Visual Arts

Live Oak Music Festival has unveiled official artwork celebrating its 37th annual event. This year’s design, by local artist Clayton Vaughn Benge, places the distinct figure cut by Live Oak…

The California Arts Council has awarded 47 Arts Education Exposure grants to organizations across the state, but only one of those has landed in San Luis Obispo County. The SLO…

Living in California we sometimes take for granted how fortunate we are to live in such a visually stunning and diverse state. The Mexican culture in particular is deeply ingrained…

Last year, photographer Mark Dektor began posting intriguing black-and-white portrait photographs of Cambria residents online. With the community’s encouragement, he started posting more and more portraits of townspeople from all…

Writers and visual artists of all ages and backgrounds are invited to submit original work inspired by personal journeys towards mental wellness for inclusion in the annual Opening Minds Art…

The International Museum of Dinnerware Design has issued a call for entries for its Sixth Biennial National Juried Exhibition, Picnic. The exhibition—for artists and designers in all media—explores the theme…

A special evening devoted to supporting student scholarships in the performing and fine arts is scheduled Saturday, February 22, at the Harold J. Miossi Cultural and Performing Arts Center and…

Friends are rallying behind the wife of a popular Central Coast syndicated cartoonist following a recent medical emergency. Teresa Rubin, wife of “Rubes” creator Leigh Rubin, suffered a catastrophic brain…

Cambria Center for the Arts presents “On the Trail: The Ceramic Art of Patricia Griffin” from January 3 through February 2. Inspired by the artist’s year-long residency on the Fiscalini…

If you have wondered whatever became of Elizabeth MacQueen, the grande dame of San Luis Obispo’s art world—the renowned sculptor of “Puck” in Copeland Square, “Fourth of July” at the…