Diwali Festival: The Indian Festival of Lights
Sunday, October 24
4:00 p.m.
$10 individual/$15 family
Enjoy cultural performances, an outdoor procession, lamp lighting, henna, varied cuisines of the Indian subcontinent and an array of vendors selling Indian goods at the third annual community Diwali Festival. The Museum’s galleries will be open late for visitors who wish to see our important collection of Indian miniature paintings and events will be held throughout the park in celebration of India’s Diwali holiday, which highlights the victory of good over evil.
Co-sponsored by The Indian American Society and The San Diego Museum of Art's Committee for Art of the Indian Subcontinent.
Dr. Vanessa Schwartz: It's So French!
 Friday, October 15
10:00 a.m.
James S. Copley Auditorium
$12 members/$15 nonmembers/$8 students
In conjunction with Toulouse-Lautrec's Paris, the Museum is proud to welcome Dr. Vanessa Schwartz, Professor of History, Art History, and Film at the University of Southern California. She is the author of Spectacular Realities: Early Mass Culture in Fin-de-Siecle Paris and It's So French: Hollywood, Paris, and the Making of Cosmopolitan Film Culture. Dr. Schwartz will be speaking on the development of cinema and theatre in Paris during the time of Toulouse-Lautrec.
Sponsored by The San Diego Museum of Art Docent Council.
Image: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Ambassadeurs: Aristide Bruant, 1892. Lithograph. Gift of the Baldwin M. Baldwin Foundation, 1987:20.
From Art History to Art Making:
Toulouse-Lautrec's Paris
 Saturday, October 16
1:00 p.m.
Lecture is free after Museum admission
Workshop is $10
Following a dynamic lecture by Jim Grebl on the celebrity portraits in Toulouse-Lautrec’s Paris, audience members will participate in a printmaking workshop led by Museum Educator, Amy Briere.
Image: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Jane Avril, 1899. Lithograph. Gift of the Baldwin M. Baldwin Foundation, 1987:103.
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Family Drop in Day: Exploring Temple, Palace, Mosque
Sunday, October 17
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Free after Museum admission
Bring your family (recommended for families with children between 6 and 12) and enjoy exhibition-inspired art-making activities, story-telling, and more.
Music at the Museum: Art of Élan presents Crossing Borders
Tuesday, October 19
7:00 p.m.
$20 members, seniors, and military
$25 nonmembers
$10 students
Based on Luis Jiménez's "Border Crossing" sculpture, this unique program of Latin American and Cuban-inspired music not only brings bold flavors to the classical music genre, but reminds us of music's power to transport us to other cultures. Read more. Bus Tour to the Getty Villa
Wednesday, October 27
$65 includes transportation, refreshments, and audio guide
Join the Museum's East County Chapter for an autumn bus trip to the Getty Villa. Set in lush and elegant gardens, the Getty Villa houses the Getty’s collection of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities. Read more.
Lecture: Dr. John Marciari on Velazquez in the Basement
Sunday, November 7
2:00 p.m.
Based on the research of John Marciari, the Curator of European Art and Head of Provenance Research, a 17th-century Spanish painting portraying The Education of the Virgin in the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery has been reattributed to Diego Velazquez. Read more. |
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