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“Disestablishment” by John Raymond Mireles

“Disestablishment” by John Raymond Mireles consists of landscape photographs taken in once federally protected regions of Southern Utah. The Bears Ears and Escalante National Monuments were created in 2016 but […]

Paintings from the Confinement

This new installation in the American art galleries comprises 11 intimate egg tempera paintings by San Diego-based artist Marianela de la Hoz. The group of works all were created in […]

The San Diego Sound Project

This concert series highlights emerging groups or artists within the San Diego region. The project is supported by an advisory committee that includes GRAMMY Award winning producer and UCSD faculty member Kamau Kenyatta, CSUSM Professor and Center ARTES Executive Director Dr. Merryl Goldberg, Grossmont College Music Department Chair Derek Cannon, Emmy Award-winning composer and MiraCosta College faculty member Christy Coobatis, and Connections Chamber Music Series Co-Founder Bridget […]

Unity in Variety

Artist Gabriel Rico The Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego will inaugurate its Balboa Park gallery with the first California solo show of Mexican artist Gabriel Rico (b. 1980, Lagos de Moreno, Mexico). Trained as an architect, Rico works in post-Surrealist and Arte Povera modes, the radical Italian art movement of the 1960s and 70s […]

Trifecta: Art, Science, Patron

Local artists and Salk Institute scientists collaborate in this interdisciplinary project that was inspired by the visionary gift of the Jacobs family. The Joan Klein and Irwin Mark Jacobs Senior Scientist Endowed Chair Challenge began in 2008 to encourage donors to establish endowed chairs in support of Salk scientists for their outstanding contributions to biological research. For every […]

An Obsession

Mary Jhun was born in Cavite, Philippines in 1989 and moved to the States in the mid-‘90s. Her struggle with English and making friends as a kid was what pushed her need to draw when she was in elementary school. “I gave a drawing of a bird to a boy when I was eight and […]

San Diego Art Prize Exhibition

Cometa (2018) graphite, charcoal and acrylic on paper, 45 x 45 inches The San Diego Art Prize recipients reflect the rich and varied bi-national experience that makes our region truly unique. Living and working on either side of the border, whether they are US or Mexican born, immigrant or mixed national parents, all experience this […]

San Diego International Film Festival

The San Diego International Film Festival’s 20th Anniversary will include a hybrid of in-person and virtual events.  In-person Festival Events and Film Screenings will take place in some of our […]

Perry Vasquez – OASIS

Sparks Gallery’s last exhibition of the year will feature new artwork by renowned local artist Perry Vásquez. The artwork on view will feature his series of palm trees, along with a smaller selection of jocular narratives and experimental self portraits. The show will focus primarily on his exploration of various iterations of palm trees. Ubiquitous in Southern California, […]

15th Annual German Currents Film Festival

The 15th Annual German Currents Film Festival is presented by the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles and the American Cinematheque. Enjoy virtual screenings, talks, workshops and more. Programs feature important elements of […]

Ongoing

Yolanda López: Portrait of the Artist

Portrait of the Artist is the first solo museum presentation of the work of Yolanda López (1942-2021), the pathbreaking Chicana artist and activist whose career in California spanned five decades. The […]