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Bakersfield
Bakersfield Museum of
Art
They increase awareness and understanding of the visual arts.
Promote and support the important role the arts play in youth development .
Foster cross-cultural appreciation
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Berkeley Art Museum +
Pacific Film Archive at U.C. Berkeley
The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is the visual arts center of the University of California,
Berkeley. Through art and film programs, collections and research resources, they aspire to be locally connected
and globally relevant, engaging audiences from the
campus, community, and beyond.
Judah L. Magnes
Museum
The Magnes is a museum of art and history focused on the Jewish experience. The Museum demonstrates a
commitment to both tradition and experimentation through a wide-ranging collection, original exhibitions,
provocative programs, and research facilities, including the largest history center relating to the Jews in the
American West. The Magnes is a place of discovery for Jews and the community at large, and contributes
to international scholarship and culture.
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Museum of Television and Radio
The Paley Center for Media, with locations in New York and Los Angeles, leads the discussion about the cultural,
creative, and social significance of television, radio, and emerging platforms for the professional community and
media-interested public.
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Claremont
Claremont Museum of Art
The Village offers an eclectic variety of street-front shops, music stores, restaurants, and cafés, and its western
expansion will soon complete to include an upscale inn, art-house theater, and additional eateries and boutiques.
The Packing House, in which the Claremont Museum of Art is located, was the first commercial building to
complete as part of this expansion. Claremont is
conveniently located along the Metrolink commuter train line,
with trains traveling to Los Angeles
and San Bernardino daily.
Pomona College Museum of
Art
The fine art collections of Pomona College are housed in the Pomona College Museum of Art, at the Montgomery
Art Center, which was inaugurated in 1958 and named for the late Gladys K. Montgomery, Pomona trustee and
Los Angeles civic leader. Among important holdings are the Kress Collection of 15th- and 16th-century Italian panel
paintings; over 5,000 examples of Pre-Columbian to 20th-century American Indian art and artifacts, including
basketry, ceramics, and bead work; and a large
collection of American and European prints, drawings, and photographs. In
addition to serving as the basis for exhibitions, the collections, which
are always available for individual study and research, are frequently
used for classes
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps
College
Founded in 1993, the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery presents four annual exhibitions spanning a wide range of art.
Whether historical or contemporary, Western or Asian, exhibitions enrich the teaching of art and humanities at Scripps
as well
as the cultural community of Claremont and environs. The Gallery also
makes the College's art collection of 8,000 objects accessible for
browsing online. Gallery staff publishes exhibition catalogues and trains
students in museum practice through paid internships and work-study positions
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Escondido
California Center for the Arts
Featuring work by both American and European photographers, this exhibition offers a broad historical
overview of 20th century photography and represents a wide range of styles - from Edward Weston's carefully
composed still-lifes and landscapes to Weegee's sometimes comic, often tragic images of life on the streets of
New York
. The collection also contains fine examples of street photography from the 1940s and ‘50s when artists,
such as Dorothea Lange, Ervin Marton, Inge Morath and Max Yavno, captured random moments in the lives of
ordinary people living in post-World War II Paris , New York and Los Angeles . The collection’s contemporary
photographs include works from landscape photographer William Clift, views of Latin America by Mario Algaze and
scenes of daily life in the American South by Jack Spencer.
Queen Califia's
Magical Circle Garden
The only American sculpture garden by Niki De Saint Phalle who is a Internationally acclaimed artist.
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Fresno
Fresno Art
Museum
The Fresno Art Museum collects, preserves, and exhibits to the public tangible objects valuable to art and history.
Exhibitions include a wide range of contemporary as well as modern works by local, national and international artists.
With additional emphasis
on Mexican art from pre-Columbian times to the present, and with the
planned bequest of significant collections of pre-Columbian ceramics
and French post-impressionist graphics, the Museum is working to serve as
both an educational facility and a repository for important
collections from the Central Valley.
Fresno Metropolitan Museum
The Fresno Metropolitan Museum exists to serve the community of the curious.
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Fullerton
Fullerton
Museum Center
The Fullerton Museum Center is dedicated to developing and presenting the best in multi-disciplinary exhibitions and
educational programs in the areas of history, science, and art.
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Glendale
Forest Lawn Museum
Experience our permanent collection of western bronzes, stained glass, historical American pieces, original paintings
and cultural artifacts.
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Hanford
Lee
Institute for Japanese Art
The Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture was formed to collect, preserve, study, exhibit, and educate the
public about works of fine art. While the arts of no country are excluded, the Center's primary focus will be the arts of
Japan. Through these means it hopes to further
understanding of the culture of Japan and foster friendship between
Japan and the United States.
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Irvine
Irvine
Museum
It is the only museum in California dedicated to the preservation and display of California Impressionism or Plein-Air
paintings, an art style that flourished in California
from 1890 to 1930. The paintings from this beautiful and important
regional variant of American Impressionism are principally landscapes that
document the splendor of California as it was before huge population growth and mass urbanization.
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Laguna Beach
Laguna Art
Museum
The Museum focuses on the cultural heritage of our huge, diverse and powerful state, and on the unique history and
accomplishments of Laguna Beach, a community of the
American West located on the shore of southern California, about fifty
miles below the city of Los Angeles. As cultural theorists often enjoy
pointing out, southern California, with its motion picture, television,
and aerospace industries, is the mecca of artificial culture. In this
“here-today-gone tomorrow” culture, our history has traditionally been
trivialized and discarded, leaving a great deal of the past for us to
excavate. Laguna Beach and the Laguna Art Museum have stood at the center
of another sort of culture. From the turn of the century through the
1930s, Laguna Beach was home to one of the most significant artists colony
on the Pacific Coast. The Laguna Art Museum has not only been the focal
point of this art colony but, instrumental in uncovering its history
as well. Along with its counterpart, the Oakland Museum of California Art
in northern California, it has been at the forefront of a trend among
California museums to focus on regional art history.
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Long Beach
California State
University Art Museum
The museum regularly offers
concerts, spoken-word events, gallery talks, lectures, and tours for both
the campus and the community. In addition, UAM staff work with
students as interns (and through paid positions) as part of their training
for future careers in the arts. In short, the UAM continually seeks to
serve the university and the regional community through the presentation
of exciting exhibitions of contemporary art and design; the training of
young people interested in the arts profession; the augmentation,
enhancement, and display of the permanent collection; and unique
opportunities to interact with artists through residencies, workshops, and
lectures.
Long Beach Museum of
Art
The Long Beach Museum of Art is
located on a magnificent bluff-top site overlooking Long Beach Harbor and
the Pacific Ocean. The campus includes the historic Elizabeth Milbank
Anderson house and carriage house, now called the Miller Education Center
(built in 1912), oceanfront gardens, and a new pavilion with two floors of
expansive gallery space for changing exhibitions with the Museum Store in
the Masterson Atrium. The historic buildings are home to administrative
offices, the Boeing Classroom and Café. In addition to changing
exhibitions, the Museum offers extensive educational programs for children
and adults, musical programs, festivals, and other special
events.
Museum of
Latin American Art
MOLAA's mission is to educate the public about contemporary Latin American fine art (by artists who have lived and
worked in Latin America since WWII) through the
presentation of a significant permanent collection, dynamic exhibitions
and related cultural and educational programs.
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Los Angeles
J. Paul Getty
Museum
The J. Paul Getty Museum at the
Getty Center in Los Angeles houses European paintings, drawings,
sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and European and
American photographs.
Los Angeles County
Museum of Art
With 100,000 objects dating from ancient times to the present, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is
the largest art museum in the western United
States. A museum of international stature as well as a vital part of
Southern California, LACMA shares its vast collections through
exhibitions, public programs, and research facilities that attract nearly
a million visitors annually.
A+D Museum
(Architectural and Design Museum)
The mission of
A+D Museum is to celebrate and promote an awareness of architecture and
design in everyday life through exhibits, educational programs and
public outreach.
Arm and Hammer Museum
of Art at UCLA
The Hammer Museum
explores the capacity of art to enhance the full range of human
experience. Through its collections, exhibitions, and programs the Hammer
illuminates the depth and diversity of artistic expression through the
centuries, with a special emphasis on the art of our time. At the core of
the Hammer’s mission is the recognition that artists play a crucial role
in all aspects of culture and society. As cultural center, the Museum
advances UCLA's mission by contributing to the intellectual life of the
campus and the community at large.
Autry
Museum of Western Heritage
Through innovative exhibitions, a broad range of
programs and extensive collection of art and artifacts, the Autry National
Center explores the distinct stories and interactions of cultures and
peoples, and their impact on the complex, evolving history of the American
West.
California African-American
Museum
Corita (Kent) Art
Center
The Corita Art Center
has a wealth of serigraphs spanning the entirety of Corita’s career. We
are always in search of alternative venues in which to hang Corita’s
work.
Craft and Folk Art Museum
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) champions cultural understanding by encouraging curiosity about our
diverse world through the universal lens of art. Our exhibits and programs serve as a catalyst for the exploration of art
and ideas that reflect our ever-changing community.
Fisher
Gallery at the University of Southern
California
USC
Fisher Museum of Art is the accredited art museum of the University of
Southern California. It was founded in 1939 by Elizabeth Holmes Fisher and
has permanent collections including groups of 19th century American
landscapes; 16th and 17th century Northern European paintings; 18th
century British portraiture; and 19th century French Barbizon paintings,
as well as 20th century works on paper, paintings and sculpture.
Korean American Museum
The Korean American community
has established the Korean American Museum to interpret and preserve its
history, culture, and achievements; to examine and discuss issues
currently facing the community; and to explore new and innovative ways to
communicate the Korean American experience to other American
communities.
MAK Center for Art
and Architecture
Since its inception in
1994, the MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House has
been making a unique contribution to the artistic and cultural landscape
of Los Angeles. Offering a year-round schedule of exhibitions, lectures,
symposia, and concerts, the MAK Center proudly presents programming that
challenges conventional notions of
architectural space and
relationships between the creative arts.
Museum of
Contemporary Art
Founded in 1979, MOCA is the only museum in Los
Angeles devoted exclusively to contemporary art. It is committed to the
collection, presentation, and interpretation of work produced since 1940
in all media, and to preserving that work for future generations. In a
remarkably short time, MOCA has developed one of the nation's most
renowned permanent collections. Now numbering over 5,000 works and
steadily growing, this invaluable cultural resource provides extensive
opportunities for education and enjoyment to thousands of national and
international visitors. Today the museum is housed in three unique
facilities: MOCA Grand Avenue, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, and MOCA Pacific Design Center.
Museum of Neon Art
Hailed by The New York Times as "a lesson on how to
connect the eye to heart and mind," the Skirball Cultural Center has
established itself as one of the world's most dynamic Jewish cultural
institutions, and among the most prominent cultural venues in the United
States. Its mission is to explore the connections between four thousand
years of Jewish heritage and the vitality of American democratic ideals.
It seeks to welcome and inspire people of every ethnic and cultural
identity in American life. Guided by our respective memories and experiences, together we aim to build a society in which all of us can feel at home.
Skirball Cultural Center
Hailed by
The New York Times as "a lesson on how to connect the eye to heart and
mind," the Skirball Cultural Center has established itself as one of the
world's most dynamic Jewish cultural institutions, and among the most
prominent cultural venues in the United States. Its mission is to explore
the connections between four thousand years of Jewish heritage and the
vitality of American democratic ideals. It seeks to welcome and inspire
people of every ethnic and cultural identity in American life. Guided by
our respective memories and experiences, together we aim to build a
society in which all of us can feel at home.
Southwest Museum
The galleries at the Southwest
Museum of the American Indian are closed to the public at this time.
However, the Museum Store is open on Saturdays and Sundays and we will
continue to offer great programs and events throughout the year.
UCLA
Fowler Museum of Cultural History
The goal of
this new museum was to consolidate the various collections of non-Western
art and artifacts on campus. In addition to active collecting, the museum
initiated research projects, fieldwork, exhibitions and publications. In
1971 the name was changed to the Museum of Cultural History and by 1975
its collections, in numbers and in quality, ranked it among the top four
university museums in the country, a stature it retains to the present
day.
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Los Olivos
Wildling Art
Museum
From colonial times to the present, the wilderness has inspired American artists. The Wildling Art Museum celebrates
our nation's wild places as seen through the eyes of
its finest painters, print makers, photographers, and
sculptors.
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Monterey
Monterey Museum
of Art
Celebrating the rich artistic heritage of Central California, the Monterey Museum of Art offers exceptional collections
of early California painting, photography, and
contemporary art in two unique historic settings. The Museum has
significant collections of work by Armin Hansen, William Ritschel, Ansel
Adams, and Edward Weston. Our collections are supplemented by year-round
exhibitions, lectures, classes, symposia, and travel opportunities.
Whether you're viewing the galleries at MMA Pacific Street or strolling the gardens at MMA La Mirada, there's always something new and wonderful to see.
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Moraga
Hearst Art Gallery at Saint Mary's
College
The art
collection originated in the early part of the 20th century, with the
first gallery opening in 1934. The present Hearst Art Gallery, built in
1977 with a grant from the Hearst Foundation, serves both the Saint Mary's
College community and the public. Exhibitions and events are enhanced by a
wonderful group of volunteers who assist with all aspects of museum
operations and members whose generous support makes many programs and
publications possible.
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Napa
di Rosa
Preserve
Considered the most significant collection of Bay Area art in the world, the di Rosa Preserve: Art & Nature provides
opportunities for creative enrichment and enjoyment of art and the environment year-round. The Preserve houses
approximately 2,000 works of art by more than 800 artists. A gift to the public from passionate art collector
Rene di Rosa, the di Rosa Preserve is located on 217 scenic acres in Napa Valley
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Newport Beach
Orange County Museum of Art
The Orange County Museum of Art is the premier visual arts organization in Orange County, California, serving
a population of nearly three million residents in one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the country. Critically
acclaimed exhibitions such as Picasso to Pollock: Modern Masterpieces from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum
of Art, together with the Orange Lounge at South
Coast Plaza, draw more than 60,000 visitors annually. Some 15,000 children
and adults participate in award winning education programs. The museum's
collection comprises nearly 2,500 objects, with a concentration on the art of California from the early 20th century to present.
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Oakland
Oakland Museum of California
The Oakland Museum of California provides unique collections, exhibitions and educational opportunities designed to
generate a broader and
deeper understanding of and interest in California's environment, history,
art and people. Museum programs are responsive, accessible and meaningful
to the public, including school children, teachers, scholars, the
immediate Oakland community, and an increasingly diverse California population.
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Oceanside
Oceanside Museum of
Art
Exhibitions showcase the finest art of the southern California region from landscape paintings to studio furniture,
neon sculpture, art quilts, and architectural glass. OMA’s galleries feature on enlightening survey of contemporary art
enriched by the cultures of the community. The museum’s galleries are redesigned for each exhibition, surprising visitors
with a fresh, exciting visual transformation for every new exhibit.
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Oxnard
Carnegie Art
Museum
The Carnegie Art Museum, owned and operated as a non-profit museum by the City of Oxnard since 1985, traces its
beginnings back to the best
spirit of American business philanthropy. Originally, the City of
Oxnard’s first Public Library site, it was built in 1906 as one of the
free public libraries funded by industrialist Andrew Carnegie. After
the Library outgrew the building’s size in the 1960’s, and moved several
blocks to a new facility, this gracious building was used for a variety of
purposes including a Chamber of Commerce. In the early 1980s, after
extensive earthquake retrofitting, the Carnegie Building reopened as a
Cultural Arts Center. Due to the growing importance of its permanent
art collection, the Carnegie was designated by the City as an Art Museum
in 1985.
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Palm Springs
Palm Springs Desert
Museum
The Palm Springs Art Museum strives to serve diverse communities as one of the outstanding mid-size art museums in
the country. Its mission is to promote enjoyment, education and involvement with visual art of the highest quality, and
enhance appreciation of the performing arts. By collecting, preserving, exhibiting, and interpreting art from a broad
chronological and geographic range according to the
highest professional standards, and presenting a varied program of
performing art, the museum seeks to maximize its public service to
audiences of all ages and social backgrounds and to make art a dynamic
part of their lives.
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Pasadena
Norton Simon
Museum
The Norton Simon Museum is known around the world
as one of the most remarkable private art collections ever assembled. Over
a thirty-year period 20th-century industrialist Norton Simon (1907–1993)
amassed an astonishing collection of European art from the Renaissance to
the 20th century and a stellar collection of South and Southeast Asian art
spanning 2,000 years.
Pacific
Asia Museum
Pacific Asia Museum is one of only
four institutions in the United States dedicated exclusively to the arts
and culture of Asia and the Pacific Islands. The museum's mission is to
further cultural awareness and understanding through the arts.
Pasadena Museum of
California Art
The Pasadena Museum of
California Art (PMCA) is dedicated to the exhibition of California art,
architecture, and design from 1850 to the present. Informed by the state's
rich mixture of cultures and inspired by its impressive geography,
California art has long been defined by a spirit of freedom and
experimentation. PMCA exhibitions and educational programs explore the
cultural dynamics and influences unique to California that have shaped and defined art in all media.
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Pomona
Latino Art Museum
The Latino Art Museum is a
non-profit organization created to promote the works of talented Latin
American contemporary artists living in the United States and install a sense of appreciation for Latino art in the minds and hearts of children and adults.
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Redlands
Historical Glass
Museum
Currently, the Museum holds displays of American
Glassware dating from the early 1800's to contemporary times. Displays
include, but are not limited to, glass from Heisey, Cambridge, Fenton,
Fostoria, and Sandwich factories as well as those that produced
depression-era glassware. Items on display include candlesticks, milk
glass, stems, bowls, historical plates, salts, kerosene lamps,and even several items from the estate of Liberace.
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Riverside
California Museum of
Photography at U.C. Riverside
UCR/California Museum of Photography provides a cultural presence, educational resource, community center
and intellectual meeting ground for the university and the general public. The museum's explorations of photographic
media through exhibition, collection, publication, and the web examine the history of photography and showcase
current practice in photography and
related media.
Riverside
Art Museum
The core mission of the Riverside Art Museum (RAM) is to exhibit, educate, collect, and provide scholarship relative
to the visual arts; it is the largest visual arts museum serving the Inland Empire exhibiting a wide range of work with an
emphasis on American, Californian, & prominent Inland Empire artists. RAM offers a diverse range of exemplary art
exhibitions, educational programs, and community outreach events. It is a distinguished yet accessible, welcoming
institution that serves as a cultural,
collaborative and educational focal point for the community.
Sweeney Art Gallery
at U.C. Riverside
The
Sweeney Art Gallery is an artistic laboratory that engages diverse
audiences with exhibitions and programs that are committed to
experimentation, innovation, and the exploration of art in our time. The
Sweeney places a special emphasis on inspiring projects that explore new
ideas and materials and re-envision the relationship between art and life.
Established on the University of California-Riverside ís campus in 1963,
the Sweeney moved to UCR ARTS block in April of 2006 and plays a special
role in contributing to the artistic spirit of the campus and the
community at large. At the center of the Gallery ís mission is an
appreciation for the role of artists developing the intellectual and
cultural life of society.
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Rohnert Park
Sonoma
State University Art Gallery
The Art Gallery presents exhibitions and public
programs on modern and contemporary artists of regional, national, and
international significance. Visitors to the Art Gallery can view
stimulating and challenging works of art from important private and public
collections as well as new work directly from artist's studios.
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Sacramento
Crocker Art
Museum
The longest continuously operating art museum
in the West, the Crocker Art Museum was founded in 1885 and remains the
leading art institution for the California Capital Region and Central
Valley. The Museum, which is housed in one of the finest examples of
Victorian Italianate architecture in the United States, offers a diverse
spectrum of special exhibitions, events and programs to augment its
collections of California, European and Asian art works, and International Ceramics.
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San Diego
Mingei International
Museum of Folk Art
Mingei International Museum – revealing
the beauty of use in folk art, craft and design from all eras and cultures
of the world. Explore Southern California's largest and richest collection
of mingei – art of the people. Visit Mingei International's two beautiful
Museums
Museum of Contemporary
Art
The permanent collection of the
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, includes more than 4,000 works
created after 1950, representing all media and genres: painting,
sculpture, works on paper, photography, video, film, and installation.
MCASD is known for collecting works by promising emerging artists and under-recognized mid-career artists, as well as by major figures in contemporary art. Among the greatest strengths of the MCASD Collection are
minimalist and Pop art of the 1960s and 70s,
conceptual art from the 1960s to the present, installation art, Latin
American art, and art from California and the San Diego/Tijuana region.
Many works in the collection are the result of artists' residencies or
works commissioned for MCASD exhibitions.
Museum of Photographic
Arts
Since its founding in 1983, the Museum of
Photographic Arts (MoPA) has been devoted to collecting, conserving and
exhibiting the entire spectrum of the photographic medium. The museum's
endeavors consistently address cultural, historical and social issues
through its exhibitions and public programs.
San Diego Art
Institute
SDAI's most visible activity focuses on
showcasing the work of San Diego emerging area visual artists through a
program of over 30 juried shows a year, (regular show, "One-Foot" show,
special outreach shows, youth art & others). Different art
professionals are selected as jurors for each show assuring exhibitions of
high quality and great variety. Jurors' Choice and Honorable Mention
certificates are awarded at monthly public receptions.
San Diego Museum Of Art
San Diego Museum of Art, the region's primary
resource for exhibitions and collections of fine art for more than 80
years. Located in the heart of Balboa Park, their galleries offer
opportunities for learning, introspection, and connection with cultures
from around the world. Please browse our site and discover our many
exhibitions, classes, and performances.
Stuart Collection of Sculpture at U.C. San
Diego
Art works in the collection range from
13th-century altarpieces through 18th-century portraits to 19th-century
still lifes. Represented are the works of Dutch, Flemish, French, and
Italian painters, including Rembrandt, Rubens, Petrus Christus, Fragonard,
Jacques-Louis David, and Veronese, as well as American artists such as
John Singleton Copley and Eastman Johnson.
Timken Museum of
Art
Artworks in the collection range from 13th-century
altarpieces through 18th-century portraits to 19th-century still lifes.
Represented are the works of Dutch, Flemish, French, and Italian painters,
including Rembrandt, Rubens, Petrus Christus, Fragonard, Jacques-Louis
David, and Veronese, as well as American artists such as John Singleton Copley and Eastman Johnson.
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San Francisco
de Young Museum
Founded in 1895 in San
Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, the de Young Museum has been an integral
part of the cultural fabric of the city and a cherished destination for
millions of residents and visitors to the region for over 100
years.
Legion Of Honor
The Asian
Art Museum of San Francisco is one of the largest museums in the Western
world devoted exclusively to Asian art. But we are more than just an art
museum—we are your ticket to Asia. Here, you can travel through 6,000
years of history, trek across seven major regions, and sample the cultures
of numerous countries.
San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
The Cartoon Art Museum
presents an in-depth look at one of the most anticipated films of 2009 and
the graphic novel that inspired it in its latest exhibition, WATCHMEN. The
exhibition features dozens of concept illustrations, preparatory sketches
and original comic book pages illustrated by Dave Gibbons, the co-creator
and illustrator of the critically-acclaimed Watchmen graphic novel.
Viewers will be able to follow the creation of the Watchmen universe from
Gibbons’s conceptual sketches through his completed artwork to the actual
props used in the creation of the Watchmen motion picture, courtesy of the
Warner Bros. Corporate Archives.
Asian Art Museum of
San Francisco
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is one of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to
Asian art. But we are more than just an art museum—we are your ticket to Asia. Here, you can travel through 6,000
years of history, trek across seven
major regions, and sample the cultures of numerous countries.
Cartoon Art Museum
The Cartoon Art Museum presents an in-depth look at one of the most anticipated films of 2009 and the graphic novel
that inspired it in its latest exhibition, WATCHMEN.
The exhibition features dozens of concept illustrations, preparatory
sketches and original comic book pages illustrated by Dave Gibbons, the
co-creator and illustrator of the critically-acclaimed Watchmen graphic
novel. Viewers will be able to follow the creation of the Watchmen
universe from Gibbons’s conceptual sketches through his completed artwork
to the actual props used in the creation of the Watchmen motion picture,
courtesy of the Warner Bros. Corporate Archives.
Museo ItaloAmericano
The Museo ItaloAmericano is the only museum in the
United States devoted exclusively to Italian and Italian-American art and
culture. Established in 1978, the Museo ItaloAmericano is a non-profit
institution governed by a Board of Directors.
Museum of Craft and Folk
Art
As the only folk art museum in Northern California, the museum is known for a rich offering of focused and unique
exhibitions of traditional and contemporary folk art and craft from around the world — demonstrating how folk art,
contemporary craft, and fine art are all part of the
same continuum.
San Francisco State
University Fine Arts Gallery
The Fine Arts
Gallery at San Francisco State University presents four exhibitions
annually. Two of these explore international contemporary art and
historical examinations of the diversity of art in California and the
West. Examples include exhibitions of contemporary work from Cuba,
Scandinavia, and survey exhibitions. Examples of thematic group shows
include With New Eyes: Toward an Asian American Art History, and Black
Power/Black Art . Other thematic group exhibitions include The Erotic Life
of Clay featuring Sexpots, and A California Calligraphy Summit. Rarely,
solo exhibitions are featured. Examples include Chang Dai-Chien In
California and John Gutmann: Parallels in Focus.
Thacher
Gallery at the University of San Francisco
Since
its inception, the gallery has been committed to presenting a range of
artistic media and expression, from regional to international,
experimental to traditional. Each year the gallery presents exhibitions
diverse in subject and material, including an annual student
showcase.
The Jewish Museum San
Francisco
Since its founding in 1984, the
Contemporary Jewish Museum has engaged audiences of all ages and
backgrounds through dynamic exhibitions and programs that explore
contemporary perspectives on Jewish culture, history, art, and ideas.
Throughout its history, the Museum has distinguished itself as a welcoming
place where visitors can connect with one another through dialogue and
shared experiences with the arts.
Yerba Buena Center for
the Arts
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is the Bay Area's
premier venue for adventurous art. We are located at Mission & Third
Streets in the Yerba Buena Gardens district of downtown San Francisco. A
multi disciplinary art Center, we feature exhibitions, performance,
film/video and community engagement programs.
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San Jose
Art-Tech (Silicon Valley
Institute for Art and Technology)
Art-Tech is blazing a
path towards the fusion of art & technology, in physical and in
cyber-space. We run a 'bricks and clicks' operation from our
hillside ranch venue - drawing inspiration from the surrounding beauty of
the landscape - and from the creative vitality of Silicon Valley spread
out below.
Rosicrucian
Egyptian Museum
The Egyptian Museum at
Rosicrucian Park has been a fixture of San José life for so long that it
is difficult to conceive of a time without it. Hundreds of thousands of
residents and visitors to Northern California have experienced "history
coming alive" through the exhibits, tours, lectures and other activities
at the Museum. How did this landmark come to be here in the Valley first
known for citrus and prunes, and now famous for silicon chips?
San Jose Museum of
Art
Established in 1969, the San Jose
Museum of Art is a distinct voice in the San Francisco Bay Area arts
community. The Museum is recognized for its contemporary collection, which
reflects the West Coast contextualized by national and international
visual art. The collection exhibits the unique evolution of the
institution from a small civic art gallery to a museum in the tenth
largest city in the United States.
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San
Marino
Huntington Library
A private, nonprofit institution, The Huntington was
founded in 1919 by Henry E. Huntington, an exceptional businessman who built a financial empire that included railroad companies, utilities, and real estate holdings in Southern California.
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Santa Ana
Bowers Museum of
Cultural Art
The museum's permanent collection includes some
130,000 objects and features notable strengths in such diverse areas as
pre-Columbian America; African and Oceanic art, particularly from Papua
New Guinea; and California Plein-Air paintings. The Bowers has also
developed partnerships with the Smithsonian, the Nanjing Museum, the
Shanghai Museum, and the British Museum, among others, to bring national
and international exhibitions from the greatest museums in the world to
Southern California.
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Santa Barbara
Art Museum at U.C. Santa
Barbara
The University Art Museum
(UAM) is located 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles, on the campus of the
University of California, Santa Barbara. Established in 1959, as a gallery dedicated to art education at UC Santa Barbara, it now
serves as a unique educational resource for academic
and community audiences throughout the region. Today, the UAM has a
distinguished Fine Art Collection of over 8,500 works and over 750,000
architectural drawings, historic photographs, writings, scrapbooks, and
three-dimensional objects in the Architecture and Design Collection. The
Museum has earned an international reputation over the last 30 years for
its innovative and culturally diverse exhibitions, catalogues, and
interdisciplinary programs.
Reynolds Gallery at Westmont College
Santa Barbara
Museum of Art
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art has a number
of special and permanent exhibitions that exist outside of the exhibition
schedule of the museum.
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Santa Clara
de Saisset
Museum at Santa Clara University
Triton Museum of
Art
The Triton Museum of Art collects and exhibits contemporary and historical works with an emphasis on artists of the
Greater Bay Area. The permanent collection includes 19th and 20th century American art of the Pacific Rim, Europe
and beyond. Our goal is to use an open-minded approach to create thought-provoking exhibitions that reach beyond
traditional presentations of art.
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Santa Cruz
Museum Of Art And
History
The County's Musical History is guest curated by Frank Perry. Through historic photographs, sheet music, records,
instruments, and other musical memorabilia this exhibit will show what has kept Santa Cruzans humming, dancing,
singing, and clapping their hands over the past 150 years.
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Santa Monica
California Heritage Museum
Built in 1894 by nationally renowned architect Sumner P. Hunt for the son of Santa Monica's founder, Roy Jones, the
Heritage Museum has been open to
the public since 1980. Since then, the Museum has developed a devoted
following of fans who appreciate its innovative and intimate character.
Santa Monica Museum of Art
The Santa Monica Museum of Art was founded in 1985 by Abby Sher. Museum programming began when Thomas
Rhoads took over as Executive Director in 1988. A decade later, SMMoA moved from its original location on Main
Street to Bergamot Station, Southern California's
largest art gallery and cultural complex. SMMoA devotes its exhibition
spaces—the main gallery and two project rooms—to presenting and advancing
the work of contemporary local, national, and international artists whose work merits sustained inquiry and recognition.
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Santa Rosa
Charles M. Schulz Museum
and Research Center
The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center was designed to reflect the modest, low key, and comfortable
personality and style of an internationally-famous cartoonist. Until his death in 2000, Schulz himself was involved with
each design stage. After his passing, his widow, Jean, along with close friends, other family members, and museum
and design professionals kept his vision in mind to create this beautiful and meaningful space as a tribute to an
extraordinary man.
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Sonoma
Sonoma Valley Museum of
Art
For some time, a group of local art enthusiasts has had a vision of Sonoma as a unique point of focus for the arts in
Northern California. A public meeting was held in early 1998 to explore the possibilities of establishing a fine arts
museum in Sonoma. Community residents indicated a broad level of interest and support for this concept.
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Stanford
Cantor Center for Visual
Arts at Stanford University
The Cantor Arts Center's diverse collections span continents, cultures, and 4,000 years of art history and include the
largest gathering of Rodin bronzes outside Paris. Come see a wide range of changing exhibitions and take advantage
of docent tours, lectures,
gallery talks, symposia, classes, and special events. Explore,
participate, and visit often.
New
Guinea Sculpture Garden at Stanford University
In May, 1994, ten master New Guinea carvers and a team of American and New Guinea landscape architects began
working in-residency to develop a major outdoor sculpture garden of New Guinea art on the Stanford University
campus. For the participants,
this collaboration was not an attempt to recreate a "traditional" New
Guinea art/landscape environment, but rather an unprecedented opportunity
to experiment with and reinterpret New Guinea aesthetic perspectives
within the new context of a western public art and landscape architecture
project. This cross-cultural exchange promised to open challenging new
territory for the artists to explore their aesthetic visions while
simultaneously putting the artists in control of the representation and interpretation of their art works and culture.
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Stockton
Haggin
Museum
Its art collection features works by such noted
19th-century painters as Albert Bierstadt, Rosa Bonheur, and
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, as well as many other American and European artists.
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Ventura
Ventura County Museum
of History and Art
The Museum of
Ventura County first opened in 1913 in the newly built Ventura County
Courthouse (now Ventura City Hall). Known as the Pioneer Museum, its
collections of artifacts and curios were the legacy of Dr. Cephas Bard, a
Pennsylvania doctor who came to Ventura after the Civil War. A
compassionate man with wide-ranging interests, Dr. Bard accepted
historical objects in lieu of cash payment for his services. Priceless
Chumash, Spanish and Mexican-American objects from his collection are on
display in the galleries today. In 1977, the Museum moved to its 15,000
square foot building on Ventura’s Main Street, near historic Mission San
Buenaventura. The Museum is currently at work on a major project to expand
its facility in Ventura by adding a public plaza, a pavilion for meetings
and special events, expanded galleries and store, an education center
with children's garden, a new lobby and great hall, new library and space
for storage and maintenance of the collections. Total project cost is estimated at $12 million, with over $7 million raised to date.
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