Events for April 30, 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....
World War II Commemoration Week
World War II Commemoration Week is presented by the History Center of SLO County, in partnership with South County Historical Society, Central Coast Living Memory, Moro Bay Maritime Museum, Historical Society of Morro Bay, Central Coast State Parks Association, Central Coast Veterans Memorial Museum, and the Estrella Warbirds Museum. This celebration will take place from April 24 to May 1, 2022. Tentative Schedule of Events:...
SLO Film Festival
San Luis Obispo International Film Festival The festival will celebrate its return to in-theater screenings and in-person events, including its famous Surf Nite, a tribute to Philip Glass, Cal Poly Shortcuts, and entrants in this year’s Reel Challenge debut. The 28th Annual San Luis Obispo International Film Festival (April 26-May 1) announced this year’s robust film lineup bookended by critically-acclaimed documentaries —the Opening Night selection...
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 Film Festival 2022
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United MVMT Presents: Illuminate Dance Showcase
Sat, Apr 30, 2022 7:00 PM The 4th annual Illuminate Dance Showcase is hosted by Cal Poly’s United in Movement and is open for all dance groups on campus to perform. Illuminate’s purpose remains the same: to unite the numerous dance communities of Cal Poly onto one stage, bringing support and awareness to the various dance styles found on Cal Poly’s campus. Illuminate’s end goal...
SLO Repertory Theatre presents: The Children
On a summer evening in an isolated seaside cottage in the East of England, a pair of retired nuclear scientists are startled by a visit from a former colleague. As some crackers and wine are trotted out, so are various old jealousies, leading to the the revelation of a chilling and dangerous plan. The three friends must come to terms with their shared culpability in...