Project BLANK

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PROJECT [BLANK] produces world-class, interdisciplinary experiences that redefine the concept of a performance space and challenge the perception of the concert hall as the sole sanctuary for classical music.

09/07/2026

Four incredible artists. One night only. ART ATTACK! brings together some of our favorite collaborators for an unforgettable night of music, sound, video, and performance.

🎧 EMIR CHACRA mixing immaculate beats throughout the night
⚡ FRANCISCO EME conjuring a restless, noisy world of improvised sound + video
🌙 XARENI LIZÁRRAGA blending dreamy tones + experimental electronics
🪇 CAMILO ZAMUDIO performing Javier Álvarez’s Temazcal, a mesmerizing, joyful masterpiece for maracas + electronics

These artists have been part of the Project [BLANK] story from our earliest Salty Series events through WORKING TITLE and our community outreach programs. We can’t think of a better crew to help us kick off a new season.

🎉ART ATTACK: A Season Launch Party!
📅SEP 27 → 6–9 PM
📍The Brick Room at BREAD & SALT
🎟️Tickets starting at $25 | $50 suggested donation
🔗 Head to https://www.projectblanksd.org/art-attack-2026 to purchase tickets and learn more!

Come for the performances. Stay for the art, drinks, DJ sets, and celebration. This is one you won’t want to miss!

08/24/2026

[PARTY FOR GOOD]

The third installment of our signature art party will be here in a few short weeks and you don’t want to miss it!

ART ATTACK is a community celebration, featuring performances and artworks for sale by some of our favorite collaborators, in one of our favorite spaces, with tacos, desserts, and drinks a-plenty!

It’s also a chance to show your support for groundbreaking, adventurous art rooted in our community. The funds we raise through tickets, a silent auction, and donations help us kick-start the new season with a solid foundation and sustain our goals of paying artists fairly while keeping event admission accessible for all.

With your help last season we employed more than 75 artists, reached more than 1,000 audience members at 16 events, and added an entirely new community outreach program! Your contributions also support the commissioning and development of several major new works. This year alone we have three commissions underway, giving a platform to emerging voices and ideas, and keeping the future of art alive.

The new season will be no less impactful, with another full year of community workshops, renowned artists from near and far gracing our SALTY SERIES stage, and the multimedia showcase of WORKING TITLE anchored by a profound new commission by local composer Ti McCormack.

📅 Sunday, September 27
🕧 6 - 9 PM
📍 The Brick Room at Bread & Salt Gallery
🎟 Tickets are Sliding Scale with a $50 suggested donation. Purchase tickets and get a sneak peek at the artworks up for auction at https://www.projectblanksd.org/art-attack-2026

08/14/2026

Dear Project [BLANK] family,

My name is Ingrid Stromberg, and I am honored to be joining the leadership team of this organization which I admire so much. While I am new to the role, I have had the privilege of getting to know Project [BLANK] intimately over the past few years, as an audience member, a volunteer, and a board member.

As a musician and enthusiast of the human experience I believe the work we do is important and urgent. We won’t know the future of art until we create it, and we’ll never know who is missing from the conversation until we actively welcome everyone to be a part of it. My career as a campus and city planner has taught me that sensitive and thoughtful behind-the-scenes processes are critical to giving life and power to the results we see out in the community, and I’m so excited to be central to this work.

While things are changing at Project [BLANK], the strong leadership of Leslie, Brendan, Jonathan, Joe, and Teresa continues. Together we will continue the mission of creating and witnessing art as a community – finding collective moments of awe, surprise, discovery, and belonging that can bring us back to our shared humanity and help us imagine a future that is expansive, inclusive, and totally unexpected.

I’ve already met many of you at performances, fundraisers, and through the strategic planning process, and I’m eager to get to know each of you more as we move into this new season and beyond.

Thank you for already welcoming me so warmly, I can’t wait to see what we make together!

With joy and gratitude,
Ingrid

07/27/2026

SEP 27, 2026, 6:00 - 9:00 PM → Best practice gallery at BREAD & SALT
TICKETS: Sliding scale, $50 suggested donation

ART ATTACK is back! Join us for the third installment of our signature art party—a high-energy evening celebrating art, community, and the adventurous spirit that defines Project [BLANK].

Enjoy cocktails, dancing, live DJ sets by the amazing monocromo, and a silent auction featuring works by local and regional artists.

Throughout the evening, we'll celebrate some of our favorite artists from Project [BLANK]'s first seven seasons. Featuring performances by Francisco Eme, Xareni Lizárraga, and Camilo Zamudio, the program highlights artists who have helped shape our organization from the very beginning, reflecting the creative community that has grown alongside us.

🥂 6 pm: Cocktail hour, silent auction, and music by DJ monocromo
🔊 7 pm: Performances by Francisco Eme, Xareni Lizárraga, and Camilo Zamudio
💃🏽 8 pm: Close the night out with dancing, mingling, and final auction bids!

Part fundraiser, part season launch, and part family reunion, ART ATTACK! is your first look at what's ahead as we kick off our eighth season.

Auction highlights will be announced soon, but don't wait—tickets are on sale now!

Can't make it? You can still support Project [BLANK] by making a donation.

07/24/2026

We have some news to share.

After seven incredible years helping lead Project [BLANK], Brendan Nguyen has decided to step down as Executive Director. Effective July 20, 2026, Ingrid Stromberg will become our new Executive Director, and we couldn't be more excited to welcome her into this role.

What began in 2019 as an idea between friends grew into a concert series, then a full season, and ultimately a nonprofit that has provided paid opportunities to more than 500 artists. Together, we've created immersive performances, commissioned new work, transformed public spaces, built partnerships across the San Diego–Tijuana border region, and helped establish Project [BLANK] as one of San Diego's leading presenters of interdisciplinary and experimental art.

We're incredibly proud of what we've accomplished together.

Brendan is stepping away from day-to-day leadership to devote more time to his performing and teaching career. We're grateful for his leadership and thrilled this isn't goodbye. He will continue serving on our Board of Directors, remain an active artistic collaborator, and help shape the organization's future. In 2027, audiences will see him return to the stage in WORKING TITLE No. 6, performing the world premiere of a newly commissioned work by Ti McCormack.

We're equally excited to welcome Ingrid Stromberg as Executive Director. A campus planner and urban designer, Ingrid first discovered Project [BLANK] as an audience member before becoming a volunteer in 2024 and joining our Board in 2025. Since then, she has strengthened our organizational infrastructure, improved data systems, and helped guide strategic planning. Her journey reflects the community-centered spirit that defines Project [BLANK], and her collaborative leadership, strategic vision, and commitment to our mission make her the ideal person to lead our next chapter.

As we prepare to launch our ninth season, we look forward to expanding opportunities for artists and audiences while continuing to create adventurous interdisciplinary art throughout the San Diego–Tijuana border region.

Please join us in thanking Brendan for his dedication, leadership, and unwavering support!

07/15/2026

ART ATTACK is BACK! The third installment of our signature art party returns this fall, just in time to help launch our eighth season. Join us for a high-energy celebration of art, community, and the adventurous spirit that defines our work. Part fundraiser, part season launch, and part family reunion, ART ATTACK! will celebrate the creative community that makes Project [BLANK] possible.

Tickets go on sale July 26, and auction items and live art will be announced in the weeks to come. We hope to see you there!

🎉 ART ATTACK! No. 3
📅 Sunday, September 27, 2026
⏱ 6-9 pm
📍 Bread & Salt Gallery, 1955 Julian Ave
🎨 Auction items and live performance details still to come!

Can’t make it to the party, but still want to support? You can bid on the silent auction online starting September 13, or donate today! https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=6265SKTCGQ9MN

07/08/2026

Calling all runners, joggers, and power walkers!

Project [BLANK] is launching its inaugural Race Team and taking on the America’s Finest City Half Marathon & 5K on August 16.

We're looking for runners, joggers, and power walkers to help raise funds for our next season of performances, outreach programs, artist commissions, and more.

🏃 Half Marathon or 5K
👕 Official Race Team shirt
🎨 Support experimental art in San Diego
💸 $500 fundraising goal per participant

Let's show up, move together, and represent San Diego's experimental arts community.

Join the team today: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQ5PqjzYDwuFnKKbOOCxqDjtX-lUBmV7Za1O3gNnMTofQ4iA/viewform
Support a runner: https://projectblank.betterworld.org/campaigns/project-blank-race-team

06/30/2026

“Project [BLANK] is filling a void in terms of fusing music and art together – they're creating a connection between musicians, artists, and living in that blurry line in between.” - Brian Black, artist and audience member

At the start of this season, with so much social, political, and funding uncertainty at home and around the world, we didn’t know what to expect. So we remained focused on our core mission: breaking down boundaries and building community through radical art.

Our whole community showed up - more than 70 artists, 1,100 audience members, new and long-time donors, an expanding core of volunteers, and a growing collection of community partners. Together we built a season of transcendent experiences that blurred boundaries, defied expectations, and pushed our understanding of what art can be, by trusting in our process and our community.

As we close out our end-of-season campaign today, we are beyond grateful for your contributions in opening hearts and minds through art. Your donation supports the next season of ground-breaking art and community engagement, the next generation of new works, and ongoing radical community-building through free expression. We can’t wait to share it with you!

Donate here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=6265SKTCGQ9MN

“I don’t know what it will be, you don’t know what it will be, let’s go on this journey together.” - Parshawn, community partner youth instructor

06/23/2026

The attention to detail really showed. It was wonderful to see such a diverse audience.
- Mark, WORKING TITLE attendee

This season we welcomed more than 1,000 attendees, with 64% identifying as female or gender expansive and 66% identifying as BIPOC (including 40% Latinx or Hispanic). These numbers demonstrate our continuing commitment to serving a diverse audience, representative of our vibrant home neighborhood and region.

But beyond the hard data, we hear from our audience members the joy they find in seeing a “demographic that can’t be pinned down” - people of all ages, with all levels of experience in experimental art, from all across our region, coming together to experience something new – communally.

“It will always be well curated, surprising, and interesting” and you will always find your community here. Donate today to help us continue to support our community with bold, urgent art that unites us!

DONATE HERE: https://www.facebook.com/donate/1663791628167407/

06/17/2026

“It's just crazy to see how something that you can just think of in the blue can be turned to music. And can be something super cool!" - MIGRANT SONGS youth participant

From the early days of Project [BLANK] we dreamed of bringing young people into our world of experimental art, especially at a time when the arts in public schools are increasingly under served. Our first first season of workshops exceeded all expectations – four teaching artists and two guest scientists worked with more than 40 students from local community organizations, using soundmaking to learn and connect with one another, in environments in which youth feel seen, safe, and empowered. In every case, they surprised us and themselves.

Your contribution today helps us deepen our partnerships with local community organizations and expand our reach to even more young people!

Donate here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=6265SKTCGQ9MN

“I told myself to expect the unexpected. And I was not expecting this.” - MIGRANT SONGS youth participant

1. MIGRANT SONGS: Letter from a student participant in San Diego to a student participant in Ensenada.
2. & 3. MIGRANT SONGS: scores painted by participants in Ensenada, which were then played by musicians in San Diego. 📸 by Alvaro Díaz
4. MIGRANT SONGS: students in Ensenada drafting their scores.
5. & 6. INSTRUMENT BUILDING: Teaching Artist Xareni Lizárraga led a group of enthusiastic children and their parents in constructing instruments out of found and discarded objects. 📸 by Robbie Bui
7. SOUNDING PIÑATAS: Teaching artist Diana Benavidez helped families hand held create piñatas filled with sound-making objects for the holiday season. Not a single piñata was broken! 📸 by Robbie Bui

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1955 Julian Ave
San Diego, CA
92113

Website

http://www.projectblanksd.org/

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