In the order of event dates
First Look: New Acquisitions at Bowers Museum
Bowers Museum
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
Annlo at Sandstone Gallery
Sandstone Gallery Laguna
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
Tokio Ueyama: The Hollows Between Mountains
UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art
Tokio Ueyama: The Hollows Between Mountains centers on the work of Japanese artist Tokio Ueyama (1889–1954), who was based in Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo. September 26, 2026 – February 28, 2027
UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art
Costa Mesa, CA
Lynn Welker at Sandstone Gallery
Sandstone Gallery Laguna
LYNN WELKER’s Featured Artist Show is on view in our windows and across the entire lower floor of the gallery. Lynn’s richly layered paintings are abstracted landscapes, imagined places that often spark a surprising sense of recognition—visitors frequently find themselves reminded of a place they know. Lynn’s show runs now through November 30.Join us for First Thursdays Art Walk on Thursday, October 1, from 6–9 PM and experience Lynn’s work in person. Join us again on November 5 for an artist reception.
September 30-November 30
United States
Laguna Beach, CA, USA
Back by Popular Demand: 10th Anniversary Visitor Favorites from The Hilbert Collection
Hilbert Museum of California Art
As the Hilbert Museum celebrates its 10th anniversary, visitors themselves become the guest curators in this special exhibition featuring the artworks they have loved most over the past decade. September 30, 2026 – March 7, 2027
Hilbert Museum of California Art
Orange, CA
Kim Manfredi: View with a Grain of Sand
Laguna Art Museum
View with a Grain of Sand is an exhibition of paintings that explores perception, landscape and the human desire to impose meaning on the natural world. October 3, 2026 – January 18, 2027
Laguna Art Museum
Laguna Beach, CA
What Fearful Shadows
Brea Art Gallery
What Fearful Shadows is a contemporary art exhibition that reimagines iconic elements of early American horror—The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the Salem Witch Trials, and the works of Edgar Allan Poe—through the lens of modern culture. October 10 - December 13, 2026
Brea Art Gallery
Brea, CA
Small Wonders: The Art of Japanese Kokeshi – James F. Ranii Foyer Exhibit
Fullerton Museum Center
From a collection courtesy of Yo and Ingrid Harita, Small Wonders: The Art of Japanese Kokeshi invites viewers into the craftsmanship and whimsy of traditional Japanese folk art. October 29 - December 19, 2026
Fullerton Museum Center
Fullerton, CA
ARCHITECTS OF MOTION: Featuring John “CRASH” Matos + Matt Devine
JoAnne Artman Gallery
JoAnne Artman Gallery is pleased to present Architects of Motion, a dynamic exhibition featuring new works by John “CRASH” Matos and Matt Devine. November 15, 2026 - January 15, 2027
JoAnne Artman Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA
A Celebration of Young Shin Kim
Muckenthaler Cultural Center
Muck Teaching Artist of over twenty years, Young Shin Kim, is the winner of this year’s Dr. James Young Arts Legacy Award. This gallery exhibit of her ceramics is curated by her friend and colleague Marsha Judd. November 15, 2026 - January 2, 2027
Muckenthaler Cultural Center
Fullerton, CA
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Year-round events
Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk
Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk
Artwalk is like a free carnival happening across downtown Santa Ana from 6pm-10pm on the First Saturday of each month. Ongoing
First Saturday of every month
6 pm - 10 pm
Santa Ana, CA
California Bounty: Image and Identity, 1850-1930
Bowers Museum
California Bounty is the first curatorial interpretation of the museum’s distinguished painting collection since 1994. Ongoing
Bowers Museum
Santa Ana, CA
Artwalk – First Thursday of each month
Artist Eye Gallery
First Thursday of Each Month
6-9 pm.
Artist Eye Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA
San Clemente Village Art Faire
San Clemente Downtown Business Association
The Village Art Faire is held on the FIRST SUNDAY of every month at 9AM and is put on by the Downtown Business Association. Ongoing
First Sunday of every month
9 am
San Clemente, CA
Laguna Beach Art Walk
First Thursdays Art Walk
This educational monthly art event, held on the first Thursday of every month from 6 – 9pm, celebrates the diverse cultural art scene of Laguna Beach and is free to the public. Ongoing
First Thursday of every month
6 – 9 pm
Laguna Beach, CA
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UCI Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art
Irvine, CA
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA)
Santa Ana, CA
