Art for All

Join OMA’s Free First Sundays for Art for All! Each month, OMA welcomes friends and neighbors on Free First Sundays to join in Art for All, our fun hands-on art-making experience led by artists and cultural partners from our community.
Whether you’re new to art or have your own creative flow, Art for All is the time to let your imagination soar. Visit our current exhibitions to spark your creativity! Explore different art-making materials through creative projects at each session while learning from local and regional artists. Check back each month to see what we’re up to next!
These informal drop-in workshops are open to all ages. Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. All materials are provided free of charge, while supplies last. All levels welcome!
Ticket Prices:
Free

 

Taste of Art Workshop | Food Paintings

Kick off your weekend with a bite-sized happy hour version of our renowned Studio Arts workshops. Gather with friends in an artistic space designed to amplify your creative side.
Join arts educator Robin Douglas, as we dip our toes into the work of celebrated artists over drinks and nibbles, followed by a rapid demonstration of their styles. You’ll then be guided to interpret these artists and create your own singular, spectacular work of art. We’ll help you express your unique style and ensure you have a blast doing it.

Food Paintings

Create your ideal culinary and visual delight in paint using heavy-bodied pigments and modeling paste. Real, luscious, and edible food will be provided as inspiration and shared at the end of the session during critique.
All levels of experience are encouraged to participate. OMA provides food, drinks and supplies; all you have to do is get yourself out of work, grab your friends, and have fun!
Ticket Prices:
Adult: $65
Member: $50
Space is limited. Register today!

Studio Arts Workshop | Multiple Printmaking Techniques

Join us for Studio Arts, when OMA transforms into an artist’s studio, offering skill-building workshops led by distinguished professor and arts educator Robin Douglas.
Inspired by world renowned artists, you will explore different media, techniques and subjects found in an artist’s studio. After a brief slide presentation for inspiration and context the session will continue with demonstrations.

Multiple Printmaking Techniques

In conjunction with OMA’s exhibition featuring 20 contemporary printmakers, this studio will explore a variety of techniques on quality papers and other surfaces. Mono printing as well as multi-layered processes will be explored with several hand-pulled prints.
This full day workshop held from 10:00am–2:00pm is meant to get you in the art making groove and develop new approaches to seeing and creating artworks. Whether you have a lifetime practice or are new to expressing yourself, we exchange ideas and techniques in a supportive and challenging environment. Students of all levels are welcome to stretch their creative muscles and build community with us.
All supplies and light refreshments for each workshop are included in the cost. A break for lunch and relaxed discussion will occur midday. Please bring your own bagged lunch or feel free to visit one of the restaurants close by on our provided list.
Ticket Prices:
Adult: $100
Member: $70
Space is limited. Register today!
 

FEBRUARY | Artist Alliance Quarterly Critique

Artist Alliance members, along with their guests, are welcome to engage in a group art share and critique, aimed at fostering professional growth. Not yet part of the alliance? No worries, you can join either before the event or on-site!
Ticket Prices:
Artist Alliance Member: Free

Coffee And Conversation With OMA Artist Alliance | Origin Stories: What Shaped Your Artistic Voice?

Relax over a steaming cup of coffee while engaging in lively conversations with local fellow artists and explore the captivating exhibitions at OMA for free. OMA’s Artist Alliance extends a warm invitation to sculptors, painters, photographers, and artists of all backgrounds to join in the experience.

Origin Stories: What Shaped Your Artistic Voice?

Explore the experiences, places, or people that formed your visual language.
Audience Takeaway: A short journaling prompt to reflect on their own creative beginnings.
Presenter Prompt: Tell a story from your early life that still influences your art today. Presenter to be determined*
*Please submit your name and website to cathy@artstudiosandiego.com to be selected as a presenter.
Ticket Prices:
Artist Alliance Member: Free

SPECIAL EVENT | Swell Plates Dinner at 24Suns

Join us for an intimate, extended evening at 24Suns, where art, conversation, and cuisine unfold together over the course of a thoughtfully paced experience.

Through a dynamic blend of artist insight and immersive culinary creativity, you will experience OMA like never before.

Sunday, February 1, 2026, 5:30PM–7:30PM PST | 24Suns, 3375 Mission Ave, Oceanside, CA 92058

$120 per person

Exhibiting artist Francisco Eme will share the stories, ideas, and inspirations behind Francisco Eme: Future Rituals & La eco-resistencia, offering insight into a practice that bridges ancestral knowledge, science, and contemporary media, inviting guests into a slower, more contemplative way of engaging with his work as they enjoy an elegant five-course dinner by 24Suns Co-Founder and Chef Nicholas Webber.

You will be guided through the creative intentions behind each course, including the Swell Plates dish inspired by Francisco’s exhibition at OMA, which pairs smoked pork rib with locally sourced wahoo shaped into a T-bone form, unified by a fermented fennel “souherb” crafted from foraged coastal herbs. Together, the artist’s reflections and the chef’s storytelling create a layered, immersive experience, one that connects art, ecology, and Oceanside’s landscape through dialogue, flavor, and shared presence.

An extension of  Visit Oceanside’s Swell Plate Series.

Black History Month Community Conversation

Celebrate Black History Month with Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA), North County African American Women’s Association (NCAAWA), and Oceanside Public Library (OPL)! This annual program explores a new theme each year, offering engaging presentations, art, and conversation. Join us on February 21, 2:00–5:00pm, with refreshments served after.
Ticket Prices:
Free

Taste of Art Workshop | Suitcase Abstract Expressionism

Kick off your weekend with a bite-sized happy hour version of our renowned Studio Arts workshops. Gather with friends in an artistic space designed to amplify your creative side.
Join arts educator Robin Douglas, as we dip our toes into the work of celebrated artists over drinks and nibbles, followed by a rapid demonstration of their styles. You’ll then be guided to interpret these artists and create your own singular, spectacular work of art. We’ll help you express your unique style and ensure you have a blast doing it.

Suitcase Abstract Expressionism

Energetic, spontaneous, and thickly applied brushstrokes define Abstract Expressionism. Try it on a smaller scale in this studio experience. Create a mini Jackson Pollock or a petite Lee Krasner.
All levels of experience are encouraged to participate. OMA provides food, drinks and supplies; all you have to do is get yourself out of work, grab your friends, and have fun!
Ticket Prices:
Adult: $65
Member: $50
Space is limited. Register today!

Studio Arts Workshop | The Color and Paint Application of the Post Impressionists

Join us for Studio Arts, when OMA transforms into an artist’s studio, offering skill-building workshops led by distinguished professor and arts educator Robin Douglas.
Inspired by world renowned artists, you will explore different media, techniques and subjects found in an artist’s studio. After a brief slide presentation for inspiration and context the session will continue with demonstrations.

The Color and Paint Application of the Post Impressionists

Using Cezanne, Gauguin, and Van Gogh as inspiration, this workshop will study their transformational colors and compositions. Bold and fierce surfaces will be the purpose. Preliminary exercises will lead to individual paintings.
This full day workshop held from 10:00am–2:00pm is meant to get you in the art making groove and develop new approaches to seeing and creating artworks. Whether you have a lifetime practice or are new to expressing yourself, we exchange ideas and techniques in a supportive and challenging environment. Students of all levels are welcome to stretch their creative muscles and build community with us.
All supplies and light refreshments for each workshop are included in the cost. A break for lunch and relaxed discussion will occur midday. Please bring your own bagged lunch or feel free to visit one of the restaurants close by on our provided list.
Ticket Prices:
Adult: $100
Member: $70
Space is limited. Register today!
 

Art for All

Join OMA’s Free First Sundays for Art for All! Each month, OMA welcomes friends and neighbors on Free First Sundays to join in Art for All, our fun hands-on art-making experience led by artists and cultural partners from our community.
Whether you’re new to art or have your own creative flow, Art for All is the time to let your imagination soar. Visit our current exhibitions to spark your creativity! Explore different art-making materials through creative projects at each session while learning from local and regional artists. Check back each month to see what we’re up to next!
These informal drop-in workshops are open to all ages. Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. All materials are provided free of charge, while supplies last. All levels welcome!
Ticket Prices:
Free

 

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