{"id":301009,"date":"2026-05-05T16:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/301009\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:22:08","slug":"4-art-exhibits-to-see-in-orange-county-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/301009\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Art Exhibits to See in Orange County This Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out these exhibits that are currently or soon to be on display at museums around the county. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bowers-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-167671\"  \/>California Quilt, c. 1975. Gift of Novell Hendrickson, 75.23.1. \u00a9 Bowers Museum<\/p>\n<p>The American Quilt: Cloth and Commerce<br \/>Bowers Museum<br \/>From May 23 to Aug. 30, with over 40 quilts and coverlets from the museum\u2019s collection and loans from quilter Jean Ray Laury and others, the exhibit dives into material, dyes and techniques used in quiltmaking that reflect economic shifts and technological innovation. The exhibit explores two and a half centuries of American quilting, with cotton, wool, silk, rayon and polyester. <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bowers.org\/index.php\/exhibitions\/upcoming-exhibitions\/the-american-quilt-cloth-and-commerce\">bowers.org\/index.php\/exhibitions\/upcoming-exhibitions\/the-american-quilt-cloth-and-commerce<\/a>.<br \/>2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana<\/p>\n<p>P3spectives: Three Photographers Explore the Quiet Poetry of the Human Condition<br \/>Orange County Center for Contemporary Art<br \/>Open throughout May, P3spectives is a photographic exhibit from artists Mustapha El Basiri, Joseph Foster, and Mark James. The exhibit features photographs set in the public sphere, revolving around a single moment and meant to explore a unique perspective of the everyday. <br \/><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.occca.org\/upcoming-exhibitions\">occca.org\/upcoming-exhibitions<\/a> <br \/>117 N Sycamore St., Santa Ana<\/p>\n<p>Travelers by Josephine Hernandez<br \/>Fullerton Museum Center<br \/>From May 8 through June 13, Travelers will be on display at the Fullerton Museum Center\u2019s James F. Ranii Gallery. Hernandez is a partially blind visual artist who explores themes of visual impairment through an intimate lens. Hernandez often depicts blind skateboarders, painting with gouache and acrylic. She examines figures in motion embodying confidence and self-determination. <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fullertonmuseum.com\/exhibits\/tuhNzYzB4xki2vBcXbV4\">fullertonmuseum.com\/exhibits\/tuhNzYzB4xki2vBcXbV4<\/a><br \/>301 N. Pomona Ave., Fullerton<\/p>\n<p>Staging California in Early Hollywood<br \/>UC Irvine Langson OCMA<br \/>Opening June 26, Staging California in Early Hollywood highlights how Southern California was both a setting for cinematic invention and a real environment during the 1920s and 1930s. The exhibition will showcase how plein air painting played a key role in influencing the visual style of early filmmaking.<br \/><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ocma.art\/exhibitions\/staging-california-in-early-hollywood\/\">ocma.art\/exhibitions\/staging-california-in-early-hollywood\/<\/a><br \/>3333 Avenue of the Arts, Costa Mesa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Check out these exhibits that are currently or soon to be on display at museums around the county.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-301009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}