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On Tuesday, November 5th, 2013, the Board of Directors to the historical SDMA Artists Guild approved and welcomed Phillip Dean Allen as a new Artist Guild Member to the San Diego Museum of Art. Founded in 1915 to coincide with the Panama-California World Exposition in Balboa Park, the SDMA Artists Guild has played a crucial role in bringing the arts and culture to the San Diego community. Most notably, charter guild members joined San Diego's earliest civic leaders to organize and fund the construction of the San Diego Museum of Art, which opened its doors in 1926. Mr. Phillip Allen joins an organization whose illustrious alumni include such California art luminaries as Maurice Braun, Leon Durrand Bonnet, Charles A. Fries, Russell Forester, John Baldessari, Jackson Woolley, Alfred R. Mitchell, and Reginald H Poland. The year 2015 will mark the 100th Anniversary of The San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild.
The Contemporary Artists of San Diego's history and some of our members over the years include:
Anni Baldaugh
Belle Baranceanu
Captain James R. Brown
Donal Hord, "La Tehuana", 1936
Charles Reiffel
Ilse and Lloyd Ruocco
Olaf Weighorst
All these works of the founding art were created by Artists Guild members. They represent eighty-six years of creativity that the Guild has fostered through support of its members and the San Diego Museum of Art which it helped found. To celebrate its Centennial in 2015, The Artists Guild is researching the Guild’s rich history. One hundred artists who have contributed to the life of the arts in San Diego (and way beyond our borders) will be highlighted in a work 100 Artists: 100 Years. Perhaps the title Alive and Kicking: The Artists Guild would tell the story better. The History Committee of the Artists Guild welcomes your input into our telling of the stories of past Guild artists.
Please contact us at history@sdmaag.org
