Programs & events
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH, 2025 | 10:00 AM–4:00 PM
At the California Nature Art Museum (formerly the Wildling Museum)
The California Nature Art Museum is in the process of planning our 14th Annual Holiday Marketplace, and we are looking for vendors! This year's event will be hosted on Sunday, November 16th 2025 from 10AM-4PM, and we are inviting all nature-inspired artists and crafters to apply to be a vendor at the event. This free admission day offers unique shopping to approximately 400 visitors per year, featuring talented local artisans and inspired gifts that celebrate nature, wildlife, and the outdoors.
SEPTEMBER 2ND - NOVEMBER 18TH 2025 | 9:00 AM–10:00 AM
At the California Nature Art Museum (formerly the Wildling Museum)
Join the California Nature Art Museum and Yoga Instructor Lori Shirran for a gentle, restorative, and nature-inspired yoga class, recurring on Tuesdays at 9AM throughout September, October, and through NOVEMBER 18TH 2025. Nature heals, and so does yoga! In this nature-inspired yoga class, we unite gentle expressions of yoga postures with calm breathing, while weaving in mindful reflection on the awe and wonder of nature. This is a class suited for beginners and all levels of ability.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2025 | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
At the California Nature Art Museum (formerly the Wildling Museum)
Tickets are on sale now! To recognize and remember the impressive and inspiring history of CalNAM (formerly the Wildling Museum), we are hosting a 25th Anniversary Celebration & Artist Reception to celebrate this milestone year.
At this unforgettable event, we will be celebrating not only the Museum’s silver anniversary, but also the much-anticipated opening of Wild in California, our forthcoming 1st-Floor Wildling Gallery exhibition showcasing classic and recent works by Museum Founder Patti Jacquemain.
SAT. SEPTEMBER 20TH - SUN. SEPTEMBER 21ST
At the California Nature Art Museum (formerly the Wildling Museum)
Join the California Nature Art Museum for a free-with-admission Danish Days craft on Saturday, September 20th - Sunday, September 21st 2025 from 11AM-2PM. Create your own Danish troll, and choose from a variety of craft supplies and natural materials such as buttons, yarn, twine, beads, googly eyes, markers, colored pencils, construction paper, sticks, and acorns. Remember, Museum admission for adults is just $5, and children 17yrs and younger are always free!
FRI. SEPTEMBER 26TH - SUN. SEPTEMBER 28TH
At the research station on Santa Rosa Island, with the California Nature Art Museum
Join the California Nature Art Museum for a two-night trip to Santa Rosa Island on Friday, September 26th 2025 - Sunday, September 28th 2025. Guests will be staying in the dorms at the field station on the island, which cannot typically be accessed by the general public.
Throughout this trip, guests may enjoy fully-included, structured activities such as hiking, species identification, nature journaling, swimming, and tidepooling.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, 2025 / 3:30 PM– 5:00 PM
At the California Nature Art Museum (formerly the Wildling Museum)
The Magpie Club, organized by Solvang Library, is a group of curious readers of shiny bright things! This Magpie Club meeting will be hosted at CalNAM on Saturday, October 25th at 3:30PM in discussion of books falling under the theme, “relationships with the natural world.” You can choose any book about an unusual friendship or encounter between people and nature, or choose from one of our suggested titles.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26TH, 2025 | 1:00 PM–3:00 PM
At the Hans Christian Andersen Skate Park (633 Chalk Hill Rd Solvang, CA 93463)
Join the California Nature Art Museum and Gyotaku Artist Jason Bero for a gyotaku print-making workshop on Sunday, October 26th 2025 from 1PM-3PM, creating impressions of seaweed, seashells, and other coastal artifacts on rice paper. All participants will take home at least one printed piece, customized based upon their own artifact selections.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2026 | 1:00 PM–4:00 PM
At the California Nature Art Museum (formerly the Wildling Museum)
Join CalNAM & Artisan Perfumer Susan Farber for an art workshop on Sunday, February 8th 2025 from 1:00PM- 4:00PM, creating unique and nature-based scents inspired by this annual holiday of love. All participants will take home a custom-made fragrance and guide on the procurement process.