Community Calendar

This collaborative exhibition celebrates the intersection of art and environmental stewardship, highlighting the efforts of the Oak Group, the UCSB Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration, and Coal Oil Point Reserve to conserve the Devereux Slough.

Art in Service of the Land invites viewers to explore how art documents, interprets, and amplifies the ongoing work of conservation, revealing the beauty and complexity of the North Campus Open Space (NCOS) and inspiring engagement with our local environment.

This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

Exhibition runs from March 16 to June 26.

Have a musical instrument collecting dust in your closest? Let us help! Infinite Music will put it in the hands of a young musician in need or fundraise through our retail sales program. We welcome all instruments and PA/sound equipment. (Sorry, no acoustic pianos at this time.)

Free pickup or drop off (KCBX weekdays from 9 am to 4 pm or Infinite Music, Morro Bay).

Call us at 805-225-1899 for more information or email: jim@infinitemusic.org.

Opera San Luis Obispo is proud to present its Summer Opera Camp, a premier youth training program and one of the last remaining opera camps of its kind in the nation.
This year’s camp features The Mikado, Jr. in partnership with Central Coast Gilbert & Sullivan. Students will learn, rehearse, and perform The Mikado, Jr. in a fully staged production at the conclusion of camp, while training at a professional level through one-on-one and group coaching in voice, movement, and collaboration, master classes, and performance preparation — then stepping directly onto the mainstage.

All campers are invited to perform in OperaSLO’s October production alongside professional singers and a full orchestra.

Registration is now open. www.operaslo.org.
Camp dates: Weekdays 9 am to 3 pm, July 20th to July 31. Ages 9 to 17.

If you share our interest in California history—especially the history of our famous Mission—you're invited to join the Mission San Luis Obispo Docents. Our Docents provide a vital service to the Mission Parish and to the community as a whole. We meet each month on the third Saturday at 9:30 (except December) in the Youth Center.
In addition to giving daily tours, our Docents attend monthly meetings, go on field trips to other missions, attend conferences, and generally enjoy learning more about the continuing history of the Mission and its role in our community.

Learn how to magically transform a tense situation into a productive discussion. Braver Angels of the Central Coast is offering a free, 2-hour workshop where you can learn the highly effective LAPP skills! Learn and practice so you can have sincere and effective, conversations with anyone, especially when you disagree about something. It's free. It's fun. It's effective. All are welcome.

Passage Through, New York–based artist Peter Krashes’ first solo exhibition on the West Coast, uses paintings of old and new construction, atmospheric details of public meetings, and ordinary yet meaningful aspects of community work to focus on daily experience in an ever-changing world.

For nearly two decades, Krashes was deeply engaged as a community activist, and this lived experience shapes the work throughout the exhibition. Passage Through turns our attention to interstitial spaces and events—what is found in between, at the edges of our awareness, in the overlooked, and in the margins of our vision.

Exhibits runs through June.
 

The nine diverse works of American art in this exhibition span from 1915 to 2020, representing a remarkable slice of American art history. This selection weaves together ideas of identity, childhood, and environment. Through diverse mediums, styles, and cultural contexts, these works offer insights into the personal, cultural, and artistic conversations that shape our world. This project is made possible through our remarkable partnership with Art Bridges, whose mission is to bring art out of storage and into communities across America.

Together, these works explore social issues that feel especially relevant today in the American political landscape—ideas of home, belonging, community, and time. Each artwork tells its own story, but together they create a larger history and experience. This exhibition does more than reflect the world: it helps us understand it and imagine the future we want to create.

Exhibition runs through May.

These two beautiful exhibits are running concurrently.

In the Main Gallery is the MBAA members' exhibit "A Shift in Perspective," a must for anyone looking to engage with thought-provoking themes that challenge conventional norms and encourage a re-examination of assumptions.
In the Russell Gallery is Aquarius, the Central Coast Watercolor Society's annual juried exhibit.

Exhibits runs February 19th to March 30th
Artist’s Reception: February 22nd, from 2 to 4 pm

Join the community for the Inaugural Event of The Beautiful Movement. The Beautiful Movement is dedicated to fostering the values of liberalism and Western enlightenment through creative expression and community engagement through the arts.

This outdoor event will feature speakers including author and activist Sean Shealy, activist and actor Bill Ostrander, advocate for global democracy Joel Koman, games and live music by MANAMANA.

Attendees are invited to bring blankets or lawn chairs and enjoy an afternoon of inspiration, music, and connection.

For more information or to volunteer, contact Sean Shealy, AmericanVictoryProject@gmail.com, subject line: The Beautiful Movement.

Build your skills at our Kips & Flips Clinic! Even beginners can start working on the fundamentals of these Intermediate skills. All levels welcome. Ages 5 to 17 years.