Join a free “Arty Party” at the Museum of Ventura County, to celebrate their selected ArtWalk artists Dianne Bennett and the Studio Channel Islands Art Center. The party is on Saturday, July 21 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. with live music by Gypsy Death Star and We Govern We. No host bar is available.

During Ventura’s free Westside ArtWalk on Saturday July 21 from noon to 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, July 22 from noon to 5:00 p.m., meet resident artists of Studio Channel Islands Art Center during their special exhibition and sale in the museum pavilion and plaza. Among those participating are Rich Brimer, Pat Richards Dodds, Karin Geiger, Carol Henry, Tracy Jones, Maggie Kildee, Shelly Moore, Lucia Grossberger Morales, Sherron Sheppard, Judy Winard, and Marion Wood.

Visitors will also meet Dianne Bennett at the museum during ArtWalk weekend. Her exhibition, One Time, One Place: Retablos by Dianne Bennett, continues until August 19.

Go to www.studiochannelislands.org for information about Studio Channel Islands Art Center; for museum information go to www.venturamuseum.org or call 805-653-0323. The all-volunteer Westside ArtWalk is a weekend of coordinated exhibits, sales, artist demonstrations and events at galleries, studios, and other venues. To learn more, go to www.westsideartwalk.org for details.