RELEVANT SECURES THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE IN SUPPORT OF CLIENT RUTH ANN THORN’S TELEVISION SERIES “ART OF THE CITY”
Arts & Culture Newsletter: In her docuseries, Ruth-Ann Thorn spotlights the work of Native American artists.
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Ruth-Ann Thorn operated her first art gallery “out of the back of a Ryder truck.” That’s a humble beginning for the woman who would — over the course of 15 years — oversee seven brick-and-mortar galleries: in La Jolla, Fashion Valley, the Gaslamp Quarter, Seaport Village and out of town in Laguna Beach, Beverly Hills and Breckenridge, Colo.
Today Thorn, who is of the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians in Valley Center, has just one gallery space: Exclusive Collections in Solana Beach’s Cedros Avenue Design District. This is by choice. She’s taken her advocacy for artists, particularly Native American artists, to a multimedia platform. Thorn’s docuseries titled “Art of the City” began as a project on Facebook Live. It’s now viewable on the fledgling FNX network, on some PBS affiliates and on Thorn’s YouTube channel.
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