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.

Two of the pieces by Frances Elson are in the show at Community Memorial Hospital.  The show, entitled “California Dreamin” will run until April 10.  One of the pieces, “Crescent city Lighthouse” is a silkscreen on glass, based on a photo taken by husband Ed.  After spending 40 years as a physician at CMH isn’t it lovely that he can now see himself in this completely new way?

Breeze reader and contributor George Robertson did this wonderful sketch while vacationing in Ridgefield, CT. which was warmer than Ventura

On occasion we will be featuring the art work of Breeze staff, this artistic photo is by Senior Account Executive Breezy Gledhill