Space 4 Art's year-long convenings will gather together artists, students, arts leaders, policymakers, and other stakeholders to assess community needs and build a coalition to design a community-based, multidisciplinary Arts Center for the San Diego-Tijuana region. The community is invited to share input in the design process.

What features are needed to support local artists, musicians, dancers, writers, and thespians in a large-scale, community-based Arts Center? This is your chance to share ideas about what our arts community needs most.

To highlight the widespread “affordable space challenge” facing the local arts community, our first design workshop will be held in an event space that once housed Space 4 Art’s galleries, offices, and nine artist studios— before we lost half our space to gentrification in 2017.

DATE: Saturday, April 20

TIME: 4:00-6:00 pm - Design Workshop

6:00-8:00 pm - Networking Reception

(including a DJ set by Aaron Pretty & Laurie Piña)

PLACE: 325 15th Street, San Diego 92101

COST: Entry is free, but RSVPs requested. RSVP by April 16 to receive one free drink ticket.

PARKING: Limited free parking available (first-come, first-served) in S4A’s parking lot at 340 16th St.

FOOD & DRINK: Bring cash or credit to buy meals from MyPozole Food Truck.

Those who RSVP will receive an email with final event details a few days prior to the event.

These convenings are designated as one of just 12 Arts and Culture Impact projects for World Design Capital 2024.