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THURSDAY HAPPY HOUR PREVIEW
RISK 
ERIC SMITH Welcome to RAVE | Focus San Diego with Eric Smith. Make yourselves a cocktail with Pommery Champagne and join us! Celebrity Guests: Opening Greeting from Chris Marsh, UBS San Diego, introducing RAVE | Focus San Diego. Eric chats with multi-talented fine artist, sculptor, and graffiti pioneer Kelly “RISK” Graval about his massive 6,000 square foot masterpiece at San Diego's East Village Quartyard and his recent collaboration with Travis Barker, musician, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur.
Step Inside the Studio
HANNAH SMITH Meet artists up close and personal as we visit them in their studio and learn about their creative inspirations, including Kate Taylor, Ana Leal, Kathleen Werner, and Vicky Alexander Marquez.
Artful Mix & Mingle — San Diego and Beyond
Let’s see what's happening with two of the San Diego areas most interesting artists: Duke Windsor and Tim Tadder.
RISK & Travis Barker — Friends and Collaborators
Travis Barker Stay and watch the full RISK Happy Hour Interview with Travis Barker as they walk through the DTA collaboration the did for Maxfield in Malibu.
FRIDAY CURATOR’S & DESIGNER’S ENCOUNTER
Linda Mariano 
Patricia Frischer Welcome to RAVE | Focus San Diego with Eric Smith. Make yourselves a cocktail with Pommery Champagne and join us! Celebrity Guests: Opening Greeting from Chris Marsh, UBS San Diego, introducing RAVE | Focus San Diego. Eric and Linda chat with long time San Diego art community activist and supporter, Patricia Frischer, about the 2021 San Diego Art Prize and this year's talented winners. Learn more about this year's four cross border artists, Beliz Iristay, Hugo Crosthwaite, Perry Vasquez, and PANCA. Discover their art and inspirations and what the past year has meant to each of these multi-national contemporary masters.
Step Inside the Studio
Meet artists up close and personal as we visit them in their studio and learn about their creative inspirations, including glass sculptor Alexis Silk, along with contemporary artists Kris and Angela Gebhardt, Lonell Nellessen, and Marcela Levinska Borecka.
Artful Mix & Mingle — San Diego and Beyond
Let’s see what's happening with two of today's most intriguing artists: Impressionist Samir Sammoun and Nature Photographer Linda Roberts.
San Diego Art Prize 2021: A Deeper Dive
Stay and learn more about each of this year's San Diego Art Prize winners as curator Chi Essary has an intimate conversation with each of them in their studios: Beliz Iristay, Hugo Crosthwaite, Perry Vasquez, and PANCA.
SATURDAY DIRECTORS’ COLLECTION
SUSANNA PEREDO SWAP Welcome to RAVE | Focus San Diego with Eric Smith. Make yourselves a cocktail with Pommery Champagne and join us! Celebrity Guests: Opening Greeting from Chris Marsh, UBS San Diego, introducing RAVE | Focus San Diego. Eric and Linda chat with Susanna Peredo Swap is the founder and Executive Director of Vanguard Culture. Dedicated to advancing San Diego’s creative industries, Susanna is at the helm of Vanguard Culture's drive to bring diverse communities together and inspire collaboration among San Diego's visual, performing, and culinary arts.
Step Inside the Studio
Meet artists up close and personal as we visit them in their studio and learn about their creative inspirations, including innovator Craig Kausen of Chuck Jones Art Group, along with multi-talented artists Angela Gonzales, Chlan Grant, Julia Ross, and Marta Wiley.
Artful Mix & Mingle — San Diego and Beyond
Meet three visionary Santa Fe based artists in this session. First we visit abstract artist and fine art photographer Stephen Robeck, then on to the award-winning painting duo Julie Schumer and James Koskinas.
Vanguard Culture Visits the De La Torre Brothers
De La Torre Brothers They're famous, they're sought-after, their work is definitely memorable — they are the De La Torre Brothers! Vanguard Culture's Curative Director, Chi Essary, takes us to where all the creativity happens at their new studio in the Valle de Guadalupe, Ensenada, Mexico.
