Museum - Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, California

Color can change the mood of your image. A blue filter might make your image seem more sad or gloomy. A bright yellow filter will make your image more cheerful. This weekend, try out two activities at home: DIY and color filters. Show us your best shots, and we'll get back to you with our thoughts. Think about how you can use color to create your own filter. : https://mopa.org/educate/photo-challenge-color/... #photoclub Financial support for Photo Club is provided by The County of San Diego. #youthart #YouthArtsTakeover #youtharts #youthartists #youthartlessons #kidsart #artathome #freeartprojects #artiseverywhere #YouthEducation #Curator #Curatorial #YouthArt #OpenCall #mopasd #balboapark #growingup #sandiegoliving #sandiegophotographer #sandiegogram #sandiegocounty #sandiegophotography #SanDiegoLife #sandiegoart #sandiegoartist #photographytools #photographyandart #photography4life #photographyphotoofday

Your generosity will support: Inclusivity, Education and Innovation. Now through December 30, 2020, help MOPA double Joan and Irwin Jacobs' generous gift of $150,000. Every gift counts! Double your impact today with this great opportunity by visiting MOPA.org/challenge. ... Photo courtesy of Stacy Keck.

15,400 photographs comprise a unique collection acquired by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale. They document a history of medicine from 1839 to the 1970s. https://news.yale.edu//newly-acquired-trove-historic-photo... @YaleMed Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University

Enrich our community with increased access to arts education today. Today, your contributions help us grow programs like Photo Club, which is a collection of online photo challenges designed for young photographers to practice their image-making skills at home. Donate now: https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx Through December 2020, help MOPA double Joan and Irwin Jacobs's generous gift of $150,000.... #MOPAsd #MuseumFromHome #VirtualMuseum #PhotographyLovers #FilmLovers #instagood, #donate #foracause #bethechange #supportart #supporteducation #supporteducationadvocacy #visualliteracy #museuminnovation #medialiteracy #medialiteracyeducation #digitalliteracy #digitalliteracyforkids #digitalliteracyskills See more

Your generosity will support: Inclusivity, Education and Innovation. Now through December 30, 2020, help MOPA double Joan and Irwin Jacobs' generous gift of $150,000. Every gift counts! Double your impact today with this great opportunity by visiting MOPA.org/challenge. ... Photo courtesy of Stacy Keck.

TODAY: @The Photographer’s Eye Collective presents KEN ROSENTHAL AND ROBERT TREAT. There will be a reception for the artists today October 24 from 37:30 p.m. Check details here: https://www.thephotographerseyecollective.com/ken-rosenthal... About the artists: Their images are moody, magical and mysterious. Ken Rosenthal is well-known for his deeply printed, dreamlike, and sometimes diffused images. Robert Treat’s work references the spiritual sense of place that he has found walking the trails of Volcan Mountain Preserve in San Diego’s East county. #EastCounty #SanDiego

This #GivingTuesday, help us continue increasing access to arts education with The Jon Doellstedt Challenge. Now through December 31, 2020, we are looking to match our longtime supporter’s gift of $100,000. Donate now: MOPA.org/challenge Your generosity contributes to: *A 16-year tradition to feature art by local youth *Online programs that take visual learning to the homes of middle and high school students... *An active gallery space when we can safely reopen that ensures idea sharing through exhibitions, featuring international work and other classics #MOPAsd #MuseumFromHome #VirtualMuseum #PhotographyLovers #FilmLovers #instagood #donate #foracause #bethechange #supportart #supporteducation #supporteducationadvocacy #visualliteracy See more

We know that the traditional art museum experience can be exclusive for many audiences. Since 2014, we have worked with local communities to improve our experience for young people and for family visitors. These projects were based on research, and we made decisions based on what our communities need from our programs and exhibitions.... Help us continue innovating the museum landscape for all of us. Support now: MOPA.org/challenge Through December 2020, help MOPA double Joan and Irwin Jacobs's generous gift of $150,000. #MOPAsd #MuseumFromHome #VirtualMuseum #PhotographyLovers #FilmLovers #instagood, #donate #foracause #bethechange #supportart #supporteducation #supporteducationadvocacy #visualliteracy #museuminnovation #medialiteracy #medialiteracyeducation #digitalliteracy #digitalliteracyforkids #digitalliteracyskills

How does artist Claudia Kunin use photography to create 3D ghost stories? We sat down with Claudia to find out more about how she uses old photographs to create 3D images and how they connect to spiritualism, memory and the past. https://youtu.be/NlHiBWBHWqM... #halloween2020 #spookyseason #squadghouls #halloween #happyhalloween #halloweeneveryday

How photographers track down stolen pictures. They saved it off of Google, added a foreground to it and used it as a piece of concept art." https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53998711

#CyberMonday: Only today, % all merch in MOPA’s Camera Geek Collection, including items that are NEVER on sale like camera bags (yay!). Shop now: https://shop.mopa.org//holidays-2021-camera-geek-collection Photos courtesy of Caitlyn Gaurano @picturepartay #picturepartay and Juan Martinez @beersandcameras #beersandcameras... #shootfilm #filmisalive #morninglight #filmselfie #gearspread #mediumformat #cameraporn #lensporn #cameragear #camerasetup #gearshot #gearshots #cameralove #cameralover #camerarig #camerarigs #camerarigz #cameramayhem #camerastoday #photogear #photographygear #camerabackpack #camerabag #cinematographer #filmmakersworld @balboapark @explorebalboapark See more

Women were instrumental at the very beginning of photography and all the way through. This International Day Of The Girl, we’re looking up to five women in an online exhibition with works from our permanent collection. Find a short list of women in photography that never cease to inspire, including Carrie Mae Weems, Flor Garduño, Holly Roberts, Suda House and Rinko Kawauchi.... Learn a bit more about each below-- 1/ Carrie Mae Weems has investigated family relationships, cultural identity, sexism, class, political systems, and the consequences of power. She is one of the most influential contemporary American artists. Recently, she conceived the artist-driven project called RESIST COVID TAKE 6! The TAKE 6 in the title refers to the recommended six feet of separation in social distancing. African American, Latino, and Native American communities have been disproportionately impacted by the deadly virus, COVID-19. The public art campaign promotes preventative measures and dispels harmful falsehoods. 2/ The power of women is one of the themes in the photography of this mujer fantástica. One of the best and most-recognized Mexican contemporary photographers, Flor Garduño shows women as powerful and self-fulfilled beings. 3/ With an unwillingness to be categorized, Holly Roberts’ images challenge most definitions of the photographic medium. Her world is fresh and fierceless. Through a rich mixture of painting, photography and collage, she pays tribute to the imagination. 4/ Suda House is a local photographer of national and international reputation. She is currently a professor of art and photography at Grossmont College in El Cajon, Calif. In 1983, she was selected to be one of six West Coast photographers to work with the Polaroid 20 x 24 camera. These works along with others are within private and public collections in the Polaroid Corporation, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Creative Center of Photography, Minneapolis Institute of the Arts and the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego. 5/ Rinko Kawauchi is Japanese photographer whose work is characterized by a serene, poetic style, depicting the ordinary moments in life. Her works often have a radiant light, which can give them a dream-like quality. #InternationalDayOfTheGirl https://mopa.org/exhibitions/celebrating-five-women-artists/

This Black Friday weekend, show appreciation for your favorite gadget. Use code PHOTO101 to get a 20% discount on all items in MOPA’s Camera Geek Collection now through Sunday, November 29. Shop now: https://shop.mopa.org//holidays-2021-camera-geek-collection ... #shootfilm #filmisalive #morninglight #filmselfie #gearspread #mediumformat #cameraporn #lensporn #cameragear #camerasetup #gearshot #gearshots #cameralove #cameralover #camerarig #camerarigs #camerarigz #cameramayhem #camerastoday #photogear #photographygear #camerabackpack #camerabag #cinematographer #filmmakersworld #longexposure #bokehlicious #creativeoptic #createcommune #igtones #depthobsessed #mirrorlessworld #flatlay #BlackFriday #BlackFridayWeekend @balboapark @explorebalboapark

#ICYMI In 2015, MOPA launched the first Pay What You Wish admission program in Southern California. Visitors choose the admission price with a voluntary contribution. Help us continue innovating the museum landscape for all of us. Every gift counts. Visit MOPA.org/challenge to make a contribution. ... Photos by Stacy Keck.

Explore color, shape and light! celebrates the creativity of San Diego photographer and filmmaker Lynn G. Fayman (1904 1968). The work in this #OnlineExhibition is part of the larger Lynn G. Fayman Archive which MOPA received in 2013. The images, along with original notes and awards, provide a rich window into the colorful work and life of the artist.... #LynnFayman #SanDiegophotographer #Color #KodakFlexichrome #1940sphotography #virtualmuseum https://mopa.org/exhibitions/fayman/

Cristina Wanjura has been named winner of the Still Life category in this year's International Garden Photographer of the Year competition. Head judge Tyrone McGlinchey said: "Cristina has taken the still life photography genre to new heights... to create an intriguing work, full of depth and meaning." Wanjura won 250 in prize money, with the photograph set to feature in an exhibition at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 2021.... https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-54546497 #CristinaWanjura #IGPOTY #StillLife #InternationalGardenPhotographeroftheYear2020

This year especially, we're thankful for all of you! : Larry Fink is an American photographer known for his black-and-white images of American society. ... Born on March 11, 1941 in Brooklyn, NY, he went on to study under the photographer Lisette Model at the New School of Social Research in New York in the 1960s. In 1976 and 1979, the photographer received the Guggenheim Fellowship. He also received the National Endowment for the Arts Individual Photography Fellowships in 1978 and 1986. : #artnet : Larry Fink, , , , , 1972, gelatin silver print on paper. Gift of Bruce R. Levy, MD Larry Fink ' : The Museum’s permanent collection offers a rich photographic heritage, both as an expressive medium and a documentary record. The collection’s more than 9,000 images include works by Margaret Bourke-White, Alfred Stieglitz, and Ruth Bernhard among other photographers, and a wealth of representative examples of different photographic styles, genres and techniques from early 19th century daguerreotypes and albumen prints to pictorialism, cutting-edge documentary and photojournalism, and digitally constructed imagery. #larryfink #larryfinkphotography #Americanphotographer #thanksgiving #happythanksgiving #thanksgivingdinner #thanksgiving2020 #thanksgivingtablescape #thanksgivingdesserts #thanksgivingtable #thanksgivingday #thanksgivingmemories #thanksgivingseason See more

TONIGHT: Watch the Norton Museum of Art chat with artist #HollyRoberts. Join for a conversation about her art and its sources. Starts at 4 p.m. PDT -- watch it through this link: https://youtu.be/s19xPpS9-2g

We won’t Zombie’t around the bush-- this month we’re sharing #youthexhibition works from years past that brought us back to life. Infect, this piece was made by Villicana Garcia for 2019’s theme of dreams. Let us know your thoughts die-rectly in the comments below. #halloween2020 #spookyseason #squadghouls # #halloween #horror #spooky #october #scary #trickortreat #fall #happyhalloween #creepy #witch #autumn #horrorfan #photography #halloweeneveryday

We know that the traditional art museum experience can be exclusive for many audiences. Since 2014, we have worked with local communities to improve our experience for young people and for family visitors. These projects were based on research, and we made decisions based on what our communities need from our programs and exhibitions.... Help us continue innovating the museum landscape for all of us. Support now: MOPA.org/challenge Through December 2020, help MOPA double Joan and Irwin Jacobs's generous gift of $150,000. #MOPAsd #MuseumFromHome #VirtualMuseum #PhotographyLovers #FilmLovers #instagood, #donate #foracause #bethechange #supportart #supporteducation #supporteducationadvocacy #visualliteracy #museuminnovation #medialiteracy #medialiteracyeducation #digitalliteracy #digitalliteracyforkids #digitalliteracyskills

Watch #PhotoClub host Megan make a cyanotype (AKA #sunprints) using the rule of thirds. You’ll see Megan placing objects on a gridline to create a more visually interesting image. , . ! ... Where do you find cyanotype paper? We got you! Get it at the MOPA Shop online: https://shop.mopa.org/products/sunart-paper-kit See more

Photo Club is a collection of photo challenges designed for young photographers to practice their image-making skills, get creative and have fun learning! Little to no special equipment or materials are needed for most challenges. Learn more about Photo Club in this video made by Balboa Park. Did you already try Photo Club? Let us know in the comments below or get started now: https://mopa.org/educate/photoclub/... #onlinelearning #youtharts #photographylovers https://youtu.be/-Bpsilwe_PI

Learn about outsider art with collector John Turner. Watch now: https://youtu.be/FDx-o9GjGTw In this #ZoomInterview with MOPA Executive Director and Chief Curator, John talks through representations of outsider art and outsider photography, including the work of C.T. McClusky (above). McClusky was a circus clown who spent the winter seasons between the late 1940s and mid-1950s at a boarding house in Oakland, California. Working with found materials, he completed 53 mixed medi...a collages on cardboard incorporating photographic cutouts, illustrations, as well as ephemera such as chocolate and candy wrappers. His vignettes from circus life are candid, nostalgic, and strikingly surreal. Credit: Untitled, late 1940s50s, Mixed media with collage on cardboard, 12 x 15 in.

Join us in removing barriers to museum access. A few years back, MOPA launched the first Pay What You Wish admission program in Southern California. Visitors choose the admission price with a voluntary contribution, highlighting that art is for everyone. Help us continue innovating the museum landscapes for all of us. Through December 2020, help MOPA double Joan and Irwin Jacobs's generous gift of $150,000.... Donate now: https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx