Patricia by Patricia

Patricia by Patricia
Patricia by Patricia

Thursday, September 21, 2023

Our Hats are Off to our Volunteers and Supporters!

(Top) Patricia Frischer, Naomi Nussbaum, Irene de Watteville, Kathryn Schmiedebreg 
(Bottom) Naimeh Woodward, Janice Davis, Mireille des Rosiers


We present here a few of the photographs from our Hats ON: 20th Anniversary Celebration for San Diego Synergy Arts Network. We thank the many documenters that sent us images to share with you including:

Tera Gardner, Jerri Nachman, Jim Bliesner, Marjorie Pezzoli, Marti Krane, Claire Slattery, Blanca Lucia Bergman.


Our deep gratitude to all of your who came, ate, danced, bid, volunteered and made this a night to remember. 

San Diego Synergy Arts Network Volunteers!
Just a few of the more than 45 volunteers that helped put on our Celebration/ Remember we are a 100% volunteer organization








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Entertainment

 

Thanks to Jerri Nachman for the above video featuring BambolĂ©o.
More video by Jerri Nachman for Hats On: Entertainer

 

 

Holes for Faces






Our MC Jefferson Jay















Silent Auction Items









Sage's Tent



Selection of Hats for All


Dan Adams Memorial Exhibition

Proclamation




 

PROCLAMATION by Terra Lawson-Remer

Board of Supervisors, County of San Diego, State of California

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Honoring the 20th Anniversary of San Diego Synergy Arts Network

This proclamation would designate San Diego Synergy Arts Network DBA San Diego Visual Arts Network and DBA Synergy Arts Foundation as worthy of acknowledgment.  

WHEREAS, Synergy Arts Foundation supports and nurtures local artists and arts organizations of all disciplines by offering emergency financial grants in times of crisis  working to heal and build community, and

WHEREAS, San Diego Visual Arts Network Arts is an impressive resource as a directory and events calendar which aids economic development through promotional exposure and improves the clarity, accuracy and sophistication of discourse about San Diego's artistic and cultural life and

WHEREAS, Synergy Arts Foundation and San Diego Visual Arts Network are tremendous advocate for the arts in the entire county of San Diego and

WHEREAS, Both organizations are 100% volunteer organization rallying donations from corporate, private foundations and individual contributors and

WHEREAS, San Diego Visual Arts Network mission is dedicated to the idea that the Visual Arts are a vital part of the health of our county when we build the confidence of those involved in the arts, and disseminate information throughout San Diego, thus raising the bar on the writing, production and appreciation of the visual arts in our region and

WHEREAS, Synergy Arts Foundation pioneer programs in arts education for under-served, at-risk populations, including arts for healing, community arts, and specific international and national art projects recovering from disasters and

WHEREAS, both organizations believe in the transformational quality of the arts and its ability to widen our vision of the world around us by facilitating countless opportunities for inspiration and collaboration on arts and culture projects and

WHEREAS, In a state as diverse as California, the arts serve to give voice to our many communities, spark individual creativity, foster empathy and understanding, spur civic engagement and serve as a continual source of personal enrichment, inspiration and growth; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the County of San Diego concurring, That this is a significant time to recognize and celebrate San Diego Synergy Arts Network on their 20th Anniversary as a 501 (c) 3 organization.

Be it proclaimed, on this 16 day of Sept 2023, Chairwomen Nora Vargas and the Board of Supervisors, County San Diego, State of California hereby proclaims San Diego Synergy Arts Network  as recognized as a benefit to our county and that this day is officially San Diego Synergy Arts Network day.   


Includes Signatures of County Supervisor Elected Officials:  Terra Lawson-Remer, Nora Vargas, Joel Anderson and Jim Desmond

We love your fascinator, Mr. Vargas. It matches your shoes!

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Time Line video by Sidney Wildesmith


Guests - just a sampling...so many wonderful guest!


























Friday, July 21, 2023

SDVAN/Synergy 20th Anniversary Celebration HATS ON!


Purchase tickets HERE

Our Double Decade Celebration promises a magical evening loaded with art, dance, DJ, Live music, silent auction and many more surprises…

Delicious food, fun and frivolity with purchase of your ticket. 
Beer/wine $7 per glass/ bottle of wine $25 (Venmo/cash/credit card and ID please)

Valet Parking available on ticket site or at the venue ($10)

are inviting you to celebrate our 
20th Anniversary Celebration
on Saturday, September 16th, 2023 6 pm to 10 pm 
at Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego North
Rustic Garden Setting. Adults only, please. 

 SDVAN and SAF combined to create the San Diego Synergy Arts Network in 2006, but they both started as non-profits in 2003 using a fiscal agent.  SDVAN is a cheer leader for all things visual and SAF promotes artists helping artists in need.  We have worked closely together and want this event to mark that extraordinary sisterly relationship. 

We hope you plan to attend. Purchase tickets HERE 

We are also looking for VOLUNTEERS to help with our plans to have a fabulous party on the night. Contact Patricia or Naomi or go directly to the Sign Up Genius  if you want to become involved.



We have so many surprises in store for those who attend. Jefferson Jay, creator, collaborator, promoter & producer of so much music in San Diego will be our master of ceremonies to welcome:


Paella being prepared by Chef Javier Rubio from San Diego Chefs Foundation.

There is a memorial art show of the work of Dan Adams. If creativity is making something original and if an artist is someone who thinks outside of the box, if the quality of creativity is judged by authenticity, then Dan Adams is the consummate artist. Many of Dan’s very special small canvases will be for sale.


Israel Maldonado our DJ and there will be dancing to his live band Puente, featuring Brazilian, Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Cuban beats, and traditional Latin dance rhythms

 Litvak will perform a live duo dance. “LITVAKdance is committed to growing the arts, particularly dance, in the NorthWest region of San Diego.  This is our home; we live here, we teach here, we work here, we were educated here, and we want to give back to our communities through the stories we tell with our moving bodies.”

You can participate in creating an interactive painting with Patty Rangel. Patty is passionate about ARTivism and empowering Indigenous Nations. She has been involved with Global Ecovillage Network since 2007.

 
Entertainment CafĂ©  will enliven the scene with special costumes. They specialize in performance  art European-style street theater

Wear your favorite chapeaux or try on one from our Hat Boutique.

We are grateful for all those supporters who contributed to our Silent Auction. 

More surprises in store.  Come and see…

 San Diego Visual Arts Network (SDVAN) and Synergy Arts Foundation (SAF) 
20th Anniversary Celebration 
Saturday, September 16th, 2023 6 pm to 10 pm
Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego North
1550 S. El Camino Real, Encinitas 92024

Purchase tickets  HERE    Volunteer  Sign Up Genius