OC Art Guide
Global

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

An exhibition that celebrates Ms. Wood’s unrelenting curiosity and passion for art, design, literature, music, family & friends; with rarely seen artwork by Don Bachardy, Henry Jaglom, Margaret Keane, and Natalie Wood herself.

May 14 - August 21, 2026
Muckenthaler Cultural Center
Fullerton, CA

JoAnne Artman Gallery is pleased to present Here Comes the Sun, a radiant summer group exhibition celebrating light, renewal, and the emotional warmth of the season.

June 15 - August 31, 2026
JoAnne Artman Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA

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

Gretchen Beck’s upcoming Guest Artist exhibition explores the shared beauty of Niger, West Africa and Laguna Beach, California — landscapes united by radiant light, vibrant color, and trees reaching toward expansive skies. Through paintings, drawings, collage, and mixed media, Gretchen creates lyrical abstractions that evoke peace, harmony, and reflection.

June 2 - 29
Gallery Row Laguna Beach
Laguna Beach, CA

Known for his expressive abstract paintings layered with gesture, texture, and movement, Lance’s show explores the tension between structure and spontaneity through richly composed fields of color, mark-making, and line.

June 2 - August 3, 2026
Gallery Row Laguna Beach
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

The challenges of open air painting require a specific technical approach. In this core program we introduce our method combining lectures, exercises & demonstrations that aim to teach participants to compose, develop and complete a painting in one session.

June 11-20, 2026

Buonconvento, Tuscany, Italy

Join a 9-night, 5-star painting cruise aboard Celebrity Equinox, beginning and ending in Barcelona and visiting Cádiz, Tangier, Lisbon, and Porto. Paint on location with expert instruction from Vladislav Yeliseyev.

June 11-20, 2026

Cruise: Spain, Portugal, Morocco

At Home in Sunlight: A State in Motion, explores California during a transformative period of unprecedented growth, when its industrial infrastructure and cultural identity were rapidly evolving.

January 31 – May 16, 2026
UC Irvine Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art (Langson IMCA)
Irvine, CA 92612

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