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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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