Jacqueline A. Silverman
I am a nonprofit arts management professional and have worked with social service and arts organizations in San Diego, New Year, Palm Beach and Chicago for the past 30 years. Since coming to San Diego in 2000, I served as executive director of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture, San Diego Performing Arts League, and most recently led the San Diego Jewish Film Festival as Interim Director. Read more>>
Hatungimana Didier
When I first purchased my camera, I thought you just point and shoot but it wasn’t what I thought it was. I had to teach myself a few things, important things about my camera. So I did a little research through YouTube and it showed me all I wanted to know about photography. Read more>>
Kevin Linde, Deborah Klochko
Kevin: I’ve always been fascinated with photographs and curious to explore the role they play in our lives. Some of my earliest memories are sitting with my grandmother and great aunt and looking through a hundred years of family photos. Read more>>
Anna Robitaille
I worked as a piano accompanist to the choirs at Morse High School and was the music teacher at Carmel Valley Montessori School, St. Vincent’s preschool music teacher, and music teacher at Bonita Country Day. I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Music from SDSU and have been an active member of the Music Teachers’ Association of California since 2001. Read more>>
Christian Gomez
I was born and raised in San Diego. Born in Logan Heights, raised in the South Bay: Chula Vista and Bonita respectively. Shortly after high school, I went on a study abroad into Western Europe. It opened my eyes culturally, artistically and gastronomically. Read more>>
Tony Garcia
My story is one of two worlds: the United States and Mexico, English and Spanish, old and new, nature and architecture. Born in the small town of Los Garcia, Chihuahua, my family immigrated to Kansas at a young age. Spending most of my youth on the fields of Kansas, my family often took me back to Mexico. Read more>>
Jim Kidwell, Pam Kidwell
I (Jim) was going through a divorce and a friend invited me to a square dance class in La Mesa. After the first few classes I was hooked. After finishing my La Mesa square dance class, our Caller announced another class was starting in Balboa Park and suggested we attend the new class as Angels (those with some knowledge of square dancing). Read more>>
Hylas Smith, Chris Williams
In 2012, Hylas was working at a local beach rooftop-restaurant and wanted an outlet for the music he loved and most importantly to curate an event during his favorite time of the day, sunset. When he met Chris (Dink) during the summer of 2012, they quickly learned they shared similar taste in music and a strong affinity to music gatherings. Read more>>
Ruben Maldonado
Growing up in Texas, my father would take us to his friend’s ranch and everytime we were there they would make a party of it. They would round up the kids, we would pick a pig, they would take it down to a tree, and “take it down”. It was always a community event to where everyone had a responsibility. Read more>>
