Southern California for more than twenty-five years. For most of that time, she has worked out of her home in Leucadia. Her home functioned for many years as her art studio and […]

3 Jun '21

Soni López-Chávez

June 3, 2021

Artist's Toolbox, Artists and Creatives

Interview with Soni López-Chávez 3/25/2021 Tell us about a project (or projects) you are working on. I am currently working on several illustrations that will focus on self care. I am also working on a new mural in Barrio Logan. How has this ongoing pandemic affected your work/practice? I started […]

12 May '21

Anne Wolf

May 12, 2021

Artist's Toolbox, Artists and Creatives

Interview with Anne Wolf 3/20/2021 Anne Wolf has been teaching jewelry/metalwork classes and creating custom mokume-gane wedding rings, jewelry and one-of-a-kind metal art objects since 1991. After receiving her MFA in Jewelry/Metals from San Diego State University in 1999, Anne Wolf taught at Southwestern College in Chula Vista CA, teaching […]

4 May '21

Kristi Lin

May 4, 2021

Artist's Toolbox, Artists and Creatives

Interview with Kristi Lin 3/14/2021 Kristi Lin is an artist and landscape designer in San Diego, CA. She got her Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of California Davis and combines art and landscape design to tell the stories embedded in historic sites and inspire social change. She […]

27 Apr '21

Pingmei Lan

April 27, 2021

Artist's Toolbox, Artists and Creatives

Interview with Pingmei Lan 3/1/2021 Pingmei Lan grew up in Beijing China. She holds a MFA in creative writing from Pacific University. Her writing has been featured in The Florida Review, Catapult, Epiphany, Tahoma Literary Review, VCU Blackbird and other publications. She is a winner of the 2019 PEN/DAU Best […]

20 Apr '21

Pia Stern

April 20, 2021

Artist's Toolbox, Artists and Creatives

Interview with Pia Stern 2/19/2021 Pia Stern received her MA and MFA from UC Berkeley. During those years, she was greatly influenced by several artists who were integral to the Bay Area Figurative Movement including Richard Diebenkorn, David Park, Joan Brown, and, most notably, Elmer Bischoff, with whom she worked […]

15 Apr '21

Latinas With Purpose

April 15, 2021

Artist's Toolbox, Artists and Creatives

Interview with Latinas With Purpose We are a group of Latina writers, poets and artists, from various backgrounds, who are the catalyst for the transformation and unity of the world. For us, people are awesome-bigger than they dare themselves to be. By sharing our experiences, we create heart filled connections, […]

19 Mar '21

Rising Arts Leaders San Diego stands in solidarity with the Asian American and Pacific Islander community

March 19, 2021

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We are deeply saddened and troubled by the shootings in Georgia on Tuesday night that killed eight people, including six Asian women. We mourn with and feel for the families of Delaina Ashley Yaun, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Soon C. Park, Suncha Kim, Hyun-jeong Grant, Yong A. Yue, Paul Andre Michels, and Elcias R. Hernandez-Ortiz (in stable condition). These murders […]