Artist Olena Babak painting in plein air a past festival. Image courtesy of The Avalon Foundation.
July 5-September 3
Festival of Arts Fine Art Show
Festival of Arts Pavilion » Laguna Beach, CA
One of the oldest fine art shows in the country presents more than 100 artists who will exhibit a variety of fine arts such as paintings, printmaking, sculpture and ceramics.
www.lagunafestivalofarts.org
July 8, 2021-July 24, 2022
Women in Motion: 150 Years of Women’s Artistic Networks
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts » Philadelphia, PA
This exhibition include art by over 50 female artists that worked professionally in the American art world from the academy’s founding in 1805 to the end of World War II.
www.pafa.org
July 9-August 31
29th National Pastel Painting Exhibition
Millicent Rogers Museum » Taos, NM
This juried exhibition from the Pastel Society of New Mexico includes art by some of the best pastel artists from across the country, as well as Canada and Europe.
www.millicentrogers.org
July 10-August 7
110th annual Gold Medal Exhibition
Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University » Orange County, CA
California Art Club hosts its annul exhibition featuring the best in the realist genre, with a showcase of the event available online.
www.californiaartclub.org
July 11-18
17th annual Plein Air Easton Art Festival
The Avalon Foundation » Easton, MD
Artists gather on the streets of Easton to paint in plein air as part of the festival’s competition, exhibit and sale.
www.pleinaireaston.com
Through July 11
Radiant Season: Paintings by Kevin Sloan
Denver Botanic Gardens » Denver, CO
Sloan’s new site-specific exhibition, at the Denver Botanic Garden’s York Street location, elevates ordinary flora and discarded objects to new levels.
www.botanicgardens.com
Through July 17
Brian Rutenberg: Reeds Rise
LewAllen Galleries » Santa Fe, NM
LewAllen Galleries features a new collection of colorful, rich textured oil paintings by Rutenberg, who is inspired by elements in the natural world.
www.lewallengalleries.com
July 17-October 3
Bo Bartlett: Forty Years of Drawing
Flint Institute of Arts » Flint, MI
An exhibition of strictly figure drawings, spanning four decades of Bartlett’s career, will be on display at the Flint Institute of Arts.
www.flintarts.org
Through July 18
Connected Land & Sea
Copley Society of Art » Boston, MA
While the show is inspired by the New England coast, works in oil, pastel, sculpture, and more will be included from artists around the country who were selected to participate by renowned marine artist Donald Demers.
www.copleysociety.org
Through July 18
Lorraine O’Grady: Both/And
Brooklyn Museum » Brooklyn, NY
The first retrospective of conceptual, performance and feminist artist O’Grady, features 12 major projects produced over the artist’s four-decade career, as well as a new installation.
www.brooklynmuseum.org
Through July 25
Erin Hanson: Colors of California
Santa Paula Art Museum » Santa Paula, CA
Hanson exhibits a large collection of landscapes inspired by the many scenic areas of California, in her unique style known as “open impressionism.”
www.santapaulaartmuseum.org
July 29-August 1
LA Art Show
Los Angeles Convention Center » Los Angeles, CA
Over 120 galleries from more than 20 countries come together to showcase contemporary works in a variety of mediums during this long-running art fair.
www.laartshow.com
Through August 1
Alice Neel: People Come First
The Met Fifth Avenue » New York, NY
Neel’s first New York-based museum retrospective in 20 years features her portraits of activists as well as her watercolors and pastels of the 1930s.
www.metmuseum.org
Through August 1
On Location in Malibu 2021
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University » Malibu, CA
Join California Art Club and Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art for this eighth exhibition in a series of shows that have been held every three years since 1999.
www.californiaartclub.org
August 6-8
37th annual Sculpture in the Park
Benson Sculpture Gallery » Loveland, CO
This annual event and experience showcases three-dimensional works of art by 160 artists across the world, and is considered to be the largest outdoor juried art show and sale in the country.
www.sculptureinthepark.org
Through August 15
Deborah Roberts: I’m
The Contemporary Austin » Austin, TX
The first solo Texas museum exhibition for Roberts explores body, race and identity through the lens of Black children.
www.thecontemporaryaustin.org
Through August 15
Legends from Los Angeles
Crocker Art Museum » Sacramento, CA
Approximately 20 works by Betye Saar and her daughters, Lezley and Alison, will be on view in this museum exhibition.
www.crockerart.org
Through August 21
2021 National Online Exhibition: Lifting the Sky
American Women Artists » Online
American Women Artists hosts an online-only juried event for its esteemed group of artists.
www.americanwomenartists.org
Through August 29
Warren Chang: Social Realism in California
Triton Museum of Art » Santa Clara, CA
The Triton Museum hosts a solo exhibit for Chang, in a collection of paintings with a focus on homelessness and fieldworkers.
www.tritonmuseum.org
Through September 8
E.L. Stewart: Between Earth and Heaven
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art » Great Falls, MT
Stewart, an American contemporary painter, features work that allows a glimpse into her life during a period of illness, death and grief, but breathes a longing for a peaceful existence.
www.the-square.org
Through September 12
Michelle Jung: Making Waves
Santa Paula Art Museum » Santa Paula, CA
Jung shows her passion for the sea in a solo exhibition of large-scale, seascape oil paintings, and invites viewers to engage in an immersive experience.
www.santapaulaartmuseum.org
A bird’s-eye view of LA Art Show in February 2020.
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