Visual Arts

A new mural in Chicano Park depicts the fight against a tool that left many farmworkers permanently disabled.

Adena Varner will assume the role of director of arts engagement in August.

This weekend in the arts: the third annual North Park Book Fair; "Art for the People" at Oceanside Museum of Art; a City Heights music festival; Black Music Month in Logan Heights; women composers at Le Salon de Musiques; "Destiny of Desire" closes at The Old Globe; and Mass Creativity Day (and a new Painted Object) at The New Children's Museum.

This weekend in the arts: Disco Riot's Queer Mvmnt fest continues with Rogelio Lopez and more; "Twelfth Night" brings Shakespeare's inimitable comedy to the outdoor stage; new art exhibitions in La Jolla; the Mainly Mozart festival across town; Juneteenth celebrations; and middle-grade fiction.

KPBS wants to hear from you about what San Diego County public artworks you notice or are most curious about.

This weekend in the arts: Intimate photos of Frida Kahlo at California Center for the Arts, Escondido; the poet laureate and open studios at Space 4 Art; JFest's Jewish New Play Festival at The Old Globe; Young Lions Jazz Conservatory at the Loft; Ed Simon and Magos Herrera at the Athenaeum; Project [BLANK]'s chamber opera adaptation of Sartre at Bread and Salt; Drummers Without Borders at The Front; a livestream of TEDxSan Diego and more.

Dozens of shorts, features and documentaries look to the oceans and water in celebration of United Nations' World Oceans Day.

This weekend in the arts: Sarina Dahlan's "Preset" book launch (and Filipino desserts) at UCSD; Black Arts Festival at The Old Globe; Singing with the Devil at The Shell; "Head Over Heels" at Diversionary Theatre; Poetry, Contrabass and Wendell Kling at The Athenaeum; Adam Deutsch and Manuel Paul López at The Book Catapult; and the North Park Music Fest.

The San Diego Museum of Art and the Museum of Photographic Arts will merge to become one unified institution in Balboa Park, it was announced Tuesday.

This weekend in the arts: "Barnatan Plays Brahms" at The Shell; Ethan Chan, Lexi Pulido at Art Produce; San Diego Ballet and Sue Palmer at Balboa Theatre; Dustin Lothspeich benefit at the Casbah; Plus: GI Film Festival, San Diego Fringe and "La Lucha."