Check out the calendar for the most up-to-date park event information. From exhibitions and performances to parkwide and special events, the calendar has it all. Remember to check back often as new and exciting things are always being planned!
Museum of Photographic Art at San Diego Museum of Art
1649 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States
“Although the result is obtained by chemical means, the little work it entails will greatly please ladies.” So wrote one of photography’s inventors, Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (1787–1851), about his eponymous daguerreotype in 1839. Daguerre’s words, which associate women with idleness, are clearly misogynistic. Yet in a backhanded way, Daguerre predicted the pivotal role women would play in photography since its invention in the 1830s. Undaunted by photographic chemistry—and often neglected or derided ...
Reconsidering Bierstadt is the latest in an ongoing series of curatorial projects which highlight the relationships between cutting-edge contemporary art and the outstanding permanent collection of the Timken Museum of Art. Previous projects have looked at Rembrandt through the eyes of Dutch photographer/videographer, Rineke Dijsktra, and at the portrait practice of Anthony van Dyck through ...
Mingei International Museum
1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States
Inspired by her long history of depiction on textiles, these works explore the Virgin of Guadalupe’s endurance as an iconic cultural symbol fashioned through creative expression. Fashioning an Icon: Virgin of Guadalupe Imagery in Textile Design celebrates her representation on clothing and adornment. Objects range from traditional garments created by over 70 artists from Mexico, to ...
Mingei International Museum
1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States
This exhibition presents over 100 spoons from across the globe, each a reflection of a specific cultural context–between intimate traditions of home and family, celebratory preparations of food and drink, and the spiritual gestures of giving thanks for sustenance. Around the world, spoons are essential implements that help us scoop, stir, mash, skim, cook, and ...
Gallery 21, Spanish Village
1770 Village Place, San Diego, CA 92101, San Diego, CA, United States
An enticing art gallery show featuring exciting, new collaborative works by artists Denise Cerro and Susie Zol. This unique exhibition showcases the intersection of two distinct mediums: paintings on canvas and hand-built clay. Denise, a mixed media artist, and Susie, an abstract artist, invite you to see the results of their exploration into new ways ...
Mingei International Museum
1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States
"Layered Narratives: Quilted Stories of Gender and Race at the 1876 Centennial" explores gender and racial politics at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition through the medium of centennial quilts from Mingei’s permanent collection. The centennial celebrated the 100-year independence of the United States from Great Britain and featured various installations—ranging from foreign exhibitions to art galleries ...
Mingei International Museum
1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States
Located on Mingei’s free Entry Level, Tuck and Roll: The Art of Armadillos showcases over 80 armadillo figures from Mingei’s permanent collection! Featuring works made by artisans across the Americas, this playful installation emphasizes the joy of making things by hand and how these extraordinary creatures have delighted people’s imagination.
Gallery 21, Spanish Village
1770 Village Place, San Diego, CA 92101, San Diego, CA, United States
"Art/Elements" is a collection of art, conceived and born and raised using the building blocks of all that makes our planet exist in a perfect and orderly fashion. From clay/earth transformed by fire, to glass, shaped and polished by sand and sea, to hand-carved paintings, reflecting a strong connection to all things natural. All of ...
Fleet Science Center
1875 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States
Early access to galleries at 9 a.m. On the third Saturday of every month, we open our doors one hour before the museum opens to the public and screen a documentary with house lights on and the soundtrack volume low. And if you want to stay and enjoy the museum all day? You can! Accessibility ...
Institute of Contemporary Art Central
1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States
Please join us at ICA San Diego / Central on Saturday, June 21 for the opening of NextGen 2025. This free art event in San Diego is part of ICA’s commitment to reduce barriers to contemporary art in our community.
Fleet Science Center
1875 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States
Early access to galleries at 9 a.m. On the third Saturday of every month, we open our doors one hour before the museum opens to the public and screen a documentary with house lights on and the soundtrack volume low. And if you want to stay and enjoy the museum all day? You can! Accessibility ...
Gallery 21, Spanish Village
1770 Village Place, San Diego, CA 92101, San Diego, CA, United States
Mark Smith is an artist with his own view on the world, a tremendous sense of his materials and craft. His distorted translation is applied to a typical architectural structure and brings a unique twist that abstracts it into its own perspective. Whatever he chooses as subject matter will be brought to a unique life. ...
