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OMA Home > Newsletters > Fall 2002 OMA Announces Expansion Architect Oceanside Museum of Art has announced the selection of Los Angeles based architect Frederick Fisher to design the new structure for the museum's much anticipated expansion. Fisher was chosen from a field of 28 architects who presented qualifications for review by the museum's Architect Selection Commitee. The museum's Board of Trustees approved the choice of the Architect Selection Commitee at a celebratory champagne reception held November 6th at the museum. Paul Dooley, chair of the committee, said the competition attracted a lot of interest from the architectural community. Several architects had distinguished reputations for museum designs that incorporate historic buildings, an important characteristic of OMA's existing Irving Gill design. Dooley and Architect Selection Committee members Sandra Chanis, Doris Groves, Peggy Jacobs, and Skip Pahl spent months visiting sites and considering proposals. Each member of the committee brought to the decision making process a professional background in design and a sensitivity to the needs of the museum and to the cultural arts of the community. The committee members were unanimous in choosing Fisher's design for its visionary concept for the expansion. Fisher is recognized as a rising star in California architecture with award winning projects that include the LA Louver Gallery in Venice and the new wing of the Long Beach Museum of Art. The committee felt that Fisher's elegant modernist style will work beautifully with Gill's early modernist designs for the present museum, Oceanside's first City Hall and Fire Station #1. Fisher's work will begin following approval of his selection by the Oceanside City Council. The expansion project is expected to occur in phases with completion in the year 2006. The new museum will provide space for 3 exhibition galleries, an expanded museum store, the museum's School of Art, a 125 seat auditorium, and storage space for a permanent collection. The OMA Board of Trustees and the Architect Selection Committee with conceptual model of the expansion Coming Events continuing through January 5 QUILT VISIONS 2002 Contemporary Art Quilts January 25 5:00 - 7:00 PM Preview Reception Paintings from the E. Gene Crain Collection OMA members free, $8 non-members January 26 - March 23 Paintings from the E. Gene Crain Collection "The California School" Painters February 9 4:00 PM Docent Tour 3:00 PM OMA Sunday Concert Beth Buckley, flute Fred Benedetti, guitar at the museum March 2 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Mardi Gras Brunch El Camino Country Club OMA SPRING CONCERT SERIES OMA's Sunday concerts take place in the museum's galleries among fine art and great acoustics. This intimate setting provides a rare opportunity for the audience to enjoy a personal performance experience. February 9 Beth Buckley, flute Fred Benedetti, guitar March 23 Terese Bulat, soprano John Danke, piano May 4 Peter Pupping & his jazz quartet Concerts are held at the museum on Sundays at 4:00 p.m. A docent tour of the current exhibition precedes the concerts at 3:00 p.m. and is included in the cost of admission. Concert admission is $10 for OMA members, $13 for non-members at the door. OMA Presents Paintings From The E. Gene Crain Collection Sparked by an interest in California School painters, those that captured the lifestyle of Southern California beginning in the 1930s and 1940s, Gene Crain began assembling a collection which today numbers almost 900 works. Over the years the collection has expanded to include other artists attracted to California by the the reputations of these artists? Oceanside Museum of Art presents an exhibition of 50 paintings selected from the E. Gene Crain Collection featuring the later work, dating from the late 1960s through the 1980s, of eight artists, Judi Betts, Rex Brandt, Keith Crown, Phil Dike, Joan Irving, Barse Miller, Millard Sheets and Robert E. Wood. The Tree Section, Manhattan Beach Keith Crown Morning Dory Fleet Rex Brandt Window to the Sea Phil Dike Mermaid Wharf Robert E. Wood Paintings from the E. Gene Crain Collection opens with a Preview Reception, Saturday evening January 25th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Admission to the Preview Reception is $8 with complimentary wine served and hors d'oeuvres prepared by OMA's own Culinary Arts Council. OMA members are free. The exhibition continues through March 23, 2003. Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Sunday 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. General admission is $5 and seniors, students and active military are $3, OMA members are free. ARTIST ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES NEW EXHIBITS SURFACES December 11 - January 18 Oceanside Public Library The OMA-Artist Alliance is exhibiting 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional artwork at the Oceanside Public Library, Civic Center location with an exhibition titled, Surfaces. The artwork on view explores the possibilities of surface design and the use of a variety of surface formats using traditional and non-traditional techniques. The exhibit is free and open to the public during library hours, Monday-Wednesday 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m., Thursday-Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. The artists will be at the library Wednesday, December 11th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. to talk about their work. Russian poet, composer and singer Vadim Yegorov will present a concert in the Community Rooms of the library that evening at 7:00 p.m. For concert information, call the library at 760-435-5560. BY LAND AND BY SEA January 25 - March 23 OMA-School of Art This show features 2-dimensional landscapes on view daily at the end of each class held at the OMA-School of Art. Please call the musuem for a viewing schedule, 760-721-2787. A reception for the artists will be held at the School of Art on Saturday, January 25, 2003 from 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public. The artwork is for sale. The OMA-Artist Alliance is a level of museum membership for artists who wish to encourage art in our community by exhibiting at local venues and who wish to support the museum. Artist Alliance meetings are held on the first Friday of every month at 1:00 p.m. at the museum. Meetings provide an opportunity for members to share ideas, network with other artists and to discuss exhibition opportunities. Artist Alliance members can be included in the Artist Alliance portfolio and slide registry on view at the museum. For information about becoming a member of the OMA-Artist Alliance, please call the museum at 760-721-2787. JUNK FUNK OUTREACH FUNDED BY CITY OF OCEANSIDE OMA is fortunate to provide an after school Outreach program in the Oceanside City Schools for the 2002-2003 school year after receiving a grant of $10,000 from the City of Oceanside. Funded by the California Department of Conservation, the grant is designed to demonstrate to school children how CRV (California redemption value) beverage containers can be recycled into art. Titled "Junk Funk" this Outreach program introduces visual and performing arts to students who may not be exposed to an enriching arts experience in their classrooms. Using CRV beverage containers, the students learn how to create 3-dimensional art objects and discover how to make and play musical instruments from used containers that are often viewed as junk. Taught by professional art instructors, the six-week "Junk Funk" Outreach program will meet three afternoons a week in four elementary schools in Oceanside. At Santa Margarita Elementary School recently, a visitor remarked at the enthusiastic participation of students under the direction of Outreach instructor, Eduardo Para, who demonstrated how music and dance can become a complete performance beginning with simple rhythms played on recyclable containers. Students were jumping up for turns to be "next" as Parra created an orchestra from the enthusiastic "musicians-in-the-making" who learned a variety of rhythms on their new percussion instruments. Other instructors for the "Junk Funk" Outreach program are Helen Shafer Garcia-visual art, Nikola Clay-dance and Keith Larsen-visual art. OMA TRAVEL PLANS FOR 2003 Your holiday shopping made easy Best of the South - Southern Charms The Oceanside Museum of Art Travel Club is globetrotting once again following the success of its recent trips to Cuba and Spain. Reservations are now being taken for a fabulous springtime tour featuring the best of the South. "Southern Charms" is an 8-day adventure that includes Charleston, Savannah and Jekyll Island. A comprehensive in-depth sightseeing program and a variety of cultural activities have been planned throughout the duration of the tour that departs from San Diego on April 6, 2003. The tour travels to the Kingsley Plantation at Fort George Island and Rockefeller's Indian Mound winter mansion on Jekyll Island, Drayton Hall - a National Historic Landmark plantation and the Palladian-style mansion in Charleston, and Middleton Place, the oldest formally landscaped gardens in America. This extensive tour is offered at $1,998 which includes round trip airfare, accommodations, 11 meals and a scenic dinner cruise aboard the "Spirit of Carolina" in Charleston. Sufficient time has been set-aside for golf enthusiasts to enjoy three optional rounds of golf at very reputable courses throughout the tour for an inclusive rate of $199 per person, which also includes an electric golf cart and roundtrip transfers from the hotels. Reservation deadline is January 10th. For reservations, a day-by-day itinerary or further information, please call STS Internation Tours at 1-800-620-9995. The Baltic Sea - Fjords & Faberge The Baltic Sea is the destination for "Fjords & Faberge" a 19-day, 7 country European Cruise onboard Hollard America's luxurious ms.Prinsedam departing San Diego on August 16, 2003. This extraordinary voyage will visit the Norwegian ports of Stavanger, Vik, Flam and Bergen and cruise the majestic Lysefjord and spectaular Aurlands Fjord and Sognefjord. The gracious ms.Prinsendam will call on Stockholm; the historic city of Gdansk; Helsinki, one of Europe's most scenic cities; the "Kingdom City of Crystal" -Kolmar, Sweden; and last, the magnificant "Window of Europe" St. Petersburg, Russia. This five-star Cruise Tour is offered at $5,466 including round trip airfare from San Diego. Reservation deadline is April 10th. Call STS International Tours for descriptive brochures or reservations at 1-800-620-9995. Africa The African Conservancy is teaming with OMA to offer customized all-inclusive luxury safaris, visiting out of the way locations, where you will enjoy special access to people and places that other tours can't offer. The group size is limited to eight people, ensuring an intimate and personal experience. You will come home feeling privileged to have experienced the real Africa on your vacation of a lifetime. Please call the African Conservancy at 760-945-7571 for additional information. Cuba Plans are underway for a return trip to Cuba in November 2003 or January 2004. If you would like information as the trip is confirmed, please contact the museum, 760-721-2787. Scrapbook: See photos of OMA's GarlicFest here. Programs | School of Art | Calendar | Museum Store | Newsletters | Membership About OMA | News | Exhibits | Volunteer | Guest Book © 2005 Oceanside Museum of Art Contact Us