January 24, 2026 - July 20, 2026

Members-Only Artist Reception: January 25 2026, 3PM-5PM

Second-Floor Valley Oak Gallery

The California Nature Art Museum is delighted to share our forthcoming group exhibition Ocean Forests: Our Coastal Communities, celebrating importance of kelp forests - one of California’s most ecologically productive and diverse ecosystems. Each telling their own unique stories about the vibrancy and importance of life amongst giant kelp, this show will include four celebrated artists and three different mediums - photography, block printing, and textile/weaving.

Mackerel School

June 17, 2025 - November 3rd, 2025

Third-Floor George & Barbara Goodall Education Center

The California Nature Art Museum is excited to host Mackerel School, a dynamic art installation by Angelina LaPointe of Sidecar Press. Every shining fish, depicting California’s native Pacific Mackerel, is a linoleum block print on laser-cut wood.

Angelina LaPointe is a Lompoc, California-based multidisciplinary artist who specializes in block and letterpress printing. The founder of Sidecar Press, her vibrant prints range from portraiture to her native Central Coast’s flora and fauna.

Current ExhibitsRachel MetzSeptember 17, 2025Ocean, Angelina LaPointe, block prints

December 14th | Art Workshop - Block Print Holiday Cards

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14TH, 2025 | 12:30 PM–4:30 PM

At the California Nature Art Museum (formerly the Wildling Museum)

Join the California Nature Art Museum and Block Print Artist Angelina LaPointe of Sidecar Press for a printmaking workshop on Sunday, December 14th, 2025, from 12:30PM-4:30 PM. She will guide you through planning, carving, and hand-printing a linoleum block print card, while sharing tips and tricks from her 15+ years of printmaking experience. Leave with a small batch of holiday cards to add a personal touch to your winter holiday celebrations.

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