December 20, 2024

Symbolizing Americana, Richard C. Ybarra

Photography by San Diego native Richard C. Ybarra Exhibition Dates: January 4 – February 6, 2025 Reception: Saturday, January 18,  2pm – 5pm Artist Talk: Saturday, January 18, 3:30pm Symbolizing Americana delves into the visual language of “Americana” and the feelings associated with living in rural environments around the United States.            …what ‘animates’ us is what lies beyond the photographic frame in our imaginations. –  Roland Gérard Barthes (1915 – 1980) was a French philosopher […]
November 27, 2024

Friendship Park

Exhibition: Friendship Park, Take Amistad on the Road Artists: Nanzi Muro, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Pedro Rios, natalia ventura February 8 – March 28 Opening Reception: Sat. February 8, 2025,  3:00pm to 6:00pm Exhibition visitors will encounter sculptures, photography, paintings, performance art, and participatory installations about the past, present, and future of Friendship Park.  Each of the four artists communicates a shared message of cross-border friendship (amistad) that is the essence of Friendship Park.             Artivists/ […]
September 16, 2023

Gathering of Nations

Join us at the 3rd Annual gathering held on traditional Kumeyaay lands in the Sweetwater Valley. If you would like to be a part of the program please contact coordinator Heather Gallana, Indigenous Cultures Educator and School Tour coordinator at the museum, at 619 267-5141. Thank You to Sponsors of this free community building event,  
December 14, 2022

Audi Lawson, Bonita Legacy

Exhibition dates: January 4 – February 4, 2025 Bonita artist Audi Lawson documents the region from the 1950’s through the 1990’s including mediums such as photography, sculpture, collage and drawing. Series: Audi’s Fantasy Landscapes In the 1990s, in a melding of elements of sculpture and photographs, Audi’s landscape fantasies evolved from collages of pieces of torn paper that were subsequently photographed and incised. Since these images have little perspective, the foreground and background can seem to switch places.  In the […]