New Resources page that includes our combined list of artist opportunities with upcoming deadlines, by various credible sources. This includes our own curated list of artist calls, residencies, grants, and more. Good luck!
In the near future this page will be the launching point for a comprehensive and efficient reference data base. This will include, resources for artists, art students, art educators, and art organizations.
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Marianne's students at St. Patrick-St. Vincent Catholic High School made the news! Alyssa Chopito, Francesca Maionchi, and Jo Jo Silva!
Inspire Vallejo is sponsored by City of Vallejo, California, Hewlett Foundation, Solano County Fairgrounds & Event Center, Center for Cultural Innovation, Three Palms Group, Vallejo Arts Fund, House of Acts, EM Mobile, and BRIDGEGOOD.
“The three young artists who won the billboard design competition “Inspire Vallejo” and shared what in this city makes them feel happy and hopeful.”
The Prop 28 AMS Planning Toolkit
New resource to help California schools use Prop 28 funds to expand arts programs for their students was recently released by WestEd and Create CA, will help local education agencies (LEAs) strategically invest new funding in arts education in schools.
The Prop 28 AMS Planning Toolkit, developed in consultation with arts education field leaders, will help Local Education Agency (LEA) administrators, school site staff, and their allies collaborate to effectively plan for Prop 28 AMS and strategize to build or further develop a comprehensive arts program in dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts in every school and grade level.
Eric Wong's “a priori intuition” 60" X 60", acrylic on canvas, was selected for The San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild’s 2024 SPRING International exhibition. 
03/25/24 - 05/25/24

Nancy Lim, Associate Curator of Painting & Sculpture at SFMOMA, selected 120 works out of 655 submissions for inclusion in this juried online exhibition. This is the second in a series of tree paintings inspired by my 2020 transition from San Diego into Northern California.
This particular tree (The Brain Tree, or Tree of Knowledge) towers above the art room at Marin Catholic High School, in Kentfield, CA . It was on view for the art students at that school during Marianne Goyette's three year tenure.
 Building Blocks Project
Building Blocks is an ongoing experiment in collective problem solving by artists Eric Wong and Marianne Goyette.

Video: Eastlake High School demonstration and installation 2008
September 30, 2023 – January 7, 2024
New work by Eric Wong #472  in the DeYoung Open 2023! This was his first exhibition in the Bay Area after relocating from Southern California during the heart of the pandemic. His most recent painting “Redwood Tree 2: Our roots are interlocked”, 36” X 48”, Acrylic on canvas, is his most recent painting in a series he is developing. To inquire about this painting or questions about the series contact Eric Wong.
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Juried by Bay Area artists and Fine Arts Museums’ curators, The de Young Open is the only exhibition of its kind at a major American museum.
SAN FRANCISCO – Building on the enormous success of the inaugural iteration in 2020, The de Young Open returns this year as a newly established triennial, once again celebrating the diverse talents of the Bay Area arts community at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The de Young Open is the only exhibition of its kind at a major American museum, inviting submissions from local artists via open call for review by a jury composed of both Bay Area artists and Fine Arts Museums’ curators. All artworks are juried anonymously and exclusively from digital images, without artist-identifying information, and selected for inclusion in the de Young’s largest exhibition on the basis of merit alone.

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Hotels/Motels: An unofficial art fair with no exhibitors fees! 
Artists and curators from all over San Diego and Los Angeles transformed hotel rooms into contemporary art galleries, theatrical stages, and creative project spaces! Fair goers engaged the charming architectural corridors of the Lafayette Hotel and explored the many enigmatic, contemporary art spaces. Hotels/Motels guests left with more than they came with and many with new art for their collections! A big thanks to the hundreds of fair goers that joined us in celebrating the 4th edition of Hotels/Motels at the Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows!


Sensorium (2018)
A project we curated and developed for Vanguard Culture's "Sensorium” at IDEA1.

Fifteen empty lofts transfigured into experiential exhibition spaces with over eighty visual and performing artists. The exhibition was aired on National Geographic's four-part miniseries on San Diego (episode 3: City of Creativity).
Fallen Tree Exhibitions