The
ARTS COUNCIL OF THE CONEJO VALLEY presents A
Tribute Exhibit to Frank Sardisco and Edna Okui,
January 12 through March 23. The public is invited to
the Reception, Saturday, January 12 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm,
Galleria, Hillcrest Center for the Arts, 403 W. Hillcrest
Drive, Thousand Oaks. Gallery hours 9:00am to 5:00pm weekdays
and by appointment. Information (805) 381-2747.
Art
For The New Millennium: Museum Acquisitions since 2000
Exhibition, through March 2, 2008. Building a
museum’s art collection is always exciting, but
the challenge is deciding what to add. See what the Museum
of Ventura County decided in Art For The New Millennium:
Museum Acquisitions since 2000. The exhibit includes pieces
by 32 of the local artists whose works were purchased
or donated to the museum in the last eight years. Artists
featured include John Nava, Otto Heino, Beatrice Wood,
Susan Petty, Gail Pidduck, Douglas Shively, Horace Bristol,
Hiroko Yoshimoto, Jessie Arms Botke & Cornelis Botke,
and Bill Dewey. Saturday, January 12, 2:00 – 4:00
p.m. Artists Reception. Meet many of the artists whose
works are featured in the current Millennium exhibition.
Free admission; Space is limited
Piece
by Piece: How to Collect Art, 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January
26. Collector Jackson Wheeler and gallery owner
John Nichols share practical advice acquired from decades
of experience collecting art. Wheeler, whose highly regarded
collection of art by Ventura County artists is a promised
gift to the Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard, will show pieces
purchased at auctions, thrift stores, galleries, and directly
from artists. Nichols exhibited highlights from his photograph
collection at the Museum of Ventura County in 1989 in
the exhibit Connections with the Past, and in 2005 donated
a major photography collection to the Museum. He will
share his favorite finds, including snapshot albums and
folk art. Free for Museum members; included with admission
for non-members.
Baubles and Bubbles: How to Collect Vintage Bling, 2:00
– 4:00 p.m., Saturday, February 9. Sip
bubbly, sample Valentine chocolates, and then enjoy a
presentation on collecting vintage cameos, pearls and
rhinestone jewelry by decorative arts specialist Rita
Faulders. Faulders was curator of rare books and manuscripts
for the Estelle Doheny Collection at St. John's Seminary
in Camarillo, and lectures extensively. Participants are
encouraged to wear their best vintage jewelry and may
share up to two of their own cameo, pearl or rhinestone
treasures in the afternoon’s concluding “Bring
and Brag” session. $5 Museum members; $10 non-members.
Seating is limited:
MUSEUM
OF VENTURA COUNTY
100 E Main Street, Ventura.
RSVP: (805) 653-0323 ext 10
Tuesday,
January 8, The WESTLAKE VILLAGE ART GUILD'S
monthly dinner/demo meeting will feature Elena
Roche, demonstrating her unique pastel portrait
style.
Tuesday,
February 5 - The Westlake Village Art Guild's guest artist
for the dinner/demo meeting will be Lynn Gertenbach
with an oil painting demonstration.
Buffet
dinner from 6 to 7 p.m. at Naylor's Banquet Center, Thousand
Oaks Inn, 75 W.Thousand Oaks Blvd., T.O. Demonstration
from 7 - 9 p.m. $15.00 (members) and $20.00 (visitors)
covers all costs, including dinner, demo, tax and tips.
Reservations: wlvag@hotmail.com or 805/379-5655 (reservations
only phone number).
CLU's
Art Department Faculty Show, Opening
reception: Saturday, January. 26, 3 p.m.
Exhibit runs through Saturday, February 16, KWAN
FONG GALLERY of Art and Culture. Faculty artists
Barry Burns, Lynn Creighton, Larkin Higgins, Michael
Pearce, Brian Stethem, John Storojev and Kristi
Colell present works of digital art, painting, mixed
media, drawing, sculpture, photography and printmaking.
Admission is free.
Presented
by the CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY Art Department and
the Kwan Fong Gallery of Art and Culture. The gallery,
located in Soiland Humanities Center, is open to the public
Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. For more
information, please contact Michael Pearce at (805) 493-3316
or visit http://www.callutheran.edu/kwan_fong/.
Uncommon
Places, Photography by Brian Stethem,
Thursday, February 21, through Thursday, March 27, Opening
Reception: Friday, February 22, 7 p.m., KWAN FONG GALLERY
of Art and Culture. Most of us have a keen interest in
visiting special places. But what makes a place special?
Its history? Our knowledge of its history? What if the
history as we know it is a myth? And what about places
that have tremendous importance for some and no significance
for others? CLU photography instructor and 1984 alumnus
Brian Stethem explores these and other questions in Uncommon
Places. Admission is free. This exhibit is part of an
ongoing series showcasing the work of CLU’s Art
Department faculty. The Kwan Fong Gallery, located in
Soiland Humanities Center, is open to the public Monday
through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. For more information,
please contact Michael Pearce at (805) 493-3316 or visit
http://www.callutheran.edu/kwan_fong/.
The
THOUSAND OAKS ART ASSOCIATION'S annual juried
show will be held February 4-28 at the Thousand Oaks Community
Gallery.. More than one thousand dollars in prize money
will be awarded. This show is open to all artists residing
in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo
and Orange counties. The Juror is Jacquelyn Cavish, MFA,
exhibiting painter, art teacher, and founding member of
California Gold Coast Watercolor Society. The reception
will be held on Sunday, February 10, from 4:00 –
6:00 P.M. with awards ceremony at 5:00 P.M. For further
information call Alan Lieberman at 805-492-1459 or visit
the Thousand Oaks Art Association web site at http://thousandoaksartassoc.org/
Thousand
Oaks Community Gallery
2231-A Borchard Road , Newbury Park
STUDIO CHANNEL ISLANDS ART CENTER announces 4
art exhibitions are opening simultaneously, January 12
– March 1, 2008. Opening Reception: Saturday, January
12, 4:00 – 6:00pm.
In
the Handel Evans Gallery: Liquid Landscapes,
paintings by Kimber Berry who received
her MFA from Claremont Graduate University in 2001 and
has been exhibiting extensively since. Her paintngs for
the past eight years have been an exploration of the painted
surface. Through the use of the computer and digital photography
she creates dialogs engaging not only the history of paint,
but how technology has a new role in it.
In
the O’Keeffe Gallery: Vista
Point Artists– The Beaded Object.
Vista
Point Artists is made up of the 17 members who participated
in Nan C. Meinhardt’s 13th Master Class, a 14 month
long journey taught by the nationally recognized bead
artist, Meinhardt, and sponsored by Creative Castle in
Newbury Park, California and Kandra’s Beads in Grover
Beach, California. Throughout the class, each member developed
their own artistic voice, choosing the techniques and
mediums that best communicated their vision. As they learned
to see art conceptually rather than technically, emphasis
shifted from how a piece was created to what a piece expresses
about the artist. Each member was encouraged to follow
the path of her identity and meet the challenges inherent
in creation. Original work was nurtured, design and engineering
challenges resolved, while each pursued mastery in this
environment of exploration. The results were wildly different
and very exciting. While the work is as diverse as the
artists, the common thread is the use of beads.
In
the Gerd Koch Gallery: Medusae
(The Jellies), by Gerri Johnson-McMillin.
"Fiber art has always been a part of my life,"
writes Gerri, "Whether it is basketry, weaving, spinning,
knotting or another form of fiber art, I love the tactile
sensations of fibers and feeling the life within them.
Fishbone Vessels, that I weave with fish bones and monofilament,
are what I am known for in the art world. In working with
the bones of the Albacore pectoral fin I feel I am weaving
life back into the fish, experiencing their migratory
path throughout the world, only to have me send them on
another journey as another form. The fins are transformed
into beautiful magical pieces of art. They take on a new
life form, a spiritual presence, resembling what might
dwell in the depths of the ocean.
In
the Hall Gallery: Site-specific installation
by Christine Cross. In writing about her
ethereal installations made of nylon and acrylic, Christine
Cross quotes artist Robert Motherwell, "We feel through
the senses, and everyone knows that the content of art
is feeling; it is the creation of an object for sensing
that is the artist's task; and it is the qualities of
the object that constitute its felt content." Daily
Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 12:00 –
3:00pm or by appointment. For 24-hour information on current
exhibitions, educations programs and special events, please
access SCIART on line at www.studiochannelislands.org.
Downtown
Center for the Arts, 329 North Fifth Street,
Oxnard. Downtown Center for the Arts brings the finest
in art and foreign films. Art Gallery, hours 12:00 to
5:00 pm, Saturday, Sunday and by appointment. Ira Meyer
“Antarctica: the Artic and Places in Between”
through January 20. Free Admission and Parking. The Cinema
Arts Series films are shown on the 1st and 3rd Monday
of every month at 6:30 pm. General Admission $9.25, Seniors
$5.75. Screening at Plaza Cinemas 14, located across from
Plaza Park in Downtown Oxnard. (805) 486-6947.
STUDIO CHANNEL ISLANDS ART CENTER West,
519 South C Street, Oxnard , (805) 483-3148, presents
“Prodigal Sons,” Paintings by Noble A. Powell
III and John McCarthy, December 8 – January
19. Both Noble Powell III and John McCarthy are native
sons of Oxnard. Powell was born and raised in Oxnard .
His father was a physician in the area for 47 years. In
fact, his father’s office was once next door to
what is now SCIART West on South C Street and his grandparents
lived above! He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree
in painting with a minor in printmaking from Brooks Art
Institute and a Master of Fine Art from Long Beach State.
John McCarthy was born and raised in Oxnard, currently
lives in Santa Monica but keeps an art studio in Oxnard,
at SCIART West. He has been passionate about making art
since 1982. McCarthy’s artistic endeavors have taken
him to workshops in Big Sur, Providencia, Colombia and
other exotic places including San Miguel de Allende, Patzcuaro
and Guananjuato. “I enjoyed these workshops tremendously,”
writes John, “because they allowed me to be a part
of an artistic community. Also since environment has been
such a great inspiration to me, these locales have had
a profound impact on my art.” McCarthy is primarily
an abstract painter working in acrylic on canvas. Gallery
Hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 12:00 – 3:00pm
or by appointment. www.studiochannelislands.org.
Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo tel # (805)
383-1368
The
Ventura County Arts Council announces the Ventura
County Government Center exhibit featuring photographs
of Scotland by Ojai photographer Robert Brown and the
sculptures of Dan Layman. Exhibit will be on view from
Thursday, January 17 through February 5. “Ventura
Music Festival – Appassionata” opens
Thursday, February 7 and runs through Tuesday, March 4.
The reception is Wednesday, February 13 from 5:30 to 7:00pm
in the Atrium Lobby, Hall of Administration, Ventura County
Government Center, 800 S. Victoria Avenue, Ventura. Area
artists have been invited to create art that will be auctioned
off to benefit the Ventura Music Festival 2008 Concert
Series. Gallery hours are 7:00am to 6:00pm weekdays. Closed
holidays and weekends. For more information call the Ventura
County Arts Council at (805) 658-2213.
