Ghada Amer’s art is a series of metal garden words in downtown. And one of her large living art installations is located in the Botanical Gardens.
Category Archives: Ventura Art Scene
BAA Members Show Plus Board Member Appreciation Show
At Studio 99 @ The Bell Arts Factory
BAA Members Show Plus Board Member Appreciation Show
Now thru March 12, 2022 Open Fridays and Saturdays, noon to 4pm
First Friday reception on March 4th
Over a dozen new artist members have joined BAA in the last several months! Explore their work along with the artwork of veteran BAA artists and our hard-working Board of Directors in these shows at Studio 99!
Elsewhere from Buenaventura Art Association:
A Members-Only Show at Harbor Village Gallery & Gifts Now thru March 15, 2022
Featuring the artwork and artisan crafts of 10 resident member artists, Harbor Village Gallery & Gifts also exhibits the works of over a dozen other BAA members!
Ventura County Handweavers Virtual Zoom Meeting, Show and Tell and Program
Saturday, February 26, the Ventura County Handweavers and Spinners Guild will hold a Virtual Zoom Meeting, Show and Tell and Program starting at 9:00 a.m.
Welcome to a meeting of a creative community with the specific purpose to advance, foster, and promote the art of handweaving, spinning and related crafts through charitable and educational activities. Virtual Zoom Program: Deborah Jarchow will give a program on End Finishing Techniques. Following the meeting will be a Zoom Workshop – 1 1/2 days Saturday afternoon and Sunday – $120. Deborah Jarchow will lead a workshop on Rya, Twining, Looping, Soumak, and Inlay Sampler on the Rigid Heddle Loom (Tapestry Techniques).
For more information www.vchsg.org.
Open Air Pottery Market – Valentine Celebration Feb. 12-13
“Open Air Pottery Market – Valentine Celebration”
February 12 & 13,11 AM to 6 PM both days
Ventura Pottery Gallery
1567 Spinnaker Drive Suite 105
Valentine’s Day – say it with flowers, say it with candy – but also say it permanently with clay. We have heart mugs and dragon mugs, yarn bowls, rice bowls, heart dishes, ceramic jewelry, sea creatures, flame-ware pottery for cooking, surfers riding waves, candle holders and juicers for your main squeeze.
We invite you to stop by and explore the well-priced creations from over 40 local potters who exhibit at the gallery.
The Ventura County Potters’ Guild, a non-profit founded in 1957, continues its mission of promoting ceramic arts through the Gallery, workshops, and monthly meetings. The monthly meetings are open to the public and feature ceramic demonstrations or presentations. More information can be found at www.venturapottersguild.org. Can’t make it to the gallery? Please visit our Online Store at www.venturapotteryonline.com.
The Art & Science of Drawing
Introducing The Art & Science of Drawing: Learn to Observe, Analyze, and Draw Any Subject by Brent Eviston, a new guidebook that will teach you the fundamentals of good drawing.
Based on his more than twenty years of teaching, The Art & Science of Drawing shares author and drawing instructor Brent Eviston’s secrets that provide the most accessible, streamlined, and effective methods for learning to draw.
“It begins with the most basic skills like how to hold the pencil and how to draw basic shapes before moving on to more complex subjects like three-dimensional drawing, contour drawing, measuring, and shading,” Eviston said. “By working through this book, you will learn the skills and processes necessary for good drawing.”
The Art & Science of Drawing is a project-based book, meaning each chapter contains a series of lessons and each lesson ends with a project.
Designed for the absolute beginner as well as more experienced artists looking to improve their skills and master the fundamentals, The Art & Science of Drawing will serve as a foundation upon which you can build new skills to suit your creative ambitions.
“Every day I work with people who learn to draw. These are ordinary people without special skills or advantages,” he said. “With good instruction and dedicated practice, you can, and will, learn to draw.”
Buenaventura Art Association (BAA ) presenting the arts
Lightning in the Harbor by Denise Henderscheid
Members show plus board member appreciation show
January 14 – March 12, 2022
Open Fridays and Saturdays, noon to 4pm
First Friday receptions on February 4th and March 4th
Over a dozen new artist members have joined BAA in the last several months! Explore their work along with the artwork of veteran BAA artists and our hard-working Board of Directors in our upcoming shows at Studio 99!
Elsewhere from Buenaventura Art Association:
A members-only show at
Harbor Village Gallery & Gifts
January 12 – March 15, 2022
Featuring the artwork and artisan crafts of 10 resident member artists, Harbor Village Gallery & Gifts also exhibits the works of over a dozen other BAA members!
Members-Only shows upcoming at
SpiceTopia and Very Ventura Gift Shop & Gallery
January 20 – March 31, 2022
Just some of the artists at the Bell Arts Factory
Established in 2006 in part by a gift from the Addison Family, Bell Arts Factory is a non-profit, community-based organization that utilizes the arts as a means to deliver messages and encourage acts of greater good within our community.
432 N. Ventura Ave., Ventura 805-836-2787
Showing at the Buenaventura Art Association are Bonny Butler and Mariah Bentley
“A 66-year-old, non-profit institution devoted to connecting the community with artists, artists with each other, and learning and growing as artists ourselves.” Buenaventura Art Association will feature photographs by Stella Kuyumjian in a solo exhibition Jan. 7-March 12, 2022, in Studio 99. “Knowing Your Identity” is the theme of these fine art prints by the Thousand Oaks resident.
In her studio retired city council member Christy Weir (who was on the Ventura City Council from 2003-2020) is enjoying the time she has to devote to her first love painting.
In their shared studio Jane Peterson, Lauren M. Peters and Nova Clite are displaying their art from their challenge to each other to paint 100 pieces in 100 days.
Ventura murals by MB Hanrahan
This unusual mural, located on a stair wall is located at the Easterseals facility located at 10730 Henderson in Ventura. It was painted by local artist MB Hanrahan like so many other Ventura murals painted by her.
Lori Mills gallery at Four Seasons Westlake Village
Lori Mills has opened a beautiful gallery at the Four Seasons Westlake Village. She has a gallery in Malibu and now one in this beautiful space at the hotel – it’s 6,000 ft square above the spa. It features modern contemporary coastal art. She and her dad runner were featured in our last issue.
The Dab Art Co. presents Major Tom at H Gallery in Ventura
Rodrique Benson on display at H Gallery.
The Dab Art Co. is please to present Major Tom. Taken from the lyrics of David Bowie’s Space Oddity; the latest group exhibition opening at H Gallery in Ventura has been affectionately named after the song’s main character and features the works of some very experimental artists.
Just as the title character in Space Oddity is prepared to face the unknown, the artists on display have navigated their latest endeavors with courage and artistic conviction. Major Tom is a visual adventure of contemporary art exploration; artworks utilizing unconventional materials, innovative processes and highly unusual subject matters.
H Gallery 1793 Main in Ventura 805-293-1616 for hours