Carlsbad Art Farm

04/18/2022

08/11/2018

"On Art and Aesthetics" is an interesting, richly illustrated blog by Tulika. Tulika has lived in India, Thailand, Britain, Canada and Australia. She holds an interdisciplinary master’s degree in art history, religion (theology) and philosophy from King’s College London, and she has also been an avid student of theatre and film. “On Art and Aesthetics is where I curate content (covering literature, painting, architecture, film, sculpture, music and more) sourced from a combination of popular and academic writings, ranging from mere excerpts to mini essays", notes Tulika. Enjoy!

Exploring creativity and beauty across different media. Scholarly and journalistic. Lushly illustrated. Passionately global.

08/10/2018

Bittersweet. After 15 years and THOUSANDS of students, Carlsbad Art Farm just rang it’s last summer camp bell this morning. While we are retiring our beloved summer camps Art Farm will continue offering classes to adults and older teens, as well as occasional workshops for younger students. To stay posted on upcoming classes and workshops visit our website and join our mailing list at the bottom of the page. Thank you Art Farm families and my absolutely second-to-none staff, my husband, Chase, and daughter, Emerson, for your many years of participation and dedication to making my crazy concept about an outdoor art camp with farm animals in the woods a success beyond my wildest imaginings. Now everybody, go to your studio space and make art everyday. It’s good for you and it’s good for the planet. My love to you all, Perrin

04/17/2018

Wonderful painting at the Tacoma, WA, Art Museum from a photo I took a few months back. Unfortunately I don’t recall the artist’s name but as I recall the painting dates back to the 1950s or earlier,

04/16/2018

OK all you highly skilled artists out there, let’s see if your atelier training and years of practice have prepared you to tackle this face! His name is Harry (he’s an alpaca) one of Art Farm’s animal models. And yes, he spits. Visit our website today for information on SoCals top-rated Summer Camp for kids. Art, animals, and all outdoors!

04/16/2018

Sweet little intaglio print of a bunny by a young camp student printed on our Conrad Monotype press. Summer Camps now enrolling for 2018. Grades 2-8. Visit our website today for information on SoCals top-rated Summer Camp for kids. Art, animals, and all outdoors!

04/15/2018

At Art Farm summer camps we work hard to bring together a staff of talented, committed, kid-friendly instructors to work with students in grades 2-8. Many amazing artists have passed through in the past 15 years. Here's a short video by Tim Davison about his experiences as an instructor at Art Farm in 2015. Tim is co-creator of the exceptional Creative Animal Foundation (www.creativeanimal.org), now touring all 50 states with their mission of advancing education and science through programs dedicated to conservation, environmental sustainability, wildlife preservation, and the protection of our world’s oceans and waterways.

During the Summer of 2015, I had the great opportunity to work with Carlsbad Art Farm. It is a fantastic example of a great idea combined with great people t...

04/15/2018

This is so awesome! A parent posted this YouTube video about her daughter's excellent adventures at Carlsbad Art Farm Summer Camp in 2016 and we just now discovered it. Take a virtual tour with Lorelei and discover why parents have voted us "Most Awesome Camp for Kids in Social" for the past 3-years. Learn more! Visit our website today for more info and easy online enrollment.

Art Farm, Carlsbad, Summer 2016

04/15/2018

Great curated list of websites and blogs for painters!

Painting Blogs Best List. Find painters blog, oil painting, painting art, painting designs, painting techniques, contemporary painting, abstract painting.

04/09/2018

Beautiful paintings, and all the more amazing because this artist works from memory.

San Francisco-born artist Karl Martens creates beautiful paintings of birds using materials not often paired together - Japanese and Chinese calligraphy br

04/08/2018

A wonderful drypoint, the first in color and the second in black-and-white, by a student in our adult printmaking class. The image was etched on plexiglass, inked, and then run through our Conrad monotype press. Join our mailing list today at Carlsbad Art Farm to stay in the loop about upcoming classes for kids and adults! www.carlsbadartfarm.com