Art Center Morro Bay hosts a juried Central Coast Sculptors members-only art exhibition in the upstairs Russell Gallery through Sept. 15, sharing the space with Brushstrokes 2025, a California-wide non-themed annual juried exhibition of paintings.
Titled Off the Wall, the sculpture exhibit features 28 works by 22 artists and was juried by Tim Stark, “an artist, curator, and fine arts professional with over 10 years’ experience in contemporary arts management, exhibition design, installation, and curation,” according to organizers. “He is currently the gallery coordinator for the Harold J. Miossi Gallery at Cuesta College.”
The show is filled with terrific pieces, including Red Dress, a dramatic figurative sculpture by Mike Hannon that won third place. Mark Selby’s Ugly Fish won second. Carl Berney’s Atlas took home the top prize. Squiggle, a tabletop or pedestal-top sculpture by Mark Danitschek, is particularly arresting. It was created from Baltic birch wood and painted with bright yellow enamel.
As English sculptor Henry Moore famously said, “Painting and sculpture help other people see what a wonderful world we live in.”
See for yourself through Sept. 15. Art Center Morro Bay is located at 835 Main St., and is open daily from noon to 4 p.m. The phone number is (805) 772-2504. Learn more at artcentermorrobay.org. ∆
This article appears in Sept 4-14, 2025.