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Art of the Airwaves: Old Radios Show Off High Style

120 - Mar / Apr 24

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... Read More →

You might not think, at first, that antique...

Newly Expanded Hilbert Museum

to Open with a Colorful Mosaic Welcoming All on Feb. 23

119 - Jan / Feb 24

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... Read More →

Hilbert Museum of California Art Residents and visitors...

Jim Wodark

Portraying the Beauty of the American West

118 - Nov / Dec 23

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,... Read More →

Jim Wodark The wide-open skies of the vast...

Saluting Disney Studios'

100th Anniversary with Mickey Mouse

117 - Sep / Oct 23

WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS Tom Wood (1870 - 1940) Mickey’s Magic Lamp Illustrations for Good Housekeeping magazine 1940 / Gouache on board The Hilbert Collection - - - - What better character to celebrate Disney Studios’ 100th birthday (1923-2023) than the superstar himself: Mickey Mouse? Mickey isn’t quite as old as... Read More →

WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS Tom Wood (1870 - 1940) Mickey’s Magic...

Sergeant Creative

A Shared Passion for Visual Story Telling

116 - Jul / Aug 23

Creative couple Leanne and Paul Sargeant are avid gardeners. Leanne is expressing a love of nature through her California bird painting project. - - - - Sergeant Creative They met in illustration class at the Laguna College of Art and Design—and the rest, as they... Read More →

Creative couple Leanne and Paul Sargeant are avid...

American Stories: Midcentury Magazine Illustrations

at the Hilbert Museum

115 - May / Jun 23

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.... Read More →

The period from the 1930s to the 1960s...

Capio Lumen Captures the Light

with artist Michael Johnson

107 - Jan / Feb 22

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,... Read More →

MICHAEL JOHNSON's Digital Illuminated Manuscripts on Exhibit at...

Henrietta Berk

In Living Color

105 - Sep / Oct 21

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... Read More →

Henrietta Berk in her studio, 1969. She was...

Gold Medal Dreams

Prestigious Art Club's Exhibition at the Hilbert Museum

104 - Jul / Aug 21

- - - - 110th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition July 10 - August 14, 2021 One of the oldest art clubs in the United States, the California Art Club will hold its 110th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition at Chapman University’s Hilbert Museum of California Art from... Read More →

- - - - 110th Annual Gold Medal...

George Samerjan

Paris & Los Angeles

103 - May / Jun 21

A significant part of the mission of the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University is to bring renewed recognition to California figurative and representational artists of the past 100 or so years. Some of these artists had begun to slip from the larger... Read More →

A significant part of the mission of the...