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By Anonymous — Monday, September 17th, 2012
‘The Big Picture’ features Russian-born Alexey Steele
THOUSAND OAKS, CA - A selection of large drawings by award-winning painter Alexey Steele will be on exhibit at California Lutheran University from Oct. 6 through Nov. 26. An opening reception for “The Big Picture” will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, and an artist’s talk will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, in Kwan Fong Gallery of Art and Culture. The free exhibit is being held in conjunction with TRAC2012: The Representational Art Conference, which CLU is presenting Oct. 14 through 17 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ventura. Steele is famous for his work as a painter and as an outspoken advocate for the role of fine art in modern society. “The Big Picture” is a selection of huge drawings made for two of his unique dome mural commissions: “The Circle,” a figurative composition with a diameter of 31 feet, and the slightly smaller allegorical work “The Soul of the Hero.” Known as “cartoons,” the drawings are made to work out problems of composition and form before committing to the painting. The renderings offer a glimpse into the working methods of a master artist. In 2009, the paintings won Steele the prestigious Artemis Award in Athens, Greece, “for celebrating the power and beauty of women through his art on a heroic scale in the modern world.” Steele was born in Kiev, Ukraine, and began his art training at an early age in the studio of his father, renowned Russian artist Leonid Steele. He later studied at the prestigious Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute under internationally acclaimed artist Ilya Glazunov. He moved to Los Angeles in 1990 and continues to paint large-scaled figurative murals, commissioned portraits and California plein air landscapes inspired by the classical color palette of the Moscow School. He is a signature artist member of the California Art Club and the recipient of the Silver Medal for the 1994 California Discovery Award. In 1996, he co-founded the Annual Russian Heritage Festival, which was presented at the historic Mission San Juan Capistrano until 2005. In 2010, he received the Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine Award for BestPainting from the California Art Club’s 99th Annual Gold Medal JuriedExhibition held at the Pasadena Museum of California Art. He and his work have been featured on two covers of American Artist, in a Los Angeles Times profile and in art and music publications including Southwest Art, Fine Art Connoisseur and Gramophone. He is founder of the Classical Underground, a unique performance platform showcasing the relationship between classical music and classical representational art. The gallery is located in the Soiland Humanities Center on the south side of Memorial Parkway on the Thousand Oaks campus. Gallery hours are from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Parking is available in the lots on Mountclef Boulevard. CLU’s Art Department is sponsoring the exhibition. For more information, call Michael Pearce at 805-444-7716 or visit callutheran.edu/kwan_fong. |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
Hispanic Heritage and Day of the Dead events at the Museum of Ventura County include Maya-inspired ceramics, a Night of the Living, Day of the Dead evening celebration, an art and altars exhibition, a book talk by Gustavo Arrellano and a screening of a documentary about a Pre-Columbian ball game still being played today. Social Resurrection: Ceramics by Richard Flores Film screening followed CONTINUED » |
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By Anonymous — Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
The Ojai Photography Club welcomes Ojai photography icon, Timothy Teague, as our guest presenter and judge for our September 18 meeting at 7:00 p.m., at Help of Ojai’s Kent Hall, 111 Santa Ana Street, Ojai, CA. Teague is known for a journalistic style that brings a sense of both immediacy and quiet intimacy to his work. His great grandfather, J.C. Brewster, was Ventura County's first professional photographer. Brewster’s work is featured in the Ventura County Historical Museum. Timothy’s father, Robert Dana Teague, was a well-known photographer with a natural style; Timothy grew up working in his darkroom. After graduating from Brooks Institute with a specialty in photojournalism, Teague lived and worked in New York City, managing a fashion photography studio. He assisted and observed many of the world's preeminent fashion photographers; most of them specialized in a natural street-style of photography. Teague moved to Ojai in the mid 1980's and worked for the Ojai Valley News for three years. After launching his own career, Teague became well known for his journalistic approach to wedding and event photography. His work has been featured in magazines such as In Style and People, and television shows such as Oprah. Teague describes himself as a slice-of-life photographer, attracted to spontaneous, un-posed, unrehearsed moments…. those points in time when good intuitive skills and quick reflexes capture something. That something may be hard to define, but it creates an emotional response in the viewer beyond the particulars of the people or circumstances. Says Teague, “Often, I think, what it shows is connections, which certainly can include love, tenderness, and joy. Ultimately, I am telling a story with these collected moments…an artful impression of the event that hopefully transcends simple reporting and pays homage to these larger themes of continuity and love.” Teague’s presentation for the Ojai Photography Club is called “Moments, Connections and Story,” and will include current projects and images from the past, both personal and commercial. The Ojai Photography Club, which is devoted to education, inspiration, and camaraderie, meets on the third Tuesday of each month, February – November. Visitors are always welcome, but only members may submit images for critique. For more information, please visit Ojai Photography Club at: http://ojaiphotoclub.com/ |
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By Anonymous — Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
The Ojai Valley Museum has been given distinctive and valuable household items and furniture from several estates. Among these items are seasonal decorations, indoor and outdoor furniture, framed art, kitchen and household items, vintage clothing and jewelry, antiques and collectables, books, lamps, china and more! These treasures will be for sale on September 14 and 15 on the museum’s back courtyard patio, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday and from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday. The museum is located at 130 West Ojai Avenue, Ojai, CA. Come, shop and support the operation of the museum. The Ojai Valley Museum, established in 1967, is generously supported in part by Museum Members, Private Donors, Business Sponsors and Underwriters, the Smith-Hobson Foundation, Wood-Claeyssens Foundation, City of Ojai, Rotary Club of Ojai, and the Ojai Civic Association. For more information, call the museum at (805) 640-1390, ext. 203, e-mail ojaimuseum@sbcglobal.net or visit the museum website at: Ojai Valley Museum.org Find us on Facebook Ojai Valley Museum. |
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By Anonymous — Monday, September 10th, 2012
Free event slated Sept. 30 in Samuelson Chapel
THOUSAND OAKS, CA - The California Lutheran University Music Department will present an afternoon of chamber music at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, in Samuelson Chapel. The free concert will feature Daniel Geeting on clarinet, Eric Kinsley on piano and Joyce Geeting on cello. The program will include three short French pieces for clarinet and piano: Carl Maria von Weber’s “Duo Concertant,” Donald Erb’s “Woody” for clarinet alone and Johannes Brahms’ rarely heard “Trio for clarinet, cello and piano.” Daniel Geeting of Simi Valley is a professor of music at CLU and conductor of the University Symphony. As a clarinetist, he has played on sound tracks for motion pictures and television and has performed recitals for more than 28 years. His recording of the clarinet works of British composer Gordon Jacob was released on the PROdigital label in 1995. He holds a doctor of musical arts from the University of Oregon and an institute certificate from the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. He has also studied with clarinetists Frealon Bibbins, John McManus, Robert Vagner and Harold Wright in addition to his early studies with Frederick Westphal and Russell Howland. Kinsley, who teaches piano at CLU, is a performing artist and writer who earned a doctorate at the Manhattan School of Music. The Thousand Oaks resident has been a member of the New York Contemporary Music Band, Pacific Classical Winds and the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra. He has received grants in early and contemporary music from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Harpsichord Society and the Sylvia Marlow Foundation. He performed and recorded at the Discoteca Di Stato in Rome and has broadcast on Public Radio and television. He has worked with and performed premieres of the music of John Cage, Milton Babbit, Morton Feldman, Miguel del Aguila and others. He recently completed a book on the innovative chamber music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, which will be released by the Edwin Mellen Press in January. Joyce Geeting of Simi Valley has performed in numerous concerts throughout the United States and Europe as asolo cellist and chamber musician. She has toured Western Europe with the Collegium String Quartet and has performed as solo cellist at festivals in Austria and Italy. She has performed in hundreds of symphony orchestra concerts and recordings. An adjunct faculty member at CLU, she holds a doctor of musical arts from University of Oregon and did postgraduate study with Janos Starker at Indiana University. Her book “Janos Starker: King of Cellists” was published in 2008. Samuelson Chapel is located south of Olsen Road near Campus Drive on the Thousand Oaks campus. Donations will be accepted. Formore information, call the Music Department at 805-493-3306 or visit callutheran.edu. |
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By Anonymous — Monday, September 10th, 2012
SANTA PAULA, CA – The Santa Paula Art Museum is honored to announce that it will dedicate its newly planted garden to Elizabeth Munger Blanchard at a garden party on Sunday, September 16, 2012 from 4 to 6 p.m. Admission to the event is free and there will be live music and refreshments. The Museum is honored to soon bear the name of yet another incredible woman who gave so much to Santa Paula and who will be remembered here forever. If you would like an invitation to the event please contact the Museum. Elizabeth was born in Bardsdale, California in 1917. At the age of eleven, she and her family relocated to Santa Paula. She attended Santa Paula High School, Class of ’33. When, later in life, Elizabeth found herself living in a beautiful home not far from her old school, she considered herself very fortunate to have grounds substantial enough for a garden, the majority of which was filled with roses. Roses were her favorite, in part because they provided her with a challenge. When she wasn’t tending to her own, Blanchard could be found pruning the roses at the hospital with her dear friend and current Santa Paula Art Museum docent, Cathy Barringer. More remarkable than her green thumb though was Elizabeth’s generosity. For instance, even before construction on the Santa Paula Art Museum had been completed, she promised to fund the future development of its very own garden. However, when the Museum was suddenly found to be in need of further building restoration shortly before its public debut, her donation was given early to cover building costs so that the grand opening could be kept on schedule. For two years, the Museum staff, volunteers and board of directors have been waiting on the garden to grow. Landscaping began last May, including Elizabeth’s favorite yellow roses. It is completely fitting that this stunning addition to the Museum façade be named after Elizabeth Munger Blanchard. Her beauty, as Eliot Blanchard - whom she married in 1937 - would certainly have agreed, was unrivaled. Reservations for the event are recommended. The Museum is located at 117 North 10th Street, Santa Paula, CA 93060. The Museum’s regular hours are Wednesday – Saturday, 10 AM – 4 PM, and Sundays, 12 PM – 4 PM. More information is available and reservations can be made by calling the Museum at (805) 525-5554, or email info@santapaulaartmuseum.org. |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
Learn how to make Monarch butterflies love to spend time in your garden, when garden and butterfly habitat designer David Snow visits the Museum of Ventura County’s Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula on Saturday, September 29 at 2:00 p.m. Snow demonstrates simple steps for home gardeners to create and maintain a Monarch habitat by planting what butterflies need to survive and reproduce. Cost to attend is museum general admission, free for museum members. For reservations, call 805- 525-3100. Snow also brings plants and insect specimens, sheds light on the migratory habits of Monarch butterflies, and discusses how home habitats can contribute to species preservation. Such a garden also attracts hummingbirds and other birds such as the Yellow Swallow Tail and Morning Cloak. Thousand Oaks resident Snow has been a landscape contractor and garden designer in Southern California for 18 years, and holds a degree in horticulture from Ventura College. Asked to create butterfly garden habitats for the Pasadena Showcase House of Design for several years, his designs are focused on native plants and water conservation and almost always include a butterfly habitat. A member of the Royal Horticultural Society, he lectures extensively and has volunteered his services to creating Monarch butterfly habitats for elementary schools in Thousand Oaks and Malibu. His work can also be seen at the Mission Oaks Bike Path in Camarillo, the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, and the Los Flores Community Garden in Thousand Oaks. The Museum of Ventura County’s Agriculture Museum is located at 926 Railroad Avenue, Santa Paula, California, in their historic downtown, near the Depot and next to the railroad tracks. Hours are 10 a.m.– 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is $4 adults, $3 seniors, $1 children 6-17, free for Museum of Ventura County members, and for children ages 5 and younger. On first Sundays of the month, general admission is always free. For more information, go to www.venturamuseum.org or call (805) 525-3100. |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
The Ventura County Rose Society will present "A CELEBRATION OF ROSES" on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. This free event will take place at the Ventura County Educational Conference Center , 5100 Adolfo Road, Camarillo, CA. from 9 AM to 2 PM. Visitors are welcome to drop in and stay as long as they wish. There will be "hands on demonstrations of rose arrangements", propagating roses demonstrations , and rose displays from all areas of the county. We ask the community to bring roses in cheap containers to create a display of roses from the coastal to inland areas of Ventura County. People who bring roses will receive a free copy of "Growing Beautiful Roses" by Dr. T. Cairns. There will be rare and unusual roses for sale as well as gardening accessories for sale. Free refreshments will be available. For questions, visit our website www.venturarose.org or contact Dawn-Marie Johnson at 805-279-7685 or email: dawn-marie03@dslextreme.com |
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By Anonymous — Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
Professional vocalist, student from Beijing to perform
THOUSAND OAKS, CA - A Chinese Moon Festival Concert will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, in Samuelson Chapel at California Lutheran University. The evening of traditional Chinese and Western music will feature professional vocalist Mingming Jiang, a Beijing resident who recently held a solo concert in Los Angeles. Featured local groups are the Pacific Pearl Symphony Orchestra, YangSheng Choir, Dancing String Chamber and Thousand Oaks Chinese Folk Ensemble. CLU junior Qiushi Yang from Beijing will play “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” on the erhu, a two-stringed bowed musical instrument. The Chinese Moon Festival, alsoknown as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is an important holiday in the Chinese culture that has been celebrated for thousands of years. Tradition holds that the moon is at its roundest and brightest on that day, signaling a time of completeness and abundance. It is a celebration of the harvest season and a day of family reunions, much like Thanksgiving in the United States. Traditionally, family and friends get together to admire the moon and eat moon cakes. The legend associated with the festival recounts the story of a beautiful womannamed Chang E who flew to the moon and has lived there ever since. Samuelson Chapel is located south of Olsen Road near Campus Drive in Thousand Oaks. CLU’s Department of Languages and Cultures, the office of Multicultural Programs and International Student Services, Pacific Pearl Music Association and the Center for Asian Performing Arts are sponsoring the free concert. The program is appropriate for ages 8 to adult. For more information, contact Debby Chang at ddchang@callutheran.edu or go to callutheran.edu. |
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By Anonymous — Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
Free movies explore integrity, compassion, diversity
THOUSAND OAKS, CA - California Lutheran University will hold its sixth annual French film festival with free screenings Sept. 14 through Nov. 2. The Fall 2012 Francophone Film Festival on the CLU Campus will feature five movies, which will all start at 7:15 p.m. in Preus-Brandt Forum. They explore the themes of integrity, compassion and diversity. All films are subtitled in English. “Les Femmes du sixième étage” (“The Women on the Sixth Floor,” 2011) - Friday, Sept. 14 In 1960, Jean-Louis (Fabrice Luchini) lives a bourgeois existence in Paris, cohabitating peacefully with his neurotic socialite wife, Suzanne (Sandrine Kiberlain). But when they hire a Spanish maid, Maria, he is introduced to the building’s servants’ quarters and a sassy group of refugees from the Franco regime. “Le Havre” (2011) - Friday, Sept. 21 In this warmhearted CONTINUED » |
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By Anonymous — Monday, August 20th, 2012
Fields of Flowers: Paintings by Hilda Kilpatrick
Dollars and Scents: The Business of Cut Flowers What better way to celebrate than with flowers? That’s what the Museum of Ventura County’s Agriculture Museum will do on Saturday, September 15 when they throw a free party from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m., to mark the first anniversary of opening their doors in Santa Paula. The day includes two new exhibitions about flowers, music from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. by Arturo and Marco Perez, the appearance of four newly installed vintage tractors, added exhibit activities for children, and the unveiling of conceptual plans for the museum’s Heritage Gardens. The future expansion to be built behind the present Mill will include educational agricultural gardens of crops raised in Ventura County now and in the past; an arbor and aqueduct; and education and venue facilities. Saturday’s visitors might recognize many of the locations seen in the new exhibit Fields of Flowers: Paintings by Hilda Kilpatrick, which continues through October 28. Inspired by California landscapes since moving here from her native Peru in 1988, Kilpatrick’s exuberant colors and impressionistic brushstrokes convey the beauty of local flower fields. “By capturing places on my canvas, they remain timeless,” Kilpatrick notes. A similar concern for the future is the focus of the other new exhibition Dollars and Scents: The Business of Cut Flowers. It explores the question of how the county’s eighth most valuable crop will survive in the 21st century, as new challenges confront California’s cut flower industry, which began first in Ventura County. Artifacts, interactive elements and photographs by Dan Holmes, Terri Laine, and John Nichols highlight the exhibition, which continues through December 30. The Museum of Ventura County’s Agriculture Museum is located at 926 Railroad Avenue, Santa Paula, California, in their historic downtown, near the Depot and next to the railroad tracks. Hours are 10 a.m.– 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is $4 adults, $3 seniors, $1 children 6-17, free for Museum of Ventura County members, and for children ages 5 and younger. On first Sundays of the month, general admission is always free. For more information, go to www.venturamuseum.org or call (805) 525-3100. |
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By Anonymous — Monday, August 20th, 2012
Event coincides with American West art exhibit
 Jack Ledbetter THOUSAND OAKS, CA - Faculty and administrators from California Lutheran University will read excerpts from Western-themed American poetry and literature at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, in the William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art on the Thousand Oaks campus. “Readings from the West” is the last in a series of salon-style events celebrating the “Western Salon” exhibit on display through Saturday, Sept. 15. Four English faculty members, two English professors emeriti, and the university editor will participate in the informal salon gathering. Professor emeritus and current lecturer Jack Ledbetter will read paragraphs from Hector St. John de Crevecoeur’s “Letters from an American Farmer;” assistant professor Jacqueline Lyons will read works by poets from Western states; University Editor Kevin Matthews will read from works by Robert Louis Stevenson and John Steinbeck; associate professor Marja Mogk will read from an Elmore Leonard short story; professor emeritus and former campus pastor Gerry Swanson willread selections by Terry Tempest Williams; lecturer Ken Weitz will read from the writings of Joan Didion; and professor Joan Wines will read pieces by Louis Lamour. This Western American art exhibit features more than 60 paintings along with sculptures, drawings and fine art prints. Former game show host Bob Eubanks and his family recently donated many of the works to CLU. Others are on loan from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. The CLU English Department is sponsoring the free event. The gallery is located inside the William Rolland Stadium on Olsen Road between Campus Drive and Mountclef Boulevard. Parking is available in the Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center lot. For more information, contact Ledbetter at ledbetter@callutheran.edu or 805-495-6814. |
 Lithograph and Cherry from 1978. Oil on Paper. Carol Rosenak Museum of Ventura County Collection. Photo by Bill Dewey Enlarge Photo By Anonymous — Monday, August 20th, 2012
Late Ventura Artist’s Work On Exhibition September 1-November 25
 Portrait of Carol Rosenak in 1998 by Donna Granata from Focus On The Masters Portrait Series Enlarge Photo Carol Rosenak: Realism and Representation commemorates the 10th anniversary of the Ventura artist’s death, and will be on exhibition at the Museum of Ventura County from September 1 through November 25. Rosenak (1925-2002) was known for her meticulous and mysterious still life paintings. Her best-known works are carefully rendered tabletop scenes that highlight an unexpected combination of objects – dolls, marbles, eggs, and bright silks- sometimes with surreal elements. Rosenak was also a printmaker, producing distinctive colored etchings in which fine detail and pattern predominate. Curated by Ventura art collector and arts advocate Ed Elrod, the exhibition will include paintings from private collections as well as from the museum’s collection, many of which were gifts from the artist’s estate. Rosenak was raised in Chicago and also lived in New York, London, the San Francisco Bay area and Ventura during her lifetime, consistently attending art and figure drawing classes even when she had achieved a considerable reputation. In 1969 she began making prints, and moved between painting and printmaking until the late 1970s, when she was able to incorporate the elements she loved in etching into her paintings. In 1979, a conversation with Ojai artist John Nava at her Ventura College solo exhibit is said to have reinforced her decision to stop painting figures because still life objects interested her more. Work produced after this is her most mature and most well known. After a stroke in 1995 impaired her eyesight and made it impossible to paint with such precision, she eventually began working in a more abstract mode, carrying forward the bold colors from her earlier paintings as well as her compositional sense. When she passed away, a canvas on which she had already begun work was found in her studio. Exhibit curator Ed Elrod is a local attorney who, for most of his career, was a bookseller. He is a past cultural affairs commissioner for the city of Ventura, steering committee founder of the Ventura Chamber Music Festival, past president of the Ventura County Chamber Orchestra, past board member of Bell Arts Factory and a current member of the fine arts committee for the Museum of Ventura. The Museum of Ventura County is located at 100 East Main Street in downtown Ventura. Hours are 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Admission to the exhibitions is $4 adults, $3 seniors, $1 children 6-17, members and children under 6 are free. The first Sundays of every month are free general admission for the public. For more museum information go to www.venturamuseum.org or call 805-653-0323. |
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By Anonymous — Monday, August 20th, 2012
‘World’s reigning male chorus’ features former local
THOUSAND OAKS, CA - The Grammy Award-winning ensemble Chanticleer will kick off its 35th seasonwith a free concert at California Lutheran University on Thursday, Sept. 6. “An Orchestra of Voices: Chanticleer in Concert” will be presented at 8 p.m. in Samuelson Chapel. Named for the clear-singing rooster in Geoffrey Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales,” Chanticleer was founded in 1978 by tenor Louis Botto. Based in San Francisco, the ensemble is known around the world for the seamless blend of its 12 male voices ranging from countertenor to bass and its original interpretations of vocal literature. The group’s wide-ranging repertoire includes Gregorian chant, Renaissance, pop, jazz, gospel and contemporary commissioned works. Called “the world’s reigning male chorus” by The New Yorker and named “Ensemble of the Year” by Musical America in 2008, Chanticleer performed more than 100 concerts last year, including appearances at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and Walt Disney Concert Hall. The group toured Europe twice, participating prestigious festivals such as Edinburgh, La Chaise Dieu, Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein andRheingau and singing in the most renowned concert halls, including the Musikverein in Vienna, Bela Bartok Concert Hall in Budapest and Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. The group also performed on the soundtrack of the 10th anniversary release of Microsoft’s legendary video game HALO. Ensemble member Kory Reid is a former music director for St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church in Newbury Park. He studied music education at Pepperdine University and earned a master’s degree in choral and sacred music from the University of Southern California. The popular countertenor soloist has sung with a number of area musical groups including the Los Robles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Zimriyah Chorale, USC Chamber Singers and the Pepperdine University Concert Choir and Collegium Musicum. Reid first connected with Chanticleer when he participated in one of the group’s educational residencies while a student at Napa High School. The ensemble involves more than 5,000 young people annually in its extensive education program, which includes an after school honors program for high school and college students, in-school clinics and workshops, youth choral festivals, master classes and summer workshops. “The Singing Life,” a documentary about Chanticleer’s work with young people, was released in 2008. In 2010, Chanticleer’s education program was recognized with the Chorus America Education Outreach Award. The chapel is located south of Olsen Road near the corner of Campus Drive in Thousand Oaks. Additional parking is available at the corner of Olsen and Mountclef Boulevard. Donations will be accepted at the concert sponsored by CLU’s Artists and Speakers Committee. For information, contact Nicole Barnes at 805-493-3306 or nmbarnes@callutheran.edu. |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
The Buenaventura Art Association, in partnership with the California Gold Coast Watercolor Society, is pleased to announce the 4th annual Watercolor & Aqua Media Open competition. This competition is open to professional and amateur artists from Ventura, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles counties. The exhibition of selected entries will run from September 19 to October 22, 2012 at BAA’s Harbor Village Gallery, 1591 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura. One Best of Show will be awarded with an accompanying $250 prize and a one-year membership to Buenaventura Art Association. Two First Place winners will be awarded a $200 prize each, and a one-year membership. Two Second Place winners will receive $125 each and a 6-month membership; two Third Place winners will receive $75 each and a 3-month membership, and two Honorable Mention winners will receive a 3-month membership. A reception and awards ceremony will be held Friday, September 21, from 5pm to 8pm at the gallery. Specifications: Peggy Morgan Stenmark will be the juror for this competition. Stenmark is on staff at the Art Student’s League of Denver, Colorado, and teaches watercolor workshops around the country. She is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, the Rocky Mountain Watermedia Society, Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, and the Colorado Watercolor Society. Download the prospectus from the Buenaventura Gallery website, www.buenaventuragallery.org, for more information. Entries must be submitted online via that same website no later than midnight, Monday, September 10. About Buenaventura Art Association |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
Events highlighting the culture and contributions of the region’s Chinese American community will accompany the Museum of Ventura County’s fall exhibition Hidden Voices: The Chinese of Ventura County, running from September 1 to November 25, 2012. The exhibit tells the largely unheard story of early Chinese communities in Ventura and Oxnard, honoring the accomplishments and perseverance of Chinese settlers despite discrimination and exclusion. The related events include: Chinese Cultural Heritage Festival Saturday, September 8, 1:00 – 4:00 pm RSVP: 805.653.0323 x 7 A Chinese Lion CONTINUED » |
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By Dean Zatkowsky — Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
Ojai, CA - The Ojai Photography Club welcomes Nancy Lehrer to its August 21 meeting at 7:00 PM, in Help of Ojai’s Kent Hall, 111 Santa Ana Street, Ojai, CA. In her presentation, Nancy will focus on training she has received from two master photographers, Jay Maisel and Sam Abell, and how she has applied these lessons in her street photography. Jay Maisel comes from a background in commercial photography, but his personal work focuses on capturing light, color, and gesture found in everyday life. Sam Abell is a 30-year veteran of the National Geographic. His approach – setting the stage and waiting for the action to come to him – has earned him 2 spots in National Geographic’s 50 Greatest Images. Lehrer is a computer scientist by profession, and currently develops IT strategy at a large Biotech firm in Ventura County. Having told stories with photography for as long as she can remember, she has become involved in a number of diverse photographic communities and begun pursuing photography with a sense of purpose. Lehrer teaches workshops and offers lectures for the local camera clubs, and writes a photography blog to describe her approach and her learning process, and to discuss new photographers as she discovers them. The Ojai Photography Club, which is devoted to education, inspiration, and camaraderie, meets on the third Tuesday of each month, February – November. Visitors are always welcome, but only members may submit images for critique. For more information, please visit Ojai Photography Club at: http://ojaiphotoclub.com/ and for Lehrer at - http://www.inancyimages.com/ |
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By Anonymous — Tuesday, August 14th, 2012
Two plein-air painters’ friendship and their long-distance collaboration are yielding a joint exhibition at the gallery where it began. Katherine McGuire and Christine Apostolina Beirne, who worked together at the Buenaventura Gallery a decade ago as office manager and marketing manager, respectively, will present “Ventura to San Francisco: Two Views” from Sept. 11-Oct. 6. Both artists will be at an opening reception 4-7 p.m. Sept. 15, as well as First Friday, Oct. 5 in the downtown Ventura gallery. McGuire lived in Ventura for 15 years. She joined the Buenaventura Art Association in 1992 and besides managing the office, served on the board, volunteered at the gallery and exhibited her artwork until moving in 2005 to Woodside, in the Bay Area. She is an honorary lifetime member of BAA. Beirne, who lives in Ojai, also has been involved in gallery operations for many years in many capacities and last month was elected board president. Each has been CONTINUED » |
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By Anonymous — Tuesday, August 14th, 2012
Lion Dance, Performances, Art Demonstrations, Exhibits, Saturday, September 8
A spectacular Chinese Lion Dance by the Camarillo Kung Fu and Lion Dance Association highlights the Chinese Cultural Heritage Festival at the Museum of Ventura County on Saturday, September 8th from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. The family event celebrates the cultural contributions of Chinese Americans, with the Lion Dance at 2:00 p.m. and additional Chinese dance performances, demonstrations of kinetic sculpture, calligraphy, brush painting, paper making, and silk painting throughout the afternoon. Visitors can also visit the new museum exhibit Hidden Voices: The Chinese of Ventura County, which focuses upon the largely unheard story of early Chinese settlements in Ventura and Oxnard. Festival admission is $5 for the general public, free for members and children 12 years old and younger, and includes entry to all four new museum exhibits. The Ventura County Chinese American Association Dance Troupe, and Nan’s Dance Studio present performances after the Lion Dance. Throughout the day, artist BiJian Fan demonstrates how he makes his kinetic sculptures; artist Christine Leong paints with watercolor on paper and silk scarves; the Conejo Chinese Cultural Association demonstrates how to make paper, and the Ventura County Chinese American Association applies the brush to the art of calligraphy and painting. The Museum of Ventura County is located at 100 East Main Street in downtown Ventura. Hours are 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Admission to the exhibitions is $4 adults, $3 seniors, $1 children 6-17, members and children under 6 are free. The first Sundays of every month are free general admission for the public. For more museum information go to www.venturamuseum.org or call 805-653-0323. |
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By Anonymous — Monday, August 13th, 2012
Camarillo, CA - The CSU Channel Islands Art Program is pleased to announce its first exhibition of the new academic year, Jim Huber – Paintings. The exhibition, featuring approximately 20 abstract acrylic paintings on canvas by the nationally acclaimed artist, kicks off with a public reception on Thursday, Aug. 30, from 6 to 8 p.m. Huber’s paintings will be on display through Friday, Sept. 28, at The Art Gallery at Napa Hall on the CI campus. Huber’s work has been exhibited nationally at the University of Southern California, the Riverside Art Museum, the Laguna College of Art and Design and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Rental Gallery, among others. His paintings are included in numerous collections throughout the United States. Huber received a B.A. in 1971 from the University of California, Riverside, and an MFA in 1975 from the Claremont Graduate University. He maintained a studio in Southern California through 2005 until moving to Wenatchee, Washington. Huber’s non-objective abstract paintings are a lush, colorful composition of tension, energy, harmony and balance. The varied colors and shapes give a sense of movement and flow, and are the first of many layers that add to the work’s richness and complexity. Huber describes painting as a journey. It has direction, but its final destination is almost always a surprise, involving a process of improvisation and revision. The composition develops through the use of many spontaneous, intuitive gestures and experimentation with shape and design. Huber’s goal is to arouse viewers’ imaginations and invite them to understand the meaning of his work through their own perceptions and experiences. The Art Gallery at Napa Hall is located on Ventura Street on the CI campus. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For additional information, contact the CI Art Program at 805-437-8570, email art@csuci.edu, or visit http://art.csuci.edu/gallery. About California State University Channel Islands |