A resident of North Park, originally from Puerto Rico, has been selected as the City of San Diego’s new Poet Laureate. Paola Capó-García will take on the role of great civic significance as the City’s third Poet Laureate for a two-year term from 2025 to 2027. Read more about New Poet Laureate Selected
Following two years of listening and connecting with San Diegans, the City of San Diego this week adopted its first comprehensive cultural plan, Creative City, to guide investments in arts, culture and creativity over the next 10 years. Read more about City of San Diego Adopts Groundbreaking Cultural Plan
The City of San Diego has released the guidelines and opened applications for two significant funding opportunities to strengthen arts and culture activities and projects across the city. The Operational Support Program (OSP) and Creative Communities San Diego (CCSD) are now accepting applications… Read more about New Funding Opportunities for Arts and Culture Projects and Activities
The City of San Diego is seeking public input on its draft cultural plan, Creative City. This plan will set a strategic framework for advancing arts, culture and creativity in San Diego’s diverse communities over the next 10 years and position the City and transborder region as an equitable place… Read more about Draft Unveiled for Citywide Cultural Plan
Artist and photographer John Raymond Mireles, the City of San Diego’s municipal photo fellow through the Exposure program, has teamed up with the City’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and Arts and Culture to create a series of unique photographic exhibitions based on the City’s Welcoming San Diego… Read more about San Diego Arts and Culture Launches Photo Exhibits During Immigrant Heritage Month
As a literary arts ambassador for San Diego, Poet Laureate Jason Magabo Perez will launch a signature project called San Diego Poetry Futures 2024 (SDPF24) this spring. Perez’s new initiative will be in partnership with the City through Arts and Culture, exploring poetry as a form of community… Read more about San Diego Poet Laureate Announces New Project: San Diego Poetry Futures 2024
A new exhibit at the San Diego Public Library (SDPL) celebrates the art of San Diego artist James Hubbell. “James Hubbell: Architecture of Jubilation” is on display at four SDPL locations from March 9 – Aug. 4, 2024.
James Hubbell is a world-renowned architectural designer, sculptor, painter and… Read more about New San Diego Public Library Exhibit Features Work of Local Artist James Hubbell
