Bonita Museum & Cultural Center

Current & Upcoming Exhibitions

South Bay Artists: Survey with curator Christopher Padilla
Nov. 9 – 30th  / Reception: Sat. Nov. 9 5:30 – 8:00 PM

Dia de los Muertos: Public Ofrendas
Oct. 30 – Nov. 2, 2019

Chula Vista Art Guild and “Blooming Art” with the Bonita Valley Garden Club
October 12 – Nov. 1, 2019

Anthropocene: Humans and Nature:
September 6 -28, 2019

Nuestra Frontera:  South Bay Families at the Border
June 22 – August 24, 2019
A history and culture exhibition showcasing the people and families living in the border region for the past 250 years, from the late 1700’s to 1970’s. Curator: Barbara Zaragoza

July 20 – Walk through the exhibition with curator Barbara Zaragoza, 11am

July 27 – 11am – 12:30pm Tortilla making with the Kitchenistas and Katie Stokes,
editor of SD Edible reservations.register

Watch an interview with Chula Vista’s Mayor Salas about the Tortilla Wars

August 2 – 5:30pm Film Screening and book signing with professors and authors Alberto López Pulido and Rigoberto “Rigo” Reyes.  Follow the history and birth of lowrider culture to the present day in South Bay San Diego. The Friday  night event also includes a display of South Bay cars. more
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August 10 – 2pm  Saloons,  Brothels and Opium Dens : Life at La Frontera during Prohibition.  ​You’ll hear about the Border Barons who started the “Vice-Industry” in Tijuana and at the same time donated to churches in the South Bay.
You’ll find out that the famed horses Trigger & Seabiscuit were boarded in the South Bay and raced in Tijuana. You’ll also find out that the 1920s is when our our sewage problem at the border began, the foreshadowing of maquiladoras came to be and much more. There’s fun, laughter and some serious topics explored during this slideshow with original archival photos. A discussion and beer tasting will follow.

Anthropocene: Humans & Nature
September 6 – 28, 2019
Reception: Sept. 6, 5:30-7:30pm
An exhibition of contemporary works by Southern California artists exploring the earth and nature as affected and interpreted by humans including technology, farming, architecture, and ethnobotany.  Systems and mysteries as related to various fields of study including metal and mineral extraction, plant science, shamanism, invisible and visible communication systems, human designed environments, and carbon based complications. Conceptualizations of objects in contemporary philosophy and art. Peak experience acoustic phenomena related to storytelling and topography. Defunct and abandoned science institutions, mystical meeting places. Documentation of the human soul and eternity.Curator: Wendy Wilson-Gibson.  Exhibiting artists: Seffa Klein, Diana Benavidez, Amanda Kachadoorian, Eva Struble, Matthew Hebert, Nancie Gallegoes Holliday, Anna Sequeiros, Luis Ituarte, Jim Melli, Julie Sperling, Sasha Koozel Reibstein , Michael Field, Paula Poole, Nancie Holliday Gallegos, Stephanie Bedwell, Brian Gibson, May Cheung, Janet Hubka

Chula Vista Art Guild
October 12 – November 2nd, 2019
Reception: Friday, October 18, 5:30 – 7:30pm
Blooming Art:
Bonita Garden Club
October 25 – 26
Reception, Friday Oct. 25, 5:30 – 7pm

Day of the Dead:
Siqueiros Art Foundation
Oct.30 – Nov.2

South Bay Artists
November 8 – 30, 2019
What are artists in their 20’s and 30’s up to in the San Diego region. Curator: Christopher Padilla