The Ventura Potters’ Guild Gallery is featuring Gayle Bentley Swanson for the month of February.  She will be receiving visitors Friday, February 12 from 2:30 – 6 pm, although her work can be seen 11 – 6 pm every day.

Swanson’s color palette consists of our beautiful Ventura coastline’s blues. Shades that swirl and captivate. As a bonus for purchases during Valentine’s week, Potters’ Guild President, Genie Thomson and Hospitality chair, Roe Estep, have fashioned beautiful little ceramic roses that will be given to customers from Sunday, February 7th through Valentine’s Day, until they are gone.

Ventura County Potters’ Guild Gallery
Ventura Harbor Village
644-6800

Ventura College Santa Paula is pleased to host Via 126, an art exhibition presented by the Artists Guild of Fillmore. The exhibition will be featured at the Ventura College Santa Paula Learning Resource Center through March 11. The Artists Guild of Fillmore was founded in 2009 to promote interest in original work created by local artists.

“We are very fortunate to be able to highlight the outstanding work of some of our local artists,” said Ventura College President, Dr. Greg Gillespie.

Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Free Parking is also available.

Staci Brown and friends enjoying a private paint party at Red Brick Art at 4601 Telephone

Lynn LeTourneau has studio #84 at Bell Arts Factory on Ventura Ave.where she paints her wonderful abstracts.

She also teaches a class Painting Inside/Out which is a 4 step process to connect to your Inner Muse and express your unique voice in paint. A New York City native, Lynn LeTourneau studied at the Art Students League and the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts.  New beginnings inspired her desire to express herself with paint on canvas.  Her paintings are abstract, energetic and colorful diving into the essence of life.

Katie Fagan’s solo exhibition opening next month at Buenaventura Art Association’s downtown Ventura gallery is both a celebration and an invitation.

The Feb. 9-March 5 show will feature about 20 recent works in acrylic on Masonite, ranging from 6 by 6 inches up to 20 by 24. She’ll be present to greet visitors and talk about her art on two evenings, 5-7 p.m. Feb. 13 for the opening reception and at First Fridays Ventura, 5-8 p.m. March 4.

To see Fagan’s beautiful results, visit the Buenaventura Gallery, 700 E. Santa Clara St., which is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.

First Friday at Bell Arts Factory – February 5, 6-9PM

4 amazing exhibits:
Community Room, the private collection of Jim and  Denise Sindelar
Museum of Ventura County’s Tool Room Gallery, Ora Tamir
VITA, Cynthia Minet
Guest artist, David Velasquez

Heed the Words of the Wise, mixed media, Nicole Sayre first-place winner last year

Buenaventura Art Association Harbor Village Gallery will honor the three winners of the 2015 Collegiate Student Art Competition by displaying their work in the Student Winners exhibition until Feb. 7, a prelude to this year’s 10^th annual BAA Emerging Artist Cup contest and show Feb. 9-28.

This year’s contest is free to Ventura County college students, and the online entry deadline is Jan. 30. For qualifications and other details, visit the website www.buenaventuragallery.org.

Saturday, February 6,  from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Brooks Institute Screening Room
5301 N. Ventura Ave., Ventura

When does jewelry become art?  Is important jewelry made only with precious metals and gems? How does jewelry transform the wearer? These and other questions will be explored as Mary Galbraith visits with Jo Ellen Lee and Elaine Unzicker.  Free to FOTM Members – $10 General public, $5 students and seniors.

AfterGLOW Fundraising Event:  Join us for a celebratory supper prepared by Old Broads Catering Company immediately following the interview at the FOTM Archive & Library, 505 Poli Street, Suite 405,

The AfterGLOW is $25 for FOTM members, $35 for non-members.  Paid reservations are essential & required prior to January 29 for the AfterGLOW.  For RSVP and tickets visit:  FocusOnTheMasters.com or call 653.2501.

Tickets available online at:  www.FocusOnTheMasters.com or 653.2501

Buenaventura Art Association unveiled another dozen historical pieces of regional art with California Climates: Fire and Ice, at the Buenaventura Gallery in downtown Ventura. Among the desert and snow scenes in this addition to the California Heritage Collection are two works by a noted early landscape painter.

The collection is from the estate of a late Ventura couple who spent decades acquiring beautiful artworks in California and worldwide. Frequent visitors to their hometown gallery, the couple left instructions to involve BAA in offering the works for sale.

Regular gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Private viewings of the California Heritage Collection are available by appointment. For more about BAA or this special collection, visit www.californiaheritagecollection.com, www.buenaventuragallery.org, or call 648-1235 during gallery hours.