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Out of oceanside: Aitchison, Gross & Tysinger
Oceanside Museum of Art presents some of the most exciting artwork to come “Out of Oceanside” in an exhibit that features three established artists with national reputations who live or work in Oceanside. Artists James Aitchison, Michael C. Gross, and Burton Tysinger will be the focus of this exhibition that is bold, bright and full of visual drama.
Chouinard Art Institute alumnus James Aitchison is a figurative painter who has exhibited throughout the world. His lyrical paintings are imbued with symbolism from mythology, literature and his extensive travels. Aitchison says that making paintings is an intensely interesting way of finding out what the imagination might look like.
 |  |  | | Manrake & the Muse, Aitchison | Musicman, Gross | Convergence, Tysinger | Michael C. Gross is best known as an art director and producer of films like Ghostbusters and Twins, but he is also a celebrated pastel painter with themes that reflect his Hollywood experiences and also his life in Africa, a body of work that he likes to describe as “spiritual polar opposites.”
Designer Burton Tysinger uses painted wooden line segments to create sculptures that become a labryrinth of color and form. His work can be intimate and personal in scale or monumental and expansive. Tysinger says it is the “gesture” of things, thoughts and events that serve as a departure point of a piece.
A Preview Reception will be held at the museum on Saturday, July 10th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. featuring the fabulous hors d’oeuvres of OMA’s Culinary Arts Council. Admission to the reception is $8.00 and is open to the public. Admission for members of Oceanside Museum of Art is free.
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN PUSHES PAST $2 MILLION MARK
Gifts received in the month of May from a combination of individuals, foundations and corporations have now totaled over $966,000. They have propelled the OMA capital campaign past the $2 million mark on its way toward the $5 million goal that is needed for our planned expansion.
In this effort the museum will grow from its present 5,000 sq. ft. to 32,000 sq. ft. as we construct the Frederick Fisher designed central pavilion and renovate the Irving Gill designed Firehouse #1. The expansion will add two elegant exhibition galleries, a much needed exhibit production facility, a catering kitchen for our fabulous special events, a collection storage facility, and an auditorium for films, lectures and concerts. It will also allow the museum to incorporate the OMA School of Art into the museum complex.
 | Conceptual nighttime view of the completed expansion, from left: Irving Gill’s original City Hall, Frederick Fisher’s Modernist expansion, Irving Gill’s Firehouse #1 (restored)
Click here for a larger view | Plans for the expansion are currently being reviewed by various city commissions. The Oceanside City Council and Staff have moved with remarkable speed purchasing a property just north of City Hall for the replacement Firehouse. Groundbreaking is scheduled for February of 2005.The first phase central pavilion will be completed by February of 2006. The second phase Firehouse will be completed by the end of the same year.
The warm and enthusiastic donor response has shown us that this is clearly a project whose time has come. But, to be successful, the full museum membership must help. If you believe as we do that OMA is transforming the cultural life of North County San Diego, please send in your pledge of support. If you would like more information or additional copies of the campaign prospectus and pledge card, please call me at 760.721.2787.
Skip Pahl
Executive Director
| Coming Events | | July 10
5 - 7 PM | OUT OF OCEANSIDE: Aitchison, Gross & Tysinger
Preview Reception | | July 11 - September 19 | OUT OF OCEANSIDE: Aitchison, Gross & Tysinger | | July 24 | Masquerade in Color
The Museum Ball | August 19
7 PM | OUT OF OCEANSIDE: Aitchison, Gross & Tysinger
Walk & Talk lecture with the artists | September 9
7:30 - 8:30 PM | ART COLLECTOR’S ROUND TABLE
COVA hosts: Collecting the Emerging Artist | OMA Travel
Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver - August 19-24, 2004
Oceanside Museum of Art invites you to enjoy the scenic coastal cities of Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver on a 6 day program. This professionally escorted tour will visit Buchart Gardens and Hatley Castle & Park, the Seattle Art Museum, the Vancouver Art Gallery and a viewing of the Dale Chihuly collection at the Tacoma Art Museum.
Travelers will relax on scenic ferryboat cruises of the Puget Sound and Gulf Islands, city sightseeeing tours of Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver with local guides, and a cruise on Lake Washington.
Cost of $1658 includes roundtrip airfare from San Diego, deluxe accommodations sharing twin rooms for five nights, nine meals including five full breakfasts, two luncheons, and two dinners, and a tax-deductible fund raising donation to the museum.
Limited spaces are being held and will sell out quickly. Immediate reservations are suggested. Travelers must be members of Oceanside Museum of Art. Call STS International Tours for reservations, 1-800-620-9995.
Albuquerque Balloon Festival & Santa Fe Museums - October 2-8, 2004
Oceanside Museum of Art is again hosting a trip to Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico in response to the overwhelming demand following the museum’s previous travels to Santa Fe. This year the Albuquerque International Balloon Festival is the first stop of a seven-day/six night tour . The world has been coming to Albuquerque since 1972 for the Balloon Festival and this year Oceanside Museum of Art travelers will be in a balloon high above Balloon Festival Park for a champagne ceremony celebrating the magnificent mass ascension of over one hundred balloons.
In Santa Fe, guided tours will acquaint travelers with the Palace of the Governors Museum, the Santa Fe Museum of Fine Art, the Museum of Indian Art and Culture, and the renowned Georgia O’Keefe Museum. A four-day Santa Fe museum pass will provide travelers with unlimited visits.
Cost begins at $1798 which includes round trip airfare from San Diego with motor coach transfer from North County, deluxe continental breakfast each morning, two dinners, an evening farewell party with entertainment, tapas and wine, a hot air balloon ride, and a ride on the Sandia Peak Tramway. Call STS International Tours for reservations, 1-800-620-9995.
Havana, Cuba - November 5-12, 2004
Cuba has been a popular destination for OMA travelers and another trip is planned to Havana for an eight day/ seven night exploration of the cultural and religious art and architecture in and around Havana. Daily in-depth programs arranged by the Council of Churches in Havana will include excursions to the Pinar del Rio town of Las Terrazas in the Sierra del Rosario and to Mantanzas and Cardenas. A local English-speaking program director will accompany our travelers.
Cost of $3150 includes roundtrip non-stop airfare from Los Angeles to Havana with roundtrip private motor coach transfers from Oceanside to Los Angeles, fourteen meals including seven buffet breakfasts, four luncheons and three dinners, and all admission and entrance fees. For reservation information please call STS International Tours at 1-800-620-9995. For museum membership information please call the Oceanside Museum of Art, at 760-721-2787.
Palm Springs Film Festival - January 11-14, 2005
OMA members are raving about their trip to the XV Annual Palm Springs Film Festival last January. Over 200 films from 60 countries kept OMA travelers entertained along with other Palm Springs attractions like the Fabulous Palm Springs Follies, the Palm Springs Desert Museum, shopping on El Paseo, and the Thursday night street fair. This year’s trip was sold out. Plans are underway for next year’s festival, so call the museum now for more information, 760-721-2787.
Napa Valley - November 11-14, 2004 Gourmet Dining, Wine & Art Tour
Join OMA President, Mary Rombotis for her personally escorted tour in the Napa Valley. Wine tasting, guided vineyard tours and outstanding dining experiences are all part of this fun-filled, four days in Northern California’s most scenic countryside.
Cost begins at $1498 per person. Space is extremely limited. Call STS International Tours to reserve today at 1-800-620-9995.
Oaxaca, Mexico - February 3-10, 2005
OMA is planning the details now for this fascinating art and cultural tour to Oaxaca, center of the ancient Zapotec people and of Pre-Columbian culture. Oaxaca has an artistic reputation for colorful folk crafts like mask-making, ceramics, blackware pottery, and weaving. It is also highly recognized for contemporary Mexican painting. OMA travelers will feast on Oaxaca’s extraordinary cuisine and while downtown enjoy the splendor of Mexican colonial architecture. For more information call STS International Tours at 1-800-620-9995.
From the OMA-Artist Alliance . . .
The members of OMA-Artist Alliance invite you to an artist reception and exhibit of new artwork at the Bank of America, 702 Mission Ave. in downtown Oceanside on Tuesday, June 15th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The ongoing Artist Alliance exhibition in the lobby of the Bank of America has become very popular with bank patrons and staff. The exhibit features the artwork of local North County artist members of the Oceanside Museum of Art-Artist Alliance. Viewers are invited to vote for their favorite piece of artwork. Ribbons will be awarded based on votes cast. Light refreshments will be served and there is no fee to attend.
If you are an artist in the area and wish to become involved in an organization that promotes your work and supports the Oceanside Museum of Art, you may want to consider membership in the OMA-Artist Alliance. It is a museum membership for artists who also wish to encourage art in our community by exhibiting at local venues and who wish to support the museum. Meetings are held the first Tuesday of every month for members to share ideas, network with other artists and discuss exhibition opportunities. Current members: please note that meetings have been changed to the first Tuesday of the month, locations will be announced in advance of each meeting.
OMA-Artist Alliance members have the opportunity to be included in the Artist Alliance portfolio which is available for public viewing during museum hours in the museum store. Artists can present a visual representation of their work along with their resume and exhibition history, bio and contact information. If you have not seen the portfolio, check it out!
Sam Maloof Historic Residence & Studio
June 10, Thursday
depart 9:30 AM, return 4:30 PM approx.
$35 OMA members, $45 non-members
American treasure Sam Maloof’s woodworking and furniture design career is on view in the historic museum home, gardens and studio. For those of you who were fascinated by the artistry and craftsmanship of the furniture presented in OMA’s retrospective of Maloof’s work, you won’t want to miss this up close and personal tour that explains how it gets created from the rough sketches to the finished piece.
We’ll ride on a deluxe coach from San Diego Scenic Tours. Bring your own brown bag lunch to eat outdoors on the grounds.
We will meet the bus and depart from the southwest corner of the parking lot at the Plaza Camino Real, Westfield Shoppingtown, located adjacent to the Olive Garden Restaurant on the corner of Monroe and Marron roads, Carlsbad.
Cancellations will only receive a refund if the trip is fully booked at the time of departure.
Scrapbook:
OMA travelers at the Kentucky Derby and on the delta queen
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