Saturday, June 25, 2022 Join us for an evening of fun as we celebrate our current ecology-focused season, 'In this Broad Earth of Ours’ Gala Chair: Ingrid Westlake The Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego is pleased to present its 2nd annual gala at its spacious and magical North campus in Encinitas (formerly Lux Art Institute). The...
ICA San Diego North Sculpture Trail and Top of the hill
Join The Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego (ICA) for a night of contemporary modern dancing by Northwest San Diego County dance company LITVAK, at ICA’s North campus in Encinitas CA. Experience LITVAK's 2nd Annual Dance Festival performance with special dance guests, Whyteberg / LA (LITVAK Dance Performs) Mariachi Champaña Nevin / SD Entity...
Join us for the ICA summer art camp exhibition!! Celebrating another successful Summer Camp season on August 20th from 10 am to 1 pm, we are welcoming all campers, parents, grandparents, and members of the community to join us for our End of Summer Camp Celebration at ICA San Diego located in Encinitas. Each summer,...
ICA San Diego North Sculpture Trail and Top of the hill
Friday, September 9th, 2022
As part of Art Night Encinitas, we are thrilled to host Yaw Owusu's Studio Series. Art lovers can meet for an interactive discussion with the artist himself, Owusu. Discover more about his work and the #PennyExchange initiative. You will get a unique and personal perspective of what it means to make contemporary art today by sharing...
We have crafted an exclusive day trip for you in collaboration with Rancho La Puerta, a vibrant site that has been regarded as the original destination wellness retreat since 1940. Join us for an unforgettable day that will include visiting the beautifully landscaped gardens with a private tour of the outdoor art collection, dining on...
Need some ideas for what to do creatively on the weekends this fall? Come spend Family Day with us at ICA San Diego / North in the beautiful setting of Encinitas, where we'll be celebrating art, nature, and community! Join us for a FREE fun-packed day surrounded by nature and art! This event is part...
We look forward to seeing you at ICA's Central campus in Balboa Park on Friday, September 30th, for Sreshta Rit Premnath: Grave/Grove opening reception! Exploring the translation between humans and plants, Sreshta Rit Premnath (b. Bangalore, India, 1979, based in Brooklyn, NY) presents amorphous plaster sculptures, metal fencing, and plants that cohabitate within the gallery. Grave/Grove draws...
If this is something you have ever wondered then join us for a conversation-based, exploration of contemporary art through the work of Ghanaian artist Yaw Owusu! If you are looking for something fun thing to do with friends, a casual way to look at art and a way to meet other art-minded people: this is...
Friday, September 9th, 2022
Exciting for kids and adults alike! We hope you will join us at Balboa Park for a very special edition of Family Art Day. Come spend the day with us at the museum, reflecting on the work of Sreshta Rit Premnath, an artist who draws connections between nature and the lived experiences of people across...
ICA San Diego in partnership with FASHIONPHILE invites you to an exclusive pre-holiday season shopping experience at FASHIONPHILE’s showroom in Carlsbad. The work of the artists in our current season, Limitless Growth, Limited World, tackle various forms of value and how it affects our consumption habits. We are grateful to FASHIONPHILE for supporting our programming and...
As part of Art Night Encinitas, we are thrilled to host Cog•nate Collective's new exhibition in San Diego! Cog•nate Collective’s interdisciplinary practice holds space for more inclusive forms of community as they explore trans-border territories that expand and contract with the movement of people and objects. In an ongoing body of work, the artists investigate...
December 2 & 3, 2022
Join us to celebrate Shellie Zhang: What We Bring and Leave with our vibrant and creative community. Shellie Zhang (b. 1991, Beijing, China) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Tkaronto/Toronto, Canada. She explores the construction of a multicultural society by disassembling approaches to tradition, gender, the diaspora, and popular culture. We have partnered with Good...
Book A Private Party at The Lab! Discover, learn, and be inspired in our state-of-the-art ceramics lab surrounded by nature with your loved ones! Part lesson, part social, relax with a nice glass of wine while creating pottery on the wheel with friends and/or family. Each participant will get the opportunity to create a bowl,...
Join us as we learn more about artist-in-residence Shellie Zhang's work and life through a perspective-shaping conversation between her and contemporary composer, Lei Llang. Then, enjoy a musical interpretation by Art of Elan. Experience visual and auditory experiences that explore the works of ICA San Diego Artist-in-Resident, Shellie Zhang. The evening will begin with an...
Join us for January's Insider Series event: A private home art collection tour in Rancho Santa Fe! Friday, January 27th, from 2:00-5:00 pm, the group will tour a private collection — including works from brilliant creatives such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Moore, Deborah Butterfield, and Andy Warhol — led by ICA San Diego's new Curator, Jordan...
Join us as a VIP for a trip to Mexico City, February 6th-12th, with an itinerary of exclusive and art-filled experiences. Our Executive Director, Andrew Utt, will accompany the group as they tour local galleries, experience the ZONAMACO contemporary art fair, chat with curators and artists, and enjoy exceptional Mexican cuisine. ZONAMACO is the largest...
ICA San Diego is thrilled to announce ICA LATE NIGHTS with Art Night Encinitas starting March 4th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm. You can now enjoy late-night access to the ICA San Diego / North galleries and enjoy contemporary art, free drinks, and get to know your local art community! ICA LATE NIGHTS celebrates Art Night...
The Hill Street Country Club and ICA San Diego invite you to a conversation between artists Jezebeth Roca Gonzalez and Edra Soto. Despite their geographic and stylistic differences, both Gonzalez and Soto make use of Puerto Rico's vernacular architecture and intimate scenes of domestic life to deepen and extend their connection to the island. The...
ICA San Diego is thrilled to announce our inaugural monthly C You Saturday! events. Beginning this March, on the third Saturday of every month, a brand-new event series will bring together cutting-edge contemporary art exhibitions, performances, family-friendly activities, artist conversations, music, and more, to celebrate contemporary art with the San Diego County creative community. In celebration of...
Join us for a virtual tour of MCA Chicago’s Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today, led by Nolan Jimbo — Marjorie Susman Curatorial Fellow — followed by a brief Q&A period. Preview this incredible show before it travels to MCA San Diego next year! “Taking the 1990s as its cultural backdrop, Forecast Form:...
Join ICA San Diego for a private tour of Desert X 2023 installations throughout Coachella Valley led by our Executive Director, Andrew Utt, on April 12th, 2023! Taking place every 2 years, Desert X is an internationally-renowned, site-specific contemporary art exhibition that, this year, is dispersed across the Coachella Valley from Palm Springs to Palm...
You are invited to join us for the de la Torre Brothers C You Saturday! on April 15th at Balboa Park! In celebration of de la Torre Brothers: Post-Columbian Futurism, the de la Torre brothers’ first solo museum exhibition in San Diego, we invite you on a journey into the site of an epic battle for the...
Join ICA San Diego for May's Insider Series event: a Murals of La Jolla private walking tour — led by Taylor Chapin, upcoming ICA San Diego artist — as well as drinks and appetizers afterwards, hosted by Quint Gallery in La Jolla. The La Jolla Mural project "expands the definition of the traditional public mural...
A collaborative performance by Noriko Whitfield and Edra Soto Using crystal singing bowls, sound artist Noriko Whitfield will perform an immersive sound piece in collaboration with ICA San Diego Artist in Residence Edra Soto. As Whitfield’s bowls sing, Soto will share portions of a letter dedicated to her mother–an offering to fill the space between...
ICA San Diego invites guests to shine bright together for an inspiring future as we celebrate contemporary art, education, and community. Our campus will be transformed with reflective portals, asking each of us to consider how the changes we make can produce a better world, mirroring ICA's current season, Limitless Growth, Limited World. Attention VIPs,...
You are invited to a brunch with the de la Torre Brothers! Soak up the summer vibes with micheladas, sangria, and mimosas. Sundrop Coffee will fuel you for our all-ages scavenger hunt through the de la Torre brothers’ exhibition, Post-Columbian Futurism (instructions below!). The winner will take home a limited edition lenticular print on paper by...
For June’s Insider Series event, you’re the artist! Join us for an exclusive Wine and Wheel event at ICA San Diego / North: Discover, learn, and be inspired in our state-of-the-art ceramics lab surrounded by nature while in the company of other art-lovers and makers. Wine & Wheel — part lesson, part social — is a...
Join us on July 11th for a studio visit with Taylor Chapin, upcoming ICA San Diego's artist, as a part of the monthly Insider Series events! This Insider Series event offers an exclusive preview of Taylor Chapin's practice and studio space before her upcoming exhibition, Tell Me About Yourself, that will be on view at...
