Art Road Trips: The Art and Architecture of Spain | Virtual Series
Join Robin Douglas during this virtual series on an incredible journey through Spain. From the glorious and opulent palaces and art museums of Madrid, through the wineries of the Rioja Valley to the Guggenheim Art Museum in Bilbao, and ending with the incredibly diverse in historically renowned city of Barcelona. Enjoy the art, architecture, food, and drink of these visually rich and delicious areas of Spain.
These lectures will explore the art, artists, architecture, and architects around the world who have created environments that challenge, entertain, inspire, and delight us.
All Virtual Art Road Trips are free thanks to a generous donation from AARP.
OMA Rising 2023 Gala
Prepare to witness an extraordinary fusion of art and life as we gather under the bewitching allure of the Hunter’s Moon on October 28, 2023, set amidst the stunning surroundings of The Seabird Resort. Join us for a mesmerizing celebration where creativity knows no bounds, and immerse yourself in an unforgettable evening where art and life converge in perfect harmony. Your presence and contribution to our gala and year-end appeal are crucial to shaping OMA’s success and making a positive impact on our community in 2024. Let’s celebrate and make a difference together through the power of art.
Live Auction & Paddle Raise Hosted by Michael Lewis
Bid on luxury experiences all while supporting OMA’s cause. Raise a paddle to support OMA’s rising impact on a thriving community through the arts.
After Party
Enjoy an immersive experience of cosmic dessert selections and no-host bar with sounds and dancing provided by the illustrious band, The Ivy League.
Gala Dinner tickets are closed. Please join us for the After-Party from 8:00-11:00pm. After Party tickets: $75
We invite you to celebrate the illuminating growth that OMA is experiencing as an institution on the rise. This is a wonderful time to acknowledge OMA’s radiating influence in the cultural sphere of the Southern California region and to show your support for OMA’s continued ascension. With sponsorship of the 2023 OMA Gala, you or your company can become a part of the OMA journey.
OMA is creating connections between our diverse community members through art, culture, and food at Street Level Vol. 1: City Music!
City Music has always connected people, inspiring different cultures to align across rhythms. OMA’s June Street Level Vol. 1 celebrates the music of our city with its beats, blends, references, and textures. Oceanside grew up listening to drums in the park and grooving to what was being played on the decks — afro-beat, hip-hop, house music, jazz, mariachi, pop, reggae, salsa, samba, soul, and surf music.
Join us to celebrate our cultural community here in Oceanside through the joy of music and dance featuring DJ Kid Riz and Wild 7s Street Dance Krew with guest host Derin Young and appearances by Cadence Dance Project, and Saxophonist Shawn De Lacy. Grab a drink at the bar or a bite to eat from Mak Mak Organic’s Asian street food menu.
Street Level transforms OMA into a stage to discover musicians, spoken word artists, dancers, and performers from across Southern California. Bring your family, meet new friends, or roll in with your crew. Create your O’riginal experience with the artists, innovators, and entrepreneurs in your backyard at OMA’s biggest social event of the month.
Tickets: $10, Members: free with a personalized member code. Reserved Table $125 for 4 people.
Members do not need to sign in to receive their member ticket. Check your e-mail to find your personalized member code from Membership Manager, Katelyn Johnson. For support or to get information on your membership status, email katelyn@oma-online.org or call 760-435-3721.
This is an all-ages event. Adults 21+ who would like to purchase additional drink tickets for alcoholic beverages must show a valid ID at check-in.
All food sales are handled by Mak Mak Organic.
Southern California Asian and Pacific Islander Festival
Bring your families and friends to Downtown Oceanside to celebrate the beautiful cultures and traditions that originated from the Asian and Pacific Islander communities. The 1st Annual Southern California Asian and Pacific Islander Festival is a free event located at the Oceanside Civic Center. Over 20 cultures will be represented with artisan booths, various ethnic foods, educational activities, performances, and more! Unique cultural opportunities such as martial arts demos and a Zen senior lounge will also be available.
OMA will be participating in this festival; more details to come!
OMA’s Patron, President’s Circle, Founder’s Circle, Millennium Club, and Director’s Circle members are invited to enjoy a good ol’ fashioned BBQ with thirst-quenching refreshments to celebrate your overall generous support.
Not a member? Click here to join at the Patron level or higher and come to the party, as well as enjoy a number of other benefits including admission to over 1,000 other institutions with NARM and ROAM.
RSVP’s are now closed!
Cultural Cohort Mixer at KNVS
Mix and mingle with fellow Cultural Cohort members, artists, and young professionals in the OMA network. Enjoy the unique eateries and beverages inspired by local artist, Brady Wilmott, currently exhibiting Buck Wild at KNVS, and try your luck in winning a giveaway!
Not an OMA member? You are still welcome to join us.
Members free, Visitors $5
Member Market
Join us for our Member Market!
Support OMA, local artists, and shop at our Museum Store on Saturday, April 15, 12:00-2:00pm. Members are invited to enjoy complimentary mimosas and receive door prizes such as exclusive discounts while they browse through unique local goods.
Not an OMA member? You are more than welcome to join us regardless.
Yoga at the Museum
Delve and Oceanside Museum of Art are pleased to present a donation-based yoga class to mark International Women’s Day and raise money for refugee girls.
Join us at the museum to move your body, connect with your breath, and make a difference. No yoga experience is necessary. This class will feature beginner-friendly poses with options for more experienced yogis. Please bring a mat and a small blanket if possible, though loaner mats will be available.
Please visit Delveif you have questions about the class or waiver and learn where your tax-deductible contribution will go.
General Public $20
AI Generated Art: A Panel Discussion
Moderated by Greg Klamt
A flood of generative AI (artificial intelligence) tools are transforming how we create words and images. Art and design—and other fields—are in upheaval due to apps like MidJourney, Dall-E, and others. Anyone with any level of experience or talent can now create high-quality images in seconds from a text prompt. Organized by independent curator Vallo Riberto, this panel will explore the questions – What is this technology, and what is it not? Is it really art? How does it impact careers, culture, aesthetics, ethics, and the law? How do we adapt?
Join us for a panel discussion with digital art professionals:
Memo Akten, PhD, Stephen Burns, Kaz Maslanka, and Larry Vogel.
General Public $15, OMA Members $10, Artist Alliance $5
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Pictured: Greg Klamt, A Puce Moose Lets Loose With a Chartreuse Goose and an Obteuse Mongoose, 2023.
Greg Klamt is a multi-media artist and designer from Oceanside, CA who explores story-making through art, design, music, animation, words, theatre, code, and other expressions. His digital art has been in galleries, exhibitions, and publications and won numerous awards and his music recordings have received international acclaim. With over 40 years of digital art experience he combines a fascination with the human mind, social change, culture, history, philosophy and the intersection of art and technology.
Kaz Maslanka
Kaz Maslanka has been involved in the arts for more than 50 years and has been pioneering mathematical visual poetry since the early 1980’s. He has a strong international presence not only on his blog “Mathematical Poetry” but also with exhibitions of his work that has been validated by the disparate institutions of mathematics and poetry. He currently lives in San Diego California and serves on the advisory board for the San Diego based “Sonic Arts Studio” a group of composers and musicians devoted to the development and proliferation of microtonal music. He also served on the advisory board of the Bronowski Art and Science Forum in Del Mar, California.
Larry Vogel
Larry Vogel describes himself as an artist who uses the medium of photography as well as sculpture, painting, and ceramics. He has been an exhibiting artist for over forty years and is currently represented by the Susan Spiritus Gallery, Newport Beach, CA. New explorations into the world of Artificial Intelligence have generated new works which Vogel describes as a collaborative experience. This collaboration results in photo-composited works created by combining AI generated images with photographs drawn from Vogel’s extensive body of image files. Vogel says, “This is truly a new frontier of creativity for me!”
Larry Vogel, and his partner Barbara Runge co-chair the Artist Alliance, an affiliate group supporting artists with exhibition and learning opportunities through the Oceanside Museum of Art. Membership and more information about Artist Alliance can be found here.
Memo Akten
Memo Akten is a multi-disciplinary artist, musician, researcher and computer scientist from Istanbul, Turkey, currently based in Los Angeles. He explores the tensions between ecology, technology, science and spirituality; studying intelligence in nature, intelligence in machines, perception, consciousness, neuroscience, physics and (philosophies of) spirituality, ritual and religion. He uses code as his craft to create images, sounds, films, large-scale responsive installations and performances. He received his PhD from Goldsmiths University of London, specializing in creative applications of Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning with Meaningful Human Control, and in this field he is considered one of the world’s leading pioneers. He is currently Assistant Professor of Computational Art and Design at University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
Stephen Burns
Stephen Burns (www.chromeallusion.com) is a digital artist and author of books on being creative with your digital tools. He is an Adobe AEL (Adobe Educational Leader) as well as an AdobeCommunity Expert and has taught digital creativity internationally. He is an Instructor at Goldenwest College and Santa Monica College and Coast College and Studio Arts of Los Angeles. He worked as a Pro-Artist for WACOM Technologies and he is the president Of Photoshop Users Group (www.sdphotoshopusers.com) which is currently the largest Adobe Photoshop Users group in the country. You can view the Facebook section by clicking here.
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