Column: Logan Heights art center gives women a free space to create
San Diego Union-Tribune
By KARLA PETERSON
When artist and filmmaker Omar Lopex started his job as the manager of the Athenaeum Art Center in Logan Heights in September, there wasn’t a lot for him to do. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the center wasn’t holding in-person classes or events, and the gallery was open by appointment only. So Lopex did what artists do. He took the materials at hand, and he created something special.