I noticed this poster at the San Diego Central Library today. It announces a very special event coming up on the evening of August 18, 2026. Painting the Town: A Night of Art and Community will take place on the Central Library’s main floor exhibit space.
According to the event website, the evening will be the special opening night celebrating artwork created through the Wellness Program at Father Joe’s Villages, which empowers clients experiencing homelessness through creativity and self-expression. Enjoy inspiring artwork accompanied by live music from the San Diego Symphony.
I encourage you to check out the above link!
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The All American Car Show is being held today in San Diego, at Embarcadero Marina Park North near Seaport Village. I walked through this morning and got some photos of very cool vehicles!
The show features all makes and models of car, van, truck, motorcycle, etc. It is put on by The Mopar Club San Diego every year. The event through a raffle and donations raises money to support Fleet Week San Diego and STEP (Support the Enlisted Project).
STEP provides financial education and assistance to our military’s enlisted heroes. Please check out their website here!
Okay! Time for photos!
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Casa Familiar has been serving residents of South San Diego County since 1968. Over those many years, the organization has amassed a collection of art that represents the life and culture of the South Bay border community. Through the collection, preservation, and exhibition of art, Casa Familiar promotes and encourages appreciation for the vibrant artistic community it serves.
Casa Familiar operates a gallery and cultural gathering space called The FRONT in San Ysidro. Today–and for about another week–The FRONT is home to an exhibition of pieces from Casa Familiar’s art collection. The exhibition is titled MOMENTOUS.
The exhibit contains four distinct sections: transborder culture, the poetics of living, the original people of this land, and art created for Casa Familiar’s annual ABRAZO Award.
I stopped by today to enjoy this important exhibition. The artwork is not only quite good, but it stems from each local artist’s personal experience, and is emotionally stirring. The image of a heart enters much of the art.
I was amazed and happy to learn some of the fine pieces were created by individuals that Casa Familiar has assisted!
Abrazo Award 2015, by David Flores, watercolor on Arches paper.Bodies, by Andrea Echeverri, high temperature glaze ceramic.Untitled, 2004, by Paulino Marquez, oil painting.Mi Abuelita, mi nietecita, 2015, by Arturo Rodriguez Torija, photo print.Triptych, 2014, by Jamex and Einar De La Torre, photo transfer on metal.Hotel Nelson, 2024, by Paola “Panca” Villaseñor, acrylic on wood.
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A thought-provoking exhibition of art opened recently in San Diego’s East Village, up in the second floor gallery of UC San Diego Park & Market. It’s titled The Space Between Words.
Any art that concerns language immediately intrigues me. What is the space between words? I wondered, thinking literally. Between written words: a short (or long) space. Between spoken words: a little (or much) breath.
According to a sign concerning the exhibition, language is more than something we speak. It is something we carry, remember, lose, invent, and share…
I recall reading or hearing that language is a prerequisite for human-level intelligence. Words are infinitely combinable symbols we share that can convey complex meaning.
Presented by Vanguard Culture’s ARTS LAB, The Space Between Words brings together the work of artists Jon Savage, Ale Uzarraga, Kelvin Lopez, and Jess Bergman. Their pieces explore the many ways we communicate when words alone are not enough.
So, I suppose, beyond language expressed by mind and body, there is art that itself speaks–art created by an artist’s mind and hands…
Some examples:
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An excellent exhibition opened in July at the Bonita Museum. Strength of Service: Women of the Armed Forces celebrates the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America by highlighting voices of local women who’ve served their country.
As the exhibition webpage explains, visitors can enjoy a unique look at local Military Women, history, personal stories, and inspiring artistic tributes.
A variety of military uniforms worn by local heroes stand at the center of the museum gallery. They bring home the fact that real people actually wore those uniforms and sacrificed to protect freedoms that we enjoy.
The walls surrounding the uniforms feature military honors, articles, personal memories, emotionally moving works of art, historical flags, and posted thank you notes penned by grateful visitors.
Two of the gallery walls contain a long, detailed timeline, covering the Revolutionary War to the present. Words, illustrations and photographs recall many ways women have served our nation over the course of its history.
If you’re in the neighborhood, I recommend a visit to the free Bonita Museum before this exhibition wraps up on August 29, 2026.
(I hadn’t visited the museum in a very long time and was excited to find new public art outside. I’ll be blogging about that shortly!)
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Two of San Diego’s most beloved citizens are being remembered at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park: Jerry Coleman and Tony Gwynn, a pair of Padres legends.
The museum’s Inside|OUT exhibit behind glass in the atrium contains artifacts honoring the memory of two all-time San Diego baseball heroes.
Both Jerry Coleman and Tony Gwynn were a big part of my youth. They helped develop my own love for the San Diego Padres.
They were two amazing people, whose positive influences were greatly missed by all of San Diego when each passed.
I attended the memorial services of both. If you’d like to relive the services at Petco Park, where so much love was expressed, click here and here.
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I had intended to rest a day or two after San Diego Comic-Con, but I became restless this morning. Still in the Comic-Con mood, I wanted to check out some finished street art painted during the Meeting of Styles event held the week before Comic-Con 2026.
On July 16th I walked along Commercial Street east of downtown San Diego and saw how international graffiti artists were painting several approved walls with cool pop culture images.
Three of the walls in particular contain characters from Marvel’s X-Men, Dragon Ball, and Transformers.
If you want to see more from these murals, and compare the finished art that I’m sharing today, you can find my previous photographs by clicking here.
First photos are of the X-Men wall….
Cyclops street art.Cable and Wolverine street art.Deadpool street art.
Next, photos from the Dragon Ball wall…
Goku and Bulma street art.Shenron street art.Zeno, the Omni-King street art.King Kai street art.Vegeta street art.
Finally, the Transformers wall…
Arcee street art.Starscream street art.Bumblebee street art.Optimus Prime street art.Megatron street art.
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Enjoy one final collection of photographs taken during San Diego Comic-Con 2026!
This long, final walk through the Gaslamp and around the San Diego Convention Center was simply amazing.
Lots of people were still about, checking out the offsite activations that remained open on Sunday. Lots of cosplay still.
I got the impression many fans didn’t want Comic-Con to end. But, alas, it’s Sunday late afternoon as I type this. All good things must come to an end.
It’s Dr. Peepers!
At the Nickelodeon offsite, the slime dunk tank was still active!
Well, that does it for this year’s Comic-Con coverage!
Cool San Diego Sights will now return to my more usual blog posts… after a couple of days rest!
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