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For the NPR Student Podcast Challenge, two students from High Tech Middle Media Arts in Point Loma looked to their heritage as inspiration for a podcast about growing up mixed race.

The artist's 1940 painting, El sueño (La cama), was expected to sell for $40 to $60 million on Thursday night. It sold for $54.7 million.

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead): This annual celebration brings together local and regional talents celebrating the visual and performing arts related to a major Mexican cultural event. Established to foster an appreciation and awareness of Latino Cultural Celebration, Dia de los Muertos offers free family-friendly programming to North County residents of Latino heritage while uniting people of all backgrounds and traditions. Visitors experience a variety of art-making workshops, artist demonstrations, student exhibitions, live Mariachi and other musical performances while having an opportunity to actively participate in a “Community Ofrenda,” a public recognition of family and friends. Ballet folklorico dancers Aztec dancers Mariachi bands Community ofrenda Callejeros de Encinitas Car Club Art exhibition Sugar skull decorating Tissue paper flowers Artmaking workshops Face painting Food truck Visit: Encinitas Día de Los Muertos Celebration Encinitas Friends of the Arts on Instagram and Facebook

Join us for a fun and creative Painting Party at Art Scene West! We provide everything you need for an enjoyable experience—paints, brushes, canvas, and step-by-step instruction from our friendly instructor. No experience is required for this inclusive event—just bring your imagination, sit back, and spend one and half hours inside our gallery while you paint and sip on your complimentary beverage. We take care of the cleanup at the end of each session, so you can relax and enjoy your finished masterpiece. Whether you come with friends, a partner, or on your own, our Painting Parties are the perfect way to unwind, get creative, and make lasting memories. Art Scene West on Facebook / Instagram

The San Diego History Center, in partnership with the San Diego African American Museum of Fine Art, presents the exhibition "San Diego’s Lost Neighborhoods" at our Balboa Park museum. Using augmented reality, oral histories, and archival materials, the exhibition examines how discriminatory policies—including redlining, freeway construction, and gentrification—displaced communities and documents the human impact of that loss. Featured neighborhoods include Julian, City Heights, the Gaslamp Quarter, La Jolla, Chollas View, Southcrest, and MLK Way; the exhibition invites citywide reflection on this often overlooked chapter of our city’s past. San Diego History Center on Facebook / Instagram

An ofrenda at the CEART in Tijuana honors journalists killed while working. Then, our film critics return for a Halloween edition of Midday Movies.

On October 22, 2025, pianist Aleck Karis and Susan Narucki will be presenting a concert of songs for soprano and piano, ranging from the late Romantic music of French composer Cécile Chaminade to a relatively recent song cycle written by the American composer Allen Anderson. They will also be performing early twentieth century works with lush harmonies - rarely-heard songs by Alexander Zemlinsky and Anton Webern. In addition, Aleck Karis will be performing two short works for solo piano, one by Ravel and one by Poulenc, which will serve as a beautiful connecting thread. "What I believe is magical about hearing classical art songs is that the audience hears great poetry come to life through the composer's imagination and our response to it, as performers. As a singer, I am fascinated by the seemingly endless range of emotional expression that I find within this intimate art form, and sharing that with audiences is my life's joy. We also utilize supertitles to create more immediacy for the listener. So I think our program will be interesting and appealing for people who've never attended a concert of a classical singer as well as those who attend classical music regularly." - Susan Narucki View the program at music.ucsd.edu/concerts. UC San Diego Music on Facebook / Instagram

Join us in celebrating the opening for "Closing the Distance," a solo exhibit for artist Matthew John Bacher. The exhibit will consist of a series of large scale oil paintings where the artist explores dynamic movement within depictions of the figure. "Closing the Distance" will be on view at Point Loma Nazarene University's Keller Gallery from November 3 to December 1. There will be an opening reception on November 4 from 5 - 7 p.m. and will include light refreshments. The Keller Gallery is free and open to the public. Open hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. - Noon. Free Parking is available on campus. Art + Design at PLNU on Instagram

Celebrate Día de los Muertos with us! Please RSVP above to help us plan. Family-friendly! All ages welcome! We welcome you and your family & friends to join us as we honor the rich traditions and share in the experience of Día de los Muertos on Sunday, November 2 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Dorothea Laub Building in the Arts District of Liberty Station located in Point Loma! Rooted in community, family, and remembrance, this event creates a heart-centered and safe space for all ages to honor their loved ones—both people and animals—who have passed. Through music, art, hands-on and interactive activities, we invite families to learn, create, and celebrate together. This is a non-scary, family-friendly gathering designed to foster cultural awareness, connection, and joy while celebrating the traditions of Día de los Muertos in our community. We’ll be decorating calavera (skull) cookies in the morning. Then, we’ll enjoy music making and festivities before a procession set to begin at 2 p.m. Join us as we walk together through the Dorothea Laub and Dance Place Buildings. We’ll enjoy the art, music making, and handmade shrines made by local community members and students! Festivities and open house will run until 5 p.m. Specific activities will be available only as long as supplies last. We hope to see you and your loved ones there! This event is hosted by San Diego Craft Collective, Songbirds Music and Apt4Music. This project was made possible through the Arts District Liberty Station San Diego Craft Collective on Facebook / Instagram ======================================================================================== From KPBS

Join us for a special Art Break with Dawn Williams Boyd, a celebrated visual storyteller whose richly layered textile work, "Piscean Dancer," is featured in "Layered Narratives - Quilted Stories of Gender and Race at the 1876 Centennial." A working artist for over five decades as a daughter, sister, wife, mother, and grandmother, Boyd brings deep personal experience and fierce conviction to every piece she creates. In this talk, she’ll reflect on her creative journey, from discovering her calling in a high school biology lab to finding her voice through fabric, inspired in part by the legendary Faith Ringgold. Dawn Williams Boyd (b. 1952) Neptune, New Jersey. Boyd lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. Her self-described narrative “cloth paintings” chronicle seminal moments in American history. Boyd’s work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY; Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, AL; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL; Columbus Museum in Columbus, GA; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY. Boyd’s work has been exhibited at Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC; Southwest Art Center, Atlanta, GA; Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta, GA; Bulloch Hall, Roswell, GA; Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA; Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA; Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; The Dodd Galleries at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA; the Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY; and Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY. Boyd is represented by Fort Gansevoort, New York Mingei International Museum on Facebook / Instagram