The Catalina Island Museum presents Soot and Water: Gyotaku Records of Catalina, an exhibition featuring the centuries-old Japanese craft of Gyotaku by Dwight Hwang, one of the last artists practicing this traditional form of printmaking. The exhibition will showcase Hwang’s gyotaku prints representing 23 species from the waters surrounding Catalina Island. Soot and Water: Gyotaku [...]
The Catalina Island Museum presents the National debut of Esther Williams: The Swimming Queen of the Silver Screen, an exhibition celebrating the dynamic life of the late Esther Williams opening September 6, 2019. The exhibition, chronicling Williams’ dazzling life from athlete swimmer to movie stardom, includes a collection of more than 70 items compiled from private [...]
The Catalina Island Museum presented the official opening of Tipping Point from acclaimed sculpture artist Elizabeth Turk on July 13. Inspired by nature and the environment, Turk seeks to explore the extinction of birds in North America in this outdoor installation at the museum. The interactive installation open now through March 2020, was [...]
