Events for January 6, 2023
SLO Museum of Art Presents: Home/Work
Home/Work presents the work of fourteen contemporary artists whose work together questions our collective experiences of home. The works gathered in this exhibition reflect on the unique and intimate experiences of the artists who made them — and invite us to consider how we achieve balance in our busy lives of making home and making work. Not designed to be exhaustive, this show invites the public...
New Exhibition At SLOMA: Dirty Laundry
Details The average American throws away 70 pounds of clothing every year. This constant demand for clothing has given way to the expansion of the “Fast Fashion” industry, a manufacturing model in which clothes are designed, fabricated, and sold quickly to keep up with the ever-changing trends. This industry consumes one tenth of all water used industrially and approximately 20% of the wastewater created...
San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden Presents an Immersive Experience: Nature Nights
The San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, (SLOBG), presents Nature Nights, an immersive outdoor holiday light and art exhibit. Nature Nights, produced by SLOBG Director of Communication & Events, Tracy Strann, renowned for producing Bruce Munro: Field of Light at Sensorio in Paso Robles, CA., assures another memorable immersive event for the entire family. The event will feature large format light projections by Bryn Forbes, illuminated...
SLO Museum of Art Presents: The Layered Vision of Nixson Borah
New Exhibition at the SLO Museum of Art: Critical Encounters: The Layered Vision of Nixson Borah Beginning with monoprints and photography from the 1980s, this exhibition follows the lineage of Nixson Borah’s practice towards his recent digital composites. Influenced by the tradition of shadow-puppet theater from southeast Asia, contemporary dance, printmaking, and layering processes, Borah’s digital composites are a culmination of decades of exploration, curiosity,...