The City of San Diego is taking one more step to make it easier for its residents to make use of graywater.  Graywater is the waste water from laundry machines, showers, and faucets used to wash your hands, but not from toilets, dishwashers, or faucets that clean food. It is water that is still safe to use for purposes such as landscape irrigation.  Unfortunately this water is normally sent to the sewer where it adds to the loads of treatment facilities, but slowly people in the community as well as in local and state government are awakening to the idea of reusing  this water.  In San Diego, where our water supply consumes massive amounts of energy to get pumped to us, this graywater can serve as a precious additional water source.  At Hubbell & Hubbell Architects we have been involved in building projects that use this graywater since the California codes in 2010 laid out clear rules for how graywater systems can be legally constructed.  Eventually these codes were adopted by the City of San Diego along with news that residents can follow a few simple rules to use graywater to water their gardens without having to obtain a permit.  Now the City will also not require permits for residents to construct plumbing systems that make it more convenient and efficient to use this water.  Permits for graywater systems using shower or hand washing faucets will also now be easier to obtain than it was previously.

If you are interested in reading more about the subject, here is a recent article from Paul Krueger at NBC 7:

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/City-Council-Eases-Graywater-Restrictions-205616281.html#ixzz2T0HyoKHN

It’s been touted as one of San Diego’s most significant architectural homes, and on Father’s Day, the famed Hubbell House will reopen for a public tour. Originally conceived and built by artist James Hubbell in 1958., the compound known as Ilan-Lael (or the “Place”) features sloped roofs, stained glass, pattern brickwork, and concrete poured into handmade artistic forms – all designed to blend with nature and the surrounding landscape. It spans 40 acres near Santa Ysabel, and still serves as home and art studio of James Hubbell, now 81, and his wife, Anne. Tickets are currently on sale and expected to sell out, so plan ahead of time. June 16, 11a.m. to 4p.m., $50 per person.  ilanlealfoundation.org – Kimberly Cunningham

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

5:30 – 7:00 pm

At the Mingei International Museum

1439 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 

Tickets $15 at the door

Those characteristics that create a sense of place and belonging also bring opportunities and challenges. Join us as we explore how San Diego’s unique physical, cultural, and societal identities have shaped our past and inform our prospects for the future.
 

Our Panelists:

Mary Walshok – Associate Vice Chancellor for Extended Studies and Public Programs and Professor of Sociology, UCSD

YOU’RE INVITED! 

PLEASE JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL RECEPTION WITH ARTISTS JAMES HUBBELL AND ELLEN SALK

Oceanside Museum of Art
Saturday, February 2
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Private Reception
5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Public Reception

In celebration of two exhibitions opening at Oceanside Museum of Art on February 2, In Search of Shadows: James Hubbell Sculpture and Synesthesia: Manifestations of Energy, Paintings by Ellen Salk and Sound by Christopher Adler, the museum is hosting a private champagne reception with the artists from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. We hope you will also join us for the Public Exhibition Reception for both exhibitions taking place after this Private Reception from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. The Public Reception includes an open bar and creative appetizers provided by OMA’s Culinary Arts Committee and is complimentary for all guests attending the Private Reception as well as OMA members and $10 for nonmembers.

To RSVP for this special Private Reception open to close friends and supporters of the artists, OMA Board Members and Millennium Club Members, please email Danielle Deery at danielle@oma-online.org or call (760) 435-3722 by February 1. Your name will be on a guest at the check-in table the night of the event.

Oceanside Museum of Art
704 Pier View Way
Oceanside, CA 92054
www.oma-online.org
(760) 435-3720

Hours:
Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday, 1:00 – 4:00 pm

IN SEARCH OF SHADOWS: JAMES HUBBELL SCULPTURE

James Hubbell’s wide-ranging practice – public sculpture, architecture, stained-glass, sculpture, mosaic, painting, drawing and poetry – has sought to express his deep reverence for nature, a long-standing and primary source of inspiration for his art. His passion and innovation, and his consistently visually arresting work that evokes and engages with the mystery and beauty of our natural environment, has made Hubbell a leading artist of his generation and a San Diego treasure.

Oceanside Museum of Art is proud to present the first museum exhibition devoted to Hubbell’s extensive sculptural oeuvre. Featuring over 30 sculptures from the past 50 years of his career, In Search of Shadows explores Hubbell’s mastery of a diverse range of media including bronze, wood, glass and stone, highlighting the evolution of his nature-inspired sculptural style and the reoccurring threads that connect the work over the past five decades. A selection of detail photographs of select sculptures taken by John Durant will be on view encouraging a deeper look at the formal qualities of Hubbell’s abstract sculpture. Also featured will be a small display of architectural models and drawings that recognize the inseparable synergy between his sculpture and architecture. This exhibition is sponsored by Rudy and Elizabeth Van Hunnick. In Search of Shadows: James Hubbell Sculpture will be on view through June 2, 2013.

Image: Group Horses, 1963. Photo credit John Durant.

SYNESTHESIA: MANIFESTATIONS OF ENERGY

Paintings by Ellen Salk and Sound by Christopher Adler

Pulsating with energy and tension, Ellen Salk’s abstract paintings reference her interest in science, elemental forms, entropy, Minimalism and Abstract Expressionism. In collaboration with experimental sound artist Christopher Adler, Salk has designed an immersive installation that explores the vibrational quality of her images. Designed in response to Salk’s work, Adler’s music heightens the viewer’s senses eliciting a meditative and spiritual experience.Synesthesia: Manifestations of Energy will be on view through May 5, 2013.

Image: Before Desire, 2012