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Museum of Ventura County update for July 3 — Live Music at the Ag, Ivor Davis Returns to the Museum and more!

by Community Contributor • July 3, 2019 • Comments Off

Join us at the Museum of Ventura County on July 26, 2019 @ 6:30 p.m. for a Book Talk & Signing with Ivor Davis. Admission is $5 for Museum members, $10 for nonmembers. Ivor Davis will be discussing his latest book, “Manson Exposed: A Reporter’s 50-Year Journey into Madness and Murder.” Tickets can be pre-purchased here!

The notorious Manson Murders paralyzed Hollywood and most of America in August 1969. However, few at the time of the grisly discoveries had heard of Manson, his family/gang of demented followers, and none believed they were involved. Fingers were pointed at many Hollywood A-listers, but none at the unkempt tramps living in squalor in surrounding L.A. County.

Love, What’s It To Ya’: Bronze Sculptures by Lynn Creighton opens at the Museum of Ventura County July 5, 2019! Join us for after hours at the Museum on First Friday, and be the first to view the latest exhibit.

Join us for the opening reception of Love, What’s It To Ya’ on July 13, 2019 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Museum galleries and courtyard. Admission is Free for Museum members, $5 for nonmembers.

Gallery Talk with Lino Martinez at the Ag

July 20 @ 2 p.m. Lino Martinez will discuss his latest body of work focused on the realities faced by the Latinx farming communities of the United States today. Admission is Free for Museum members, $5 for nonmembers.

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Summer Concert Series at the Ag feat. Shaky Feelin’

July 5 @ 7 p.m. Shaky Feelin’ performs at the Agriculture Museum for the Summer Concert Series! Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $5 for Museum members, $10 for nonmembers.

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Free First Sunday: Mixed Media/Collage Art at the Ag!

July 7 @ 12 p.m. Join us at the Agriculture Museum for Free First Sunday! Participate in an informal art workshop on mixed media and collage techniques that involve the selective application of different materials to an existing image.

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Lecture & Book Signing with Margo Porras

July 14, 2019 @ 1 p.m. Join us at the Agriculture Museum for a lecture and book signing with local author Margo Porras. Her latest book is “Growing Up in La Colonia: Boomer Memories from Oxnard’s Barrio.”

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Ivor Davis Book Talk & Signing

July 26 @ 6:30 p.m. Ivor Davis will be discussing his latest book, “Manson Exposed: A Reporter’s 50-Year Journey into Madness and Murder”. Tickets are available for pre-purchase now!

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Free Figure Drawing at the Museum

July 9 @ 6 p.m. Join us at the Museum for Free Figure Drawing! All skill levels are welcome. Catherine Day will be the guest instructor for July’s session!

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Lecture & Book Signing with Michael H. Gorn

July 13 @ 3 p.m. Join us at the Museum of Ventura County for a lecture and book signing with local author Michael H. Gorn. His latest book is “Spacecraft: 100 Iconic Rockets, Shuttles, and Satellites That Put Us in Space.”

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Love, What’s It To Ya’ Opening Reception

July 13 @ 3 p.m. Join us for the opening reception of Love, What’s It To Ya’ in the Museum galleries and courtyard. Admission is Free for Museum members, $5 for nonmembers.

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MVC Kids: Art Program! (Ventura)

July 9 @ 11 a.m. The “MVC Museum Kids: Art Program!” continues on Tuesday! Children will draw and paint while learning about the elements of art and local history, and get to explore the Museum!

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AG Museum Kids: Art Program! (Santa Paula)

July 11 @ 1 p.m. Children will draw and paint while learning about the elements of art and local history! Museum educators will guide these arts and crafts sessions.

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Focus on the Masters: Omar d’León

July 21 @ 3 p.m. Omar d’León is from Managua, Nicaragua and is regarded as one of the most renowned Nicaraguan painters and poets.

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Actual Reality

Actual Reality, a new exhibit created by local artists Carlos Grasso and Peter Fox, examines the present day disconnect between virtual and actual reality.

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In the Fields of the North / En los Campos del Norte

This new exhibit at the Agriculture Museum features the photojournalist David Bacon’s evocative, powerful photographs alongside moving oral narratives from migrant farm workers.

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Music by the Masters

This exhibit will showcase the breadth and diversity of the Ojai and Ventura Music Festivals, both of which are celebrating their 73rd and 25th years, respectively.

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Farming Youth at the Ag

Farming Youth is a new pop-up exhibit at the Agriculture Museum featuring the artwork of Lino Martinez that focuses on the migratory realities of the farm workers whose labor sustains the United States’ agricultural economy.

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The Dragon Awakes: Qing Dynasty

This collection of figures represents key personalities from Chinese history. From the Manchus who crossed the Great Wall and formed the Qing Dynasty, to the Nationalists and Communists who came after them and founded modern China.

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Love, What’s It To Ya’: Bronze Sculptures by Lynn Creighton

OPENS JULY 5, 2019! Lynn Creighton is a sculptor creating bronze female figures of women experiencing the full vibratory rate of their inner core. They are metaphors for women awakening to the gift of their own energy and what it is meant to do.

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Women Beyond Borders

This extraordinary exhibition displays boxes created by women throughout the world from Women Beyond Borders touring collection, along with historical information and video history of the Women Without Borders journey.

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Throwing Shade at the Ag

Throwing Shade provides a simple, focused examination of the coast live oak tree and its woodland community of plants and animals. Discover how the oak survives wildfire, drought (hot and dry periods), and how it reproduces.

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Patterns on the Land at City Hall

This exhibit, Patterns on the Land, showcases faithful reproductions of rare maps from the Museum’s Research Library and Archives collection, and is on display in the City of Ventura’s Planning office, Room 117 in Ventura’s City Hall.

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Founding Familias: The Ojai Valley During the Rancho Era is view through July 21, 2019 at the Ojai Valley Museum. This exhibition looks at the Rancho era through the Hispanic families who settled the Ojai Valley. Tico, Ayala, Lopez, Arnaz, Vanegas, Reyes, Ortega, their stories have too often been overlooked. Vaquero life is also examined, including Joe Lopez. The award-winning cowboy is a link between ranching then and today.

In addition, semi-permanent exhibits highlight the evolution of the valley. Learn about the Chumash culture, artists, local businesses and more. We also have a large sculpture in our front courtyard plus a mosaic and Chumash garden behind the museum. We’re the perfect place to start, or expand, your knowledge of the valley.