Present Tense Artist Talks

Event date: August 23, 2025, 2:00 - 5:00 pm

 
 

Present Tense Artist Talks are in-person, quarterly events hosted by Medium Photo, showcasing work from four selected photographers.

During each Present Tense Artist Talk, participating photographers share up to 20 slides of a singular body of work projected on a large screen in a repeating loop. Each photographer will discuss their work throughout the slide show and responds to a Q&A during a 15-minute period.

Present Tense Artist Talks are an informal, conversational environment moderated by Medium Photo. There is no cost to submit your work.

 

Present Tense Artist Talks, August 23, 2025

Mission Hills - Hillcrest/Knox Branch Library - Community Room

215 W Washington St, San Diego, CA 92103

Event Timeline

  • 2:00 - 2:50 Open Portfolio Walk with artists selected by Bonnie Domingos

  • 3:00 - 4:00 Present Tense Artist Talks

  • 4:00 - 5:00 Peer networking

Present Tense #6 Juror: Bonnie Domingos, Visual Arts & Culture Librarian, Curator, Maker

Each edition of Present Tense Artist Talks will have a different juror of note drawn from across North America, and each juror will select three presenters for the talks, and four additional artists for the portfolio walk. The fourth presenter at each Present Tense talk is a student selected by the faculty of a participating college.

About Bonnie

Bonnie Domingos is a librarian, curator and contemporary art strategist committed to fostering community engagement and advancing critical discourse. As Arts & Culture Exhibitions Manager at the San Diego Public Library, Domingos oversees the strategic development and presentation of visual arts programming across a network of 18 branch libraries and the Judith Harris Art Gallery at the Central Library. She received her BA in Visual Arts & Technology and her MA in Library Information & Science. Her art interests include culturally relevant works that combine non-traditional materials with traditional practices.

Visit www.mysdpl.org/visualarts to learn more about the San Diego Library’s Visual Arts Program. You can also follow the San Diego Public Library instagram (@sdpubliclibrary) or Bonnie’s personal instagram account (@bonnie_sundayz) to stay connected with the library and Bonnie’s work.

 

Submissions and File Formats - DEADLINE TO SUBMIT JULY 27, 2025

You will be asked to submit 15-20 images from a body or work. If your work is selected all 15-20 of these images will be projected at Present Tense Artist Talks. These are the files that will be used in your final presentation. Images must be submitted as jpeg files numbered in the sequence you want them seen, with title, media and year using this naming convention:

sequence #-title-media-year.jpg

example: 01-Seaweed-Cyanotype-2023

Files must be 2000px in the long dimension, saved at 1MB or smaller. Incomplete submissions will not be considered.