Art Barter
The Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery at Cuesta College presents “Not for Sale: Barter Exchange” exhibit through August 28.
This summer, the gallery becomes a marketplace where nothing has a price, and everything has a value. More than 30 artists from across California offer their work in trade, naming what they want and need, and patrons answer with what they have to give. Visitors transform into patrons, and sales become trades and stories of connection.
Each artwork label lists the artist’s barter terms. When a patron wants to make an exchange, the gallery connects the artist and patron directly. Completed trades are documented, and all work remains on view through the close of the exhibition.
“’Not for Sale: Barter Exchange’ is the Miossi Gallery’s second community-focused summer exhibition,” said Tim Stark, curator of the Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery, in a press release. “The show invites California artists to bring their work and offer it for trade: a specific object, service, or experience of their choosing. By removing money from the equation entirely, the show builds value through direct exchange and participation. The artwork connects to the community, and the community connects to the artists and the creativity behind the work. The show takes its inspiration from Edward Kienholz, whose 1969 Watercolors exhibition listed each piece for direct exchange rather than sale. We are taking that model and opening it up, inviting artists from across the state to participate, to come into the gallery, and to connect with our local community in an event that ties artwork to concept and exchange to conversation.”
“Not for Sale: Barter Exchange” runs through August 28. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 11 am to 4 pm. The Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery is located on the Cuesta College campus in San Luis Obispo. Admission is always free.
August Matching Fund Donations At Woods
Donors can double the good throughout the month of August at Woods Humane Society
Thanks to a matching donation from The Marianne and Stacy Cocks Fund, under The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo County, and another anonymous donor, all donations to Woods will double in size, up to $25,000, in August to help two times as many homeless pets.
The organization hopes the August Match Challenge will boost fundraising as the shelter faces rising costs and continued growth in the number of homeless puppies and kittens it serves, many of whom require specialized care to survive.
One such puppy, Sled, arrived at Woods as the smallest of his litter and turned out to have an enlarged heart. The serious defect meant he’d likely suffer congestive heart failure within his first year of life, Woods CEO Emily L’Heureux said. “Thanks to a lifesaving, open-heart surgery and a remarkable recovery, Sled went on to double in size and is now thriving in a loving home with a matching dog sibling and looking forward to a long, happy life.
“Incredible, heart-warming successes like Sled’s are the reason we love our work at Woods. However, cases like his also cost the organization many times more than the amount budgeted for a typical dog or cat.”
Woods is hoping to raise the full $50,000 to better serve more than 3,000 dogs and cats this year. Donors interested in supporting the August Match can donate online at www.WoodsHumane.org or in person at Woods Humane Society SLO, 875 Oklahoma Ave., San Luis Obispo, or Woods Humane Society North County, 2300 Ramona Rd., Atascadero.
Coastal Commission Must Sped the Process
Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed Senate Bill 963 into law, requiring the California Coastal Commission to decide coastal development permit appeals on a set timeline. The law replaces a process that let the Commission take years to issue a final ruling once it agreed to review an appealed permit.
“Property owners have waited years for the Coastal Commission to decide appeals it had full authority to resolve quickly,” said Rees Empey, state policy manager with Pacific Legal Foundation, in a news releasse. “SB 963 doesn’t take away the Commission’s oversight — it requires the government to actually make a decision, instead of leaving people’s homes and livelihoods on hold indefinitely.”
SB 963 gives the Commission 30 days to request any additional information after finding a substantial issue, 30 more days to review it, and 180 days to hold a hearing and issue a final decision, putting a deadline on a process that previously had none.
Pacific Legal Foundation has fought the CCC practice of holding property rights hostage for years. PLF’s research on the Commission’s appeals process found it took “an average of 330 days to deny an appealed permit and 511 days to approve one with conditions — and in one case, 1,525 days (more than four years) passed before a final decision.”
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