Ocean Oasis
San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat) 1788 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego
Free – $24.00
Take a fascinating journey into two remarkably different, but inextricably linked worlds—Mexico’s Sea of Cortés and the Baja California desert. Ocean Oasis mesmerizes audiences as they witness the beauty of life in Baja California's rich waters and seemingly barren land. Fly over sweeping vistas of snow-capped mountains, vast deserts, palm oases, and mangrove swamps—then plunge into astonishing ...
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A compassionate and talented photographer, Morrie Camhi was always drawn to the human condition. His photographic projects ranged from Farmworkers, exploring Mexican-American labor activism and undocumented immigrants; The Prison Experience, documenting the prisoners and staff of the California State Prison in Vacaville; to The Jews of Greece. Morrie Camhi: The Jews of Greece exemplifies Camhi’s ...
These vibrant and intricately decorated objects are pysanky – a timeless art form of highly decorative eggs deeply rooted in Ukrainian heritage. Pysanky comes from the Ukrainian word pysaty, meaning “to write.” The eggs, which contain designs embedded with deep cultural significance, are often gifted as wishes for good fortune and protection. They also serve as a symbol of the Ukrainian ...
For over four decades artist Holly Roberts (American, b. 1951) has explored her rich and varied inner world. With a strong connection to nature, both human and animal, she was an early experimenter in mixing painting and photography. From painting on the surface of the photographic image to cutting photographs into transformative shapes and applying ...
Cara Romero is an enrolled citizen of the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, and was raised between the contrasting settings of the reservation in Mojave Desert, California and the urban sprawl of Houston, Texas. Romero’s identity informs her visceral approach to representing cultural memory, collective history, and lived experience from a female Native American perspective. Romero is ...
