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“Friday Night Liberty”

FREE Open Artist Studios, Galleries and Performances
Every First Friday - Starting at 5pm   
NTC Promenade @ Liberty Station
2640 Historic Decatur Road, San Diego 92106

Friday Night Liberty is a monthly first-Friday evening of FREE open artist studios, galleries and events throughout NTC Promenade Arts & Cultural District.   Free parking. Free Admission.  The Freedom to explore, wander and enjoy our growing cultural campus.

Schedule for Friday, August 6th

Featured Event:

NTC Gallery Dances - A gallery crawl with dance
Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater

SDDT brings its Trolley Dances concept to NTC with all new site-specific dances choreographed by Jean Isaacs, Jillian Chu and Anthony Diaz. Tour guides will escort audience members on a gallery crawl at or near new exhibits at the Martha Pace Swift Gallery, the San Diego Watercolor Society, the Visions Art Quilt Gallery, The New Americans Museum Gallery, the ARTS Gallery, and the Mandell Weiss Gallery at Dance Place where new paintings of SDDT dancers by NTC artist Peggy Fischbeck are featured.

Photo by Pantaleoni Photographer

Barracks 19

• Sophie’s Gallery and Gift Shop - Artist reception featuring selected works by noted artist Jack Jordan. Wine & Hors d’oeuvres. Live music by Doug Walker Jazz Duo.

• Open Art Studios and Exhibits include M. Fischbeck Studio/Gallery, Pantaleoni Photographer, Osias Contemporary Art, Patrick Meehan Fine Art and art works by Kevin Winger of Mod-Est Studio/Gallery.

• Artisan chocolates at Chi Chocolate, instructor demonstrations at Bravo School of Art, and fashions for girls and women at fiveloaves twofish.

Building 175 – Dance Place San Diego

• Mandell Weiss Gallery - Opening of “The Art of the Dance" featuring paintings of Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater dancers by artist Peggy Fischbeck. (pictured right)

Building 176

• United States Karate Academy – Martial Arts class from 5-6:30pm.  The public is welcome to watch the class.

Building 201

• Martha Pace Swift Gallery - Exhibit opening of The Whole Thing:  Connecting the Dots with James Watts.   “There is such a great sense of playfulness and child-like joy … infused in his pieces…you can’t help but smile when you look at his work.” – LA Art Scene Examiner (Atlas Stand Alone pictured left)

• Solare Ristorante and Lounge - Cocktails and Fine Dining

Building 202

• San Diego Watercolor Society Gallery -“Erasing Borders - A Cross-Cultural  Watermedia  Exhibit" features 95 water media paintings and music by Don Kearns on the Chinese gu-zheng long zither and xiao bamboo flute.

The Green Belt by Marie Jensen Visions Art Quilt Gallery

• Visions Art Quilt Gallery –Transformations: Reflections: features art quilts from nine countries and 16 states that give a sense of the artist’s eye and hand working together to present a thought, a meditation, observation or transformation.

• New Americans Museum Gallery –  Collected Stories Features visual art war stories from the viewpoint of Camp Pendleton youth and compelling story-based artworks by San Diego Artists. Presented by the Allied Artists Association of San Diego.

Financial support for Friday Night Liberty is provided in part to the NTC Foundation by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.

Next Friday Night Liberty – September 3rd