Art Museum 704 Pier View Way
Oceanside, CA USA 92054

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Phone: (760) 435-3720
Website: www.oma-online.org

Contact:
Skip Pahl, Director

Hours:
Tues-Sat 10am-4pm; Sun 1-4pm

Exhibitions:


Description:

Oceanside Museum of Art is a cultural jewel located in downtown Oceanside with a view of the Pacific Ocean and the historic Oceanside Pier.

Oceanside Museum of Art is a cultural jewel located in downtown Oceanside with a view of the Pacific Ocean and the historic Oceanside Pier. The museum presents provocative, contemporary exhibitions from the region and around the world. OMA offers art instruction at the OMA School of Art, concerts, films, lectures, docent tours, and the OMA Museum Store. Oceanside Museum of Art is a gathering place where friends meet to share and enjoy the rich cultural experiences available in the region.

In addition to a progressive exhibition schedule, Oceanside Museum of Art is housed in side-by-side buildings designed by two of southern California’s most renowned Modernist architects. The classic Irving Gill designed building is nestled against the contemporary Frederick Fisher designed Central Pavilion creating the perfect union of past and present architecture.

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.

History:

• Stathis Orphanos
• Looking Back / Moving Forward: Contemporary Mexican-American Art
• The Things They Carried: World War II Trench Art
• Allison Renshaw
• An American Dream: Gregg Jabs
• Defying Expectations: Contemporary Native American Artists from San Diego County
• From Page to Screen: Character and Creature Designs of Neville Page
• Institutional Wellbeing: An Olfactory Plan for Oceanside Museum of Art
• Cafe Con Muertos: Daniel F. Martinez
• Painting WWII: The California Style Watercolor Artists
• Liquid: Richard Gleaves
• Robin Hall and Jeff Yeomans
• 'Fabric of Survival: The Art of Esther Nisentahl Krinitz'
• The Art of Les Perhacs
• Industrial Alchemy: John Zabrucky
• Masterworks of Body Art
• Painting World War II: The California Style Watercolor Artists
• San Diego NOW: Eight UCSD Visual Artists
• Greg Brotherton
• Intimate Views: West Coast Drawings