The American Quilt: Cloth and Commerce
Bowers Museum
From May 23 to Aug. 30, with over 40 quilts and coverlets from the museum’s collection and loans from quilter Jean Ray Laury and others, the exhibit dives into material, dyes and techniques used in quiltmaking that reflect economic shifts and technological innovation. The exhibit explores two and a half centuries of American quilting, with cotton, wool, silk, rayon and polyester. bowers.org/index.php/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/the-american-quilt-cloth-and-commerce.
2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana
P3spectives: Three Photographers Explore the Quiet Poetry of the Human Condition
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
Open throughout May, P3spectives is a photographic exhibit from artists Mustapha El Basiri, Joseph Foster, and Mark James. The exhibit features photographs set in the public sphere, revolving around a single moment and meant to explore a unique perspective of the everyday.
occca.org/upcoming-exhibitions
117 N Sycamore St., Santa Ana
Travelers by Josephine Hernandez
Fullerton Museum Center
From May 8 through June 13, Travelers will be on display at the Fullerton Museum Center’s James F. Ranii Gallery. Hernandez is a partially blind visual artist who explores themes of visual impairment through an intimate lens. Hernandez often depicts blind skateboarders, painting with gouache and acrylic. She examines figures in motion embodying confidence and self-determination. fullertonmuseum.com/exhibits/tuhNzYzB4xki2vBcXbV4
301 N. Pomona Ave., Fullerton
Staging California in Early Hollywood
UC Irvine Langson OCMA
Opening June 26, Staging California in Early Hollywood highlights how Southern California was both a setting for cinematic invention and a real environment during the 1920s and 1930s. The exhibition will showcase how plein air painting played a key role in influencing the visual style of early filmmaking.
ocma.art/exhibitions/staging-california-in-early-hollywood/
3333 Avenue of the Arts, Costa Mesa
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