SAN DIEGO, CA.- The Oceanside Museum presents the exhibit San Diego Design: New Work from Allied Craftsmen through August 6, 2006. Oceanside Museum of Art presents an invitational exhibition featuring some of San Diego’s most gifted artists in San Diego Design: New Work from Allied Craftsmen.

Visitors attending the preview reception will have a chance to meet the artists in a party atmosphere and enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres prepared by OMA’s own Culinary Arts Council. Admission for the wine and hors d’oeuvre reception is $8. The reception is open to the public and members of Oceanside Museum of Art attend free as a benefit of museum membership.

Allied Craftsmen of San Diego has remained a premier organization for talented San Diego artists for over 50 years. Its members are known for groundbreaking techniques and innovative designs that are sculptural, conceptual, decorative or functional - often using non-traditional forms and introducing a variety of media. The selected artists are recognized nationally and internationally as leaders in their fields and many are faculty in the art departments at area colleges and universities. Although originally created to showcase artists who work in clay, wood, fiber, metal and glass, the organization now includes members who honor design as well as craftsmanship.