The beauty of Orange County and the essence of its people, places and particularities are in focus in the current exhibition “Same Place, Another Time: Views of Orange County” at the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University. The show, one of 10 exhibitions...
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Memory: an element both fragile and strong, fleeting yet enduring.
For Holocaust survivors, memory can evoke both pain and meaning. Sharing the memories of that horrific era requires the courage to speak the unspeakable, and to describe the unimaginable.
Sponsored by the Rodgers Center for...
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Memory: an element both fragile and strong, fleeting...
Art of the Airwaves: Old Radios Show Off High Style
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You might not think, at first, that antique plastic radios belong in an art museum’s collection. But after you see the new exhibition, “Art of the Airwaves: Radios from The Hilbert Collection,” at the Hilbert Museum of California Art through August 7, you might think...
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to Open with a Colorful Mosaic Welcoming All on Feb. 23
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Hilbert Museum of California Art
Residents and visitors from afar have grown to know and love the Hilbert Museum of California Art, located in Old Towne Orange and owned by Chapman University. The free art destination has become a popular tourist attraction, with top ratings...
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Hilbert Museum of California Art
Residents and visitors...
Jim Wodark
The wide-open skies of the vast American deserts, the rugged multihued rock walls of canyons and buttes, the ever-changing light of the West—from golden dawns to purple dusks—these are the subjects of acclaimed artist Jim Wodark’s oil paintings.
Wodark, a resident of Orange,...
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WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS Tom Wood (1870 - 1940) Mickey’s Magic Lamp Illustrations for Good Housekeeping magazine 1940 / Gouache on board The Hilbert Collection
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What better character to celebrate Disney Studios’ 100th birthday (1923-2023) than the superstar himself: Mickey Mouse? Mickey isn’t quite as old as...
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WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS Tom Wood (1870 - 1940) Mickey’s Magic...
Creative couple Leanne and Paul Sargeant are avid gardeners. Leanne is expressing a love of nature through her California bird painting project.
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Sergeant Creative
They met in illustration class at the Laguna College of Art and Design—and the rest, as they...
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Creative couple Leanne and Paul Sargeant are avid...
The period from the 1930s to the 1960s marked a significant time in American magazine and advertising illustrations. During this time, illustrations played a vital role in advertising and media campaigns, and many illustrators achieved fame and success through their work in magazines and advertisements....
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MICHAEL JOHNSON's Digital Illuminated Manuscripts on Exhibit at the Hilbert Museum of California Art
Bright flowers dance on the page, the tendrils of their vines entwining around colorful birds, butterflies and other creatures, ranging from lions to deer to roosters. A large, elaborate initial letter,...
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MICHAEL JOHNSON's Digital Illuminated Manuscripts on Exhibit at...
Henrietta Berk in her studio, 1969.
She was a typical 1950s housewife—until she wasn’t.
California artist Henrietta Berk (1919-1990) had one of the most unique and dynamic career trajectories of any midcentury painter—and then faded from the spotlight. Now the Hilbert Museum of California Art...
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