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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Celebrate the grand opening of the Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center (CPMCC). The inaugural exhibition in the museum will be the premiere of a collective historical narrative of Chicano Park and Logan Heights titled, “P.I.L.L.A.R.S.: People In Lucha y Liberación And Resilient Struggle” – a collective historical narrative of Chicano Park and Logan Heights. […]
Bhavna Mehta Throughlines: Synapse, 2020 Glass beads embroidered on X-ray 17 x 14 inches Courtesy of the artist The SDSU School of Art and Design presents the exhibition, Script/Rescript featuring the artwork of ten artists who use historical and contemporary medicalizing scripts of their own bodies to colorfully rescript – or rewrite – visual language attributed to […]
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 ART OF CELEBRATION, is one of the first-ever exhibitions to spotlight piñatas as a traditional craft and vibrant contemporary art form. This groundbreaking show includes […]
Roberto Salas Los Piesde Cuauhtémoc, The Feet of Cuauhtémoc (the descending eagle) Roberto Salas: Old World/New World exhibition explores the DNA layers of his history through iconography linked to indigenous cultural roots. Growing up in El Paso, going to college in San Diego, and traveling the world, Salas’ artwork shows us how our ancestral roots and artistic traditions […]
La Memoria es un Pájaro / Memory is a Bird, an immersive multimedia installation by artist Francisco Eme that includes projected video, photography, sound, and drawing. “After my mother’s passing in 2019, I began to question (even more) my own existence, my artistic practice, my relationship with nature, my family, and death. In the midst of […]
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 at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Hernández gained international recognition after exhibiting his work in France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. His […]
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 form. Paper theatres, also known as toy theatres, originated to promote productions in Victorian Era London. They were printed on paperboard sheets and sold as […]
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 sold-out runs in the world’s largest cities, including London, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York, Lightscape arrives at our 37-acre garden in Encinitas for the holiday season. Lightscape features […]
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 […]
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 […]
DNA offers playwrights and directors the opportunity to develop a script by providing rehearsal time, space and resources, culminating in public readings. This process gives audiences a closer look at the play development process, while allowing the Playhouse to develop work and foster relationships with both established and up-and-coming playwrights. The DNA New Work Series […]
The City of San Diego’s largest free holiday festival in beautiful Balboa Park returns with access to dozens of museums, live music and holiday cheer. From ballet and banjos to parades and puppetry, the holiday entertainment is top-notch and non-stop. The family friendly event brings San Diegans together to enjoy the lights, the sounds, the […]
Kick off your winter holiday festivities at one of San Diego’s most dynamic arts residency programs – Space 4 Art. Resident Artist Sean Francis Conway will lead guests to experience his BOMBSHELL BOOM BOOM (!), a DIY, anti-venue marching sound collective that generates creators by exploding the distinction between artist and audience. Sean has facilitated this experience for […]
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 […]
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 […]
San Diego Ballet brings America’s favorite holiday event to dazzling life at the newly renovated Magnolia theater. Our annual production of The Nutcracker features Tchaikovsky’s timeless score and an international cast of more than 100 beautifully costumed dancers. Sugarplum fairies, leaping cossacks and flurries of snowflakes swirl across the stage, in this magical journey through […]
In “Light”, LITVAKdance artistic director Sadie Weinberg and Yale Strom create a new kind of winter dance production that honors the diverse histories and practices of our communities. Music: Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi, Choreography: Rebecca Margolick, Elyssa Dru Rosenberg and Sadie Weinberg. Running time of LIGHT: 35 minutes. *LIGHT is part of two […]
Join Camarada for their highly-anticipated Charlie Brown Jingles & JAZZ, presented in La Jolla’s premier concert hall! We couldn’t imagine a better way to kick off our 2022-2023 Camarada @ The Conrad series than with music from the beloved holiday special, A Charlie Brown Christmas, infused with new musical surprises by guitarist, composer, and arranger Peter Sprague. The Peter Sprague Group […]
From producer-writer-director Todd Field comes TÁR, starring Cate Blanchett as the iconic musician Lydia Tár. TÁR examines the changing nature of power, its impact and durability in our modern world. Now – December 29, 2022 Digital Gym Cinema 1100 Market Street, 2nd Floor San Diego, CA 92101 Now – December 29, 2022 Share this:
