Please join us for an evening of community activities at the ICA San Diego / North campus. Visit the galleries and see the exhibition, Beyond the End of the World, by world-renowned artist collective, SUPERFLEX. Learn more about our Ceramics Lab with a demo, then get your hands into some clay by participating in a...
Join our Engagement Guides as they take a small group through our North campus exhibition spaces and a stroll through our outdoor sculpture garden. Sunday Tours begin at 12:30pm in the Education Pavilion (1578 S. El Camino Real). Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in. Choose your Sunday tour in Encinitas below! RSVP
ICA San Diego is pleased to invite you to the launch of our Interface season of exhibition, focusing on the theme of Art & Science. This year, we will present six exhibitions that invite audiences to consider how art can mediate, translate, and expand the relationship between humans and the science of everyday life. Please...
Please join us for an evening of celebration as we get a sneak peek of a musical collaboration between ICA artist-in-residence Danielle Dean and composer Mason Bynes, and unveil the first commissioned sculpture for the ICA San Diego / North Garden. The ICA will also be one of the stops on the Art Night Encinitas...
Come celebrate our fall exhibitions at ICA North! Join Danielle Dean for a tour of her exhibition, Bazar, and listen in on a conversation between Taylor Chapin and ICA Curator Jordan Karney Chaim. Before the conversation, enjoy a DJ set by Chapin’s audio-collaborator, Emily Afton. Close out the evening with live music by Austin Burns and...
Explore our exhibitions and sculpture trail through an interactive tours! Our Engagement Guides lead free, guided tours of our current exhibitions, igniting meaningful conversations and deepening the visitor’s bond with contemporary art. Free to the public. Every Sunday in October at 12:00 PM. Sunday, Sept 24 - Taylor Chapin: Tell Me About Yourself Sunday, Oct 1...
Join us to celebrate Sasha Koozel Reibstein: The End is Near the Beginning Opening Reception. Sasha Koozel Reibstein’s ceramic sculpture gives form to the mysterious and often chaotic processes of creation. Reibstein recognizes the parallels between the intense collisions of heat, energy, and pressure that ultimately form galaxies, living organisms, as well as ceramic objects,...
Join us as we recognize the work of our summer camp artists with live music, open play beach ball volleyball, free face painting, jewelry making, and still-life painting opportunities! There will be free flavorful drinks for kids (aguas frescas) and food available for purchase. ICA San Diego has hosted six weeks of summer camps for...
Celebrate the height of summer at ICA San Diego! Join us for live music and dancing in our Artist Pavilion and hilltop sculpture garden. You can enjoy food, drinks, and an incredible pom pom activity for the whole family. Don't forget to bring your hiking shoes! Program 4 PM - 8 PM | Ongoing Activities...
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...
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,...
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...
Kids will learn how to shape clay as a way to express their creativity. As they make different things to take home, they will learn how to throw on the wheel, build by hand, and glaze projects. Whether they make a pot or a sculpture of an animal, students will learn to pay attention, follow...
This class is for students of all skill levels who wish to acquire or improve their pottery wheel skills. The fundamental shapes that can be utilized to create bowls, plates, mugs, vases, and more will be taught to beginners. Those who are proficient in fundamental throwing skills will concentrate on more complex techniques for creating...
This course is ideal for anyone interested in learning the fundamentals of pottery. Learn the principles of wheel throwing, trimming, and glazing in a step-by-step manner. Excellent opportunity to gain beginning experience working with clay and create gifts for loved ones. Class clay, firing, and glazing are included 18+ Teaching Artist: Amber Hamblin Day of...
This class is for students of all skill levels who wish to acquire or improve their pottery wheel skills. The fundamental shapes that can be used utilized to create bowls, plates, mugs, vases, and more will be taught to beginners. Those who are proficient in fundamental throwing skills will concentrate on more complex techniques for...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
Friday, September 9th, 2022
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...
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...
Friday, September 9th, 2022
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,...
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...
ICA San Diego North Sculpture Trail and Top of the hill
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...
