San Luis Obispo Museum of Art — Attraction in San Luis Obispo

This place is always a good visit. They have never bored me with their selected works, they have a good variety of artists, and the museum itself sits on the edge of the plaza adjacent to the Mission and the creek. This is downtown so parking isn't free, but SLO has a parking structure and a couple of lots within blocks and parking is far, far cheaper than any downtown area in a larger city. There is a wonderful selection of gifts, including jewelry, here. I purchased a necklace for my MIL she still wears and talks about 20 years later. They also have camps for kids during the summer to teach them various artistic techniques (one of the better camps my kid has been to, although they were half days which made it tricky). My one complaint is the hours. 11 to 5 makes it impossible to go during the week for me and closing at 5 on a weekend makes it too early to then go to dinner downtown right afterward. If they could extend their hours by maybe an hour on the back end, or shift them to 12 to 6, it would make it loads easier to pop in on a regular basis for those who work and those who want to hit the museum on a date night...

A museum in name only. This few room space is more gallery than show case for great art. When the largest room has price tags on the wall, you aren't a museum, that's just not how that works. Admission is free, there is an upstairs space that is ostensibly a showcase for museum pieces, but it seemed like a place to show off work from a local kook.

A nice enough space in a very small town. At least it's the semblance of artistic endeavor, but as you can see from the linked photograph, their curator have very interesting ideas about modern politics. At the very least the painting in question made us discuss what the hell kind of people live in San Luis Obispo.

Parking is in a lot or on the street, all metered most of the time, but you probably won't need more than a half hour to see the whole place. When we were there they were offering a art class for locals, which is nice. They also had art on the walls from a young child that we liked more than any of the other pieces on display.

When your done enjoy a nice walk along the creek, it's the best part of...

This establishment does art an injustice. O if we were to show our predecessors this art they certainly would call it the progeny of a selfish mind. Subjectivism has truly done irreparable damage to the arts. The art shown at this gallery does not engage in the great conversation but instead is a physical manifestation of the society's rambling and disorderly mind. Great art does not come from expressing one's "true" experiences and emotions. Great art is an accurate and beautiful representation of Truth. Was not Shakespeare a wealthy participant of the King's Company? And was not Chaucer a courtier? Milton the son of a bondsman? Virgil hired by the empire? This "museum" contributes to the ever degrading status of art and is why people laugh at those who go to university to study art and its wonders. It is this types of "museum" that I hope to see feel the pressure from AI art. For what would be more just than if subjectivist artists rally against the subjective attractiveness of AI generated art only to fall to their own standards? I imagine it...