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The Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) is a modern and contemporary art museum located on the campus of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California. The museum's collection comprises more than 4,500 objects, with a concentration on the art of California and the Pacific Rim from the early 20th century to present. Exhibits ...
This is a list of museums in Orange County, California, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Pageant of the Masters is an annual festival held by the Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach, California, United States.. The event is known for its tableaux vivants or "living pictures" in which classical and contemporary works of art are recreated by real people who are made to look nearly identical to the originals through the clever application of costumes, makeup, headdresses, lighting ...
The Orange County Museum of Art broke ground on a new primary facility at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts campus on September 20, 2019. [5] The 53,000 square feet (4,900 m 2) structure was designed by Morphosis Architects and was topped off on October 6, 2020, with a virtual ceremony held. [6] [7] The new museum opened on October 8, 2022.
The Bowers Museum is an art museum located in Santa Ana, California.The museum's permanent collection includes more than 100,000 objects, and features notable strengths in the areas of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, Native American art, the art of Asia, Africa, and Oceania, and California plein-air painting.
The Hilbert Museum of California Art, located in the historic district of Old Town Orange, [2] opened in 2016. [3] It was founded by Mark and Janet Hilbert with a gift of $10 million, [4] including a collection of more than 1,000 paintings valued at more than $7 million in 2015. [5]
It showcases juried works by 140 Orange County artists, and its stage provides a venue for daily musical performances in July and August of each year. The Sawdust Art Festival was founded in 1965 as a counterculture alternative to the Festival of Arts. It exhibits non-juried crafts and arts on a dedicated 3-acre (1.2-hectare) site.
The Irvine Bowl is a 2,600 seat amphitheatre directly connected to the Festival of Arts grounds. The venue hosts the Pageant of the Masters, a performance art show known for its living picture depictions of famous artwork. Volunteer crews make use of makeup, lighting, and detailed sets to blend in as subjects of famous paintings and sculptures.