← January 2026 →
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| 2 5:00 PM
First Friday FREE Reception
Location: SDWS Gallery, Liberty Station
Date: 01/02/2026 17:00 PM - 20:00 PM
First Friday FREE Reception
1/2/2026
5 - 8pm
January 2026
Member Exhibition
Classical Inspiration
Keiko Tanabe: juror
If you are IN the show,
please bring some treats to share.
Note:
this show runs
Wednesday, 12/31/2025
thru
Saturday, 1/29/2026
W - SU / 11am - 3pm
staffed by volunteers
If you would enjoy volunteering,
contact the staffer's desk
to leave a call back contact.
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4 | 5 | 6 | 7 9:30 AM
Figure Draw & Paint
Location: SDWS Gallery, Enducation Room
Date: 01/07/2026 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
on available Wednesdays
Figure Draw & or Paint
from the live model
$10 weekly participant's fee
for both members
and non-members,
until further notice.
Cash please.
| 8 9:00 AM
Thursday informal FREE plein air paintout
Location: Balboa Park, Old Globe Theater Plaza
Date: 01/08/2026 09:00 AM - 11:30 AM
9am - 11:15am free paint,
then, gather for a show & tell
with the participants.
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Balboa Park
Old Globe Theater plaza
1363 Old Globe Way
San Diego, CA 92101-1696
https://maps.app.goo.gl/tk2i8h3hL8YK9NJ27
* Pay Parking!
plans have been announced
to initiate pay parking in Balboa Park
beginning Monday, January 5, 2026.
Consider your options.
Parking will be available
on Balboa Park roads for $2.50 an hour,
and in the lots
for daily fees ranging from
$5 to $16.
Parking proposal includes:
All park users will be allowed to park
for FREE
for three hours
at Inspiration Point,
an overflow lot at the park’s southern edge,
from which trams will take people
to the park’s more popular destinations.
* reminder:
SDMA / San Diego Museum of Art
is now offering FREE general admission
to all visitors on the
Second Thursday
of every month in 2026.
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| 9 | 10 9:00 AM
Beginner Workshop #1
Location: SDWS Ed Room
Date: 01/10/2026 09:00 AM - 15:30 PM
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11 1:00 PM
Zoom General Meeting & FREE demo
Location: Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Date: 01/11/2026 13:00 PM - 15:10 PM
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Monthly Meetings
are held virtually on Zoom.
Please see the sdws.org Calendar for exact dates.
Typical Agenda
1:00 pm Social Time
1:30 pm Short Business Meeting
2:00 pm Artist Demonstration
by Featured Artist
ZOOM link:
is always posted under
Events on sdws.org
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11:00 AM
Plein Air Demo & Paintout FREE
Location: Liberty Station Lot J, 2474 Decatur Road, San Diego, CA 92106
Date: 01/11/2026 11:00 AM - 14:00 PM
Sunday Funday!!!
Not Saturday this time but SUNDAY.
SU 1/11/2026
The San Diego Excursion
Vintage Car Parade and Show
Following a loop of Point Loma,
historic vehicles will park at Liberty Station:
link:
https://www.hcfi.org/files/events/carsrunning.pdf
Classic Horseless Carriages have a lot of detail, especially the pre-1916 era vehicles.
Operators and passengers will be in costume, too!
San Diego Watercolor Society
Award winning plein air watercolor painter Kevin Liddell
will demonstrate FREE for an hour!
The demo paintout will be in
Parking Lot J, Liberty Station.
The location is surrounded by the streets:
Womble, Historic Decatur, Roosevelt, and Cushing
near SDWS.
The address is
2474 Decatur Road
San Diego, CA 92106
The demo will begin at
11:00 AM sharp
12pm spread out & paint your own
2pm round up for a show & tell
The more you go the more you grow!
| 12 | 13 | 14 9:30 AM
Figure Draw & Paint
Location: SDWS Gallery, Education Room
Date: 01/14/2026 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
on available Wednesdays
Figure Draw & or Paint
from the live model
$10 weekly participant's fee
for both members
and non-members,
until further notice.
Cash please.
| 15 9:00 AM
| 16 | 17 9:00 AM
Matting and Framing Workshop
Location: SDWS Ed Room
Date: 01/17/2026 09:00 AM - 15:30 PM
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18 12:00 PM
Critique Groups Meet & Greet Brunch
Location: SDWS Educational Workshop Room
Date: 01/18/2026 12:00 PM - 14:00 PM
Critique Groups Introductory Brunch
New groups forming based on survey and email information, interested members will get a chance to meet each other and determine compatibility.
| 19 | 20 | 21 9:30 AM
Figure Draw & Paint
Location: SDWS Gallery, Education Room
Date: 01/21/2026 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
on available Wednesdays
Figure Draw & or Paint
from the live model
$10 weekly participant's fee
for both members
and non-members,
until further notice.
Cash please.
| 22 2:00 PM
Late Day Thursday informal plein air paintout
Location: private residential home back patio view of Lopez Canyon
Date: 01/22/2026 14:00 PM - 17:00 PM
Late day informal plein air paintout!
Thursday, January 22, 2026
2-5pm
Residential home
10762 Pacific Canyon Way
San Diego, CA 92121-4350
by special invitation,
let's paint an end of day scene
from a patio overlooking
Lopez Canyon
(just south of Penasquitos Canyon).
Residential street parking.
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| 23 | 24 9:00 AM
Ken Goldman Workshop
Location: SDWS Ed Room
Date: 01/24/2026 09:00 AM - 15:30 PM
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25 9:00 AM
Ken Goldman Workshop
Location: SDWS Ed Room
Date: 01/24/2026 09:00 AM - 15:30 PM
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 9:00 AM
Thursday informal plein air paintout
Location: Golden Hill Park
Date: 01/29/2026 09:00 AM - 11:30 AM
9am - 11:15 am free paint
show and tell 11:20am
TH 1/29/2026
Golden Hill Park
2532 Golden Hill Dr
San Diego, CA 92101
above Pershing Drive & the golf course
It is to the east of Balboa Park but
be alert to parking restrictions?
Note:
several of our regular Thursday plein air painters
have a commitment to a teaching event
at Oak Park Elementary School during this time slot.
| 30 | 31 10:00 AM
Member Show Entry Delivery Day
Location: SDWS Gallery, Education Room
Date: 01/31/2026 10:00 AM - 15:00 PM
February
2026
next Member Show
Entry Day
SDWS Gallery Education Room
10am - 3pm
(typically on the
Last Saturday before a First Friday)
please bring your painting entries
& entry slips on this day
and retrieve your
previous show paintings
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