On Saturday night, July 23, the Museum of Ventura County hosts the after-party to honor artists participating in Ventura’s new Westside ArtWalk. The public is invited to the free reception, featuring the Dan Grimm Band, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at 100 East Main Street.

During the evening event, Cole Smothers’ photographs of Westside ArtWalk artists are on special exhibition. Smothers joins more than 30 artists featured in the museum’s summer exhibition Splash! which celebrates the art and history of Ventura’s local beach culture and ocean waters.

The museum is a participant in the July 23 and 24 Westside ArtWalk, uniting Ventura’s arts community in one weekend of coordinated events. Running Saturday, July 23 from 1:00 – 9:00 p.m. and Sunday, July 24 from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m., the newly created Westside ArtWalk is a free, self-guided tour of dozens of galleries, studios and pop-up venues in Ventura's westside cultural district and downtown. Run by volunteers, it replaces Ventura’s prior ArtWalk concept.

For more information on other Westside ArtWalk venues and events, such as the Bowl Hop and the Sunday evening benefit for Focus on the Masters, please go to www.westsideartwalk.org. For more museum information go to www.venturamuseum.org or call 805-653-0323.