Events for April 5, 2022
SLO Museum of Art Presents | Faig Ahmed: Collision
The San Luis Obispo Museum of Art is pleased to present a solo exhibition of prolific contemporary artist Faig Ahmed. From his studio in Baku, Azerbaijan, Ahmed creates textile works that transcend and transform the history of carpet making in the region. Ahmed is interested in how the contemporary and the traditional collide to create something new that defies genres, borders, and even history. Ahmed...
Poem of the Body: David Limrite & Lena Rushing
POEM OF THE BODY: DAVID LIMRITE & LENA RUSHING Apr 1–May 29, 2022 This Nybak Gallery exhibition will feature two SLO County painters: David Limrite and Lena Rushing. David Limrite works primarily in graphite, charcoal, acrylic, and collage to create mysterious, dramatic, energetic, dark, and edgy mixed media figurative work. Lena Rushing’s work typically features a strong, unconventional female presence and relies heavily on symbolism....
Imprinted: Printmaking and Portraiture
The act of printmaking itself is intimate, from the laborious processes such as woodcarving, acid etching, and meticulous ink application, to the revealing of an image from a plate. These processes too are experimental and infinitely varied, with no two printmakers working in quite the same way. Similarly, portraiture has an individualistic, intimate, and vulnerable nature to it — whether it be sitting for a...
SLO REP Theater Presents Every Brilliant Thing
Every Brilliant Thing Written by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe Directed by Suzy Newman Scenic Design by David Linfield Show Times March 25 – April 10, 2022 Fri-Sat (no Thursday shows) @ 7 pm Sat & Sun @ 2 pm About A funny and moving tribute to resilience and hope – as it enlists you, the audience, to tell this heartfelt story. You’re seven years old. Mom’s in...
Old San Luis BBQ hosts Community Events
Insight Studio | Experience Sustainability In Practice
Our first Insight Studio of 2022 will dive into the importance and reality of utilizing sustainable practices in business. We will start with a behind the scenes tour of the Kompogas SLO anaerobic digester, the first of its kind in the United States. Central to local efforts to reduce carbon emissions, the system recycles local organic waste and converts it into renewable electricity. Sales manager, Thomas...