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A mural depicting angled bands of primary colors broken up by a series of waving white lines

First Fridays at SLOMA Survey

by Erica Ellis September 6, 2024 in Uncategorized Comments are Disabled

SLOMA visitor demographic survey

Four young people gather around a table covered in cosmic designs, holding tarot cards

Games Are Magic! Stelle Scopa Open Sweep

by Erica Ellis July 30, 2024 in Uncategorized Comments are Disabled

Sunday, Aug 4, 12–2 PM
Learn Italy’s most popular card game with a side of Tarot with artist Maria Molteni

A building facade decorated with a colorful geometric mural

Paint A Mural With MOMO

by Erica Ellis July 29, 2024 in Uncategorized Comments are Disabled

Tuesday, Aug 6, 2–4 PM
SLOMA invites young artists grades 3–6 to learn mural painting with our 2024 mural project artist, Dave Momo

8 surfboards arranged in a flower pattern, on a lawn

Surfboard Swap

by Erica Ellis July 28, 2024 in Uncategorized Comments are Disabled

Sunday, Aug 11, 10 AM–1 PM
Buy, sell, or trade your surfboard at SLOMA in celebration of the exhibition Whose Waters?

A Black woman in a wetsuit on a surfboard

Exhibition Preview: Whose Waters

by Erica Ellis June 20, 2024 in Uncategorized Comments are Disabled

Friday, Jul 12 from 6–8 PM You are invited to the preview for SLOMA's next Gray Wing exhibition: Whose Waters?. Tour the exhibition before the general public, meet the artists, and enjoy music and wine in the galleries. Remarks in the Gray Wing at 6:30 PM. Please check in at [...]

SLO(W) Rainbow by Leah Rosenberg, SLOMA's 2023 mural project. Side view of a building with a colorful set of hills on the right

2023 Annual Report

by Erica Ellis December 5, 2023 in Uncategorized Comments are Disabled

A quick recap of all we accomplished together in 2023

Book cover of First Blush by Dan Hill. Woman sitting on a bench looking at pink brushstrokes.

The Inside Scoop: People’s Intuitive Reactions to Famous Art

by Mac Wilkinson August 17, 2023 in Uncategorized Comments are Disabled

Sunday, October 22, 5:30-6:30 PM RSVP via the form below. Name* First Last Email RSVP Choice* I'll be there! Sending my regrets Will you bring a guest?* Yes No Guest Name(s)* Guest(s) Preferred Contact Info

A large-scale steel sculpture painted bright red. Loops of metal remiscent of a mobius strip. Museum beyond.

Mark di Suvero: Mamma Mobius

by Erica Ellis July 24, 2023 in Uncategorized Comments are Disabled

Mark di Suvero: Mamma Mobius Location: SLOMA Public Art Platform Exhibition dates: August 2021 to March 2022 (no longer on view) The San Luis Obispo Museum of Art is thrilled to present Mamma Mobius, an iconic and transcendent sculpture displayed on the Museum’s lawn. This sculpture references the Mobius band, a [...]

Close up image of Maria Molteni's mural in downtown SLO. Quilt-like patterns of semi-circles falling down before a minimalistic water background. Geometric mountains with braids of lava, symbolizing the seven sisters of SLO. Seven stars in quilt-like patterns representing the Pleiades are above the mountain peaks.

Maria Molteni: Seven Sisters (Celestial Subduction)

by Erica Ellis July 24, 2023 in Uncategorized Comments are Disabled

Maria Molteni: Seven Sisters (Celestial Subduction) Location: 1000 Block of Higuera Street, between Santa Rosa and Osos (click here for map pin). Exhibition dates: Nov 2021–ongoing Many a night I saw the Pleiades risin’ thro’ the mellow shade glitter like a swarm of fireflies tangles in a silver braid —Alfred [...]

Back of "Dreams of Bayanihan" by Camille Hoffman. Figures of Filipino settlers in California, their forms colored like the sunset

Camille Hoffman: Storied Waters: Dreams of Bayanihan

by Erica Ellis July 24, 2023 in Uncategorized Comments are Disabled

Camille Hoffman: Storied Waters: Dreams of Bayanihan Location: SLOMA Public Art Platform Exhibition dates: June 2022 to Feb 2023 (no longer on view) Artist Camille Hoffman’s family ancestry is rooted in the Philippines, and her practice throughout her career has involved a reconsidering of misplaced personal and collective narratives in [...]