Exhibitions and Presentations of the Collection

COLOR DUETS: Kaffe Fassett and Erin Lee Gafill offered a look at the artistic and familial connection between the artists through their works. The exhibition also included personal hand-crafted items and displays—set up to give visitors a glimpse into their creative home.

Cultivating Curiosity in the Visual Arts

During the year, the Museum presented 18 exhibitions showcasing California artists and the collection through virtual and hybrid virtual/in-person presentations supplemented with artist talks, workshops for all ages, and more. After nearly a decade of laying the groundwork, the Museum’s collections of California Art and Photography are now available online through its interactive Web Kiosk database, making images and detailed information about its renowned collections more accessible to the public than ever before. In addition, many object records are accompanied by engaging narrative content contributed by CSUMB Professor Emerita of Visual and Public Art and MMA Trustee Lila Thorsen.

Exhibitions and Presentations of the Collection

• Gretchen Andrew: Future News, June 9 –

October 4, 2020* • 2020 Miniatures, November 12 –

December 31, 2020* • The Califas Legacy Project, January 8 –

April 11, 2021* • Francis McComas: Rediscovering

California’s First Modernist, January 21 –

April 4, 2021* • Marc Trujillo: Fast, January 28 – April 18, 2021* • 2021 Weston Scholarship Retrospective,

May 7 – August 21, 2021 • Color Duets: Kaffe Fassett and Erin Lee

Gafill, May 13 – October 9, 2021 • Transformations: Photographs by William

Giles, May 13 – August 28, 2021 • William F. Ritschel Memorial, Ongoing** • John H. Marble Gallery of California Art,

Ongoing**

Continued 

“When my husband and I moved here from San Francisco five years ago, we immediately became members of MMA. I wanted to make real connections with other artists and art lovers—and am still amazed at the depth of the artistic friendships I have made here. I wanted to learn about the artistic history of this magical spot on earth—and also to get to know the contemporary art makers and art lovers here. We try to attend every art exhibit opening at MMA— and I would never miss contributing to the Miniatures exhibit! It’s a way to participate in a true grass-roots art experience and to mingle (on the walls at least!) with my contemporaries.”

ELIZABETH BARLOW, Artist Gil Family Art Shoes, Currents + FLUX exhibition.

Installation view, Herlinde Spahr, Currents + FLUX exhibition. Currents + FLUX • Whitney Aguiñiga, July 17 – August 16, 2020* • Lee Beggs, August 21 – September 20, 2020* • Omar Montano, September 25 – October 25, 2020* • Joan Takayama-Ogawa, October 30 –

November 22, 2020* • Ken Hale, November 27, 2020 – January 3, 2021* • Dora Lisa Rosenbaum, January 8 – March 14, 2021* • Gil Family Art Shoes, March 19 – May 22, 2021** • Herlinde Spahr, June 4 – July 31, 2021

*Virtual exhibition **Virtual and in-person exhibition

MMA SHOWCASED a number of works from its permanent collection, through presentations such as the William F. Ritschel Memorial. The Museum also made its collections of California art and photography accessible online.