SOLO EXHIBITION - Migdalia Nevin-Rivera
January 28 to February 28
”A Dream Becomes Jewelry”

SHOW OPENING
Thursday, January 29, 5:00-7:00 pm

Migdalia Nevin Rivera is originally from Zacatecas, Zac. She obtains the Specialty of Jewelry with technical direction from Tane Orfebres, Diploma in Management Competencies from the Tecnológico de Monterrey, studies in gemology, at the Gemological Institute of High Logistics of Mexico, studies and diplomas on old metal techniques, new jewelry techniques, design, technical drawing, art, painting, engraving,  sculpture, ceramics, photography, marketing, exports, jewelry design, three-dimensional modeling, chiselling, settings, artistic appreciation, graphic design, marketing, among others. Educated under international professors from Spain, France, the United States, Italy and Mexico, such as Professor Carles Codina, prestigious author of jewelry books and professor at the Massana España school, with the designer of Tane and international museographer Alfonso Soto Soria,  the Vatican goldsmiths of Bottega Morttet in Italy, with the Italian Designer Beatriz Biagi, with the American goldsmith and inventor professor Jay Whaley, with the master Emilio Carrasco from Mexico, among others and in Institutions such as The Silver Institute International in Mexico City. She is currently studying Art and Jewelry at Sowthwestern College in San Diego, California, in addition to courses in Art History and World Museums with Historian María Luisa Durazo. In 1998, Migdalia created her jewelry design and production company Migdalia Rivera, Gioielli, active to date. She recently expanded into the United States with a signature jewelry Art and Design Studio Migdalia Rivera Jewelry, San Diego Studios. She was a founding member of the Association Civil Centro Platero de Zacatecas, with which they managed to have 7 points of sale, a gallery and the Silver School Pedro Leites Vilner for whom she successfully managed the donation of equipment in Italy before the Italian-Latin American Institute and participated in the development of the curricula. She has been the winner of state, national and international jewelry competitions.

She has managed to show her work in Exhibitions, and individual and collective fairs in Canada, the United States, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Cuba and much of the Mexican Republic. Participating in outstanding events such as EurexPo in France, JCK in Las Vegas, catwalks with Fashion TV, Macro International Congress of Contemporary Jewelry Circuits Bijoux Du Paris, at the Museum of Decorative Arts of Paris France and Cité Universitaire de Paris.

Additionally, her jewelry has been exhibited in the House of Culture of Zacatecas, Museum of Viceregal Art of Guadalupe, Manuel Felguerez Museum, in CDMX the Mexican Museum of Design, Iturbide Palace, in the Chamber of Senators of the Mexican Republic, in the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico, in Casa Jalisco, Etla Museum of Oaxaca, House of Culture of Perigoex France,  San Diego Civic Theater, Balboa Theater in San Diego California, Sharp Hospital in California, and was awarded by the Carlos Slim Foundation and Industries Peñoles at the Soumaya Museum in the "Exhibition of Silver and Gold United by the Jewels of Mexico" among others. Recently, his work in Jordan could be appreciated before Prince Hasan of Jordan, at the Embassy of Mexico in Jordan and the city of Jerash, on tour with a commission of binational artists of Mexican music and folklore.

In addition, she has been participating in exhibitions and representations at the Consulate of Mexico in Los Angeles California at the Zacatecas-Japan Expo in 2024, and In 2025, Migdalia represented Zacatecas in the United States with an exhibition within the great event of the binational Tianguis Turistico called Ventana a Mexico at Liberty Station in San Diego California.

In May 2025, she obtained the certificate of the brainmexico jewelry workshop from de firm braincelona in Barcelona, Spain, under the hospice of the Craft House of Catalonia.

Migdalia teaches courses, conferences and training on jewelry design and jewelry techniques at events, schools and private workshops, as well as at highly prestigious institutions such as the Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Guadalajara.

Migdalia Rivera is considered one of the greatest exponents of silversmithing in Mexico by Fomento Cultural Banamex within the great traveling exhibition "Artificios, Plata y Diseño en México 1880-2015" with publication of the Book that bears the same name. This exhibition made a tour of more than a year inside the Old Palace of Iturbide in Mexico City, Amparo Museum of Puebla and Etla Museum of Oaxaca.

FLORA COLLAGES

SHOW OPENING:
Friday,  December 5th
4 pm – 8 pm

ABOUT
These works symbolize recovery and rebirth, and the barriers that get in the way and prevent growth. The flowers symbolize the blossom of ideas and life experience that break through those barriers, and continue to flourish. Through the recovery journey, some are more successful than others. Every path is different.

Destruction. Creation.
Deconstruction. Reconstruction.
Tear apart. Piece back together.

Collage is one of my favorite mediums. Taking disparate elements and combining them together to form a whole. They are lush with texture, color and patterns.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Kathleen Bergen

Orignally from the Washington D.C. area, I graduated from the Maryland Institute, College of Art. After my first cross country road trip I moved to sunny San Diego, where I live and work as a practing fine artist and designer. I have shown work at galleries and art events locally, nationally and internationally including: Society of Illustrators Gallery in New York, Gallery lssiss in Kyoto, Japan, Artwalk San Diego, San Diego State University, The Art Institute of California, Las Lagunas Gallery, The Expressive Arts Gallery, and Ashton Gallery.

Karla Preciado - Solo Art Exhibition
October 3-24

Opening Reception
Friday, October 3rd, 5:00-8:00 pm

Beyond The Horizon
An exhibition where landscapes transform into expressions of emotion—where sweeping brushstrokes blur the line between reality and imagination. Each work invites the viewer to journey past the familiar, into a space where color, movement, and freedom converge beyond the horizon.

For more information, please visit www.karlapreciadoart.com

ARTWALK CARLSBAD
September 20 & 21, 2025
11am-6pm Saturday • 10am-5pm Sunday
Armada Drive – Above the Flower Fields, Carlsbad, CA

Stop by and visit Karla Preciado at ArtWalk Carlsbad!

ArtWalk Carlsbad is FREE to attendees. The event focuses on fine art on display and for sale by the artists, who travel from all over the US and Mexico to show and sell their work. In a venue overlooking the ocean, attendees can explore different facets of art while enjoying beautiful views and much more. The festival will feature fine art including painting, sculpture, glass work, fine jewelry, photography and more. More than 150 fine artists’ work will be featured, along with interactive art for families at KidsWalk, a full palette of musical performers, food trucks and stands, and more.

2025 Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival

September 20-21, 2025 | 10AM - 5PM

Old Mill Park, Downtown Mill Valley

For our Northern California friends, we are excited to share that Melissa will be attending the 2025 Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival where she will be presenting a new collection of abstracted waterscapes and landscapes inspired by California’s natural beauty. Through layered acrylics, pigments, oils, and cold wax, each piece explores the movement of water and light, revealing both complexity and calm.

TUESDAYS 5:30 - 8:30, September 16 through October 21

In this class, you'll learn the essential elements of painting: value, color, composition, shape, line, edge, and light while getting comfortable with your materials, while working in oil or acrylic. Whether you paint in a studio, at your kitchen table, or out in nature (Plein Air), these foundational tools are invaluable for any artist.

We'll begin with a limited color palette to help you focus on mixing and value:
• Ultramarine Blue
• Permanent Alizarin Crimson
• Cadmium Yellow Light
• Titanium White
 (Feel free to bring any additional colors you may already have.)

Materials List:
• Canvas or wood panels (8x10 to 11x14")
• Palette and palette knife
• Palette paper
• Odorless mineral spirits (and solvent jar for oil painters)
• Vine charcoal
• Linseed oil (for oil painters)
• Water container (for acrylic painters)
• Brushes: sizes #2, #4, #6, #8
• And most importantly—a sense of humor!

This class is designed to be relaxed, informative, and hands-on. Whether you're just starting out or want to brush up on your basics, you'll walk away with a better understanding of how to build a painting from the ground up—with confidence and joy.

Welcome Laura Cunningham for her Solo Exhibition!

Coastal Reverie
“Dreams, textures, and memories shaped by the sea”

Join Laura for an opening reception September 5, 5:00-8:00pm.