NCAN Presents:
Open Your Hearts to North County Arts
** Art Will Go On and On **
The North County Arts Network is excited to announce the 2021 promotion of arts and culture covering all of North County, east to west and north to south. October’s Open Your Hearts to North County Arts (OYH) marks the fourth annual, month-long campaign in coordination with National Arts and Humanities month.
Our goal is to build greater public awareness and community support for the arts created within and provided to North County San Diego in the following ways:
- Through the coordination of our Board’s Arts Leaders, we have motivated visual and performing arts resources to hold events in October.
- On social media sites using #OYH2NCA #Openyourheartstoarts #Northcountyarts
- Via a concerted campaign to announce this promotion, including newsletters, website promotion, social media feeds, e-blasts, videos and word of mouth.
- With additional promotional support provided by the City of Carlsbad, MiraCosta College, Smorgborg, SDVAN, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture, Innovate 78, KPBS, Cal State University at San Marcos, Art Walk Carlsbad, the San Diego North Economic Development Council and the San Diego International Airport Arts Program.
- Studio Ace (EIN # 81-4109420) is the fiscal sponsor for NCAN and 5% goes to its educational programming.
- OYH logo gif was created by Kate Donnelly.
- Our brochure and event collages were designed by Jeff Adamoff.
Here are some of the Arts and Culture Events happening in October:
One Night Only:
International Film Fridays: Storm Boy free
Oct 1 | City of Carlsbad
First Friday Oceanside Art Walk free
Oct 1 | Oceanside Friends of the Arts
First Friday Art Walk: Music At The Museum With Chloe Lou and the Liddells free
Oct 1 | Oceanside Museum of Art
Joni Mitchell Tribute Concert
Oct 1 | New Village Arts: Flower Fields
Wednesdays @ Noon: Ines Irawati free
Oct 6 | City of Encinitas
Benefit Concert featuring Emmylou Harris
Oct 6 | Museum of Making Music
Ceramics for Teens
Oct 6 | Studio ACE
Live Poet’s Society
Oct 7 | Julian Arts Guild
International Film Fridays: Pain and Glory free
Oct 8 | City of Carlsbad
Art Games
Oct 8 | Studio ACE
Fiber Art Fridays: Un-Be-Weav-Able
Oct 8 | Studio ACE
Eclectic Lawn
Oct 9 | Carlsbad Music Festival
Movie in the Park – The Croods A New Age free
Oct 9 | City of Encinitas
Esco Alley Art Phase III Unveiling free
Oct 9 | Esco Alley Art
Filipino Cultural Festival free
Oct 9 | Filipino-American Cultural Organization (FACO)
Music In All Its Glory
Oct 9 | Coastal Communities Concert Band
Glass Coral Bowls
Oct 9 | Fallbrook School of the Arts
Life Drawing
Oct 9 | Studio ACE
Plein Air Festival Auction Closing Celebration free
Oct 10 | Oceanside Museum of Art
Bachata Class & Social
Oct 10 | New Village Arts
Flamenco Arena
Oct 10 | New Village Arts
Sonjorombe Live
Oct 10 | New Village Arts
Catapult Shadow Dance Company
Oct 10 | Poway Center
PHS Choir Fall Concert
Oct 12 | Poway Center
Wednesday Film Series: Alex & Emma free
Oct 13 | City of Carlsbad
Wednesdays @ Noon: Quartet Luminoso free
Oct 13 | City of Encinitas
Watercolor Collage Workshop with Jeni Bate
Oct 13 | Borrego Art Institute
What the Heck is Contemporary Art? Virtual Class virtual, free
Oct 14 | LUX Art Institute
Taste of Art: Portraits–Imagined and Imaginative
Oct 14 | Oceanside Museum of Art
Dress-Up & Draw: Teen Life Drawing Event
Oct 14 | Studio ACE
International Film Fridays: Another Round free
Oct 15 | City of Carlsbad
Music by the Sea: Sophia Stoyanovich
Oct 15 | City of Encinitas
Classic Albums Live performs Led Zeppelin I
Oct 15 | Moonlight Stage
The San Diego Sound Project: Echoes
Oct 15 | Museum of Making Music
Tape Face
Oct 15 | Poway Center
Sobrosas: Latin Jazz with a spicy kick free
Oct 16 | City of Carlsbad
Art Night Encinitas free
Oct 16 | City of Encinitas
Chris Botti
Oct 16 | California Center for the Arts, Escondido
Color Dilution in Glass
Oct 16 | Fallbrook School of the Arts
Uniquely Modern Monotype
Oct 16 | Fallbrook School of the Arts
Classic Albums Live performs Creedence Clearwater Revival Chronicle Volume 1
Oct 16 | Moonlight Stage
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo free
Oct 17 | City of Carlsbad
Art in the Garden at the Grand Avenue Festival free
Oct 17 | MAGEC
Die Fledermaus
Oct 17 | California Center for the Arts, Escondido
Sabrosas
Oct 17 | New Village Arts
A Funny Name Band: Puppet Workshop & Performance
Oct 17 | New Village Arts: Flower Fields
Poetry for Kids
Oct 19 | Studio ACE
Wednesday Film Series: Finding You free
Oct 20 | City of Carlsbad
Wednesdays @ Noon: The Latsos Piano Duo free
Oct 20 | City of Encinitas
CCAE Conservatory Masterclass: Puppetry
Oct 20 | California Center for the Arts, Escondido
Ceramics for Teens
Oct 20 | Studio ACE
MoMM@Home: Women of Song — Hits through the Decades with the DecaDames virtual, free
Oct 21 | Museum of Making Music
International Film Fridays: Made in Dagenham free
Oct 22 | City of Carlsbad
Die Fledermaus
Oct 22 | California Center for the Arts, Escondido
Fiber Art Fridays: Un-Be-Weav-Able
Oct 22 | Studio ACE
Clay Colton Band: Classic, southern and alternative rock free
Oct 23 | City of Carlsbad
Pumpkin Harvest Needle Felting Workshop
Oct 23 | Fallbrook School of the Arts
Patio Pops
Oct 23 | North Coast Symphony
Life Drawing
Oct 23 | Studio ACE
Dia de los Muertos free
Oct 24 | City of Solana Beach
Dia de los Muertos Festival free
Oct 24 | Friends of Oceanside Dia de los Muertos
Die Fledermaus
Oct 24 | California Center for the Arts, Escondido
Book Publishing 1-2-3
Oct 24 | La Jolla Athenaeum
Tattoo Your Clothes/Visible Mending
Oct 24 | La Jolla Athenaeum
A Conversation On Collecting Art Of The African Diaspora virtual
Oct 27 | Manuelita Brown, Dr. Denise Rogers, Najee Dorsey, Walter Shannon
Wednesday Film Series: Here Today free
Oct 27 | City of Carlsbad
Wednesdays @ Noon: Andrew Harrison, Jason Lo free
Oct 27 | City of Encinitas
International Film Fridays: Honeyland free
Oct 29 | City of Carlsbad
The San Diego Sound Project: Chaz Cabrera
Oct 29 | Museum of Making Music
8th Annual Encinitas Dia de los Muertos free
Oct 30 | Encinitas Friends of the Arts
Altered Dollies with Mary
Oct 30 | Escondido Arts Partnership Escondido Municipal Gallery
All Month Long:
Sharif Carter: The Silent Guitar
Borrego Art Institute
The Art of Flora and Fauna
Borrego Art Institute
José Guadalupe Posada: Legendary Printmaker of Mexico
California Center for the Arts, Escondido
Muerte y Monstruos
California Center for the Arts, Escondido
Wendy Gauntlett-Shaw: Local Pawsitive Vibes free
Cardiff-by-the-Sea Library
Another Glance: Celebrating 25 Years in the Garden free
City of Carlsbad
Frida Kahlo’s Garden free
City of Carlsbad
Claudia Verciani: Passages Through Italy and California free
City of Encinitas
Duke Windsor: Illumination free
City of Encinitas
Ernest Pick: Contemporary Sculpture free
City of Encinitas
Fred Marinello: Kaiju and Designer Toys and Art free
City of Encinitas
Luis Murguia: A Celebration of Life and Death free
City of Encinitas
Michael Colletta: Paintings and Drawings free
City of Encinitas
Michelle Rose Gilman: Find Your Daydream free
City of Encinitas
Niki De Saint Phalle: ‘Colorations’
Escondido Arts Partnership Escondido Municipal Gallery
24th Annual Galaxy of Glass Show
Fallbrook Art Center
Trees and Bears, Sketchbook Gems
Fallbrook Art Center
Molten / Art Under Fire free
Front Porch Gallery
Digital WOW virtual
La Jolla Playhouse
The Garden
La Jolla Playhouse
William LaChance: California Psychics
Madison Gallery
Ruminations free
MiraCosta College: Kruglak Gallery
A Moment to Reflect
Museum of Making Music
MoMM@Home virtual, free
Museum of Making Music
Art Walls O’side: Trish Vernazza free
OCAF
Art Apart Series virtual, free
Oceanside Museum of Art
Charlotte Bird: Migration
Oceanside Museum of Art
Contemporary Portraits from the Simay Collection
Oceanside Museum of Art
Dean Ramos: Divisions
Oceanside Museum of Art
Exploring Engagement virtual, free
Oceanside Museum of Art
Isolation Inspirations virtual, free
Oceanside Museum of Art
Live Stream Lectures with Robin Douglas virtual, free
Oceanside Museum of Art
Melissa Walter: Smallest of Places
Oceanside Museum of Art
Neil Kendricks: Temple of Story
Oceanside Museum of Art
Small Talk with OMA virtual, free
Oceanside Museum of Art
Virtual Studio Visits virtual, free
Oceanside Museum of Art
Catapult Shadow Dance: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (VFT) virtual
Poway Center
Re-emergence
Poway Center
Somos Amigos: Songs on Common Ground (VFT) virtual
Poway Center
Seeing the Invisible
San Diego Botanic Garden
3rd Annual Art Exhibition for the San Diego Veterans of US Military Service free
San Dieguito Art Guild
Art History Lecture Series virtual, free
Studio ACE
Save the Ocean free
Surfing Madonna Oceans Project
Limited Run Events:
Ocean Cyanotype Printmaking
Mondays thru Oct 18 | La Jolla Athenaeum
Art for Kids
Mondays thru Oct 25 | LUX Art Institute
Youth Ceramics
Mondays | LUX Art Institute
Watercolor Journey
Mondays | Studio ACE
Clay is the Way
Mondays | Fallbrook School of the Arts
Adventures in Drawing
Mondays | La Jolla Athenaeum
Loose and Easy Pen & Watercolor
Mondays | La Jolla Athenaeum
The Human Figure and Portraiture on Zoom
Mondays | La Jolla Athenaeum
All Fired Up! Ceramics Studio
Mondays and Wednesdays | LUX Art Institute
All Fired Up! Unlimited Kiln Firing
Mondays and Wednesdays | LUX Art Institute
Acrylics for Everybody
Mondays and Fridays thru Oct 8 | La Jolla Athenaeum
No Fear Drawing
Tuesdays thru Oct 19 | Fallbrook School of the Arts
Painting for Kids
Tuesdays thru Oct 19 | LUX Art Institute
Color Your World in Stained Glass
Tuesdays | Fallbrook School of the Arts
Creative Kids
Tuesdays | Studio ACE
Advanced Ceramics
Tuesdays | Fallbrook School of the Arts
Expressive Landscapes
Tuesdays | La Jolla Athenaeum
Exploring Ceramics
Tuesdays | Fallbrook School of the Arts
Mudslingers – Ceramics for Kids (Ages 6-14)
Tuesdays or Thursdays | Fallbrook School of the Arts
Wheel Throwing for Beginners with Meredith Habermann
Wednesdays thru Oct 20 | LUX Art Institute
Youth Studio
Wednesdays thru Oct 20 | LUX Art Institute
Wine Wednesdays at the Museum
Wednesdays | California Center for the Arts, Escondido
Clay Throwing, Sculpting & More
Wednesdays | Fallbrook School of the Arts
All About Art For Kids
Wednesdays or Thursdays | Studio ACE
Wheel Throwing for Beginner-Intermediate with Meredith Habermann
Thursdays thru Oct 21 | LUX Art Institute
Theater Club Open Mics
Fridays | CSUSM
Fort Cross Haunted Harvest
Saturdays | Fort Cross Old Timey Adventures
Waste-Not Weekends
Saturdays | Studio ACE
Scarecrow Building
Saturdays and Sundays | Wynola Junction Antiques & Collectibles
Maker Studio Workshop: Burj Khalifa Inspired Activity
Daily | San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum
STREAM Activity: Busy Town Activity
Daily | San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum
2021 Plein Air Festival Juried Exhibition
thru Oct 10 | Oceanside Museum of Art
A Breath of Fresh Air
thru Oct 17 | Oceanside Theatre
On Your Feet!
Oct 1 – Oct 2 | Moonlight Stage
STA Presents Beauty and the Beast Jr.
Oct 1 – Oct 3 | Poway Center
Mando Basso virtual, free
Oct 1 – Oct 5 | City of Carlsbad
Dancing Lessons
Oct 1 – Oct 10 | North Coast Rep
Trifecta: Art, Science, Patron
Oct 1 – Oct 30 | La Jolla History Historical Society
Two-Day Workshop: The Glittering World of Gustav Klimt
Oct 4 – Oct 6 | Oceanside Museum of Art
Press Mold Tile Workshop with Meredith Hambermann
Oct 7 – Oct 14 | LUX Art Institute
The Sounds of the 70’s
Oct 8 – Oct 9 | California Center for the Arts, Escondido
Amanda de Rosa: Portuguese soul & folk virtual, free
Oct 8 – Oct 16 | City of Carlsbad
2021 Open Studios Art Tour
Oct 9 – Oct 10 | Julian Arts Guild
CCAE Conservatory Audition Workshop
Oct 9 – Oct 10 | California Center for the Arts, Escondido
La Jolla Art and Wine Festival
Oct 9 – Oct 10 | La Jolla Art & Wine Festival Foundation
Die Fledermaus
Oct 15 – Oct 17 | California Center for the Arts, Escondido
Intro to Basketry
Oct 15 – Oct 16 | Fallbrook School of the Arts
Anything Goes
Oct 15 – Oct 24 | Star Theatre
Women Artists, from the 19th Through 21st Century | Art History Lecture Series
Oct 19 and Oct 26 | La Jolla Athenaeum
Kids Acrylic Landscapes – Forests
Oct 20 – Oct 21 | Fallbrook School of the Arts
Ben Butler
Oct 20 – Oct 31 | North Coast Rep
Geologic Acrylic Painting
Oct 22 and Oct 31 | Fallbrook School of the Arts
Joey Pearson: The power of music for equality & inclusion virtual, free
Oct 22 – Oct 30 | City of Carlsbad
The Wizard of Oz
Oct 22 – Oct 30 | Moonlight Stage
Shen Yun 2021 – China Before Communism
Oct 23 – Oct 24 | California Center for the Arts, Escondido
TO PARTICIPATE:
- FOR ORGANIZATIONS, ARTISTS and VENUES:
- Go to the Create an Account page to see the instructions
- Get your events into the system
- Add the following hashtags for all social media postings to denote your event:
#openyourheartstoarts and #OYH2NCA and #northcountyarts. - See the FAQs for more details if needed.
- FOR SEEKERS OF ARTS AND CULTURE EXPERIENCES:
- Check out our October events calendar.
- Join or invite others to visit the exciting visual and performing arts events that are featured.
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