The Ojai Valley Museum’s second juried art show, OJAI CELEBRATES ART, is open to artists 18 years of age and older working in any gallery media. Cash awards will be given for first, second, and third place winners in the amounts of $300, $200 and $100. There will be an awards ceremony October 17 (Ojai Day) from 4 to 5 p.m. to acknowledge prizewinners.

Entries must demonstrate some connection to the Ojai Valley, its people, history, or natural environment. The exhibit will run from October 17 to November 22, 2009. The selections for the exhibit will be made from prints, slides or digital media mailed to the museum by September 14. Judges will be Alice Matzkin, painter; Richard Matzkin, sculptor; and Joseph Sohm, photographer.

For questions, submission instructions and entry form contact this e-mail: ojaimuseum@sbcglobal.net or telephone (805) 640-1390 or see: http://www.ojaivalleymuseum.org/