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On September 24, 2006
Oceanside Museum of Art celebrated the start of construction for
Phase One of the museum expansion with a groundbreaking celebration
and “Pocket Parade.” A combined effort of volunteers,
OMA Board members, and staff contributed to a successful campaign
that will see the museum grow from a charming 5,000 square foot
facility to a prominent 32,000 square foot feature in the cultural
landscape of Southern California. When Phase One and Two are complete
OMA will be comprised of three joined buildings: the venerable 1934
Irving Gill designed Oceanside City Hall, the 1929 Gill designed
Fire Station #1, and the Frederick Fisher designed central Pavilion.
The OMA Board of Trustees wishes to express its gratitude to those
individuals, corporations, foundations, and the City of Oceanside,
whose vision and generosity have brought us to this moment in the
history of the region.
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Groundbreaking
and Pocket Parade
Oceanside
Museum of Art celebrated the groundbreaking for construction of its
expansion on September 24, 2006 with a “Pocket Parade”
and Groundbreaking Ceremony which is the culmination of a four year
capital campaign. The $5.35 million project will occur in two phases.
Phase One is the new, elegant two story building designed by Modernist
architect Frederick Fisher of Los Angeles. Fisher is known for his
clean yet dramatic designs of museums and other public buildings.
Oceanside Museum of Art is currently housed in an historic building
designed by Irving Gill, a pioneer
in the Modernist architecture movement in the United States. It seems
fitting that OMA chose a contemporary Modernist to design the expansion.
Phase One will consist of exhibition galleries, a reception lobby
created for special events, a conference room, and library. Phase
Two of the expansion will bring Fire Station #1, also designed by
Irving Gill, back to its original plan once the present fire station
has been relocated by the city. It will include an auditorium for
the museum’s concerts, lectures and film events, administrative
offices, and the OMA School of Art, now located two blocks away from
the museum.
The “Pocket Parade” and Groundbreaking ceremony was a
joyous occasion attended by families from the community, museum members,
elected officials, and the OMA Board of Trustees. The visual and performing
arts parade featured the Dragon Knights Stilt Theater, Oceanside High
School ROTC Color Guard, the Museum Banner Corps with the Samoan Youth
Group of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, construction equipment
provided by PCL Construction Leaders, the Heigh-Ho Corps from Santa
Margarita Elementary School on Camp Pendleton, the OMA Samba Band
traveling in Jim Randall’s classic 1938 Ford Crew Cab Flatbed,
The Fern Street Circus performers, Charlotte Haston – Miss California
- Princess Division of the National American Miss Pageant driven by
Bruce Mortland in his 1957 Ford Thunderbird convertible, a vintage
1941 Plymouth Police Cruiser provided by the Oceanside Police Department,
and a Triple Combination Pumper Fire Engine provided by the Oceanside
Fire Department. A champagne and punch reception in the museum followed
the groundbreaking.
Construction on Phase One should be complete in early 2008. The 16,000
square foot building is being built by PCL Construction Leaders whose
award-winning family of companies has over 100 years of successful
projects from residential complexes to museums, airports, and sports
and entertainment facilities. PCL has won numerous awards such as
the 2004 Los Angeles Architectural Award of Excellence for Renovated
Buildings and the 2004 Grand Prize from the Southern California Development
Forum. 
To
view a gallery of photos from the groundbreaking, click
here.
To learn more about Irving Gill and the history
of this buliding, Go here.
Oceanside
Museum of Art Receives Grant from the James Irvine Foundation
Grants to Regional, Midsized Arts Institutions Aim to Broaden and
Diversify Audiences
San Francisco
— The James Irvine Foundation today announced the launch of
the Arts Regional Initiative with more than $4 million
in grants to 12 arts institutions outside California’s major
urban areas. These organizations provide access to quality arts programming,
but many are vulnerable to government and private funding cutbacks.
Through this initiative, they are focusing on financial sustainability,
growth capacity,
and increasing audience participation from diverse communities.
“Midsized arts organizations have been particularly vulnerable
to funding cuts from traditional sources,” noted James E. Canales,
Irvine’s CEO and President. “Our initiative partners are
developing innovative ways to expand and diversify their audiences,
which we hope can serve as models for regional arts institutions everywhere.”
The organizations represent a mix of artistic disciplines, with four
museums, three symphonies, two theaters,
one opera company, one dance organization, and one community music
organization.
The
complete list of grantees in the Arts Regional Initiative :
Charles W. Bowers Museum - Santa Ana - $400,000
The Laguna Playhouse - Laguna Beach - $400,000
Oceanside Museum of Art - Oceanside
- $350,000
Opera Pacific - Santa Ana - $400,000
Orange County Museum of Art - Newport Beach - $400,000
Ramona Pageant Association - Hemet - $200,000
Redlands Community Music Association - Redlands - $300,000
Redlands Symphony Association - Redlands $300,000
Riverside Art Museum - Riverside - $300,000
Riverside County Philharmonic Association - Riverside - $300,000
Saint Joseph Ballet Company - Santa Ana - $350,000
San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra - San Bernardino $350,000
Future phases
of this multiyear initiative are planned for other regions of the
state,
including the Central Valley,Los Angeles County, and the Central Coast.
About
The James Irvine Foundation
The
James Irvine Foundation is a private, nonprofit grantmaking foundation
dedicated to expanding opportunity for the people of California to
participate in a vibrant, inclusive, and successful society. The Foundation’s
grantmaking is organized around three program areas: Arts, Youth,
and California Perspectives, which focuses on improving decision-making
on the significant issues that are shaping California’s future.
Since 1937 the Foundation has provided more than $900 million in grants
to nonprofit organizations throughout California. With current assets
of more than $1.5 billion, the Foundation expects to make grants of
$69 million in 2006 for the people of California.
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