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By Myrna Cambianica — Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
The Ojai Valley Photography Club welcomes Camera Whisperer, Gary Moss, to its February meeting. Moss will lecture and give a digital presentation on “Inspiration.” Highlights will include creating a personal style with one’s photography and the process of producing a unique visual portfolio that has impact and soul. The presentation will begin at 7:00 pm, February 19th, at Help of Ojai’s Kent Hall, 111 Santa Ana Street, Ojai, CA. Moss is an accomplished professional photographer and is the Photo Editor of 805 Living magazine. With over 25 years of experience, he has built a solid reputation and amassed a prolific body of work that specializes in travel, food, celebrity portraiture, advertising and editorial photography. His extraordinary way of creating beautiful images from virtually any subject matter puts him in high demand. Moss’s photographs have always had an editorial look. Most photographers usually shoot in one discipline. His work bridges many disciplines as he easily creates stunning images from a variety of different genres. Moss’s lectures are extremely informative and enjoyable. He is a photographer, photo editor, educator, mentor and one funny guy whose presentation will appeal to photographers of all skill levels. Visit the Gary Moss website for extended information and images: www.garymossphotography.com/ The Ojai Photography Club, which is devoted to education, inspiration, and camaraderie, meets on the third Tuesday of each month, February – November. Visitors are always welcome, but only members may submit images for critique. More information about the Ojai Photography Club is available at: www.ojaiphotoclub.com/ |
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By Anonymous — Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
J.D. Wolff, a Ventura photographer who caught the shutter bug in the early 1970s, will exhibit recent images and a few favorites from his files in a Feb. 26-March 23 solo show at the Buenaventura Art Association’s downtown Ventura gallery called “Day Dreams in Color.” Landscapes are a focus for Wolff, who often adjusts color and contrast on computer to create the large-scale images he frames. Though his portfolio includes images from all over the United States, Canada and Western Europe, he said this show features primarily landscapes shot in and around Ventura County. “I prefer printing my photography on canvas, as I often manipulate my images to make them look somewhat like paintings,” he said. “Printing on canvas gives it that extra texture and effect, which I feel most always improves the final product.” Wolff plans to be on hand to greet visitors 5-8 p.m. March 1 for the First Fridays Ventura Gallery Crawl and some of his local musician friends will provide live music 4-8 p.m., Saturday, March 2 for his artist’s reception. Wolff is also a musician who plays in a duo with his son as well as a quartet with friends. An uncle introduced him to photography when he was 10 or 11 years old. “He shot hundreds and hundreds of pictures and would display them around his house. He definitely triggered my early interest in photography,” said Wolff, who added he had “several excellent instructors during my high school and college years.” He graduated from CSU Northridge. “I’m always concerned with having proper composition and good symmetry in my images,” Wolff said, because be believes “it can be the difference between the art in photography versus just taking a photograph of something.” The Buenaventura Gallery, at 700 E. Santa Clara St., is open noon-5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. For more information, visit the BAA’s website at www.buenaventuragallery.org. |
 “Goldfish and Lights”, by Donald Cresswell, voted one of the top images from “Just Photos” 2012. Enlarge Photo By Anonymous — Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
Buenaventura Art Association announces a “Call for Entries” for its upcoming exhibit on the ground floor of Ventura’s Community Memorial Hospital. Starting March 17, 2013, the exhibit, entitled “Just Photos II,” repeats a theme that was very popular from the art association’s series of Community Memorial exhibits in 2012. The juror for “Just Photos II” will be Donna Granata, founder and executive director of Focus On the Masters, a Ventura non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and documenting accomplished artists who live and work in Ventura County. Granata herself is an accomplished photographer whose many portraits of local artists have been exhibited throughout Ventura County. She is also an instructor of photography at Brooks Institute. No more than 6 entries per artist will be accepted. Entries are only accepted electronically via the online entry system at the Association’s website, www.buenaventuragallery.org. Deadline for entries is midnight, Saturday, March 9. Details can be found on the website. The Buenaventura Art Association owns and operates the Buenaventura Gallery, 700 E. Santa Clara St., open noon-5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. For more information, visit the nonprofit Buenaventura Art Association’s website at www.buenaventuragallery.org. Community Memorial Hospital is an eight-story, 242-bed nonprofit facility that has become a state-of-the-art regional hospital and health center, providing a vast array of medical services and programs. CMH is located at 147 N. Brent St., Ventura. |
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By Anonymous — Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
Mother-daughter alumnae provide musical direction
THOUSAND OAKS, CA - California Lutheran University will present its first fully staged opera Thursday, Feb. 28, through Sunday, March 3, on the Thousand Oaks campus. Performances of “Dido and Aeneas” are slated for 8 p.m. in Preus-Brandt Forum. The theatre arts and music departments are presenting the opera. Written by English composer Henry Purcell in 1689, the opera embodies the best in musical writing of its day. In three short acts, which include lively dance numbers, passionate arias and rollicking choruses, it portrays an epic battle between virtue and desire, power and politics, life and death. As Dido, the conflicted queen of Carthage, gives in to her desires, she stands to lose more than her crown. CLU music lecturer and voice teacher Heidi Valencia Vas directs. Mother-daughter duo Elizabeth and Jessica Helms, both CLU alumnae, are the musical directors. Elizabeth, of Ventura, earned a master’s in curriculum and instruction in 2005 and teaches voice at CLU. Jessica, of Newbury Park, earned a bachelor’s degree in music in 2004. Major players include the following: Melanie Stein, a senior music major from Simi Valley, as Dido; Jessica Butenshon, a seniortheatre arts major/music minor from Astoria, Ore., as Dido’s sister, Belinda; Russell Fletcher, a junior music major from Lakeport, as the Trojan prince Aeneas; and Susannah Ruth, a senior music major from Thousand Oaks, as the sorceress. Set design and costume design are by drama lecturers Josh Clabaugh and Valerie Miller, respectively, and lighting is by Ben Michaels, a freshman theatre arts major from Redlands. Ashton Williams, a junior theatre arts major from Sparks, Nev., is stage manager. London-born Purcell has been called the finest and most original composer of his day. He wrote music for many stage productions, but “Dido and Aeneas” is his only opera. As the son of a musician at court, a chorister at the Chapel Royal, and the holder of continuing royal appointments until his death in 1695, Purcell worked in Westminster for three different kings over 25 years. In 1679, he was appointed Organist at Westminster Abbey, a position he retained all his life. Preus-Brandt Forum is located south of Olsen Road between Mountclef Boulevard and Campus Drive. Admission is $10. For more information, call the Theatre Arts Department at 805-493-3415. |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
Ventura, CA – With its beautiful beachside location and idyllic climate, Ventura beckons visitors to enjoy a weekend escape during the spring season. From a world renowned music festival to fun for the whole family at the Ventura Harbor Village, there’s never a dull moment in Ventura. Whale Watching Cruises Ventura Music Festival presents celebrated drummer Tito Puente, Jr. and his band Murder Mystery Dinner “Viva Las Vegas” The Ventura Gem Show |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
SANTA PAULA, CA – Inspired by Rose Frantzen's acclaimed “Portrait of Maquoketa”, two artists in Santa Paula, California decided to take on a similar adventure in their own town, calling it the “Santa Paula Portrait Project”. Photographer John Nichols and painter Gail Pidduck have spent part of the past two years making portraits of the people in their community. Since January of 2011, the two have produced over 60 works which will be on display at the Santa Paula Art Museum from February 23 until June 23, 2013. An opening reception will be held Saturday, February 23 from 4 to 6 p.m. Admission to the reception is $10 for SPAM members and $15 for non-members. In an email from Rose Frantzen to Gail she wrote, "The wish, that we would endeavor to explore through our creative mediums, this miraculous opportunity of being alive, maybe, by recognizing this gift in the eyes of my neighbor as I realize it in myself." With no outside funding, Nichols and Pidduck decided to spend a good portion of two years working on a project that would not provide any income, but would enrich their lives. For Pidduck, it was the opportunity to sit for a while with her subjects, most of whom she met by chance on Main Street, which taught her that everyone “has an interesting story to tell.” Like Frantzen, Nichols and Pidduck desired to capture a collective portrait of a community and of humanity rather than isolated images. “The goal in these portraits,” says Nichols, “is to reveal as much of myself, the artist, as I reveal of the sitter.” The project encouraged both artists to open their hearts to their neighbors and strangers on the streets of Santa Paula, the final product of which illustrates both the ordinary and the extraordinary facets of everyday life in a small town. Reservations for the opening reception are recommended. Please contact the Museum at (805) 525-5554, or email info@santapaulaartmuseum.org. The Museum is located at 117 North 10th Street, Santa Paula, CA 93060. The Museum’s regular hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 10 AM – 4 PM, and Sundays, 12 PM – 4 PM. |
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By Anonymous — Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
Paul L. Maier has 3 written theological thrillers
 Paul L. Maier THOUSAND OAKS, CA - A novelist and expert on ancient history will be the keynote speaker at Senior Fest onTuesday, Feb. 26, at California Lutheran University. Paul L. Maier will discuss “How We Got the Bible” at 9:30 a.m. and “St. Paul and the Spread of Christianity” at 2:30 p.m. Senior Fest brings Lutherans together for learning, devotions and fellowship to enhance their physical, spiritual, social and intellectual lives. The event, which will include lunch and workshops in addition to the keynote presentations, will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Thousand Oaks campus. Maier is the former Russell H. Seibert Professor of Ancient History at Western Michigan University and a widely published author of both scholarly and popular works. His novels include two historical documentaries, “Pontius Pilate” and “The Flames of Rome,” as well as “A Skeleton in God’s Closet,” a theological thriller that became a number-one national bestseller in religious fiction. Sequels, “More than a Skeleton” and “The Constantine Codex,” followed in 2003 and 2011. His nonfiction works include “In the Fullness of Time,” a book that correlates sacred with secular evidence from the ancient world impinging on Jesus and early Christianity; “Josephus: The Essential Works,” a new translation and commentary on writings of the first-century Jewish historian; and “Eusebius: The Church History,” a similar book on the first Christian historian. More than 5 million of Maier’s books are now in print in 20 languages, as well as more than 250 scholarly articles and reviews in professional journals. Maier lectures widely, is frequently featured on radio and television in newspapers, and has received numerous awards. He has also penned seven children’s books and hosted six video seminars dealing with Jesus, St. Paul, the early church and current Christianity. He was a Fulbright scholar at the universities of Heidelberg, Germany, and Basel, Switzerland, where he studied under famed scholars Karl Barth and Oscar Cullmann. He received his doctorate summa cumlaude from the University of Basel in 1957, becoming the first American student to graduate with highest honors. The Association of Lutheran Older Adults, an inter-Lutheran movement based in Baltimore, started the Senior Fest events. A group of church leaders formed the organization in the early 1990s to help prepare for the “age wave.” Registration is $25 until Feb. 18 and $30 after that date. To register, go to http://www.callutheran.edu/seniorfest. For more information, contact Linda LeBlanc in the Church Relations Office at 805-493-3936 or leblanc@callutheran.edu. |
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By Anonymous — Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
Learn how to build a raised-bed garden box to make home gardening easier and more productive, when Kevin Genovese gives a demonstration at the Museum of Ventura County’s Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on March 3, 2013. The event is on the museum’s monthly Free First Sunday, when all exhibits and events are open free to the public. Genovese, Operations Director at the Agriculture Museum, will demonstrate the building skills needed to make a garden box, including cutting and attaching lumber. He will share information about rot-protection and provide instructions for attendees to take home. Raised-bed garden boxes offer advantages to plants and to gardeners. Soil conditions and types can be adjusted as soil is being added and mixed in the beds. Since gardeners walk around the beds and not in them, soil compaction is reduced and drainage is improved. Water, fertilizer, compost and mulch can be applied with greater efficiency and less waste. Due to these optimal growing conditions, plants can be more closely spaced, and will provide more vegetables, fruits and flowers per square foot. And best of all, many gardening chores can be done while sitting on a garden seat next to the raised bed. Genovese is Operations Director at the Agriculture Museum. He earned his B.A. in history from California State University Channel Islands in 2011. The Museum of Ventura County’s Agriculture Museum is open 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is $4 adults, $3 seniors, $1 children 6-17, free for Museum of Ventura County members, and for children ages 5 and younger. Paid events include free admission to the galleries, and the first Sundays of every month are free general admission for the public. For more information go to www.venturamuseum.org or call the Agriculture Museum at 805-525-3100. |
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By Ojai Valley Museum — Monday, February 4th, 2013
The Ojai Valley Museum is offering a new, annual series of Adult Art Classes beginning in February 2013. Collaborating with Ojai artist, Bernadette DiPietro, and using her Blanche Street art space as an adjunct classroom, the museum is able to offer this new enrichment/educational program to the public. DiPietro, an expert in the art techniques that will be offered, will teach this spring series. She has devised three unique workshops that will cover Paper Batik, Ukrainian Egg Decoration and Assemblage. One does not need to have an art background to take part in the classes. The February 16th class, “Paper Batik,” is directly related to the museum’s current exhibition “Fiber Art Master Pieces.” In this all day workshop, students will learn the Indonesian technique of wax resist dyeing. They will create contemporary batiks using wax and watercolors on a variety of handmade papers, resulting in a beautiful synthesis of ancient technique and modern art. The March 9th class, “Ukrainian Egg Decoration,” is scheduled to coincide with the Easter Holiday. For nearly 2000 years people from all over the world have decorated eggs in the spring of the year. Participants in this workshop will learn to decorate eggs in the traditional Ukraine manner, combining the legends, symbols, and designs onto their finished objet ‘d’art. The April 20th class, “Assemblage” introduces students to an art technique using ‘found objects’ along with photographs, fibers, paints, textiles, collage, and drawings to produce a variety of fantastic illusions. Students will learn to arrange mixed media in new unexpected relationships to one another to tell a story or convey a message. The instructor of all three workshops, Bernadette DiPietro, has been an Ojai based artist since 1971. She is one of Ojai’s Living Treasures, a founding member of the Ojai Studio Artists collective, author of the book “The ABC’s of Batik,” recipient of the National Outstanding Art Educator Award and is a guest lecturer at University of California campuses in San Diego and Santa Barbara. DiPietro’s art has been exhibited in museums and galleries since 1979 and is held in numerous private collections. The Ojai Valley Museum is delighted to partner with DiPietro to expand its programs to her facility directly across the street. Workshop participants have free parking in the museum’s back courtyard and are given a Guest Pass for free admission to the galleries. In addition to the satellite classroom, DiPietro’s “Working ARTIST Gallery” will be used for museum lecture series, special event presentations, and other types of workshops the museum galleries cannot accommodate. The Ojai Valley Museum will e-mail a detailed description of each class, with applicable fees, just call (805) 640-1390, ext. 203. Or access the museum facebook page via our website at: www.ojaivalleymuseum.org. Pre-registration of at least one week in advance of the workshop date is required as space is limited to 8 students per class. All registration is taken through the museum by calling the above number. The Ojai Valley Museum, established in 1967, is generously supported in part by Museum Members, Private Donors, Business Sponsors and Underwriters, the Smith-Hobson Foundation, Wood-Claeyssens Foundation, City of Ojai, Rotary Club of Ojai, and the Ojai Civic Association. The museum is located at 130 W. Ojai Avenue, Ojai, CA. Admission: free for current 2012 members, adults - $4.00, children 6–18 - $1.00 and children 5 and under – free. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m; Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. Tours are available by appointment. Free parking is available off Blanche Street at back of museum. |
 “Goldfish and Lights”, by Donald Cresswell, voted one of the top images from “Just Photos” 2012. Enlarge Photo By Anonymous — Monday, February 4th, 2013
Buenaventura Art Association announces a “Call for Entries” for its upcoming exhibit on the ground floor of Ventura’s Community Memorial Hospital. Starting March 17, 2013, the exhibit, entitled “Just Photos II,” repeats a theme that was very popular from the art association’s series of Community Memorial exhibits in 2012. No more than 6 entries per artist. Entries are only accepted electronically via the online entry system at the Association’s website, www.buenaventuragallery.org. Deadline for entries is midnight, Saturday, March 9. Details can be found on the website. The Buenaventura Art Association owns and operates the Buenaventura Gallery, 700 E. Santa Clara St., open noon-5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. For more information, visit the nonprofit Buenaventura Art Association’s website at www.buenaventuragallery.org. |
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By Anonymous — Monday, February 4th, 2013
Flutist, pianist to perform some of their favorite pieces
 Nancy Marfisi THOUSAND OAKS, CA - Nancy Gilman Marfisi and Eric Kinsley will present a faculty recital at California Lutheran University at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, in Samuelson Chapel. Marfisi on flute and Kinsley on harpsichord and piano will perform some of their favorite music. The program will feature aBach sonata, a piece by Gaetano Donizetti and a Haydn trio. The recital will conclude with “Andalouse” by Emil Pessard, the recording that inspired Marfisi to play the flute. Also on the program will be a piece highlighting one of her favorite instruments, her Keefe Piccolo. Kinsley, who teaches piano at CLU, is a performing artist and writer who earned a doctorate at the Manhattan School of Music. The Thousand Oaks resident has been a member of the New York Contemporary MusicBand, Pacific Classical Winds and the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra. He has received grants in early and contemporary music from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Harpsichord Society and the Sylvia Marlow Foundation. He performed and recorded at the Discoteca Di Stato in Rome and has broadcast on public radio and television. He has worked with and performed premieres of music by John Cage, Milton Babbit, Morton Feldman, Miguel del Aguila and others. Hisbook on the innovative chamber music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was released last year. Marfisi, who teaches flute at CLU, earned a bachelor’s degree from University of Nevada-Reno and Master of Music in flute performance from the University of Southern California. Her principal flute teachers were Catherine Smith, Roger Stevens, Anne Zentner and Sarah Jackson. The Los Angeles resident performs regularly with the St. Matthew’s Chamber Orchestra, Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Areté Chamber Ensemble and the Long Beach Municipal Band. Samuelson Chapel is located south of Olsen Road near Campus Drive on the Thousand Oaks campus. Donations will be accepted. For more information, call the Music Department at 805-493-3306 or visit http://www.callutheran.edu/music. |
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By Anonymous — Monday, February 4th, 2013
Talk and breakfast to benefit NPR station KCLU
THOUSAND OAKS, CA - Rick Steves, an international travel writer and the host of popular TV and public radio programs, will speak at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza and at a breakfast at California Lutheran University in a benefit for KCLU. “KCLU presents Rick Steves” will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, in the Fred Kavli Theatre. KCLU will host “Breakfast with Rick Steves” from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, in Lundring Events Center on CLU’s Thousand Oaks campus. The author of more than 50 travel guidebooks, Steves writes and hosts the public television series “Rick Steves’ Europe,” and produces and hosts the public radio show “Travel with Rick Steves,” which airs at noon Saturdays on KCLU. The weekly program is a fun and practical hourlong conversation between listeners and experts designed to make world travel smart, smooth and thoughtful. Steves’ mission is to make European travel accessible and meaningful for Americans. Since 1973, he has spent four months every year exploring the continent. As an advocate of smart, affordable, perspective-broadening travel, he encourages Americans to travel as “temporary locals.” He self-published his first book, “Europe Through the Back Door,” in 1980 and has since written country guidebooks, city and regional guides and co-authored “Europe 101: History and Art for Travelers.” His guidebook to Italy is the bestselling international guidebook in the United States. In 1999, he started writing his anecdotal “Postcards from Europe,” recounting his favorite moments from his many years of travel. In 2009, he published “Travel as a Political Act,” a guide on traveling more thoughtfully. Award-winning National Public Radio affiliate KCLU, a community service of California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, serves more than 90,000 listeners on 88.3 FM in Ventura County and on 102.3 FM and 1340 AM in Santa Barbara County. The Civic Arts Plaza is located at 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. Lundring Events Center is in the Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center, which is north of Olsen Road between Campus Drive and Mountclef Boulevard. Tickets for the evening appearance are $24 to $44, plus any applicable service charges. They are available at the Civic Arts Plaza box office and through Ticketmaster. Tickets for the breakfast are $60 and may be purchased by calling KCLU at 805-493-3900 or visiting http://www.kclu.org. |
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By Anonymous — Monday, February 4th, 2013
Santa Paula Society of the Arts member, Wana Klasen, will be presenting a water color demonstration at the Santa Paula Depot Gallery on the corner of Santa Barbara Street and 10th St. (also known as CA Hiway #150 ) February 10, 2013. The program is planned from 2pm until 4pm, and will focus on negative painting and other water color techniques. Klasen, a retired Registered Nurse, works in a variety of media, and is a strong believer in the healing powers of the arts. She also holds a Master of Arts Degree in Education Administration, and teaches art at the Fillmore Senior Center, and at Perches Academy in Ventura. She is a contributing artist with ARTISTS FOR TRAUMA, “where healing is an art”, a non profit organization founded by Laura Sharpe. (artistsfortrauma.org). Among Wana’s mixed media work is her “Earthsong” collection which is known for its boldly energetic, colorful tribal figures that bring a smile to those who see them!! They sing, they dance across the wall. “Earthsong “ has been featured as a solo show at Blanchard Community Library in Santa Paula, and at Harbor Village Gallery in Ventura. Her art has been exhibited in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. Wana is active in the Santa Paula Society of the Arts, Buenaventura Art Association and the Artists Guild of Fillmore The artist is excited by color and texture in her work, and enjoys painting on a variety of surfaces. She has previously presented a demonstration at the Depot Gallery entitled “Water Color Painting on Canvas and The Use of Watercolor Ground” . All are invited and welcome to the art demonstration. Attendees will have the opportunity to take home some of Klasen’s unique work. Join us for an artful and relaxing afternoon!!! |
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By Anonymous — Monday, February 4th, 2013
California State Old Time Fiddlers District 8 will meet Sunday, February 24, 2013 from 1:30-4:30pm at the Oak View Community Center, 18 Valley Road, Oak View. Join fiddlers for an afternoon of listening and dancing to Country Western and Bluegrass music. Bring an instrument and play along. No admission or parking charge. Refreshments available. For more information and to find out about our workshops go to calfiddlers.com or call 797-6563. |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
Leading theologian to discuss going past religion wars
 Philip Clayton THOUSAND OAKS, CA - A theologian at the forefront of the international science-religion debate will discuss intelligent design and the New Atheism in a pair of free lectures at California Lutheran University on Tuesday, Feb. 19. Philip Clayton will explore “Between ‘Intelligent Design’ and the New Atheism: Science and Religion at the Crossroads” during the 26th Harold Stoner Clark Lectures in Samuelson Chapel. He will present “Beyond the Religion Wars: From Reduction to Reenchantment” at 11:10 a.m. and “The New Sciences of Emergent Complexity: Evolving Religion in an Evolving World” at 4 p.m. Clayton will discuss what he sees as unbridled hostility that has emerged between science and religion over the past decade and the benefits of moving beyond the religion wars to a world worth preserving. In the afternoon lecture, he will address the question of whether science reduces all reality to physics and suggest ways of thinking about God that lead onward from this crossroads of science and religion. Clayton is dean of Claremont School of Theology, where he also holds the Ingraham Chair, and provost of Claremont Lincoln University, an interreligious consortium of schools. He received a doctorate in philosophy and religious studies from Yale University and has held visitingappointments at Harvard University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Munich. Over the course of 25 years of teaching and research, Clayton’s interests migrated from philosophy through the science-religion debate to constructive theology. He has held a variety of leadership positions in the international debate on the science-religion relationship, including principal investigator of the Science and the Spiritual Quest program, and has been an outspoken advocate for multicultural and multi-religious approaches to the field. He has written or edited more than a dozen books in the field and spoken on the topic in almost every continent. His latest books, “The Predicament of Belief,” which he wrote with Steven Knapp, and “Religion and Science: The Basics,” were published in 2011. The late Harold Stoner Clark endowed the free lecture series, requesting that presentations address his dual interests ofscience and philosophy. CLU’s Department of Philosophy sponsors the talks. The chapel is located south of Olsen Road near the corner of Campus Drive in Thousand Oaks. Additional parking is available in the lot at the corner of Olsen Road and Mountclef Boulevard. For information, call the Philosophy Department at 805-493-3232. |
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By Anonymous — Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
The Oxnard College Literature, Arts & Lecture Series is sponsored by Oxnard College, and the events on February 20 and April 17 are co-sponsored by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant received from the James Irvine Foundation. All events are held on Wednesdays from 1-2 p.m. in the new Oxnard College Performing Arts Building (OCPA). The events are free for students, faculty, staff, and the community and are interpreted for the hearing impaired. Parking is $2.00. Oxnard College is located at 4000 S. Rose Avenue, Oxnard, CA 93033. For more information or directions, contact Shelley Savren at ssavren@vcccd.edu or 805-986-5800 (x1951). Wednesday, February 20, 2013 |
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By Anonymous — Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
SANTA PAULA, CA – On February 14, grab your sweetheart and friends for a Valentine’s Day date at the Santa Paula Art Museum from 3 to 4 p.m. We will be celebrating the holiday and the Museum’s third birthday with Gail Pidduck, an artist we adore. Pidduck, co-creator of the current Art About Agriculture exhibit, will give an exclusive tour of the very popular show and share her thoughts on looking at agriculture through art. Admission to the talk is included in the regular price of admission to the Museum, which is $4.00 for adults, $3.00 for seniors and free for students and SPAM Members. Pidduck, a Santa Paula native who grew up amongst farmers and fields, has for many years concentrated on painting farm workers. Although recent collaborations and inspirations have broadened her subject base, the annual Art About Agriculture show presents a yearly opportunity for Gail and other artists to demonstrate their love of the local landscape and their respect for the people who work to cultivate it. The discussion is part of the Second Thursday Gallery Talk series shared by the Art Museum and the Museum of Ventura County Agriculture Museum. The Ag Museum will be hosting their own talk from 2 to 3 p.m. with farmer Jon Peterson who will speak about his love for vintage tractors. No reservations are necessary and guests are welcome to attend one talk or both. The Santa Paula Art Museum is located at 117 North 10th Street in downtown Santa Paula. Contact us by calling (805) 525-5554. The Art Museum’s regular hours are Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 12 to 4 p.m. The two museums are within walking distance of each other and parking is free at both locations. The Museum of Ventura County Agriculture Museum is located at 926 Railroad Avenue in Santa Paula. The Ag Museum may be contacted at (805) 525-3100. |
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By Anonymous — Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
Buenaventura Art Association will showcase works by the top three winners of the sixth annual Collegiate Emerging Artist Cup scholarship competition in a group show starting Feb. 13 at its seaside Harbor Village Gallery. Jeanette Corona, Paige Kilbourne and James Joseph Nagy placed first through third, respectively, in the March 2012 judging. Corona works in oils on canvas; Kilbourne and Nagy are pursuing careers in photography. Each will exhibit about a dozen pieces. They will attend an artists’ reception at the gallery 5-8 p.m. Feb. 15. Corona won for “Donuts,” a large, colorful close-up still-life, but said she prefers doing figure and portraiture work with live models. For this exhibit, she has selected some nudes, a couple portraits, an abstract and other subjects. Photographing fashions and fantasies — often together — is Kilbourne’s passion. She likes to create surreal art, “making what is in my head come to life.” A recent photo series inspired by “Alice in Wonderland” features elaborately staged models in full costume and makeup. Nagy, who is building a portfolio as a wedding and event photographer, is fascinated with “old school” subjects and methods. A darkroom denizen in a digital age, he experiments with processes using chemicals and exposure to light to create modern views that resemble wet-plate or daguerreotype photos. He took third last year for “Ascension,” an urban landscape employing a liquid emulsion on steel plate. Their recent works will be on display through March 11 in the gallery at 1591 Spinnaker Drive in Ventura Harbor Village, which is open noon-5 p.m. daily except Tuesdays. For more information about the exhibit or the nonprofit Buenaventura Art Association, call 648-1235 or visit the website www.buenaventuragallery.org. |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
On Saturday, February 23, 2013, at 2:00 p.m., Meg Phelps will consider how past cultures have represented agriculture in painting and sculpture in an illustrated talk at the Museum of Ventura County’s Agriculture Museum. Phelps’s presentation, entitled "From Goddess to Gleaners: The Symbolism of Agriculture in Art," coincides with the 5th Annual “Art About Agriculture” exhibit at the museum. Admission to the talk is $10 for the general public, $5 for museum members, and includes light refreshments and entry into all museum exhibits. RSVP to (805) 525-3100. Phelps, who has taught Art History at Ventura and Moorpark Colleges for seventeen years, received her MA in Art History from UCSB, and is a founding board member and a museum educator for the Santa Paula Art Museum. When art and agriculture overlap, the resultant artworks reveal a great deal about cultural attitudes. Although landscape and genre scenes that include agriculture are often considered neutral subject matter, they are never without an ideological perspective, according to Phelps. Learn how agriculture can be a culturally-loaded symbolic motif, whether used for political propaganda, philosophical expression, or aesthetic experimentation, in this illustrated presentation. The Museum of Ventura County’s Agriculture Museum is open 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is $4 adults, $3 seniors, $1 children 6-17, free for Museum of Ventura County members, and for children ages 5 and younger. Paid events include free admission to the galleries, and the first Sundays of every month are free general admission for the public. For more information go to www.venturamuseum.org or call the Agriculture Museum at 805-525-3100. |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
Opening Jan. 29 at the Buenaventura Art Association’s downtown Ventura gallery is a solo exhibition featuring the work of Richard A. Yusim, whose intricate, graphical mandala-like paintings also are musical metaphors. “Recent Work 2011-2012” will run through Feb. 23. Yusim and his art will be the focus from 5-8 p.m. Feb. 1 at the First Friday Ventura Gallery Crawl and at a reception from 4-7 p.m. the following day. “My work is a celebration of an endless fascination with time, rhythm, texture, shape and pattern,” said the Ventura abstract artist. “These aspects of music consistently interest me both as a listener and percussionist. In my pictures, I search for ways to isolate and convey these music attributes visually.” He applies water-based paint and drawing and collage materials to compose complex and kaleidoscopic symmetrical designs in black and white on wooden panels. This show contains pieces from 12-by-16 inches to 3-by-5 feet in size. Yusim took up painting and drawing in 1985, his senior year in high school, and went on to earn a Bachelor of Studio Art degree from UC Irvine in 1991 and an MFA at Otis School of Art and Design in 1995. Toward the end of his studies, he began teaching creative art and activities at Arts and Services for the Disabled in Long Beach and left that in 2003 to work as a rehabilitation specialist with mentally ill adults. “I discovered my dedication to art involves not only the exploration of my own passion for painting, drawing, music and film, but also using art education to help individuals with special needs,” Yusim said. He turned in 2010 to making art full-time and this show highlights the output of his first two years. Examples of his work can be found online at the association website, www.buenaventuragallery.org, and on Etsy. Buenaventura Gallery, at 700 E. Santa Clara St., is open noon-5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. |
