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Sibyl Rubottom: 'Visual Memoir 1962–2022'

Every week from November 12, 2022 until January 28, 2023.
Tuesday: 10 AM - 4 PM
Thursday: 10 AM - 4 PM
Friday: 10 AM - 4 PM
Athenaeum Art Center
Free
Also open every second Saturday, 5-8 p.m.

About the Event

Artist, educator and printmaker Sibyl Rubottom will retire from her role at the Athenaeum Art Center's Print Studio. To celebrate Rubottom's long career, a survey of the last six decades of her work is currently on view.

Sibyl Rubottom presents a visual memoir of her work from the last six decades, blending exploration with inspiration and comprising a variety of mediums: paintings, etchings, prints, artist books, collages, and soft sculpture. Central to her collection are artists books, her primary focus for over 25 years. She describes her work as “connecting folk traditions with a broad gamut of sensibilities, melding the boundaries between poetry and image making.” Sibyl’s books dive into concepts ranging from the celestial to the alphabetical. Her most enduring theme is water and its power to transport us across time and space—whether immersed in it or simply observing it. Sibyl Rubottom holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from Yale University.

The exhibition can be viewed in the AAC Gallery at the Athenaeum Art Center (1955 Julian Avenue, San Diego, CA 92113) during open hours, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and every second Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m., during the Barrio Art Crawl, and by appointment.

Artist Talk: Saturday, January 14, 5–8 PM (during the Barrio Art Crawl)

Related links:
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Athenaeum Art Center

Athenaeum Art Center

1955 Julian Ave.
San Diego, California 92113
858-454-5872

Art classes are offered currently at our La Jolla home, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library and are now being offered at our newest studio,Athenaeum Art Center, at Bread & Salt in Logan Heights. Our experienced instructors are all exhibiting artists themselves. They teach classes in painting, drawing, watercolor, mixed media, sculpture, photography and print making. Several classes can be taken for credit through UCSD Extension. Classes are offered on a quarterly schedule and students can find out about the class schedule either online or from our quarterly school brochure. We are making adjustments to our class registration system online. When ordering your class through the website it will read as "tickets." Please feel free to call us and order over the phone if you have any concerns. Parking: There is a free parking lot in the alley off Dewey St. behind the Athenaeum Art Center between Julian Ave. and Kearney Ave. available for use by students. There is also ample free street parking on Julian Avenue that is untimed. A limited number of handicapped spots are available in front of the entrance to the Bread & Salt building. For further information, to register and/or receive a copy of our current brochure, please call (858) 454-5872. Financial support is provided in part by the City of San Diego Commission for the Arts and Culture.

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