Weekly Wellness Saturday: Sound Healing & Art Making (1pm) / Expressive Arts for Inner Balance (3:30pm)

Join us in Encinitas for even more ways to interact with contemporary art! Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA North expands on our 2025-2026 exhibition season theme, On Healing. The exhibitions are part of a year-long exploration of the ways artists address the various socio-cultural wounds revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, the associated programs and events seek to explore how art can serve as a vital tool for mental, physical, emotional, and community wellbeing.

Weekly Wellness Saturdays will take place most Saturdays throughout the year during ICA San Diego’s open hours (Noon – 5pm), and includes:

• 1–2 PM: A rotating healing activity hosted by a local facilitator
• 2:15–3:15 PM: A complimentary tour of the current exhibition in its Lower and Upper Pavilions, the outdoor garden, and Sculpture Trail
• 12–5 PM: An all ages art-making activity related to this year’s On Healing season
• 12–5 PM: Complimentary admission to ICA exhibitions

Admission to Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA / North is free, and a donation will be suggested for healing activities, and made directly to the facilitator.

July 26:

• 1:00PM: Sound Healing & Art Making with Karen Cadiero-Kaplan — Sound healing and art in the garden: Enter a sound healing among plants and the sounds of crystal singing bowls and harp, then move into intuitive sculpture expressing your inner wisdom. Please bring a yoga mat or seat cushion and eye covering. All art materials will be supplied.

• 3:30PM: Expressive Arts for Inner Balance: Mindfulness and Art Making with Sara Turquie — This session will integrate guided mindfulness exercises with hands-on art-making, allowing participants to explore personal expression in a supportive, open setting. Through sensory engagement – such as texture, color, sound, and movement  – expressive arts stimulate imagination and creativity.

These Saturday offerings at ICA North are an evolution of ICA San Diego’s popular C You Saturday! series, a monthly community event where guests enjoy the galleries, participate in art-making, listen in on an artist talk, and more. This year, C You Saturdays! will take place on exhibition opening dates only, including:

• August 16, Las Hermanas Iglesias at ICA / North (Encinitas)
• September 20, Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya at ICA / Central (Balboa Park)

ICA San Diego’s locations in Encinitas and Balboa Park are open Thursday – Sunday, Noon – 5pm.

• Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA / North run from Noon – 5pm (last entry into the galleries is 4:30pm).
• C You Saturdays! at ICA / Central and North run from 4-7pm.

RSVP to a Weekly Wellness Saturday!

Donations made at time of RSVP or upon check-in will go to ICA San Diego, and a QR code and cash box will be available at the healing activity for donations to healing facilitators.