Arts+Culture:San Diego

San Diego's Diverse Cultural Ecosystem

There are so many amazing things are happening throughout the many districts and neighborhoods in San Diego.

Members of the Arts+Culture:San Diego Community Advisory Council are excited to share just a small selection of these activities for each Council district.

Click on one of the recent updates below or select one of the tabs to find out all about your City Councilmember or one of the Commissioners from the Commission for Arts and Culture.

Mayra Hernandez

Celebrating Black History Month in District 8

On Saturday, February 29, families and friends came together to celebrate Black History Month at the Logan Heights Library. The event was filled with vendors...

Theresa Kosen

Photography Exposes Students to Visual Literacy

There are hundreds of examples of how San Diego’s diverse and interconnected arts and culture community inspires, educates, and entertains visitors and San D...

Theresa Kosen

Urban Art Splashes with a Museum

There are hundreds of examples of how San Diego’s diverse and interconnected arts and culture community inspires, educates, and entertains visitors and San D...

Elizabeth Tobias

Russ Sperling Plays it Forward as VAPA Director of the San Diego Unified School District

How can we best educate children in San Diego to navigate an unpredictable and complex future? How do we prepare them to become the innovators, creators, thi...

Theresa Kosen

The New Children's Museum Hosts StoryCorps Interviews

There are hundreds of examples of how San Diego’s diverse and interconnected arts and culture community inspires, educates, and entertains visitors and San D...

Peter

Access2Awesome Weekly Drawing 2

Congratulations to our winners from the week two drawing! To find out if you won, click here. Remember - you only need to enter once for the remaining nine w...

Theresa Kosen

Art Intersects Many Lives from the Ballet to the Butterfly Project

There are hundreds of examples of how San Diego’s diverse and interconnected arts and culture community inspires, educates, and entertains visitors and San D...

Peter

Access2Awesome Weekly Drawing 1

Congratulations to our winners from the week one drawing! To find out if you won, click here. Remember - you only need to enter once for the next ten weekly ...

Natalia

Youth theater program promotes health

For a long time, I’d heard about a partnership between the San Diego Opera and the La Maestra Foundation in City Heights. Last September, I finally got to se...

Manuel Aguilar

Step outside the box, by stepping inside The Studio Door

Although the name might sound like a trendy bar, cafe, or restaurant in one of San Diego’s most popular business districts, Artist Patric Stillman of Studio ...

Theresa Kosen

Season of Hope Heals Through Artistic Expression

There are hundreds of examples of how San Diego’s diverse and interconnected arts and culture community inspires, educates, and entertains visitors and San D...

Polly E. Toledo

La Jolla Playhouse's Outdoor Festival WOWs District 2.

How was the idea of WOW developed and what is the mission of the festival? The WOW Festival had always been part of Artistic Director Christopher Ashley’s vi...

Michelle Powers

A Hidden Gem in District 7: The Magic Tunnel in Civita

If you’ve visited the Civita residential community in Mission Valley, chances are you may have seen a glimpse of the Mission Valley Pedestrian Tunnel. Known ...

Endiya Griffin

One Artivist's Fight Against Gentrification

As the cost of living skyrockets in California, the idea of living a, “white picket fence,” American Dream seems to slip further from the grasp of most Calif...

Theresa Kosen

A Never-ending Treasure Hunt: From Finding Shakespeare to Art on the Trail

There are hundreds of examples of how San Diego’s diverse and interconnected arts and culture community inspires, educates, and entertains visitors and San D...

Michelle Powers

Art Telling: New Exhibition at Mission Trails Regional Park Visitor Center

This past weekend I had the pleasure of visiting the crown jewel of District 7, the Mission Trails Regional Park. The Park encompasses a breathtaking 7,220 a...

Elizabeth Tobias

Riding the New Wave of La Jolla Music Society

With their spectacular new $82 million dollar home on Fay Avenue, La Jolla Music Society has caught a perfect wave.

Theresa Kosen

Arts and Culture Delight Every Age

There are hundreds of examples of how San Diego’s diverse and interconnected arts and culture community inspires, educates, and entertains visitors and San D...

Theresa Kosen

Collaboration Stories from the Arts & Culture Field: Pop-Up Photo Exhibition by Beto Soto

There are hundreds of examples of how San Diego’s diverse and interconnected arts and culture community inspires, educates, and entertains visitors and San D...