Living Lifestyle Luxury Modeling Creativity Top Artist Residency Bottom Left Rick Stich with kids in studio Bottom Middle Lilia Jang studio exhibit Bottom Right “Home,” brick furniture designed by Ali Acerol
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area set aside for the current resident artist. This chic living space comes fully equipped with basics, as well as a computer, laundry facilities and art library. Artists come and go as they please. Some explore the city, hit the beaches or keep their daily schedules, but with 24-hour access to the studio upstairs, there is always time for creativity. The scenic sculpture walk down to the soon-to-be Education Pavilion displays the diverse talents of past artist residencies. Exclusive art is surrounded by lavender, California buckwheat and other native foliage that reaches its peak of fragrance in the spring and summer, according to event coordinator Grace Madamba. Outside the main building stands “Home,” a work of art by Turkish artist Ali Acerol that features a welcome grouping of brick furniture. At the top of the hill, future home of an Artist Exhibition, rests Lux’s own panther, sculpted by a former artist-in-residency. The walk continues with some ceramic birdhouses created from everyday objects like salt and pepper shakers, broken china and old figurines. At the end of the sculpture walk sits the bright green modular building that has become the favorite classroom to hundreds of students since the museum was established
nearly 15 years ago. But Lux staff is eagerly anticipating the 2013 move further down the hill to the new Education Pavilion, equipped with more lecture and studio space, offices, storage and labs. “We have that bursting-at-the-seams kind of feeling,” says Madamba, who looks forward to the opportunities the extra space brings, such as serving more students through field trips and after-school classes. While the classes take place in the education pavilion, the studio itself is not an official school. Instead, children and adults watch artists work, and, through their time in residency, artists complete one or more pieces. This gives visitors the chance to learn from a professional, developing their own techniques, picking up pointers or just admiring the skill. When asked if it is possible to teach creativity, Shaw says: “That’s exactly what we’re doing at Lux.” If you would like to contribute to Lux’s expansion, or are interested in checking out the new artist-in-residency, visit luxartinstitute.org. The museum, located on South El Camino Real in Encinitas, is open to the public from Thursday to Saturday. Sculptor Susan Graham kicks off the fall season on Sept. 6.