December 6, 2014 - March 29, 2015

California Dreaming: An International Portrait of Southern California

OMA is delighted to announce our inaugural venture into international traveling exhibitions. California Dreaming: An International Portrait of Southern California is a juried exhibition with approximately 50 selected artworks that will travel for exhibition to three venues: the Palazzo della Provincia di Frosinone in Frosinone, Italy (Rome vicinity) under the leadership of Alfio Borghese, Gallery Director, October 4 - 28, 2014; Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA) under the leadership of Daniel Foster, Executive Director, December 6, 2014 - March 29, 2015; and Riverside Art Museum (RAM) under the leadership of Drew Oberjuerge, Executive Director, April 21 - July 2, 2015.

Artists worldwide were invited to creatively interpret Southern California’s iconic culture. Contemporary artists submitted nearly 900 two-dimensional artworks of various medias that broadly reflect the changing culture and lifestyle of Southern California. Clearly, this exhibition will raise the fundamental question: Is the “California Dream” still alive and thriving, or has the past half-century of population growth and development seriously affected our popular and romantic notion of Southern California lifestyle? This juried exhibition of original work is an exploration of the popular fascination with the celebrated lifestyle, influences, and environs of Southern California.

In addition to the artworks juried into this traveling exhibition, five Juror Selections of artworks chosen from permanent and private collections will be included. These pieces embody and reflect the vision and further enhance the scholarship and strength of this traveling exhibition.

A very special thank you to the exhibition sponsor, The Coast News Group