UC Irvine Langson Institute and Museum of California Art

We exist to inspire wonder.

As you walk through our galleries, you’ll discover moments of calm, inspiration, and awe. We warmly invite you to explore all that UC Irvine Langson IMCA has to offer.

William Alexander Griffith In Laguna Canyon, 1928, Oil on canvas, 30 1/4 x 40 1/4 in. UC Irvine Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art. Gift of The Irvine Museum from prior gift of Josephine N. Milnor

Habitat: Making the California Environment

September 20, 2025 – January 10, 2026

Discover a time capsule of California's ecological world through landscape painting from the late 19th and early 20th century.

Left: James Nisbet, Ph.D. | Right: Raymond Dabb Yelland, Donner Lake, 1890, Oil on canvas, 23 x 19 in. UC Irvine Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art. Gift of The Irvine Museum

Gallery Talk with Exhibition Curator, James Nisbet, Ph.D.

Saturday, September 20 at 11 am

Join the exhibition's curator, James Nisbet, Ph.D., for an opening-day walkthrough of Habitat: Making the California Environment.

This program is free and open to all. Advance registration is not required.

Tony Sheets, Thunderhead at Point Arena, 1989, Watercolor on paper, 28 3/4 x 36 3/4 in. The Buck Collection at UC Irvine Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art, ©Tony Sheets Estate

Meditative Mind: Reflections in Stillness

In Focus Gallery

September 20, 2025 – January 10, 2026

Drawn from The Buck Collection, these works encourage reflection, reconnection, and an appreciation for stillness.

We exist to inspire wonder.

Habitat: Making the California Environment

Gallery Talk with Exhibition Curator, James Nisbet, Ph.D.

Meditative Mind: Reflections in Stillness

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