Category Archives: Ventura Art Scene

Buenaventura Art Association’s 32nd Annual Open Competition

1st Place, 31st Annual Open Competition by Carson Pritchard

Call for Entries: Buenaventura Art Association’s 32nd Annual Open Competition

Deadline: Midnight, Saturday, January 6.

Cash Awards and Membership Benefits

  • First Place $400
  • Second Place $300
  • Third Place $200
  • Four Honorable Mentions at $75 ea.

1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners also receive a free one-year membership to BAA and their art in the Ventura Breeze. Honorable Mention winners receive a 6-month membership.

Juror: Carol Shaw-Sutton. Find out more about Carol at www.carolshawsutton.com.

For entry details go to Online Entry at BuenaventuraGallery.org

Sunset by Wendy Winet in current CMH show, “H2O”

Call for Entries at Community Memorial Hospital exhibit “Precious”

Deadline: Midnight, Saturday, January 6.

With the recent fires, Mother Nature has reminded us once again that we are not necessarily in charge here! For many who had to flee, last-minute decisions had to be made to take only those things that were most precious. For many, of course, it was their pets. For others, it was mementos of times past. Show us what is precious in your life. It could be pets, things, family, favorite activities or places that you find yourself returning to again and again. What, for you, is precious?

The love in the air is thicker than the smoke!

Juror: CMH and BAA panel

For entry details go to Online Entry at BuenaventuraGallery.org

Local Ventura artist Cassandra Tondro offers to replace her art burned in Thomas fire for free

Cassandra Tondro is a local Ventura artist who has offered to replace any of her art that burned in the Thomas fire for free.

Tondro received a comment on her Instagram feed from a couple who lost one of her paintings when their home burned earlier this month. Realizing that there were probably others who had lost her art, she saw that this was something she could do to help fire victims.

According to Tondro, “People who have lost their homes have bigger things to worry about right now than replacing lost art. Please contact me when you are resettled, even if it’s several years from now, and we will find something lovely to replace the paintings that burned.”

Tondro’s contact information can be found on her website www.tondro.com.

Art City Winter Solstice gathering Dec. 21

Art City Winter Solstice, a creative and community gathering will be held on Thursday, Dec. 21, 5—9:30 pm. From 5-8 pm, in the Art City Gallery, poetry by Kali Bennett, Phoenix Rising, a poetry, movement and sound performance by Amber Bassett, Maker Space, upcycling objects and materials left behind by the fire, (ash, stone, debris, personal objects, your heart, etc…). Plus local vendors and live silkscreen ‘Ventura Strong’ T-Shirt printing. (partial proceeds going to Thomas Fire organizations). Then, in the Art City Avant Garden, beginning at 8 pm Fireside Fire Stories, (Come share your story of the Thomas Incident), with singer/songwriter, Meaghan Thalia Lawrence.

Ventura’s Art City creative cluster, recently expanded to include three venues (Art City Gallery, Avant Garden, and Under the Bed) in addition to 22 active artist studios. For Winter Solstice, the darkest day of the year…let us gather, create amidst the destruction, tell our stories and come together in a sense to recover our well-being and support one another. 197 Dubbers St. 648-1690 www.artcitygalleryandstudios.com.

Paintings by Mike Tiné, with sculpture by Jo Anne Duby, Greg Kailian, and Chris Provenzano at Art City Gallery grand opening exhibition

Art City Gallery grand opening exhibition runs until Jan. 6, 2018. Paintings by Mike Tiné, with sculpture by Jo Anne Duby, Greg Kailian, and Chris Provenzano.

The walls of this exhibition show breadth and power in Ventura’s painter and sculptor, Mike Tiné recent work. He obtained a BFA in painting at the University of Tennessee and an MFA in sculpture at the University of Wyoming. Currently residing and painting at the WAV artists’ complex. Tiné also keeps a sculpture studio at Art City Gallery and Studios.

Displayed in clusters of thought and form throughout the large exhibition hall, we see and experience free-standing stone sculptures by Ventura artists JoAnne Duby, Greg Kailian and Chris Provenzano. These artworks span the artists’ careers; exclamation points, question marks and periods punctuating prolific bodies of work in stone.

Art City Gallery 197 Dubbers St., 648-1690. artcitygalleryandstudios.com

Buenaventura Art Association’s 32nd Annual Open Competition

3rd Place, 31st Annual Open Competition, 2017 winner
A Lotta Lepidoptera by Linda Shaner

Call for Entries:
Buenaventura Art Association’s 32nd Annual Open Competition
Deadline: Midnight, Saturday, January 6, 2018
Cash Awards and Membership Benefits

Awards:

  • First Place $400
  • Second Place $300
  • Third Place $200
  • Four Honorable Mentions at $75 ea.
  • 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners also receive a free one-year membership to BAA. Honorable Mention winners receive a 6-month membership.

Juror: Carol Shaw-Sutton. Find out more about Carol at www.carolshawsutton.com.

For entry details go to Online Entry at website, BuenaventuraGallery.org

It’s Party Time at the Buenaventura Gallery

Please join us for Buenaventura Art Association’s Holiday Charity Party Saturday, December 9, 3 – 6pm

Let’s start the holiday season with a get together at the BAA gallery. Come join your friends, make some new ones, and have some fun; it’s a celebration and a time for giving back!

Please come and help us bring art into the lives of at-risk and homeless children by bringing a donation of children’s art materials as your “price” of admission. Your donation could be crayons, pencils, paper, anything with which a child could entertain themselves or be creative. Expressing themselves through art can be emotionally healing for a child at risk.

We will pass your donation along to Interface Children & Family Services. Interface’s six major program areas include mental health services, youth services, family violence intervention, and more. If you cannot bring art supplies, a monetary donation of any amount would help. We want your presence regardless!

BAA’s Small Image Show and Holiday Boutique will be on display for your shopping pleasure. There will be live bluegrass music by Ruby Skye, champagne, sparkling cider, and chocolate treats!

And finally, there will be raffle prizes galore! Purchase or win tickets by participating in the afternoon’s activities! 700 E. Santa Clara in downtown

Opening reception of NOD to MOD at H Gallery Dec. 9

Join us at H Gallery Saturday, December 9th for the opening reception of NOD to MOD from 7-10pm, presented by Dab Art. A collection of contemporary works indicative of and inspired by the postmodern art movement of the 1960’s. The artists of this era experimented with new materials and concepts, changing the characteristics of conventional art forever.

The 18 artists featured in NOD to MOD exemplify the styles and philosophy of modern art through each of their selected works. NOD to MOD emulates a period of minimalism, moving away from traditional narratives towards conceptual abstraction.

1793 East Main Street 626 8876 www.DabArt.me

Watercolor by Katherine McGuire in the art collection at City Hall

In May of 1999, the City Council established the Municipal Art Acquisition Program to document the history of visual art in Ventura through the annual purchase of important works of art created by area artists. The collection provides increased access to art of the highest quality and of distinctive merit through its display in the public areas of City Hall . This water color by Katherine McGuire can be enjoyed in the art collection in the corridors at City Hall.