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25 years of The Hapa Project

Explore hapa.me – 25 Years of The Hapa Project, Kip Fulbeck’s powerful portrait series on multiracial identity, now expanded at the Museum of Us with updated reflections from original participants.

Cyanotype

Explore the luminous world of cyanotype at the Visions Museum of Textile Art, where four artists—bailey macabre, Shane Booth, Morgan Ford Willingham, and Patricia Gaddis—demonstrate diverse approaches to this historic […]

Aaron Kramer: Sense of Wonder

Oceanside Museum of Art presents Sense of Wonder, a playful and inventive exhibition by artist and maker Aaron Kramer. Featuring kinetic sculptures, automata, and drawing machines built from salvaged materials, […]

Maryam Bayat: Unrolling Paradise

The California Center for the Arts, Escondido presents Unrolling Paradise, an exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Maryam Bayat that examines the Persian garden as a living design tradition carried through textiles, […]

The Seed Keeper / El Guardián de las Semillas

Inspired by Diane Wilson’s novel The Seed Keeper, this exhibition explores the concept of seeds as both a material presence and a powerful metaphor—an archive of memory, resilience, and future. […]

David Adey: Sacrificial Bodies

As the first comprehensive mid-career survey of San Diego artist , this exhibition traces more than 25 years of a creative practice defined by a persistent exploration of what it […]

Kim’s Convenience

Heart and humor take center stage in this award-winning comedy that inspired the hit Netflix series. Korean-born Mr. Kim runs a Toronto convenience store while raising his Canadian children with […]

Decoding DaVinci

Decoding DaVinci is an immersive theatrical adventure inspired by the pulse-pounding world of The Da Vinci Code and the bestselling thrillers of Dan Brown—a thrilling race against time where the […]

Amoxtlis

José Hugo Sánchez: Amoxtlis Amoxtlis—the Nahuatl word for “codices”—centers Sánchez’s large-scale printmaking practice, which draws from the visual language of Mesoamerican codices while engaging the cultural and political conditions of the U.S.–Mexico border. At the heart of the installation is Codex Tonalpohualli, a series of towering printed banners that reference the twenty day signs of […]

Adult Storytime

Inspired by Eric Garcia's Uncle Scotchy’s Blues Opera, also known as The Blues Opera, Adult Storytime is a stirring collection of autobiographical monologues that explore the hardships and unexpected humor […]

Nocturnes: Five Ballets

Experience an evening of bold, contemporary ballet as Pointeworks returns to The Conrad in La Jolla with Nocturnes, a dynamic program curated by Artistic Director Sophie Williams. Featuring world-class dancers […]

Cat Gunn: if only by the light of a new moon

Cat Gunn’s first solo museum exhibition, if only by the light of a new moon, explores the complex terrain of inherited memory and the seemingly impossible nostalgia for a home that one has never known through materials including fabric, ceramics, and cyanotypes. This experience, familiar to immigrants, first-generation children, and anyone displaced by colonialism, war, […]

Ongoing

Summer Arts Fest

Hosted by Arts District Liberty Station, this one-day festival brings together the incredible artists of Liberty Station and art lovers from across San Diego for a vibrant, open-air celebration. Spend the day exploring in-studio workshops, live painting demonstrations, and a curated art market featuring local artists and one-of-a-kind work. Enjoy great food, refreshing drinks in […]

East Village Blues Fest

The 5th Annual East Village Blues Fest- Robin Henkel / Billy Watson, Casey Hensley/Anthony Cullins, Len Rainey , Zavala Sol & The Blitz Bros Get ready to dance at the […]