A Little Note about AI and the SD Art Prize creation of community

 

Lara Bullock, Ph.D. panel moderator and curator, 
Tatiana Ortiz Rubio,  Danielle Dean, Ingrid Hernández

I have had experience creating AI that is exciting and meets my standards of excellence. I have also had it produce substandard, boring, insipid images. Surprisingly It is not only the prompts that make the difference, although different prompts, of course, give different results. My thinking is that as creators, we are constantly evaluating, editing and decision making. We know where the sweet spot is because of our dedication and long experience.  

At the SD Art Prize panel discussion at Oceanside Museum of Art at the end of September, 2026, we were shown an example of the random, but essential combination of interactions, one artist to another, that can set new directions, encourage confidence, clarify outcomes. These serendipitous, unpredictable, community making occasions are not programmable.  Ai can never replace them. You just have to look at the history of art movements.  We know that artists have come together to share theories, struggle with problems and find support. Those gatherings or their outcomes are not predictable and not guaranteed.

The use of AI as a tool is here to stay, but we will be constantly changing and developing and creating in random, unpredictable ways. We may be obsessive about our passions, and that obsession can be related to the vast data base of digital information, but the random interactions and insights of actual people are what makes meaning

For Tatiana Ortiz Rubio:  Isabel Dutra, Executive Director of Bread and Salt,  
James Brown, Public Architecture and Bread and Salt

For Danielle Dean: Christine E. Jones, Manager of Art, Film and Creative Industries,
Office of Economic Development and Government Affairs

For Ingrid Hernández: Amy-Sanchez Artega, artist,
(Cog•nate Collective, SD Art Prize recipient 2022)  and educator (SDSU)

Patricia Frischer, San Diego Visual Arts Network and SD Art Prize founder

Patricia Frischer, Amy-Sanchez Artega,  Tatiana Ortiz Rubio:  Isabel Dutra, Jim Brown, Christine E. Jones, Ingrid Hernández, Danielle Dean, Lara Bullock, Ph.D.

San Diego Visual Arts Network presents SD Art Prize 2026
Soft Power: On Color, Time, and Resistance: Danielle Dean, Ingrid Hernández, Tatiana Ortiz-Rubio. 
Curated by Lara Bullock, Ph.D.

Soft Power in Practice: A Conversation with the 2026 San Diego Art Prize Recipients  was held on Sun Sept 27th from 2 to 4 pm, This panel will be moderated by Lara Bullock, Ph.D and each artist was be introduced by the champion of their work:
For Tatiana Ortiz Rubio:  Jim Brown, Public Architecture and  Isabel Dutra, ED, Bread and Salt
For Ingrid Hernández: Amy-Sanchez Artega, artist, (Cog•nate Collective, previous SD Art Prize recipient in 2022)  and educator (SDSU)
For Danielle Dean: Christine E. Jones, Manager of Art, Film and Creative Industries, Office of Economic Development and Government Affairs

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