Culture OC Ovations

Oct 17, 2026 - Jan 10, 2027 Laguna Art Museum

Laguna Art Museum prsents Radiant Terrains: Elements of Light in Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection.  Drawn entirely from the museum's permanent collection, Radiant Terrains explores how artists working from the 1960s to the present have transformed light into sculpture, painting…

Oct 17, 2026 - Oct 18, 2026 UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art

Starting in the 1960s, Raymond Saunders (b. 1934, Homestead, Pennsylvania: d. 2025, Oakland) developed a painting practice rooted in improvisation. He combined everyday objects, found imagery, drawing, notational markings, and text in constellated compositions blending abstraction and figuration…

Oct 17, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art

This exhibition brings together three artists in a cross-cultural dialogue spanning Norway, Tahiti, and the United States. It explores a question that is both deeply personal and universally shared: How are we shaped by the places we inhabit? Is it our culture we are born into or is it the culture…

Oct 17, 2026 Orange Public Library and History Center (Main Library)

Lights, camera, murder! Sisters in Crime Orange County presents an afternoon with award-winning authors Marjorie McCown, a former Hollywood costume designer, and Elizabeth Crowens, a multitalented veteran of film and television. Both writers specialize in mysteries set against the backdrop of the…

Oct 17, 2026 - Nov 21, 2026 Hilbert Museum of California Art

The history of Indigenous American Pueblo pottery stretches back over a thousand years, rooted in the enduring traditions of the Ancestral Puebloans—sometimes referred to as the Anasazi—who lived across the Southwest in what is now New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah. These early potters…

Oct 17, 2026 - Oct 24, 2026 CSUF – Arena Theatre

The Madwomen of Chaillot Part of the Studio Series, featuring the BFA Acting Sophomore Class Written by Jean Giraudoux Directed by Tyler Garcia October 16, 17; 21–24, 2026 at 8 PM Arena Theatre Tickets: $10/ $5 (TITAN) All orders are subject to a $4 processing fee. A group of nefarious businessmen…

Oct 17, 2026 - Nov 18, 2027 Christ Cathedral (formerly Crystal Cathedral)

The Shroud of Turnin:  An Immersive Experience is now on view at the Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove. Inspired by the technological marvels of the “Van Gogh Exhibition” and “Immersive King Tut,” the 90-minute experience will offer the latest evidence and scientific research about the Shroud…

Oct 17, 2026 - Nov 01, 2026 Gallery Sonder

Following Theo Hirschfield's debut solo presentation last year, Gallery Sonder is proud to present the artist's second exhibition with the gallery: Euphorbia. In Euphorbia, Hirschfield elaborates on the style of composition that characterizes his previous bodies of work. The works recall alien…