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Bader — for their first in-person meeting and a co-curated exploration of contrasting artistic practices. Connected intermittently since 2013, both artists share deep ties to San Diego while working in vastly different creative spheres. e exhibition highlights the convergence of their distinct approaches to artmaking, identity, and collaboration. ljathenaeum.org Local Visions: Reimagining the Façade rough July 26 e San Diego Museum of Art As part of its centennial celebration, e San Diego Museum of Art presents Local Visions: Reimagining the Façade, a landmark exhibition showcasing San Diego-area artists and their reimagined visions of the museum's iconic Spanish Colonial Revival façade in Balboa Park. Selected through an open call, ten local artists explore the façade as a canvas for storytelling, identity, and the future of the city's cultural landscape. ree artists — Lori Mitchell, Tim Novara, and Wagner Humphreys — are recognized as official Centennial Artist Honorees. Celebrating creativity, community, and SDMA's 100-year legacy, the exhibition looks ahead to the museum's next century. sdmart.org along with a new collaborative sculpture by Mitten and Perry. All proceeds benefit the Ilan Lael Foundation. ilanlaelfoundation.org e Apiary rough February 22 | Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center New Village Arts presents the San Diego regional premiere of e Apiary, a bold workplace dramedy by Kate Douglas. Set 22 years in the future inside a synthetic honeybee laboratory, the play follows four scientists working to protect the last surviving bee colonies — until a shocking discovery threatens their mission and their loyalties. Blending speculative science fiction, dark humor, and raw humanity, e Apiary explores ethics, survival, and control in a world on the brink of ecological collapse. Dea Hurston Industry Night takes place February 9. Directed by NVA Artistic Director Kristianne Kurner. newvillagearts.org Francisco Eme: Future Rituals & La eco-resistencia rough March 22 Oceanside Museum of Art is multimedia exhibition by Mexican- born artist Francisco Eme explores the tension between urbanization and native ecology in San Diego's suburban canyons. e exhibition features five years of photographs, videos, sound recordings, and collected artifacts documenting one canyon's quiet resistance to the sprawl surrounding it. oma-online.org A Decade of Pop Prints and Multiples, 1962– 1972: e Frank Mitzel Collection rough May 25 | Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego Explore A Decade of Pop Prints and Multiples, 1962–1972: e Frank Mitzel Collection, featuring over 60 vibrant Pop Art prints from the U.S., England, and Europe. is exhibition highlights iconic imagery — from Campbell's soup cans to Phillips 66 signs — showcasing the playful and provocative spirit of the Pop movement. mcasd.org Dar(r)en Bader rough April 25 | Athenaeum Music & Arts Library is unique exhibition brings together two artists who share nearly the same name — Daren Bader and Darren LOCAL VISIONS: LORI MITCHELL, ANTICIPATION, 2025. INKJET PRINT AND WATERCOLOR ON PAPER. COURTESY OF LORI MITCHELL Calendar San Diego's Entertainment Guide For more upcoming events happening in San Diego, visit ranchandcoast.com/calendar @ranchandcoast RANCH & COAST MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 2026 33