All Current Listings
142 art listings · updated Aug 27
Opening This Week (5)
- Inspired Art Exhibit — Dick Laub NTC Command Center (San Diego) — opens Aug 27
- SDMA 100 Years — San Diego Museum of Art — opens Aug 28
- The Giving Tree — Art Produce Gallery (San Diego) — opens Aug 29
- Ess Whiteley: listening materials — Catherine and Robert Palmer Gallery (San Diego) — opens Aug 29
- Fiber Arts | Basket Weaving: Weave a Basket Tray — San Diego Craft Collective — opens Aug 30
Receptions & Art Talks (13)
- Community Salute — Coronado Historical Association — Aug 27 · 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
- Woodworking: Make Your Own Bird House - Thu, 8/27 — Dear Tomorrow (Oceanside) — Aug 27 · 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm
- Cafés and Cabarets: The Spectacular Art of Toulouse-Lautrec — San Diego Museum of Art — Aug 28 · 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Family Art Adventures: Early Childhood — The San Diego Museum of Art — Aug 28 · 10:30 am
- Open Invite | San Diego Museum of Art — San Diego Museum of Art — Aug 28 · 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Resident Free Day | San Diego Museum of Art — San Diego Museum of Art — Aug 28 · 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Storytime Family Tour — The San Diego Museum of Art — Aug 28 · 9:50 am
- Boots & Belles 2026 — Olaf Wieghorst Museum (El Cajon) — Aug 29 · 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm
- New Member Welcome Event — Oceanside Museum Of Art — Aug 29 · 10:30 am to 12:00 pm
- Opening Reception - The Giving Tree — Art Produce Gallery (San Diego) — Aug 29 · 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
- Reception for Spotlight Artists — The Studio Door (San Diego) — Aug 29 · 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
- Exhibition Celebration: OMA Artist Alliance at Sparks Gallery — Sparks Gallery (San Diego) — Aug 30 · 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
- DISPARATE VECTORS Reception — MiraCosta College Art Gallery (San Diego) — Sep 2 · 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Closing This Week (9)
- Materials Lab: Fabrics + Textiles — The New Children’s Museum — through Aug 27
- Storytime Studio — The New Children’s Museum — through Aug 27
- Forging a Legacy: 15 Years of Landmark Acquisitions — San Diego Museum of Art — through Aug 28
- August Docent Led Tours — Ilan Lael Foundation (Santa Ysabel) — through Aug 29
- Joni Sternbach Surfboard — Joseph Bellows Gallery (San Diego) — through Aug 29
- Strength in Service: Women of the Armed Forces Exhibition — Bonita Museum & Cultural Center — through Aug 29
- Summer Selections — Joseph Bellows Gallery (San Diego) — through Aug 29
- The Find, Magnified — Fallbrook Art Center — through Aug 29
- Romero Exhibition — Tasende Gallery (San Diego) — through Aug 30
All To See (115)
- Hasta La Raíz — Adam D. Kamil Gallery (La Jolla)
- Music As Muse VI — Adelman Fine Art Gallery (San Diego) — through Aug 31
- Material is Process – Art Exhibition — Arts District Liberty Station (Point Loma) — through Jan 25
- Solo Show Nicole Rixon — Ashton Gallery (North Park) — through Sep 25
- Student Collaborations Show — Ashton Gallery (North Park) — through Sep 25
- The Unexpected Regional Juried Show — Ashton Gallery (North Park) — through Sep 25
- Sound Journey with May-ling Martinez and Virgil Sim | Within the Context of Time: May-ling Martinez and Coralys Carter — Athenaeum Art Center (San Diego)
- 34th Annual Juried Exhibition (Juror: Paul Mpagi Sepuya) — Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (La Jolla) — through Oct 10
- Goodbye, Hello — Barrio Glassworks (Carlsbad)
- WR This Cats Smart — Bonita Museum
- Color Changing Artworks in the Sculpture Garden — Bonita Museum & Cultural Center — through Dec 1
- The Celebrating the Summer Show — Borrego Art Institute (Borrego Springs, CA) — through Oct 11
- Bryan Ali Sanchez — Bread & Salt (San Diego) — through Dec 5
- Luis Alonso Sánchez — Bread & Salt (San Diego)
- Fiber Art — Brooks Theater Gallery (Oceanside)
- Open Canvas — Brooks Theater Gallery (Oceanside) — through Oct 31
- Connect — CITY GALLERY (San Diego)
- 4th Annual AR Gurrey JR Photography Competition — California Surf Museum (Oceanside)
- Courageous Inspiration: Bethany Hamilton — California Surf Museum (Oceanside)
- Expanded Timeline of Surfboards — California Surf Museum (Oceanside)
- Surfriding: Hawaiian Royalty’s Gift to the World — California Surf Museum (Oceanside)
- Larry Thomas — Central Library (San Diego) — through Aug 31
- Painting the Town: Father Joe’s Village — Central Library (San Diego) — through Aug 31
- 53rd Chicano Park Day — Chicano Park (San Diego)
- 54th Chicano Park Day — Chicano Park (San Diego)
- 56th Chicano Park Day Commemoration — Chicano Park (San Diego)
- Aztlan Youth Brigade — Chicano Park Museum (San Diego)
- PRINT AS PROTEST — Chicano Park Museum (San Diego) — through Oct 31
- City College Student Work — City Gallery
- Chas Addams: Family and Friends — Comic-Con Museum (San Diego) — through Sep 1
- Cover Story: Six Decades of Comic-Con — Comic-Con Museum (San Diego) — through Dec 31
- Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science Meets Fiction — Comic-Con Museum (San Diego) — through Dec 31
- Moments That Made US — Coronado Historical Association — through Dec 20
- The Green of West Plaza: 90+ Years of Coronado Lawn Bowling Club — Coronado Historical Association — through Sep 13
- Community Art House Program — Dear Tomorrow (Oceanside) — through Sep 21
- Jesus Gonzalez live at Dear Tomorrow — Dear Tomorrow
- Alex Ayala "Hushed Voices" — Distinction Gallery (San Diego)
- Micro Gallery: Ongoing — Distinction Gallery
- Art Show August Octogenarian — Foothills Art Association (La Mesa) — through Sep 2
- Small Image Show — Foothills Art Association (La Mesa) — through Aug 31
- Everything Touches Art Exhibit — Granger Hotel (San Diego)
- Organica: Flora to Fauna — Granger Hotel (Downtown San Diego) — through Dec 31
- A-Maizing Maize: How Corn Built the Americas — Heritage of the Americas Museum (San Diego)
- Ancient or Replica? A Hands-On Guide to Identifying Pre-Hispanic Ceramics — Heritage of the Americas Museum (Rancho San Diego)
- Gold of the Ancient Andes: Secrets of Peru's Lost Kingdoms — Heritage of the Americas Museum (Rancho San Diego)
- Messages in Stone: Discover Kumeyaay Rock Art — Heritage of the Americas Museum (Rancho San Diego)
- Student Art Exhibition — Hyde Art Gallery (El Cajon)
- Ceramics Open Studio — Ilan-Lael (Santa Ysabel)
- Colors of Nature: Messages from Antiquity / Fumiyo Imafuku — Japanese Friendship Garden — through Oct 25
- Katazome (Japanese Traditional stencil dyeing) — Japanese Friendship Garden — through Oct 22
- Charlie Allbritton Solo Show — Johen's Coffee Shop (San Diego)
- Joanne Leonard — Joseph Bellows Gallery
- John Banasiak: George Brown's Bar — Joseph Bellows Gallery (San Diego)
- Becoming Heirlooms: A Craft Desert — Judith Harris Art Gallery (San Diego) — through Nov 7
- aja monet | the color of rain — La Jolla Community Center
- Stories in Cloth: Communicating Through Textiles — La Jolla Historical Society (San Diego) — through Sep 6
- La Jolla Historical Society Community Open House & Special Reveal — La Jolla Historical Society: Wisteria Cottage Gallery
- RETNA, RERO, FUNSKULL, Robert Montgomery: Signals in the Noise — Madison Gallery (Solana Beach) — through Sep 7
- RETNA: Love Letter | Carta De Amor — Madison Gallery
- Ècriture — Madison Gallery (San Diego)
- Data Tales — Mandeville Art Gallery (La Jolla) — through Sep 25
- Take Me to The Water: Histories of The Black Pacific — Maritime Museum of San Diego — through Dec 26
- Thao French — Mesa College Art Gallery (San Diego) — through Sep 17
- Diversity of Enduring Impressions: visualized through each artists lens — Meyer Fine Art, Inc.
- Contemporary Artwork by Rosa Huerta — Mi Gallery Tu Gallery (San Diego)
- Community Spotlight: Revision — Mingei International Museum (San Diego) — through Sep 4
- Farm to Craft — Mingei International Museum (San Diego) — through Nov 15
- To Catch a Fish — Mingei International Museum (San Diego) — through Nov 1
- Art Gallery Exhibit: Disparate Vectors — MiraCosta College Art Gallery (Oceanside) — through Oct 7
- Heejung Kwon — Mission Valley (San Diego) — through Aug 31
- "Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story" Film Screening — Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (La Jolla)
- Prospect 2026 — Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego — through Nov 8
- The Dean Collection Presents: Hometown Heroes — Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego — through Nov 8
- The U.S. Navy History Experience 1776-1945 — Navy Command Center Bldg. at Liberty Station (La Jolla, CA)
- 75th Open Fine Art — North Coastal Art Gallery (Carlsbad)
- Open Abstract Show — North Coastal Art Gallery (Carlsbad)
- Katy Robinson — North Park (San Diego) — through Sep 30
- Plein Air Paint Out With OMA Artist Alliance: Oceanside Harbor — Oceanside Harbor
- Brothers in Arts: James Hubbell and Bert Hubbell — Oceanside Museum Of Art — through Sep 6
- David Adey: Sacrificial Bodies — Oceanside Museum Of Art — through Nov 1
- Kate Tova: A Place to Rest (My Tired Mind) — Oceanside Museum Of Art — through Sep 27
- Best of Show - Hot Wheels — Off Track Gallery (Encinitas) — through Aug 31
- Meet Ross Provence — Olaf Wieghorst Museum (Downtown El Cajon)
- Artful Mind — Point Loma/Hervey (San Diego) — through Aug 31
- Aditi Bhatia: Spoken and Unspoken Cosmic Relationships — Rancho Bernardo Library (San Diego) — through Sep 30
- Revival — Revision La Mesa Studio
- IT'S A Tiny Art Show! — SH!FT Gallery (San Diego)
- Hypercars Titans of Speed — San Diego Automotive Museum — through Sep 18
- Fiber Arts | Felting: Needle Felted Flowering Cactus — San Diego Craft Collective (Liberty Station)
- Fiber Arts | Felting: Needle Felted Wool Hilly Landscapes — San Diego Craft Collective
- AMERICA AT 250: SAN DIEGO 1776–2026 — San Diego History Center (San Diego, CA)
- 2026 Spring Patio Show — San Diego Potters' Guild
- Gallery Show - Art of the Bowl — San Diego Potters' Guild
- Gallery Show - Caffeinated or Not - 2026 — San Diego Potters' Guild
- Gallery Show - Clay, Form & Function 2026 — San Diego Potters' Guild
- Gallery Show - Shades of Blue — San Diego Potters' Guild
- Gallery Show - Unique Holiday Gifts — San Diego Potters' Guild
- Gallery Show - Whimsical Pots — San Diego Potters' Guild
- 2026 August “Figuratively Speaking” Member Exhibition (Cash Show) — San Diego Watercolor Society — through Sep 12
- 2026 September "Urban Rhythms" VIRTUAL Member (Cash Show) — San Diego Watercolor Society — through Sep 12
- Pop Art Culture Remix Exhibition — Sparks Gallery (San Diego) — through Oct 4
- Pop Culture Remix Exhibit Opening & Sparks Art Party — Sparks Gallery (San Diego) — through Oct 4
- Sugar Rush: Artist Alliance at Sparks Gallery — Sparks Gallery (San Diego) — through Oct 4
- Artist's Choice Exhibition — The Courthouse Gallery of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California (San Diego) — through Dec 11
- The Collective: Between a Memory and a Dream — The Photographer's Eye: A Creative Collective (Escondido, CA) — through Sep 5
- Exhibition: Spotlight Artists — TheStudioDoor (San Diego) — through Sep 18
- Brisk One — Thumbprint Gallery (La Jolla) — through Aug 31
- Art Journal By Mieko Anekawa — Village Arts Center (Balboa Park)
- Chinese Brush Painting by Lucy Wang — Village Arts Center (Balboa Park)
- A Land of Beauty: Landscape Paintings of the Southwest — Village Arts Outreach Gallery (San Diego) — through Oct 19
- San Diego in Motion — Village Arts Outreach Gallery (San Diego) — through Sep 7
- Quilts Japan: The 17th Quilt Nihon — Visions Museum of Textile Art (San Diego) — through Oct 10
- Soft Architectures of the Sea — Visions Museum of Textile Art (San Diego) — through Oct 10
- What does it mean to draw a line if home is a verb? — Visions Museum of Textile Art (San Diego) — through Sep 5
- RECLAIMING THE ORDINARY — Woodward Contemporary (San Diego) — through Sep 12
Theater — Now Playing (17)
- Purpose — La Jolla Playhouse — through Aug 27
- Theresa Caputo Live: The Experience — Balboa Theatre — through Aug 27
- Guys and Dolls — Moonlight Amphitheatre — through Aug 29
- Much Ado About Nothing — The Old Globe — through Aug 30
- As You Like It / Como Gustes — Southwestern College Theatre — through Aug 31
- Twelfth Night — Southwestern College Theatre — through Aug 31
- Eleanor — North Coast Repertory Theatre — through Sep 6
- Arsenic and Old Lace — Coronado Playhouse — through Sep 6
- Freaky Friday the Musical! — Patio Playhouse — through Sep 6
- Ni Mi Madre — Diversionary Theatre — through Sep 6
- Mensa — OnStage Playhouse — through Sep 13
- Rock Of Ages — San Diego Musical Theatre — through Sep 13
- WE WILL ROCK YOU — New Village Arts — through Sep 20
- Theatre People, or The Angel Next Door — Scripps Ranch Theatre — through Sep 20
- American Rhythm — Lamb's Players Theatre — through Oct 8
- Open Mic — Community Actors Theatre — through Oct 26
- Read! Imagine! Create! 2026-2027 True Grit — Write Out Loud — through May 1