Blog - Rising Arts Leaders

12 May '21

Anne Wolf

May 12, 2021

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

Uncategorized

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 […]

17 Mar '21

Daryn Belinsky

March 17, 2021

Artist's Toolbox, Artists and Creatives, Business Owners

Interview with Daryn Belinsky 2/7/2021 Daryn Belinsky is a multi-range creative touring this lifetime as a vintage clothing dealer, designer, artist, and music-maker. Based out of Encinitas, she has owned and operated the cyber shop, Little Light Vintage since 2010. Tell us about a project (or projects) you are working […]

1 Feb '21

Heather Sweeney

February 1, 2021

Artist's Toolbox, Artists and Creatives

Interview with Heather Sweeney 01/11/2021 Heather Sweeney, lives in San Diego where she writes, and does visual art. Her chapbooks include Just Let Me Have This (Selcouth Station Press) and Same Bitch, Different Era: The Real Housewives Poems (above/ground press). She is also the author of the collections, Dear Marshall, […]

25 Jan '21

Beto Soto

January 25, 2021

Artist's Toolbox, Artists and Creatives, Uncategorized

Interview with Beto Soto 01/11/2021 Beto Soto is an artist, youth advocate and educator. His ongoing project Undocuqueer shines a spotlight on LGBTQ Undocumented Americans living in San Diego, California. Through his portraiture, and use of lighting and props, Soto is able to create mystical landscapes that often portray his […]

18 Jan '21

Amanda Lopez

January 18, 2021

Artist's Toolbox, Artists and Creatives

Interview with Amanda Lopez 11/15/2020 Amanda Lopez is a Bay Area native currently loving life in sunny San Diego. By day, she manages digital marketing for a top San Diego attraction and by night, she dives into all things creative including painting, collaging, learning to play ukulele, singing, and more. […]