Upcoming Exhibitions

Helen and Newton Harrison:
California Work

September 28-December 7, 2024

As part of the Getty Foundation’s PST ART: Art and Science Collide, the Mandeville Art Gallery at UC San Diego presents Helen and Newton Harrison: California Work, a retrospective exhibition about the work of husband-and-wife team of Helen Mayer and Newton Harrison, who were among the earliest and most notable ecological artists. Founding members of the Visual Arts Department at UC San Diego, Helen and Newton were local San Diego artists for nearly four decades, where they developed their pioneering concepts of Ecological Art.

Border Craft

March 1–June 15, 2025

Border Craft is a group exhibition featuring contemporary artists employing craft practices to address the geopolitical realities of borderland regions, including San Diego–Tijuana. The works on view, along with a series of accompanying public programs, serve as a feminist and critical counterpoint to dehumanizing systems designed to divide people and cultures. Tanya Aguiñiga, one of the exhibiting artists and a Longenecker-Roth Artist in Residence at UC San Diego’s Department of Visual Arts, describes her art and activism at the US–Mexico border as a “song to collapse the wall.” This statement points to the sense of interconnection and poetic resilience present across the works on display, which include ceramics, furniture, quilts, weavings, embroidery, video, and performance.

Participating Artists:

Tanya Aguiñiga, Jackie Amézquita, Margarita Cabrera, Sofia Cordova, Isidro Pérez García, tercas (Mely Barragan and Irma Sofia Poeter), Marisa Raygoza