Vita Art Center presents Song Byeok, North Korean dissident artist honored as the Global Artist of Distinction For Artwalk Ventura, 2018. A free city wide event Oct. 6-7, 11 am-6 pm Saturday & noon-5 pm Sunday.
Join in honoring visiting artist Song Byeok for his work promoting freedom. Vita will be serving Koji BBQ and there will be an open bar. Have a special preview of Mr. Song’s art on exhibit. tickets: http://vitaartcenter.com/index.php?name=song
Entering its 25th year, Artwalk Ventura is a super fun, virtually free, self-guided tour of dozens of galleries, studios, pop-up venues and transformed pods containers in Ventura’s Westside Cultural District and downtown. One of Ventura’s signature events, drawing thousands of visitors every year.
His work will be exhibited for the first time in Ventura.
Vita Art Center, 28 W. Main St., www.vitaartcenter.com
The winning entries from this year’s California Coastal Art & Poetry Contest will be on display at the Channel Islands National Park Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center until November 18. The art and poetry display includes 47 winning pieces from over 2,500 entries. A special unveiling of the artwork occurred on Sept. 15 during Coastal Cleanup Day.
The annual contest is designed to encourage youth to reflect on the beauty and spirit of California’s coasts and ocean. Through this effort, the California Coastal Commission hopes to inspire a greater sense of appreciation and stewardship for these natural places.
Enjoying the unveiling were Channel Islands Park Foundation members Ken McAlpine, Vahagn Nahabedian, Ranger Lauren Boross, art winner Ventura kindergartener, Serenity Rayne Holmes, art winner Lompoc High senior Marina Zellers and Tigran Nahabedian .
The winning contest entries can all be viewed and are available for purchase at
On Saturday, September 15, Art City hosts an opening entitled “Impractical!” an event featuring artists best known for their sculptural explorations as they present their hidden talents in their “other,” more fluid medium, paint. The event takes place from 6-9pm and is free.
Art City Gallery and Studios, established in 1983, founded by Paul Lindhard, artist, sculptor and patron of the arts for 50 years.
An historic community resource, Art City is well known for supporting collaboration, empowerment and no-holds barred exploration and implementation of ideas; from traditional gallery exhibits, to poetry readings, performances, lectures, talks, and cinema.
The Museum of Ventura County announces its first Portrait Drawing Course. The course will be a six-week class held on Monday evenings, 6 to 8 p.m. from Sept. 17 through Oct. 22. The instructor will be Ryan Carr, Ventura County artist, and the Museum’s first artist-in-residence. For more information, call 805-653-0323 ext 330.
This six-week instructed course will offer a detailed exploration into the various techniques and methods used to create portraiture. There is a class limit of 25 people, to ensure quality instruction and feedback time for participants.
Working with live models, each of the six sessions will focus on a different subject pertaining to the art of portraiture.
The course cost is $145 for nonmembers, $130 for members and students with ID and the registration deadline is Sept, 10. Registration and payment http://bit.ly/2NgSe2o
Calling all children and teen artists!!! The Ventura County Library wants you to design the new children and teen library cards. The contest will run through September 29. Only children (ages 5-12) and teens (ages 13-17) are eligible to participate, one entry per person. All entries must be submitted on a regulated contest form. You may pick up a regulated contest form with contest rules at any Ventura County Library. For library locations please visit www.vencolibrary.org
Ventura County Library: Inspiring our community to explore, discover and connect.
The Ventura County Library is available 24/7 at www.vencolibrary.org.
Fox Fine Jewelry Fundraiser and Art Reception September 15, 6 – 8pm
Arts & Eats will be held in downtown Ventura on Saturday, September 15 from 6 – 8pm. Fourteen galleries, restaurants and shops open their doors for a walking tour of art receptions and complimentary tastes. The event is free to the public.
Robert Wassel will display his artwork at Fox Fine Jewelry from September 13, 2018 – November 12, 2018, with an Art Reception on September 15 from 6 – 8 pm. Corinn Conant will sing and play the guitar at the reception.
See the website for gallery shows information:
http://www.foxfinejewelry.com/pages/arts-eats
Look at well known artists and create art based on their method, study different techniques and mediums. Each class is different. Most classes finish the artwork in one class. The classes are meant to be fun and informative. Call or email for more information. Kid’s Class Fee: $25/class including materials. Contact [email protected] or (805) 320-0630The House of Magic Foundation of the Arts 2421 Portola, Ventura
Cabadagray Gallery: Stephanie Dotson, Colin Gray, Rafael Perea
Bob Privitt Assemblage & Sculpture through September 28, 2018
Bob Privitt, Master of Fine Arts, Indiana University, taught art at the college and university level for 40 years. Now retired from Pepperdine University. For more information on Bob Privitt and his work, visit mediasquirt.com/privitt.
Stephanie Green and Becky Caron began a project to help those that lost their homes.
by Jennifer Tipton
Eight months after losing her home on Nob Hill to the Thomas Fire, Becky Caron and friend Stephanie Green began a project to help themselves and others heal by making heart shaped glass mosaics on rocks.
“I don’t want people to forget what happened in December, none of us have been able to rebuild our homes yet and we are broken”, said Becky.
Stephanie’s home on Montclair (just below Nob Hill) was not lost, but there was enough damage to the kitchen that she was relocated to a rental in Oxnard Shores where Becky and her husband had also found temporary housing. In February, the two met up one day while each walking their dogs on the beach.
About eight other gals have now joined Becky and Stephanie with their “art therapy”, including Candy Polhemus after her son Gary was seeking some sort of support for his mother who not only lost her home to the Thomas Fire but had also just lost her mother and then her husband passed shortly after the fire struck.
Becky told me, “It’s therapeutic to create things with your hands, it’s like putting pieces of our hearts back together.”
Creating the mosaics is a 2-day process, the first day is to cut and glue the glass and a couple days later (after the glue has had time to dry), the rocks can be grouted. Since February, the group has met twice weekly, every Saturday morning and usually on the following Thursday.
Much of the glass and costume jewelry displayed on the mosaics has been donated to them. In fact, donations have come from as far away as Nevada when a business called “Stained Glass Dreams” sent 3 boxes of glass after being “touched by our story”.
On August 25th, with the help of David Gardner, the 60 mosaic rocks took part in the Art Walk @ The Shores, starting at Wooley and ending at Harbor Blvd. Opening her Oxnard Shores rental home, Becky displayed the pieces for anyone who might like to have one. She stated, “we’re not selling anything, we want to heal people’s hearts, we never thought in a million years our homes would be lost in the fire and most of us were not able to get anything out, so we’re rebuilding our hearts from the fire- piece by peace”.
At a previous Mayor’s Arts Awards ceremony Councilmember Cheryl Heitmann presented the winners with their awards.269
The City of Ventura, on behalf of the Mayor, welcomes nominations for its annual Mayor’s Arts Awards. This program is intended to highlight the contributions that the arts provide to our cultural community as well as recognize artistic achievement.
Nominations can be made in seven categories and are open to the public. The deadline to submit is Thursday, September 6, at 5 pm. Nomination forms are available on the Mayor’s Arts Awards website or by contacting Kathryn Dippong Lawson at [email protected] or 805-658-4726.
In its 14th year, this program aims at honoring significant contributions by individuals, organizations, and businesses to the arts. It showcases the economic impact of Ventura’s creative businesses and develops new leaders and patrons for the arts. The seven awards categories, of the Mayor’s Arts Awards program, are Arts Patron, Artist in the Community, Creative Entrepreneur, Arts Leader, Arts Educator, Emerging Artist and Student Artist. Nominees need not be residents of the City of Ventura but must have had a substantive impact on the City of Ventura’s cultural life. While self-nominations are not accepted, nominees should be made aware that they have been nominated. Nominators need not be City of Ventura residents and may submit multiple nominations each year.
“The Mayor’s Arts Awards program is the City’s way of showing our gratitude to the leaders, artists, and emerging artists of our community. The program celebrates the way art is weaved into the fabric of our cultural community here in Ventura, and we are thrilled to honor them,” stated Kathryn Dippong Lawson, Cultural Arts Supervisor.
Vita Art Center presents Song Byeok, North Korean dissident artist honored as the Global Artist of Distinction For Artwalk Ventura, 2018. A free city wide event Oct. 6-7, 11 am-6 pm Saturday & noon-5 pm Sunday.
