History
More than 30 years of presenting avant-garde, contemporary culture in San Diego
2008
In a city where even the most seasoned choreographer scrambles to find a venue, Sushi’s New Wave Showcase is a valuable opportunity. The Showcase, which started in 2003, commissions and premieres new works by emerging San Diego and Tijuana artists. The works presented last weekend Â…were imaginative and boldly original. That youthful untarnished sense of freedom was a pervasive theme throughout the program, and it was refreshing.
Kris Eitland, SanDiego.com
2007
Edginess is back with the re-emergence of downtown San Diego Sushi Performance & Visual Art… its new/old home will be in the Icon Complex, which is the site of its former residence, the old East Village ReinCarnation building… Icon has made available an approximately 5,000-square-foot, first floor area for the group, and founder Lynn Schuette will serve as interim executive director… always, the unusual is usual with Sushi.
Darlene G. Davies, Ranch & Coast Magazine
2006
Sushi Performance & Visual Art has endeavored to satisfy [the hunger for something different] for 26 years, introducing San Diego to such performance-art mavericks as David Cale, Rachel Rosenthal, Karen Finley, Holly Hughes, and Tim Miller… In its quarter-century in San Diego, Sushi comes closest to being an accessible underground entity, one with a devoted base of support and traditional-media coverage.
David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune
2005
Sushi Performance & Visual Art has become synonymous with an adventurous urban art experience and has been likened to what one would find in San Francisco or New York. The work is fresh, just outside of the mainstream, and pretty much guaranteed to broaden your perspectives, aesthetics, and circle of friends.
sdBUZZ.com
2004
The venerable downtown organization, founded by Lynn Schuette in 1980 and long a national force for progressive art and performance will move out of its space in the ReinCarnation Building near Petco Park after the coming weekends program title “The Last Dance.”
Anne Marie Welsh, San Diego Union-Tribune
2003
Sushi Performance & Visual Art has become synonymous with an adventurous urban art experience and has been likened to what one would find in San Francisco or New York. The work is fresh, just outside of the mainstream, and pretty much guaranteed to broaden your perspectives, aesthetics, and circle of friends. Sushi audience members and performers are within hands reach of each other, creating an atmosphere that is charged with intimacy and energy.
Project New Village
2002
In a time when the power of theatre is largely deployed, and accepted as mainstream commercial entertainment, its a joy to see an artist who can, as she puts it, chop my own wood and carry my own water. (Rhodessa Jones in “Hot Flashes, Power Surges and Private Summers”)
Jennifer de Poyen, San Diego Union-Tribune
2001
Sushi has been an advanced organization any big city would be proud to call it’s own. It was enlivening downtown during all the years there was no one there. Support it. Cherish what it means to the city’s cultural life.
San Diego Union Tribune
2000
No art scene can survive long without spaces that emphasize young and emerging artist… Thankfully, the exhibition program at Sushi Performance and Visual Art endures; it’s been a platform for little-seen artists since the 1980′s.
Robert Pincus, San Diego Union Tribune
