Winner will receive $500 to Blick Art Materials, a Museum Membership, and a private, curator-led tour of the exhibition of their choice
San Diego, CA—MCASD is launching its fourth annual 25 and Under Art Contest to celebrate Qualcomm Foundation’s long-standing gift of free admission for Museum visitors ages 25 and younger. Qualcomm Foundation has supported the initiative since 2007 and has helped MCASD serve more than 100,000 visitors age 25 and younger, free of charge.
Thematic exhibitions to include work by Suzanne Hellmuth, Byron Kim, and Jock Reynolds
San Diego, CA— In honor of the citywide centennial celebration of the 1915 Panama-California Exposition, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) will present Pond Lily Over Mushroom Cloud: Byron Kim Adapts the Black on Black Cosmology of Maria Martinez and John D. Spreckels and The Impossible Railroad at its downtown location from July 16, 2015 through November 1, 2015.
San Diego, CA—The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) will present SARAH CAIN blue in your body, red when it hits the air at its La Jolla location from May 9, 2015 through July 19, 2015. The exhibition presents Los Angeles-based artist Sarah Cain’s first solo museum project.
Please contact Leah Straub or Patricia B. Dwyer for high-resolution images of artworks, and to schedule interviews with Sarah Cain or MCASD’s Assistant Curator Elizabeth Rooklidge.
San Diego, CA—The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) and The San Diego Museum of Art are pleased to present internationally renowned artist El Anatsui as the featured speaker for the 15th annual Axline Lecture on Saturday, March 7, at 11 AM in Sherwood Auditorium at MCASD’s La Jolla location. Anatsui’s exhibition, Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui, will be on view at MCASD’s downtown location from March 5 through June 28, 2015.
Celebrate the opening of a new exhibition by artist El Anatsui with guided tours, art-making activities, live music, food, and drinks
San Diego, CA— On Thursday, March 5, 2015 from 7-10 PM, TNT (Thursday Night Thing) will take place at MCASD Downtown to celebrate the opening of the Museum’s newest exhibition, Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui.
Traveling exhibition a midcareer retrospective for New York artist
San Diego, CA—On May 9, 2015, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) will present Dear Nemesis, Nicole Eisenman 1993-2013 at its La Jolla location. The exhibition is the largest midcareer survey to date of the celebrated American artist and will remain on-view through September 6, 2015.
For high-resolution images, interviews with the exhibition curator, Elizabeth Rooklidge, or Nicole Eisenman, please contact Communications & Marketing Manager Leah Straub, or Communications Associate Patricia B. Dwyer.
San Diego, CA—The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) will present a robust line-up of exhibition-focused programs and events designed to help visitors engage with a new round of exhibitions, including Laugh-in: Art, Comedy, Performance, Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui, A Legacy of Art Loved: Gifts from Robert and Dorothy Shapiro, Dear Nemesis, Nicole Eisenman 1993-2013, Sarah Cain, andProspect 2015.
Exhibition to feature massive site-specific installation by the Ghanaian artist
San Diego, CA— On Thursday, March 5, 2015, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) will present Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui at its downtown location. The exhibition will remain on view through June 28, 2015.
MCASD asks for $12 donations to raise funds over a period of 24 hours
San Diego, CA— On Friday, December 12, 2014, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego will launch $12 on 12, a campaign dedicated to raising funds for the Museum’s annual operating fund. This special year-end appeal is directed to the community to raise money to support another year of boundary-pushing exhibitions, as well as art-in-education and public programs at MCASD.
MCASD is among 24 projects funded statewide, and one of two in San Diego, in support of transforming communities through the arts
San Diego, CA— The California Arts Council announced it plans to award more than $34,000 to MCASD as part of its new Creative California Communities program. This award will support ArtOASIS, a new pilot project developed in partnership between MCASD and Combat Arts San Diego. ArtOASIS will promote the healing and reintegration of combat veterans with PTSD in our community by connecting them in an in-depth way to contemporary art and artists.
