Storytelling and art making come together to explore the topics addressed by Artists-in-Residence Chiachio and Giannone. This program is in partnership with the Storytellers of San Diego and is geared towards an adult audience. -6pm to 7:00pm- ReceptionMusic, drinks, hors d'oeuvres & light refreshments. -7:00pm- Stories begin ABOUT THE ARTISTs Working and living together as partners in Buenos Aires, Argentina Leo Chiachio & Daniel Giannone both trained as painters and now use threads and fabric as their painterly medium to create hand embroidery and textile mosaics as they “paint with needles”. Their embroidery is a celebration of the family portrait, using themselves and their dogs as the subjects they find new and imaginative ways of depicting themselves, filled with humor and fantasy, as they consider the changing concepts around family. Chiachio & Gianonne’s textile mosaics are references to LGBTQ artists and their legacy in Latin America. Chiachio & Giannone recently completed a residency at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, CA and have shown at Chamber Gallery, New York, NY; Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL; the Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA; and the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD. They have also shown extensively all over the world, including Argentina, China, France, Italy, Mexico, the Philippines, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. Chiachio & Giannone will be Lux’s first artist collective.  CLICK HERE TO REGISTER   MORE >

Art of Elan returns to Lux Art Institute on February 13th to bring you the beauty of classical music like you have never heard before! Art of Elan’s ensemble-in-residence the Kontras Quartet as well as works for harp, percussion, and solo double bass draw inspiration from Lux’s current exhibition of resident artists Leo Chiachio & Daniel Giannone.Join us at 6 pm for a pre-concert reception where you may meet the resident artists, view the works of art that will be inspiring the night’s concert, and enjoy light refreshments. The one-hour concert will begin at 7 pm in the Artist Pavilion gallery. Complimentary valet services will be available for this event. 6pm - 7pm – Pre-Concert Reception7pm - 8pm – Art of Elan Concert CLICK HERE TO REGISTER   MORE >

Celebrate the person you love with an intimate night at Lux! Join us for our inaugural Valentine's Day Wine and Wheel night at Lux. Part lesson, part social, but mostly we just relax with a nice glass of wine while creating on the wheel with friends and fellow participants. The studio offers 2 hours to make and create a cup and/or a bowl with assistance from ceramics instructor. Aeriel French. Wine, Sangria, and cheese platter will be provided along with clay and firings.  CLICK HERE TO REGISTER   MORE >

Please join us for Artists-in-Residence Chiachio and Giannone's Studio Series on February 21st. Experience a unique opportunity as Chiachio and Giannone discuss their background and artistic process and unveil their residency work. -6pm to 7:00pm- ReceptionMusic, drinks, hors d'oeuvres & light refreshments. -7:00pm to 8pm- Artist Talk ABOUT THE ARTIST Working and living together as partners in Buenos Aires, Argentina Leo Chiachio & Daniel Giannone both trained as painters and now use threads and fabric as their painterly medium to create hand embroidery and textile mosaics as they “paint with needles”. Their embroidery is a celebration of the family portrait, using themselves and their dogs as the subjects they find new and imaginative ways of depicting themselves, filled with humor and fantasy, as they consider the changing concepts around family. Chiachio & Gianonne’s textile mosaics are references to LGBTQ artists and their legacy in Latin America. Chiachio & Giannone recently completed a residency at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, CA and have shown at Chamber Gallery, New York, NY; Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL; the Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA; and the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD. They have also shown extensively all over the world, including Argentina, China, France, Italy, Mexico, the Philippines, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. Chiachio & Giannone will be Lux’s first artist collective.   CLICK HERE TO REGISTER   MORE >

Please join us for Featured Regional Artist Griselda Rosas' Reception & Artist Talk on March 6th. Experience a unique opportunity as we invite Griselda Rosas to talk about her work and artistic process. -6pm to 7:00pm- Art LoungeMusic, drinks, hors d'oeuvres & light refreshments. -7:00pm to 8pm- Artist Talk and Q&A ABOUT THE ARTIST Working between Tijuana and San Diego, artist Griselda Rosas explores themes of cultural hybridity as they relate to identities. Rosas’ work is guided by her experience of living in a border region that is in constant migratory flux. She incorporates historical art and cultural references that become allegories of identity, gender, and violence inherent to the bi-national territory. Employing embroidery techniques on popularly traded fake-ostrich-skin, often associated with garb from an ostentatious subset of Mexican culture, Rosas addresses gender roles, the movement of goods, and consumption existent in the border area cultural exchange.   CLICK HERE TO RSVP   MORE >

Please join us for Kahn & Selesnick's Reception on April 3rd. Experience a unique opportunity and mingle with the artists while enjoying drinks, light refreshments, live music and more. 6:00pm to 7:00pmMembers Only Preview Hour 7:00pm to 9:00pmPublic Opening ABOUT THE ARTIST Kahn & Selesnick. Nicholas Kahn, born in New York City, and Richard Selesnick, born in London, UK, have collaboratively created extensive mythologies since the 1980’s. Working with photography and installation, their stories are a combination of past, present, and future, mixed with fantasy and anthropology. Using materials, elaborate costumes, and narratives that are pushed to the absurd, Kahn & Selesnick’s anthropologies are a mix of utopian and dystopian lore. Kahn & Selesnick both received BFA’s from Washington University, where they started working together and are currently based out of New York state. They have shown at the Brooklyn Museum of Art; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; The Houston Museum of Art; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Smithsonian Institution.   CLICK HERE TO REGISTER   MORE >

Storytelling and art making come together to explore the topics addressed by Artists-in-Residence Kahn & Selesnick. This program is in partnership with the Storytellers of San Diego and is geared towards an adult audience. -6pm to 7:00pm- ReceptionMusic, drinks, hors d'oeuvres & light refreshments. -7:00pm- Stories begin ABOUT THE ARTISTs Kahn & Selesnick. Nicholas Kahn, born in New York City, and Richard Selesnick, born in London, UK, have collaboratively created extensive mythologies since the 1980’s. Working with photography and installation, their stories are a combination of past, present, and future, mixed with fantasy and anthropology. Using materials, elaborate costumes, and narratives that are pushed to the absurd, Kahn & Selesnick’s anthropologies are a mix of utopian and dystopian lore. Kahn & Selesnick both received BFA’s from Washington University, where they started working together and are currently based out of New York state. They have shown at the Brooklyn Museum of Art; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; The Houston Museum of Art; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Smithsonian Institution.   CLICK HERE TO REGISTER   MORE >

Please join us for Artists-in-Residence Kahn & Selesnick's Studio Series on May 1st. Experience a unique opportunity as Kahn & Selesnick discuss their background and artistic process and unveil their residency work. -6pm to 7:00pm- ReceptionMusic, drinks, hors d'oeuvres & light refreshments. -7:00pm to 8pm- Artist Talk ABOUT THE ARTIST Kahn & Selesnick. Nicholas Kahn, born in New York City, and Richard Selesnick, born in London, UK, have collaboratively created extensive mythologies since the 1980’s. Working with photography and installation, their stories are a combination of past, present, and future, mixed with fantasy and anthropology. Using materials, elaborate costumes, and narratives that are pushed to the absurd, Kahn & Selesnick’s anthropologies are a mix of utopian and dystopian lore. Kahn & Selesnick both received BFA’s from Washington University, where they started working together and are currently based out of New York state. They have shown at the Brooklyn Museum of Art; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; The Houston Museum of Art; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Smithsonian Institution.   CLICK HERE TO REGISTER   MORE >

Please join us for Cammie Staros' Reception on June 12th. Experience a unique opportunity and mingle with the artist while enjoying drinks, light refreshments, live music and more. 6:00pm to 7:00pmMembers Only Preview Hour 7:00pm to 9:00pmPublic Opening ABOUT THE ARTIST Inspired by Greco-Roman artifacts, Cammie Staros hand builds ceramic vessels and mixes them with industrial materials. Staros takes the art historical trope of vessels as bodies and storytellers into the contemporary by anthropomorphizing the objects and altering their expected stature. They are audacious, lounging, peeking through the blinds, and defying the expectations of ceramics. By disregarding the function of antique pottery, Staros is also questioning their traditional narrative mythologies surrounding gender roles, desire, and violence. Staros was born in Nashville, TN, and received her M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA and her B.A. in Art and Semiotics from Brown University. Staros has exhibited at Shulamit Nazarian Gallery in Los Angeles, CA; Ghebaly Gallery in Los Angeles, CA; California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA; Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA; and Galerie Lefebvre & Fils, Paris, France.   CLICK HERE TO REGISTER   MORE >