Category Archives: Ventura Art Scene
Arts & Eats in downtown Ventura Nov. 19
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 at silent auction Nov. 19
“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 exhibit
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
Mary Kolada Scott and Don Scott at the Buenaventura Gallery until Nov. 26
For 22 years they’ve shared a home; now Mary Kolada Scott and Don Scott are sharing a wall. Her paintings and his photographs will be exhibited until Nov. 26 on the red wall at the Buenaventura Gallery in downtown Ventura.
The show is “His & Hers: He Shoots, She Paints.” It will feature acrylic and mixed-media paintings by Mary and digital prints from Don.
The Scotts plan to be present Nov. 19 for a reception in conjunction with the opening of Buenaventura Art Association’s Holiday Boutique and the second Arts & Eats mini artwalk between four downtown Ventura galleries. Participating galleries include Buenaventura Gallery, Fox Fine Jewelry, Very Ventura Gift Shop & Gallery and Latitudes. Select restaurants and shops will be offering small bites as art lovers and holiday shoppers stroll between galleries.
Buenaventura Gallery, at 700 E. Santa Clara St., Ventura, is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays.
8th Annual Ventura Art & Street Painting Festival
The eighth annual Ventura Art & Street Painting Festival took place on September 10th and 11th at the Ventura Harbor. Forty four artists showed their work on the harbor lawn, while street painters created colorful chalk pastel paintings on the sidewalks. A children’s chalk area gave children a chance to create chalk art too. The festival is produced by Ventura County Art Events, Inc., which donated a share of the proceeds to FOOD Share Inc. and Kids’ Arts, Inc.
Mayor’s Arts Awards recipients announced, public invited to reception
Dr. KuanFen Liu was selected as the Artist in the Community.
Ventura Mayor Erik Nasarenko is proud to announce the recipients for the Mayor’s Arts Awards and invites the public to attend its twelfth annual reception on Thursday, November 3, at 7 pm, at the Museum of Ventura County. Seven top leaders, patrons, educators, entrepreneurs and artists dedicated to nurturing our city’s lively arts community and vital cultural life will be honored.
“These annual awards are an important tradition for everyone who loves the arts and Ventura,” said the Mayor. “They cultivate a greater visibility and understanding of the value of the arts to the public at large and are one small way to say ‘well done’ and ‘thank you’ to all participants in our creative community – for their contributions, their dedication and their passion to serve our city through the arts.”
Music by Caleb Bigler and Blake Kasting Duo and refreshments from Seasons Catering precede individual presentations for each honoree who will receive “Mark of Excellence,” a special edition work on paper created by artist Lis Schwitters.
The event is presented by the City Manager’s Office and the Parks, Recreation and Community Partnerships Department. Reception sponsors include the Museum of Ventura County, Beverlee’s, Seasons Catering, and the Ventura High School Regional Occupational Program: Floral Design.
An Awards Selection Committee convened earlier this year to review nominations made by the public and to make recommendations that were forwarded to the Mayor and the City’s Cultural Affairs Commission for their approval. The committee members were Betsy Chess, Cultural Affairs Commissioner & Museum of Ventura County Director of Development; Anna Bermudez, Museum of Ventura County Curator of Exhibits and Collections; and Barbara Brown, Public Art Commissioner & CEO of BBM&D Strategic Branding.
Committee member Betsy Chess stated “Part of the fun sitting on the panel to choose the Mayor’s Arts Awards recipients is being reminded of how richly the arts are represented and supported in Ventura. The downside is that we can only honor one in each category when so many are deserving!”
Established in 2005, the Mayor’s Arts Awards recognize the contributions to the cultural community by city residents, artists, educators, organizations and business leaders. The goal of this program is to help cultivate greater visibility and understanding of the value of the arts, as well as grow new leadership and new patrons of the arts.
Categories and this year’s winners:
- Mark and Janet Goldenson: Arts Patron, a business or individual whose strong support of the arts has been ongoing through philanthropic and/or volunteer service;
- Dr. KuanFen Liu: Artist in the Community, an established individual artist (in any discipline) for artistic excellence and singular efforts in contributing to Ventura’s cultural vitality;
- Geraldine Pielaet: Creative Entrepreneur, a locally owned for-profit business which exemplifies the impact and vitality of Ventura’s creative economy
- Jim Rice: Arts Leader, a nonprofit arts professional who has demonstrated outstanding leadership, organizational stewardship and partnership within the local arts community.
- Jodi Farrell: Arts Educator, an individual or organization whose achievements and contributions to arts education have been significant and far reaching;
- Kaylie Pendleton: Student Artist, awarded to an active student artist (in any discipline) under the age of 19 who has demonstrated outstanding promise and commitment to the arts.
9th Annual “inkspots” exhibit at Gallery 643
Come meet the artists and see the printing presses at the “inkspots” opening reception of their 9th annual Exhibit. First Friday November 4th 5-8pm. Gallery 643 A Project Space at 643 Ventura Ave.
In addition to their major pieces, the “inkspots” printmaking group collaborate on an annual folio or book project. The 2016 folio will include a limited edition print by each artist. There will be a free raffle of one of the folios.
The exhibit will be up from 11/4-11/26 with Saturday hours 1-4pm or by appointment.
The exhibit will include works of artists Christina Altfeld, Karen L. Brown, Beverly Decker, Virginia Furmanski, Rosemarie C. Gebhart, Judy Gibbs, Bay Hallowell, Tiger Huang, Colleen M. Kelly, Elizabeth McConnaughey, Inés Moguió, Minga Opazo, Jane Peterson, Leslie Plimpton, Betsy Quinn and Monica Wiesblott. Their individual styles are as unique as the artists themselves.
www.inkspotsVentura.Blogspot.com
Synergy watercolors and acrylics by mother daughter team Phyllis Gubins and Jen Livia at Red Brick Art
Synergy is a collaboration of watercolors and acrylics by the mother daughter team Phyllis Gubins and Jen Livia of Red Brick Art. They created a variety of new pieces with this collaboration in mind all based around the color as a way of life. Step into their gallery and see the world through the eyes of this mother and daughter who have been painting together for a decade and take a class with them for your own experience of the creative process.
Artist Reception as part of Small Business Saturday Nov 26th 12-5 – stop in for some local treats, wild colors and to meet the artists.
Red Brick Art
4601 Telephone Rd.
(corner of Telephone and Market)
643-6400
www.redbrickart.com
Something new and exciting brewing at Blackboard Gallery
Something new and exciting is brewing at the Blackboard Gallery at Studio Channel Islands in Camarillo. For one night only there will be an exhibit like never before, a pop-up spectacle for only the bravest artists and their victims. This is an exhibit so intense it will only be on display for one dreadful, fun night, October 29th from 7-9pm! Don your costumes or come as you are but join in for a frightfully good time. Don’t be afraid; just turn off the lights. This exhibit is free to the public. One complimentary bar drink for costumed attendees. This event is costume optional.2222 Ventura Blvd.