What's Happening

“Friday Night Liberty”

FREE Open Artist Studios,
Galleries and Performances
Every First Friday - Starting at 5pm
NTC @ 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 at Liberty Station's Arts & Cultural District.   Free parking. Free Admission.  The Freedom to explore, wander and enjoy our growing cultural campus.

Schedule for May 4th

 

 

Repose by Joan Merrick at San Diego Watercolor Society	Reflections on Twin Lakes by Peggy Fischbeck at Barracks 19	Birdland by Wendeanne Ke'alea Stitt at Visions Art Museum

FREE Dance Performances by Malashock Dance and San Diego Dance Theater!
Create Your Own Art in Barracks 19!  SCOUT now open at Quarters D!
View Exhibits in 8 Galleries!  Open Artist Studios!  Chocolate at Chi!
Visit the NTC Command Center to register for free Summer Pops concert tickets!

Building 200 - NTC Command Center

• Please join us as at the NTC Foundation Lounge located at the NTC Command Center. Browse the historic memorabilia; enjoy complimentary wine and cheese; get the list of the evening’s activities and sign up for our drawings.  We look forward to greeting you at the NTC Command Center from 5:00pm until 8:00pm.  Thank you Sheraton Harbor Island for donating wine!

Barracks 19 – Café – Retail – Art & Design Studios

• Chi Chocolat – A “sweet” little secret…Enjoy the best artisan chocolates, pastries, espressos and other delectable offerings as you wander Barracks 19 and NTC. 

• Mod-Est Studio Gallery - Wealth of Spirit:  Fine Art and Poetry Exhibition featuring original paintings and original poetry by San Diego artist Kevin Winger. Meet the Artist!

• Yellow Book Road – Books, teacher’s aids, learning games.  Voted Best Children’s & Teen’s Bookstore in San Diego.

• M Fischbeck Studio/Gallery –Make Your Mark for Art. It's bass fishing season in the High Sierra, so our 5th community art project is "Fish on the Line." Visit the Gallery for an exhibit of Twin Lakes paintings.  Then join us in Bravo School of Art to paint fish. Finished pieces will hang in Barracks 19 during May.

• Bravo School of Art- Free art demonstrations by Bravo's instructors. Participate in art making first-hand.  Registration Specials for art classes for adults and children.  6pm - 9pm

• Jeweliany Jewelry- Handmade earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and rings with eco-friendly design and creation. All pieces will be available as cash and carry.  Meet Artist Julie Simpson!

• Swann Soirees – Brenda Swann and her team create events and weddings that are one of a kind.  Stop by and meet the team.  Meet the Event Team! 

Quarters D (2675 Rosecrans – across Dewey Rd from Dance Place)

• SCOUT @ Quarters D – Newly renovated home and open to the public for the first time since it was built in 1923, Officer’s Quarters D is now San Diego’s newest home & garden retail gallery.  Visit our newest addition to NTC at Liberty Station and meet SCOUT – Paul Scott Silvera.

Building 175 – Dance Place San Diego

• Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater & Malashock Dance present an evening of FREE dance performances.  Join Malashock Dance in Studio 200 for a sneak peak of HIDDEN AGENDAS, personal, intimate and revealing dance works exploring emotional manipulation, physical longing and secret rendezvous.  John Malashock will present a section of his new work, IN THE DARK, an edgy series of chance meetings in the shadowy world of the mind.  Aerialist Laura Dasi will showcase her stunning solo, TANGO IN THE AIR, a story of longing, passion and desire.

• San Diego Dance Theater will perform in Studio 106 excerpts from THE DOOR IS OPEN: AN INTERGENERATIONAL DANCE PROJECT featuring company dancers and age 60-and-above dancers from their weekly “Aging Creatively” dance program.

  • Studio 106 – San Diego Dance Theater and Tango Schedule
    5:30pm & 6:30pm – SDDT Performance
    6pm & 7pm – Free Tango Lesson, Tango with Collette

  • Studio 200 – Malashock Dance Schedule
    6pm & 7pm – Hidden Agendas, In the Dark, Tango in the Air

• Mandell Weiss Gallery – “Masks, Metaphor and Mystery” Digitized Photographs byKira Carrillo Corser.Reception in the Dance Place Green Room.   New Exhibit!  Meet the Artist!

Building 176

• Recreational Music Center –Live Music at Studio 100, 6:30pm-8:00pm.  RMC's Youth Collective and Teen Collective will perform hit music of yesterday and today...come support these talented young students and enjoy original music and covers from Bob Marley to Michael Jackson to Katy Perry.  Expect to be amazed! Young Talent!

The Gallery Building 202

Lauren Carrera exhibit at pulse Gallery

• San Diego Watercolor Society Gallery- Cultural Extraction, a Cross-Cultural Show features works from 90 watercolor masters.  New Exhibit!  Opening Night!

• Sophie’s Gallery and Gift Shop – Featuring Ahmet Ustenel, Everyday Objects & Ceramic Transformational Masks. Wine and hors d’oeuvres and live music by Tracy Benson & Co.  New Exhibit!  Opening Night!

• Visions Art Museum – Secrets & Stories features 9 textile artists who tell a story or suggest a secret as varied as the artists themselves: political and personal stories, relationship stories, and passionate statements about the environment, women’s issues and families. Some references are subtle, others are in-your-face.   New Exhibit!  Opening Night!

• pulse gallery- INVESTIGATIONS  New paintings and installation by Lauren Carrera at PULSE Gallery-- an often humorous and wry examination of our relationship with the natural world. New Exhibit!  Meet the Artist!

Building 201

• Solare Ristorante and Lounge –Enjoy cocktails and dining before, or after the art openings.  For information about their Cooking Classes visit www.solarelounge.com.

• Expressive Arts Institute - Personal Archaeology: Paintings by Diane O’Connor- Bold and full of energy, Diane’s language of color and texture and the allocation of space give her work the depth of a back story told before the final outcome. Meet the Artist!  Show open thru June.

 

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

Next Friday Night Liberty – June 1st