Lux Art Institute

Location: 1550 South El Camino Real, Encinitas, CA (map)
Phone: (760) 436-6611; More info: Website

Art Museum Highlights

Lux Art Institute is redefining the museum experience to make art more accessible and personally meaningful. At Lux, you don’t just see finished works of art; you see the artistic process firsthand, engaging with internationally recognized artists in a working studio environment.

Discreetly nestled into the hillside above the San Elijo Lagoon, the facility reflects the open relationship between artist and environment.

Lux Artist Pavillion

A place to create, experience and live art, the Lux Artist Pavilion combines a residence, studio and exhibition space. This integrated facility offers resident artists a flexible space for working during their stay, and allows visitors to see artists at work in the studio.

The first of two buildings on the campus, the Artist Pavilion also houses the institute’s administrative offices. A planned second pavilion will include extensive gallery space, additional classrooms and a plaza featuring a series of gardens climbing between the two buildings.

Designed by architect Renzo Zecchetto, the Artist Pavilion of the Lux Art Institute Museum incorporates a variety of water- and energy-saving strategies to reduce its impact on the local environment, qualifying it as one of only a few LEED-certified “green” buildings in San Diego County.