Free Family Art Day May 2, 2010

Make art at Oceanside Museum of Art during our Free Family Art Day May 2 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Children and their parents work closely in the creative process designing small works of art that reflect concepts and themes from the exhibitions on view. On May 2 children can make a mixed media collage with magazines, colored papers and found objects inspired by Allison Renshaw’s Plastic Fantastic exhibition. Plastic Fantastic is a vibrant mixed media painting exhibit with imagery that references fashion, beach culture and architecture. The artist Allison Renshaw begins each large scale painting with a collage as the foundation to her abstract compositions. Renshaw will lead a docent tour specifically for kids through her exhibition at 2:00 p.m. Healthy refreshments will be provided. Guests can also visit four additional exhibitions on view at the museum: Painting The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars-A Camp Pendleton Youth Art Exhibit, Honor: Marine Portraits by Stathis Orphanos, Painting World War II: The California Watercolor Style Artists, and The Things They Carried: World War II Trench Art.

For information about the museum or to volunteer at Free Family Art Day call 760.435.3720 or visit www.oma-online.org. The museum is located at 704 Pier View Way in downtown Oceanside, within walking distance from the Oceanside transit center with Amtrak, Coaster, Sprinter and Metrolink stops. The museum Web site offers photo galleries of recent exhibitions as well as a calendar of coming events, www.oma-online.org.

Official Website: http://oma-online.org