Events for May 1, 2023
SLOMA Presents: Adam Parker Smith
This exhibition will feature several works made throughout the artist’s career as sort of a mid-career retorspective. Adam Parker Smith has a unique ability to address complex themes in a whimsical, light-hearted way that makes his work incredibly accessible. Adam Parker Smith is a sculpture and installation artist. He attended the University of California at Santa Cruz (BA Painting, 2000), the Tyler School of Art...
‘Bright Star’: A Bluegrass Musical! (Santa Maria Edition)
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s Grammy and Tony-nominated musical, Bright Star, weaves toe-tapping bluegrass and incredible true events into a rich, refreshingly genuine journey along the Blue Ridge Mountains. Starting at $25
SLO Museum of Art Presents: And Also… By Charlie Rugg
The SLO Museum of Art is will be featuring the exhibit And Also... by Charlie Rugg from March 3rd until May 29th. Charlie Rugg is an abstract and portrait oil painter based in San Luis Obispo, California. Rugg’s work converges on exploring the collective nature of elements that make up human experience, and how they may be used to create a moment of perspective removed...
SLO Museum of Art Presents: Marcia Harvey and Elliot Perkins- Call and Response
Marcia Harvey and Elliot Perkins: Call and Response April 7, 2023 – July 3, 2023 11am-5pm daily In 1997, Elliott K. Perkins was working as a potter and ceramics lab technician at a small arts college in Portland, Oregon, when he met Marcia C. Harvey, who was there for the semester as an artist in residence in painting. Their first conversations were about art...
Cal Poly Arts Presents – National Geographic Live: Improbable Ascent with Maureen Beck
Paraclimber Maureen Beck learned how to rock climb one-handed through trial and error—one of her early adaptive climbing innovations involved taping a metal ladle to her arm. It wasn’t long before she was tackling some of the hardest climbs by a one-handed athlete, securing two world championships in the process. In her constant pursuit of new challenges, she journeyed to Canada’s Cirque of the Unclimbables...
National Geographic LIVE: Improbable Ascent with Maureen Beck
Paraclimber Maureen Beck learned how to rock climb one-handed through trial and error—one of her early adaptive climbing innovations involved taping a metal ladle to her arm.It wasn’t long before she was tackling some of the hardest climbs by a one-handed athlete, securing two world championships in the process. In her constant pursuit of new challenges, she journeyed to Canada’s Cirque of the Unclimbables to...