Encinitas art exhibit celebrates local artists
ENCINITAS — The Surfing Madonna Oceans Project is celebrating local artists with the “Encinitas Artists of Excellence” invitational exhibition at the Perspectives Gallery from March...
Surfing Madonna Oceans Project
Friends, residents celebrate the late Encinitas artist Mark Patterson
Friends and artists gathered Oct. 8 to celebrate the life of Mark Patterson, the late Encinitas artist known for his iconic “Surfing Madonna” mosaic currently...
Encinitas ‘Surfing Madonna’ mosaic artist Mark Patterson dies at 70
ENCINITAS — Mark Patterson, the artist behind the Surfing Madonna mosaic and co-founder of the subsequent Surfing Madonna Oceans Project, died on Sept. 20 after...
Surfing Madonna names winners for earth-themed art, poetry exhibit
Surfing Madonna Oceans Project has announced its award winners for “Ocean/Earth/Air,” a juried regional show about a “beautiful, fragile and fascinating world.” Over 100 artists...
Cardiff Kook Run returns under new management
ENCINITAS — For the first time under its new management, the 10th annual Cardiff Kook Run returns to Coast Highway 101, featuring a professional race...
Surfing Madonna Oceans Project fundraiser
Doug David and Matt Alverson, front, listen as Hot Club Combo play Django Reinhardt music for David, a quadriplegic and veteran who has not been...
Surfing Madonnas project installs Moonlight mural
ENCINITAS — The Surfing Madonna Oceans Project has installed a highly anticipated mosaic at the city’s new lifeguard tower at Moonlight Beach. The 7 1/2...
Nonprofit to loan mosaic to city for new lifeguard station
The Surfing Madonna Oceans Project, the nonprofit that spawned from the eponymously named guerilla art mosaic, commissioned a second glass mosaic entitled “The Pacific Playground”...
Inaugural Surfing Madonna Half Marathon is Sunday
The Surfing Madonna Oceans Project's inaugural Encinitas Half Marathon is set for Sunday, carrying the tradition of fun, fitness and philanthropy of the group's flagship...
Community-inspired giving that lives on for generations
In a season that celebrates giving, family and miracles, one local story involving a nonprofit and a family exemplifies all of those values....
‘Surfing Madonna’ creators announce new mosaic in the works
The group behind the “Surfing Madonna” mosaic announced they are creating a new mosaic for the city’s upcoming Marine Safety Center....