The mixed media art of Nancy Hodge is on permanent display at the Harbor Village Gallery. Nancy has been a member of the Buenaventura Art Association for 42-years. She paints many local scenes and animals. There are 14 artists that show their work there.
‘Mermaid and Her Seahorse” 24″ x 48″ oil by Tina Obrien at the Mermaid Gallery & Studio in the Ventura Harbor. If you are a mermaid or know a mermaid, come and sea Tina Obrien’s beach art at the Gallery. Tina has mermaid cards and prints, mugs and her Mermaid Sand Dollar Ornaments. The gallery is full of original oil paintings featuring our beautiful Ventura beaches as well as her 2017 Calendar ‘Ventura Seaside’. Be shore to stop by.
Ellen Wohlstadter will be doing hand building demonstrations at the Ventura Country Pottery Gallery located at Ventura Harbor, Saturday December 10th & December 17th from 11:00 – 3:00. She will be working with paper clay creating bowls, texturing, darting and manipulating the clay over balls.
“Clay is a marvelous material to work with. There is the childlike fun of getting dirty, the challenge of the technical aspect of working with clay and glazes, the joy in the creating, and the excitement of opening the kiln.”
Ellen and her husband recently moved to Ventura. She decided to cut back on her teaching and focus more on creating her own ceramic creations.
The photographs of Cuba by Tomi Murphy are on display until Dec.3 at the Traveler Café, 1070 E. Front St.
“Whether in my everyday life or on my travels, I find so many things around me to be beautiful. With my work I try to capture the beauty that I see and present it so that someone viewing that image can feel what I felt in that moment. My greatest pleasure is seeing someone react to my work and knowing that they are experiencing the same emotions I had when I took the photograph.”
Photographs of Cuba by Tomi Murphy at Traveler Café until Dec.3
Dab Art is pleased to present Collective Dissent: Rethinking Rationality at H Gallery (1793 E. Main). The idea of abstract painting and mixed media is to create objects without reference to the world outside, or as a strictly vestigial image or form. The artists in this exhibition have each pursued abstractions, sculpture and photography with unique and individual character within the realms of mixed media modernism. This exhibition aims to show these works in sympathetic relationships to each other, in spaces with ideal light and proportions. The installations and pieces exhibited in Collective Dissent represent a new visual language based on assemblages of the unbounded world, rejecting mediocrity and redefining high art. Art idealism is confronted and explored through the works of three principled and distinguished artists. Opening Reception |Saturday, December 10, 7-10pm
Glenn Carter stands as one of the most inventive artists ever exhibited by Dab Art. His approach to making art using conventional materials and everyday objects has eviscerated the distinctions between medium and genre, abstraction and representation, while creating an enduring change in the relationship between artist, image, and viewer.
Artists on exhibit: Glenn Carter + Michelle Robinson + Yari Ostovany
Arts & Eats will be held in downtown Ventura on Saturday, November 19 from 6 – 8pm. Four galleries will hold art receptions, while restaurants and shops will offer complimentary tastes. The event is free to the public.
“Arts and Eats invites families and friends to a free and fun community event. Guests will enjoy local art, complimentary bites and live music,” says Debbie Fox, owner of Fox Fine Jewelry, one of the event galleries.
Arts & Eats Venues
Art Galleries
Buenaventura Art Association
Fox Fine Jewelry
Very Ventura Gift Shop and Gallery
Latitudes Fine Art Gallery
Restaurants and Shops
Jimmy’s Slice
SpiceTopia
Vom Fass
Saloon BBQ
“Art Speaks Volumes” artworks, and jewelry created by Lee Hodges will be available during a silent auction from noon to 4:00 p.m. Saturday, November 19 at Grace Church, 65 S. MacMillan Ave. Auctioned items raise funds for up-graded sound equipment at Grace. Lee Hodges will demonstrate her mixed media techniques and invites children and adults to enjoy a hands-on art activity. Live music provided by Lou Mehle. Light refreshments, family-friendly, free admission. Call Lee Hodges 302-3167 for more information.
Lynn Creighton’s new work Love, What’s It To Ya exhibited in the Ventura County’s New Work Exhibit Atrium Gallery, Hall of Administration, County Government Center
800 S. Victoria Ave.Main Plaza and 3rd Floor Levels
