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ArtStop: Could She Be by Caravaggio?

Tuesday, 12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Museum Galleries

John Marciari, Ph.D., Curator of European Art and Head of Provenance Research, discusses the possibility that a work in the Museum's permanent collection could have been painted by Caravaggio? Read more on ArtInfo.

ArtStops are 15 minute, staff-led tours of one to three works on view. Museum curators and educators present these brief yet always enlightening and informative talks every Thursday and third Tuesday at noon.

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Dec
20
2012

ArtStop: Marienela de la Hoz

Thursday, 12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Museum Galleries

Amy Galpin, Ph.D., Assistant Curator, Art of the Americas, discusses Marianela de la Hoz.

ArtStops are 15 minute, staff-led tours of one to three works on view. Museum curators and educators present these brief yet always enlightening and informative talks every Thursday and third Tuesday at noon.

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Dec
21
2012

The New World Discovers Italy

American Artists in a Classical Land, 1760-1900

Friday, 10:00 a.m.
James S. Copley Auditorium

Thomas Moran. Opus 24: Rome, from the Campagna, Sunset, 1867. Oil on canvas. Timken Museum of Art, 2005.001.

Between 1760 when Benjamin West embarked on the first artistic pilgrimage from America to Italy, and the 1880s when the practice began to wane, hundreds of American painters and sculptors made the trek to Italy.

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Dec
21
2012

Drawing in the Galleries

Positive & Negative Space

Friday, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Museum Galleries, (Meet in the Rotunda)

Drawing in the Galleries

A trained drawing instructor will guide you as you focus on positive and negative space, taking inspiration from the Modern and Contemporary Art collection during this informal drawing workshop. 

Class fee includes all supplies.

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Dec
22
2012

Fabric Design Showcase

Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The Museum Store

Lucy Eron, Museum Educator and local fabric designer, will show her stunningly beautiful designs inspired by California plein-air artists such as Charles Reiffel.

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Exhibitions on View

  • Young Art 2013: The Story of Me
  • Piranesi, Rome, and the Arts of Design
  • Pacific Horizons
  • Alternative Accounts

Docent Tour Schedule- December 2012

Follow the links below for the topic of each tour:

Monday, 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.
Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m.,  2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.
Thursdays, 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.
Fridays, 11:00 a.m. (4th and 5th Fridays only), 2:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m.
Saturdays, 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m.
Sundays, 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m.

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Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
(619) 232-7931

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San Diego, CA 92112-2107

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Sunday 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., Sat.
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday Closed


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June 1 through Labor Day

Sunday 12:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Mon., Tues., Fri., Sat.
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday Closed
Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

*See calendar for exceptions

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Member Spotlight

Jesi Betancourt, Gallery Member
Bram and Sandy Dijkstra, Patron's Circle

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