Open Your Hearts to North County Arts

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:

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.


With promotional support provided by:

City of Carlsbad Cultural Arts MiraCosta College
San Diego North Economic Development Council  
    

 

With services provided by:


Studio ACE
  Adamoff   Donnelly