Discover the stories behind Curious Constructs / Digital Dreams with artist Dena Mara Kuhn. In this interactive talk and guided tour, Dena will share how she blends traditional and digital craftsmanship across photography, digital painting, writing, and 3D sculpting and printing.

Highlights include:

• Digital Still Lifes — contemporary compositions in the style of Dutch Masters, paired with short written vignettes and displayed in custom 3D-printed frames.

• 3D Curious Cabinets — playful, one-of-a-kind boxes designed for jewelry, chocolate, or phone “detox,” each accompanied by an Artist Book and reflecting themes of duality, memory, and mystery.

• Creators On & Beyond the Central Coast — twelve double-sided panels inspired by Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam, celebrating the creative lives of regional artists and makers.

The talk will give visitors a deeper view into Dena’s process—how ideas move from concept to digital canvas, and from design to tangible 3D-printed objects—while inviting conversation about the intersection of tradition and technology in contemporary art.

DenaMaraKuhn.com

Fee: $10 - CCA members Free

Program:

Sign up each month to join John Seed for a segment of a series of 14 lectures on the history of modern art and architecture. The lectures will run 45-50 minutes and will be followed by a short Q and A session. These lectures are based on college courses, but will be presented in an approachable way and are suitable for anyone with an interest in art. Topics: 1. What is Modernism? 2. The Mechanical Paradise and Paul Cezanne 3. Early Picasso 4. Picasso, Braque and Cubism 5. DaDa 6. Russian Modernism 7. The Landscape of Pleasure and Claude Monet 8. Henri Matisse 9. Modern Architecture 10. Surrealism 11. Expressionism and Edvard Munch 12. Abstract Expressionism and Jackson Pollock 13. Pop Art and Andy Warhol 14. Postmodernism

Instructor Bio:

John Seed is a Professor Emeritus in Art and Art History at Mount San Jacinto College where he taught for 32 years. John has also taught at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and Laguna College of Art and Design. He earned his BA in Studio Art at Stanford University and his Masters at UC Berkeley also in Studio Art. www.johnseed.com

Fee: $10 - CCA members Free

Will explain my history with art and my process for this show: Birds Eye View

Tigg has created art throughout her life in one form or another, including interior design and architectural drafting. She received a degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in Graphic Communications. Eventually, she found her way to painting. She works with both oils and watercolors, in her studio and outdoors. She is inspired by the natural beauty of the sea, the trees, and the charming communities tucked along the coastline.

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