SOHO's
2015 Panama-California Exposition
Centennial Events
JANUARY
Sunday · 11
Book Launch and Signing · Lecture and Tour
The Art Traveler Guide: A Portrait of Balboa Park
This unique 56-page booklet on historic Balboa Park is richly illustrated with vivid paintings by acclaimed San Diego artist RD Riccoboni. A longtime historic preservationist and founder of Beacon Artworks Gallery in Old Town, San Diego, Riccoboni calls himself "The Art Traveler" because he paints historic buildings and sites wherever he goes to promote and "preserve" them. Riccoboni also views himself as "a cultural heritage storyteller in paint." Riccoboni's effervescent portrayal of Balboa Park buildings and gardens, arcades and fountains, reflects his passion for this internationally renowned place that civic visionaries developed for huge international expositions in 1915 and 1935.
Sunday · 18
Walking Tours
Bankers Hill · Historic Seventh Avenue · Marston Gardens
FEBRUARY
Friday · 6
Opening Reception for Two Centennial Exhibits
Balboa Park Exposition Designers 1915-1935
The Making of Balboa Park
In partnership with the San Diego AIA Preservation Committee, the architects, designers, and landscape architects of the two expositions will be showcased. The work of over 20 of the most significant designers will be presented with an exhibition of drawings and photographs with accompanying publications, lectures, and architectural tours.
Continues through November 30
Souvenirs & Keepsakes:
Memorabilia of the 1915 & 1935 Expositions
The tourism movement of the turn of the century as experienced by San Diego's Exposition visitors will be explored through the personal objects that were eagerly sought after and collected, such as buttons, pennants, postcards, coins, and jewelry. These keepsakes have been handed down through the generations as tangible historical mementos of the Expositions, and continue to be cherished to this day.
Continues through November 30
Saturday & Sunday · 7 & 8
Centennial Exhibition Opening Weekend
Expo Lecture Series
Sunday · 22
Sundays with SOHO
Expo Lecture Series
MARCH
Sunday · 15
Walking Tours
Bankers Hill · Historic Seventh Avenue · Marston Gardens
Sunday · 22
Sundays with SOHO
Expo Lecture Series
Saturday & Sunday · 28 & 29
A Walk on the Exposition Side
A Weekend of Centennial Tours & Lectures
APRIL
Friday · 17
Opening Reception for Two Centennial Exhibits
Art of the Park, 100 Years of Art in Balboa Park (1915-2015)
The Park as Muse is the theme for what is one of the nation's most beautiful and most painted parks. Artists have recognized Balboa Park as a monumental work of art in itself, for both its natural beauty and landscaped vistas, and for its stunning built environment of the architecture of the Panama-California and California Pacific International Expositions. Period artists will be exhibited along with today's foremost San Diego artists, all featuring only Balboa Park.
Continues through September 21 · More Details
Exposition Memories:
The music, literature and decorative arts of the 1915 San Diego Exposition
The Exposition highlighted the literary and artistic heritage of California and the greater Southwest, creating widespread interest in the region at a time when writers, artists, and intellectuals were prominent in daily life.
Continues through November 30 · More Details
Saturday & Sunday · 18 & 19
Centennial Exhibition Opening Weekend
Expo Lecture Series
Sunday · 19
Art of the Park Garden Show
Sunday · 19
Walking Tours
Bankers Hill · Historic Seventh Avenue · Marston Gardens
MAY
Sunday · 10
Mother's Day
Free admission for mothers at the Marston House
Sunday · 10
Mother's Day Walking Tour
With The Art Traveler Guide: A Portrait of Balboa Park
Sunday · 17
Art of the Park Garden Show
Sunday · 17
Walking Tours
Bankers Hill · Historic Seventh Avenue · Marston Gardens
JUNE
Saturday & Sunday · 6 & 7
A Walk on the Exposition Side
A Weekend of Centennial Tours & Lectures
Sunday · 14
Sundays with SOHO
Expo Lecture Series
Sunday · 21
Art of the Park Garden Show
Sunday · 21
Father's Day
Free admission for fathers at the Marston House
Sunday · 21
Walking Tours
Bankers Hill · Historic Seventh Avenue · Marston Gardens
JULY
Sunday · 19
Art of the Park Garden Show
Sunday · 21
Walking Tours
Bankers Hill · Historic Seventh Avenue · Marston Gardens
Sunday · 26
Kids Day at the 1915 Exposition!
AUGUST
Sunday · 16
Return to the 1915 Expo
Sunday · 16
Art of the Park Garden Show
Sunday · 16
Walking Tours
Bankers Hill · Historic Seventh Avenue · Marston Gardens
SEPTEMBER
Sunday · 13
The Art Traveler Guide:
A Portrait of Balboa Park
Lecture & Walking Tour
Sunday · 20
Art of the Park Garden Show
Sunday · 20
Walking Tours
Bankers Hill · Historic Seventh Avenue · Marston Gardens
Sunday · 27
Sundays with SOHO
Expo Lecture Series
OCTOBER
Sunday · 4
Sundays with SOHO
Archtoberfest
Sunday · 11
Sundays with SOHO
Archtoberfest
Sunday · 18
Sundays with SOHO
Archtoberfest
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Sunday · 18
Walking Tours
Bankers Hill · Historic Seventh Avenue · Marston Gardens
Sunday · 25
Sundays with SOHO
Archtoberfest
NOVEMBER
Sunday · 15
Walking Tours
Bankers Hill · Historic Seventh Avenue · Marston Gardens
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