SPECIAL EVENTS
The Museum offers a wide range of special events to motivate your creative mind, including artist talks, art workshops, docent led tours and special events.
Recycled Materials Runway Event
Saturday October 22, 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Center Museum
Edgy Eco-Decadent designers from across the state will gather in Escondido to preview their socially relevant arte-couture and prêt-a-porter designs. All garments and accessories are constructed, assembled and embellished using conventional and non-traditional elements including thrifted, reconditioned and trashed materials.
The Recycled Materials Runway Event will take place Saturday, October 22nd, 2011. The evening begins at 5:00pm with the runway fashion show starting at 7:30pm. The Recycled Materials Runway Event is open to artists and designers young and old, with a focus on students and emerging fashion designers. This exciting evening combines visual arts, including film, and installations as the inspired backdrop for a unique and spirited runway show.
Reservations can be made on-line at www.escondidoarts.org or at the Escondido Municipal Gallery Tues, Thursday- Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. at 760 480-4101.
TOURS
Museum-trained volunteers offer guided tours of the exhibitions as a way to help develop the visual literacy of Museum patrons, an essential tool for the understanding and appreciation of art. Docent tours of the exhibitions are available for school groups kindergarten-12 and home school groups. Teachers are able to preview all exhibitions with free admission on the first Saturday of every month. Tours for adults are available by appointment.
To schedule a tour call (760) 839-4173.