Tuesday, September 16, 2014






I begin once more to post on this site. The interruption has been due to the passing of my Life Mate, My Husband of 57 years. While my world has changed, My Art World has not, thus, I will endeavor to keep our Regional, National and International audience up to date on the changing world of Arts, here in Oceanside and in the North County of San Diego CA.   RJ



The Oceanside Art Walk

The Beautiful City of Oceanside CA has a new and exciting place in the Art World of Public participation. This is the monthly Art Walk in Downtown Oceanside. In the past two months this event has given the local residents and our visitors Nationally and Internationally many venues to explore our North County’s talented artists and the works which makes them unique.

These events are the brain child of our esteemed executive Director of the Oceanside Museum of Art, Daniel Foster. Mr. Foster has given our entire City the inspiration for change in the Arts, which he knew it was capable of accomplishing. His leadership has shaped our Downtown in ways heretofore unknown in Oceanside. A Visionary for the possible is his inner guide, and his presence in Oceanside is a gift to us all.
Daniel Foster
Executive Director of Art
Oceanside Museum of Art

1.    After a break in August, the Oceanside Cultural Consortium will begin a NEW bi-monthly schedule of meetings – with the next General Consortium Meeting on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014 from 12 noon – 1:30 pm at the Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA).  

2.    First Friday: Oceanside Art Walk:  Congratulations to the fabulous Art Walk Committee (Brigid Parsons, Dinah Poellnitz, Margaret Hernandez, Sandra Nilson, Gumaro Escarcega, Cyndi Melfi, and a few other key volunteers) for a BEYOND everyone’s expectations launch of the Aug. 1 First Friday: Oceanside Art Walk event!!!   According to City Councilman, Jerry Kern, he estimated 3,000 – 4,000 in attendance and many long-standing Oceanside residents commented that they had not seen downtown Oceanside as active in decades!  Again on Sept. 5, we experienced another successful Art Walk event that continued our momentum, visibility, and community-building efforts!   For more details, check out our website:  www.oceansideartwalk.org

3.    Volunteers Needed:   The great efforts of a few produced an amazing new ongoing event for our Oceanside arts community...we now need everyone’s support to sustain this effort!   Please step up and offer to volunteer for the next Art Walk events coming up (next one is Oct. 3).   If you have any questions or concerns, please  contact 760-435-3725 at your convenience.