CALL+RESPONSE is a first-of-its-kind feature Rocumentary film that reveals a terrifying secret: there are more slaves today than ever before in human history. CALL+RESPONSE goes deep undercover where slavery is thriving. The first hand accounts of Julia Ordmond, Madeline Albright, Daryl Hannah, Ashley Judd and Nicholas Kristof provide the backdrop for this 21st century nightmare, while 12 Grammy Winning and acclaimed recording artists transform this information into inspiration, offering this century its first abolitionist songs. CALL+RESPONSE opens in San Diego on October 17th 2008, but on September 8th, community leaders will have an exclusive opportunity to privately screen the film with Director Justin Dillon. Please RSVP to Fair Trade Pictures' Operations Director: Joel Day (Joel@CallandResponse.com)

Linda Herzog, Michael Brown, & Isaac Bushkin

Photographs by Ryan Tatar and Cyrus Sutton. Film screening of "Under the Sun", a new surf documentary by Emmy award winner Cyrus Sutton.

For an in-depth look at his extraordinary collection of pinhole cameras and holistic approach to photography

Over the past 25 years, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego has added some 2,000 works of art to its collection, which now totals 4,131 works, having virtually doubled since 1983. Dr. Hugh M. Davies, who in September celebrates 25 years as the Museum's David C. Copley Director, will mark this anniversary with a personal, idiosyncratic selection of approximately 40 works acquired between 1983 and the present. Weighing and Wanting is the first exhibition of a two-part series, and will feature smaller-scale sculpture, paintings, prints, drawings, and photography. The second part, Attempt to Raise Hell, on view in 2009 in the downtown Jacobs Building, will feature installation works. Among the artists whose work will be seen in Weighing and Wanting are Vanessa Beecroft, John Currin, William Kentridge, Nathan Mabry, Yoshitomo Nara, Martin Puryear, Bill Viola, and Lisa Yuskavage. Public educational programs for Weighing and Wanting are made possible by a grant from the County of San Diego's Community Projects Fund and Supervisor Pam Slater-Price.

The Homework Show was made to promote and display artists working in the street and contemporary art scene here in San Diego, CA. Rising and established artists will share, for a night, a small backyard converted into a gallery located in the heart of Golden Hill. Show entry will be by RSVP only and will also be a potluck shared with friends, artists, and the community. Prints, paintings, illustration, and installation pieces, along with various other art styles will be on display, and the artists will also be bringing merchandise, zines, and other things to look at and buy! If you would like to participate please email Steph Walker at walkerstephwork@gmail.com to either submit your art for the next show or get on the list to attend our next event on September 20th!

Tom Thewes, Greg Brotherton and Anthony Leonardi III

Join us at SWIV TACKLE CIRCUS to see the completed 12 panels that will be painted live at ASR. Each panel will be up for auction and sold to the highest bidder.

Part II of the Reinvent group show series: artists will consider the wheel, an artifact of our modern culture, from a broader perspective, challenging its historical significance and envisioning a new life for it. with fuel prices rising, climate change looming, and suburbs expanding, the artists will reevaluate the wheel’s (dys)function in our lives.