Museum of Ventura County update for July 17

Join the Museum’s Resident Artist Ryan Carr, 6 to 8 p.m., July 17, for our figure drawing group sessionat Topa Topa Brewing Company at 104 E Thompson Blvd, Ventura.

This popular event meets twice-monthly to draw live, clothed models. Bring your drawing pads, charcoal, pencils, pastels, whatever your favorite medium! No liquid mediums, please. All skill levels welcome. Free admission.

The talented musical quintet Jarabe Mexicano will be performing a special program geared towards youth and teens at the Museum of Ventura County, noon to 1 p.m.,July 18 in the Museum’s plaza.

Jarabe Mexicano combines stunning vocals, traditional mariachi instruments and percussion with a Spanish and English songbook that includes cumbias, sones, boleros, huapangos, reggae, DooWop and other American classics. Jarabe Mexicano will later give a public performance in Mission Park, 5 to 7 p.m., sponsored by the Ventura Music Festival. Both the museum program and the Mission Park concert are free to attend.

Grab lunch and head over to the Museum, every Thursday between 11:30 and 1:30, for music and free entry to the galleries. Enjoy your lunch break in one of our colorful patio chairs while you listen to local musicians, then take a stroll through the museum’s rotating exhibits.

July 19: Music by the Santa Barbara Trombone Society

Entry is free. Feel free to tip the musicians!

The Museum of Ventura County is located at 100 E. Main Street, Ventura. For more information, visit venturamuseum.org.

The Vaquero Campfires exhibit is a nostalgic look at the history and traditions of the Vaquero, Spanish for cowboy or cattle driver, who excelled in the art of making a horse as flexible as silk to his rider’s will.

Join us at the Ag Museum in Santa Paula on Saturday, July 28, from noon to 3 p.m. for opening day activities including a junior calf roping station, rawhide riatas weaving stations, Buckaroo crafts table and chuck wagon style grub by Santa Paula’s famous Hillgrillies BBQ.

The Vaquero Campfires exhibit runs through November 25 at the Agriculture Museum of Ventura County, 926 Railroad Avenue, Santa Paula. For more information on the Agriculture Museum, visit venturamuseum.org or call 805-525-3100.

August 3 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Tickets: $10/adults; $5/members & children under 12.

Escape the heat with the cool sounds of Ray Jaurique and the Uptown Brothers.

The Agriculture Museum, 926 Railroad Avenue, Santa Paula.

August 5 Free First Sunday,

Free admission all day.

Free family art craft, noon to 2 p.m.

Inspired by the Macchia glass sculptures of artist Dave Chichuly.

The Agriculture Museum, 926 Railroad Avenue, Santa Paula.

August 8 at 11 a.m.

Free for members; $5 for nonmembers.

Hollywood publicist David Mirisch will share stories about his five decades of working with celebrities, helping to raise more than $35 million for charitable causes.

Museum of Ventura County, 100 E. Main Street, Ventura.

August 9 at 6 p.m.

Free for members; $5 for nonmembers. No host bar.

Join Artist Ryan Carr for a talk about the body of work created during his time as Artist in Residence at the

Museum of Ventura County.

Museum of Ventura County, 100 E. Main Street, Ventura.

With two locations, the Museum of Ventura County serves as the region’s cultural center for the exploration and presentation of history and art.

Appreciation Weekends

The Museum of Ventura County’s Fine Arts Committee recommends these nearby exhibits:

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles

24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu (Pepperdine Campus)

Impressionism and plein air painting were dominant styles in California art in the early 1900s. This exhibition celebrates the continued vitality of this tradition by showcasing new paintings of Malibu created by current members of the California Art Club, the oldest art association in the state.