OC Art Guide
Global

September 10 - October 30, 2026
Muckenthaler Cultural Center
Fullerton, CA

JoAnne Artman Gallery is pleased to present Technicolor West, a dynamic group exhibition featuring works by Billy Schenck, Chris Watts, and Greg Miller.

September 1, 2026 - October 31, 2026
JoAnne Artman Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA

Sandstone Gallery is pleased to present a Featured Artist Show by our Resident Artist, KRISTEN GUEST, on view on our entire lower floor and in our windows, August 4 through September 28.

August 3-September 28, 2026
Sandstone Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA

ANNLO returns as a Guest Artist to the gallery’s Skylight Room. Coming from Saguenay, Québec, Canada, ANNLO’s confident paintings celebrate rich colors and textures, pushing creative boundaries in truly unique ways.

August 3-September 28, 2026
Sandstone Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA

This class is designed for students of all levels. We photograph wild animals in the field and then learn how to paint them. Mountain Lion, Snow Leopard, Wolf Packs, Grizzly Bear, Fox, Lynx, Bobcat. Nothing between you and the animal.

September 27-30, 2026

Kalispel, Montana

This exhibition surveys Andy Moses’ work of the last two decades, evincing his increasingly expansive commitment to a kind of painting that at once displays and obscures imagery.

March 21 - September 20, 2026
Laguna Art Museum
Laguna Beach, CA

Paint and explore the magic of the French Riviera with Eli Cedrone! We’ll explore creative techniques, learn fundamentals of landscape and figure painting, and spend time developing your artistic voice in a supportive, energizing environment.

September 20-27, 2026

French Riviera, Menton France

Please join me for seven luxurious, soulful Parisian days and nights, as we paint the figure in France, in plein air, in the most beautiful city in the world!

September 18-25, 2026

Paris, France

Embark on a week-long memorable artist retreat and optional 3-day plein air workshop with Katie Dobson-Cundiff at Little Pond Farm in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

August 22-29, 2026
Inn at Little Pond Farm
Vilas, NC USA

In this one-time collaborative effort with Museums of Aliano (MuA) advanced painters will have the opportunity to stay in MuA's artist residency spaces while working in the stunning landscapes of Aliano in Italy’s southern province of Matera.

October 1-10, 2026

Aliano, Province of Matera ITALY

Frank Cuprien: For the Love of the Sea celebrates the enduring legacy of Frank Cuprien, a founding figure of Laguna Beach’s art community and one of California’s most devoted painters of the Pacific coast.

March 21 – September 7, 2026
Laguna Art Museum
Laguna Beach, CA

December 21, 2025 - January 3, 2027
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Los Angeles, CA

Diary of Flowers: Artists and their Worlds brings together over 80 artworks from MOCA’s renowned collection, demonstrating how artists create their own worlds through their art–building networks, circles, and mythologies.

March 9, 2025 – September 20, 2026
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
Los Angeles, CA

First Look: New Acquisitions at Bowers Museum celebrates the Museum’s ongoing commitment to collecting and sharing the world’s arts and cultures. Featuring an annually rotating selection of objects acquired over the past decade from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania, this dynamic exhibition showcases the rich diversity of the Museum’s growing permanent collection.

August 30, 2025 - Ongoing
Bowers Museum
Santa Ana, CA

California Bounty is the first curatorial interpretation of the museum’s distinguished painting collection since 1994.

Ongoing
Bowers Museum
Santa Ana, CA