Aug 03 Sunday
Join the California Nature Art Museum for a free-admission, end-of-summer Family Day. This annual event invites visitors to participate in a variety of art-and-nature inspired activities.Activities include:—Create your own unique art pieces using recycled materials from 10 am to 1 pm—Make friends with a lizard, snake, or tortoise from Mahni’s Reptiles from 11 am to 12 pm—Enjoy a cheek or hand painting from 12 to 2 pm—Wonder at live honeybees in an observation hive from Santa Barbara Hives from 10 am to 3 pm—Shake paws with an adoptable pet from SYV Humane Society from 10 am to 3 pm.For more information, contact Rachel Metz at rachel@calnatureartmuseum.org.
Aug 07 Thursday
Art Center Morro Bay presents “Everyday Common Things”, a MBAA members only exhibit, celebrating the often-overlooked objects and moments of daily life. This theme challenges artists to transform the mundane-simple objects, outings, or familiar scenes into works of art that reveal their hidden significance or charm. By capturing the essence of the ordinary, artists can invite viewers to see the world around them in new and unexpected ways, finding inspiration and the creativity in the simplicity of everyday life.
In addition, Central Coast Artists Collective presents, The Painter’s Group juried annual Brushstrokes exhibit along with “Off the Wall”, the Central Coast Sculptors exhibit. Brushstrokes 2025, a California-wide non-themed annual juried exhibition, showcases a diverse array of artistic expression across various painting mediums, including acrylic, oil, pastel, watercolor, encaustic, digital, and collage.
Exhibition schedule is August 7th to September 15th with theArtist’s Reception on Sunday, August 9th from 2 to 4 pm.
Aug 08 Friday
Aug 09 Saturday
Nipomo Senior Center Multi-Vendor Fundraiser. Handmade crafts, new items, resell items, business resource, chair and table massage therapist’s on site, face painting, produce vendor, huge bake sale, pre-sale BBQ plate, and VIP SHOPPER raffle: winner takes all gift certificates! Vendors call to sign up.
SAVE THE DATES for our Colors of Conservation Exhibit, Friday, August 8, from 5 to 8 pm and Saturday, August 9, from 10 am to 4 pm.Original paintings and prints will be available for sale. A portion of art sales will benefit The Land Conservancy. Enjoy live artist painting demonstrations at Saturday’s event. Wine and light bites will also be provided.The event is a unique opportunity to support local artists as well as local conservation efforts to preserve our precious county open spaces, historic ranch lands, waterways, and coastal areas.About SLOPE and The Land Conservancy Art Collaboration:SLOPE’s talented plein air painters collaborate with The Land Conservancy to preserve our precious open spaces, historic ranch lands, waterways, and coastal areas. SLOPE artists create paintings by visiting and working at these treasured sites to capture the beauty and uniqueness of California’s Central Coast.Learn more about SLOPE, https://www.slope-painters.com.
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