ALEXIS SMITH: THE AMERICAN WAY

Alexis Smith: The American Way is the first retrospective of the California artist in thirty years. Smith’s collages combine found texts, images, and objects to underscore and exaggerate how we are shaped by the media and culture that surround us. With her signature sense of humor, Smith turns a keen eye to literature, movies, and pop […]

SAN DIEGO ART PRIZE

Cog.Nate Collective Dedicated to the idea that the visual arts are a necessary and rewarding ingredient of any world-class city, the SD Art Prize was conceived to promote and encourage dialogue, reflection and social interaction about San Diego’s artistic and cultural life. This annual award honors artistic expression witha cash prize, exhibition opportunities, and spotlights […]

OUR ANCESTOR’S DREAM: LIFE BETWEEN THREE WORLDS

Casa Familiar is pleased to announce the art exhibition OUR ANCESTOR’S DREAM: Life between three worlds. (EL SUEÑO DE NUESTROS ANCESTROS: La vida entre tres mundos). This is an exhibition featuring Kumeyaay Artists from California and Baja California Mexico. Curated by Karla Garcia-Perez: Curator, Community Organizer & Legal Studies Student of Indigenous People’s Law Program at the University of Oklahoma. The exhibition includes […]

PIÑATAS – THE HIGH ART OF CELEBRATION

  Amorette Crespo, Zoom Computer, 2021.  Photo: Craft in America, Madison Metro. A groundbreaking show with more than 80 works by Latinx artists and makers from across the U.S. PIÑATAS: THE HIGH […]

SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ: EMBERS OF OAXACA

Sergio Hernández (b. 1957, Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México) is among the leading contemporary Mexican artists today and is currently based in Oaxaca in southern Mexico. After completing his studies […]

THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH: PAPER THEATERS EXPLORED

  The La Jolla Historical Society is proud to present The Smallest Show on Earth: Paper Theaters Explored, which celebrates the long history and recent creative innovations in this unique art […]

Lightscape

This internationally acclaimed show comes to SDBG for Holiday 2022! Lightscape illuminates evenings at San Diego Botanic Garden with more than one million holiday lights, tunnels, fire, sculptures and artistic installations. Following […]

DUKE WINDSOR: “REVERENCE”

Concentration by Duke Windsor Duke Windsor’s success as a contemporary artist lies in his ability to infuse ordinary subject matter with his own ingenuity. Windsor’s wealth of occupations and personal drive have shaped the foundation of his creative spirit. Through observation of the traditional American Way, Windsor finds his most powerful subject matter. The gold […]

IT’S A WONDERFUL VIDA

San Diego Playwright & Co-Founder of the world-renowned comedy troupe Culture Clash, Herbert Siguenza (A People’s Cuban Christmas Tale) returns with a dark satirical look at Mexican-Americans during Christmas in 1957. Set in Corpus Christi, Texas, the play examines an immigrant family trying to assimilate and reach for the American dream that seems as fake […]

SALTY SERIES

Joe Cantrell, multimedia artist ProjectBLANK’s residency at the Bread & Salt Gallery in Barrio Logan continues, as they bring you inexpensive monthly-ish concerts of cutting-edge new music. Come hang out with experimental music lovers and explore new sounds and songs curated by some of their favorite local artists and friends. Concerts happen on the second […]

NOT YOUR NORMAL NUTCRACKER

Megill & Company’s Not Your Normal Nutcracker flips the script on the classic holiday favorite in this gender fluid, body positive performance set to musical selections from Tchaikovsky. Choreographed and starring Oceanside native Beth Megill as a 40-something Clara, who dreams of being a star, this whimsical modern jazz theater production brings to life an imaginary world […]