Enjoy a Saturday evening of visual art as Encinitas civic and local art galleries swing open their doors at Art Night Encinitas from 5:30-8:30pm - new hours for 2022. The event celebrates the city’s diverse visual art scene at participating locations and is free to the public. Enjoy live music and refreshments at several locations. 

Art Night Encinitas was conceived by the Commission for the Arts to bring focus to the civic art spaces and thriving visual art scene in Encinitas. The bi-monthly art open house benefits artists through the sale of their art and provides the public an opportunity to interact with artists and learn about the creative process. 

Participating Art Galleries, Artists, and Performers

Encinitas City Hall  505 S Vulcan Ave

Enjoy live music and artist talks throughout the evening

• Misti Washington Gourd and Basket Guild Q&A 5:30-8:30pm
• Bridget Rountree Artist Talk 6:30-7pm
• Music by Stonesteps 5:30-8:30pm

Encinitas Library  540 Cornish Drive

Enjoy live music, artist talks, and docent-led art tours throughout the evening

• Music by Ben Powell 5:30-8:30pm
• Docent-led art tours of the permanent collection 5:30-8:30pm 
• Susan Coppock artist talk 6:00-6:30pm
• Jacob Shwisberg artist talk 6:30-7:00pm
• Rodrigo Contreras Ruvinskis artist talk 7:00-7:30pm 

Encinitas Community Center  1140 Oakcrest Park Drive

Enjoy artist talks and live music throughout the evening. As the last Art Night of 2022, we are welcoming artists who have exhibited throughout the year to return to the Community Center to sell pieces and connect with the community! The Art Market will be held in the Banquet Hall.

• Music by Cordelia Degher 5:30-7:00pm
• Nanette Newbry Artist Demonstration 6:00-6:30pm
• Music by Darius Degher 7:00-830pm
• Art Market 5:30-8:30pm

Off Track Gallery  937 S. Coast Hwy. 101 

22nd November Small Image Show Awards Reception, showcasing 90 pieces of small works, with 22 winning selections alongside an entire gallery filled with artwork by local artists. Music by the Bud Brothers 5:30 -8:30 pm

Art n Soul on the 101  670 S. Coast Hwy 101

Join Art N Soul on the 101 with a local artist and interactive art from 5:30-7:30pm. Live music and snacks will also be provided.

Bliss 101  553 S. Coast Hwy 101

The public is invited to an artist talk with Kari Powell. Live music and refreshments will be provided as well.

Perspectives Space  555 Second Street 

Visual Vocabulary Show Presented by Robin Rene & Rhea Ashcraft

Robin Burgin: Robin Rene resides in San Diego, CA. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2010 and has been painting and drawing since 2008. Her technique draws inspiration from the storytelling of Neoclassicism and the markings of abstract expressionism. Her current work is autobiographical and influenced by her contemplative practice of movement and the somatic experience.

Rhea Ashcraft: Self-taught, San Diego based painter born into a long-line of artists, Rhea is the pinnacle of creativity. Rhea's unique approach to the medium is based in abstract expressionism, a theoretical approach founded on the premise that an artist share their personality through spontaneity.

About the Art Show: Our collaboration and friendship has brought us here through the creative process, playing with colors, images, and techniques that are our own individual signature of expression. As creative be-ings, we are sharing with you our passion on to a selected surface. Our intention is to bring awareness to oneself through a visual media.

Institute of Contemporary Art 1550 S El Camino Real 

Cog•nate Collective Reception & Artist Talk + Art Night Encinitas

As part of Art Night Encinitas, we are thrilled to host Cog•nate Collective’s new exhibition in San Diego!

Cog•nate Collective’s interdisciplinary practice holds space for more inclusive forms of community as they explore trans-border territories that expand and contract with the movement of people and objects. In an ongoing body of work, the artists investigate the cultural production, circulation, and consumption that takes place in street markets and swap meets like the ones they grew up visiting on weekends with their families in Southern California and Baja California.

These spaces of exchange foster social connection and sustain ties to home-lands near and far for immigrant neighborhoods and working-class communities of color. In Tianquiztli: Portraits of the Market as Portal, the artists inhabit the poetic space that links contemporary marketplaces along the border and pre-Columbian markets in Mexico.

The Artist Talk will be followed by an Original Progressive House Set by local 16-year-old Producer/Artist Armaan Damani.

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm: Reception
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm: Artist talk
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm: Live DJ Set

To register for this event please click on the link: RSVP

For more information about our regional artist: Exhibition Cog•nate Collective, Tianquiztli: Portraits of the Market as Portal

Culture Brewing Co. 629 S Coast Hwy 101

Artist Sara Pascarell is a local painter living in Carlsbad, California. She curates pieces that reflect her personal relationship with nature.

Her work showcases a connection to the ocean and true love of horticulture.

Sara will be onsite to talk about her artwork and answer any questions you may have

Website: www.sarapascarell.com

Instagram: @sara_pascarell

Email: [email protected]

Free Shuttle Service

Catch a ride on one of the shuttle buses which will transport you to and from several stops. It's free! The public is encouraged to park at the Encinitas Community Center and the Encinitas Library to easily access the shuttle. 

Sponsors

Our Thanks to Art Night Encinitas Sponsors: Betty Scalice Foundation, Encinitas Friends of the Arts, and San Diego County Library. For sponsorship opportunities, contact City staff here. 

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