Local Destinations

Isamu Noguchi’s California Scenario

Commissioned by Henry Segerstrom in 1979 and completed in 1982, Isamu Noguchi’s California Scenario is recognized as one of the country’s preeminent sculpture gardens and the most vital publicly accessible outdoor sculpture oasis in Southern California. Situated on 1.6 acres, the garden in its design symbolizes various geographical characteristics in California, incorporating indigenous plants and materials.

Six principal elements comprise California Scenario: “Forest Walk,” “Land Use,” “Desert Land,” “Water Source,” “Water Use” and “Energy Fountain.” However, the centerpiece of the garden is The Spirit of the Lima Bean, a sculpture of dramatic proportions, composed of 15 rust-colored granite rocks cut precisely to fit together. This sculpture was created in recognition of Henry Segerstrom’s friendship with Isamu Noguchi, and the Segerstrom family’s contribution to the agricultural heritage of Southern California.

Noguchi Garden in Costa Mesa is open free to the public from 8 AM to midnight.

CONTACT
Two Town Center Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Orange County Museum of Art

Making art accessible to all is the foundation of Orange County Museum of Art’s (OCMA’s) mission and we are proud to provide essential arts, cultural experiences and educational programming free of charge to a diverse and growing community.

OCMA is a world-class museum with a history of actively discovering and engaging with living artists at pivotal points in their careers. The museum has organized and presented critically acclaimed exhibitions that have traveled nationally and internationally to more than 35 venues. OCMA’s collection of more than 4,500 works of art includes important examples of modern and contemporary art and artists inspired by or working in California including: John Baldessari, Chris Burden, Vija Celmins, Bruce Conner, Richard Diebenkorn, Robert Irwin, Catherine Opie, Charles Ray, and Ed Ruscha. Annually, OCMA welcomes over 220,000 visitors annually from the United States and all over the world including from the UAE, Switzerland, Germany, Hong Kong, China, Brazil, and Australia.

CONTACT
Email: info@ocma.net
Phone: 714.780.2130

Festival of Arts & Pageant of the Masters

California’s premier fine art show, Laguna Beach’s summertime Festival of Arts is an open-air gallery that features over 140 top local artists in a wide variety of media such as paintings, photography, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, glass and more. Pageant of the Masters is a truly unforgettable experience featuring “living pictures” – incredibly faithful art re-creations of classical and contemporary works with real people posing to look like their counterparts in the original pieces.

CONTACT
650 Laguna Canyon Road
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Phone: 949.494.1145

Laguna Art Museum

Laguna Art Museum is proud to continue the tradition of the Laguna Beach Art Association, founded in 1918 by the early California artists who discovered the town and fostered a vibrant arts community. The gallery that the association built in 1929 is part of today’s Laguna Art Museum.

Laguna Art Museum is a destination for anyone interested in California art. Unlike any other museum in the state, it collects California art and only California art, and ranges across all periods and styles, nineteenth-century to present-day. Its collection, exhibitions, publications, and educational programs are all dedicated to developing the public appreciation of California art.

CONTACT
307 Cliff Drive
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Phone: 949.494.8971

Bowers Museum

Founded in 1935, by the City of Santa Ana through a bequest from Charles and Ada Bowers, the Bowers Museum is one of California’s finest and Orange County’s largest museums. In the past 15 years, the museum has produced more than 50 special exhibitions, more than 24, exhibition catalogues and increased its facility size to 93,000-plus square feet. The Bowers Museum is celebrated for bringing national and international treasures to Southern California.

CONTACT
200 N. Main Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
Phone: 714.567.3600

Laguna Playhouse

Laguna Playhouse is an historic Equity theatre located in the charming arts colony of Laguna Beach, California. Steps away from the Pacific Ocean, Laguna Playhouse is known for its year-round season of captivating comedies, dramas, musicals, stand-up comedy and family fare. Named “Best in OC” in Live Theatre by the OC Register every year since 2015, Laguna Playhouse was founded as a community theatre in 1920, making the Playhouse one of the oldest continuously operating, not-for-profit theatres on the West Coast.

CONTACT
606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Phone: 949.497.ARTS (2787)

The Getty

The world renowned J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center in Los Angeles houses European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts and European and American photographs. The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa in Malibu houses approximately 44,000 works of art from the Museum’s extensive collection Greek, Roman and Etruscan antiquities. The Getty’s courses, demonstrations, lectures, performances, talks and tours are popular among museum-goers.

Image ©2003 J. Paul Getty Trust

CONTACT
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Phone: 310.440.7300

Hammer Museum

The Hammer Museum is part of the School of the Arts and Architecture at UCLA, and offers exhibitions and collections that span classic to contemporary art, as well as programs that spark meaningful encounters with art and ideas. Through a wide-ranging, international exhibition program and the biennial, Made in L.A., the Hammer highlights contemporary art since the 1960s, especially the work of emerging and under recognized artists. The exhibitions, permanent collections, and nearly 300 public programs annually—including film screenings, lectures, symposia, readings, music performances, and workshops for families—are all free to the public.

CONTACT
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
90024
Phone: 310.443.7000

MOCA

CONTACT
250 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: 213.626.6222

The Broad

The Broad is a new contemporary art museum founded by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles which opened in September of 2015. The museum is home to the 2,000 works of art in the Broad collection, which is among the most prominent holdings of postwar and contemporary art worldwide, and has launched an active program of rotating temporary exhibitions and innovative audience engagement. The 120,000-square-foot, $140-million building features two floors of gallery space and is the headquarters of The Broad Art Foundation’s worldwide lending library, which has actively loaned collection works to museums around the world since 1984.

CONTACT
221 S Grand Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: 213.232.6200

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) is the region’s foremost forum devoted to the exploration and presentation of the art of our time, presenting works across all media created since 1950. Located in the heart of downtown San Diego and in the coastal community of La Jolla, MCASD provides an unprecedented variety of exhibition spaces and experiences for the community, showcasing an internationally recognized collection  and a dynamic schedule of exhibitions and public programs.

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CONTACT
Email: info@mcasd.org
Phone: 858.454.3541