Grab a pair of “actual” reality goggles and join us at the Museum this Saturday, August 17th from
3 to 5 p.m. for the closing reception of Actual Reality! Artists Carlos Grasso and Peter Fox will be in attendance, and exhibit catalogs featuring detailed imagery and the inside story of their exhibit will be distributed to visitors for free.
Actual Reality, a new exhibit created by local artists Carlos Grasso and Peter Fox, examines the present day disconnect between virtual and actual reality. Grasso and Fox both utilize diverse found objects as ingredients in their art. Grasso considers hand-cut shredded pieces of canvas, rusty sheets of metal, or scraps of wood, the ‘blood and bones’ of his creations. Fox adds the element of humor to help us navigate the ‘complex absurdity of … existence’.
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7th Annual Labor Day Vintage Tractor Fair
September 2, 2019 @ 10:30 a.m. Join us at the Agriculture Museum for the 7th Annual Labor Day Tractor Fair, immediately following Santa Paula’s Labor Day Parade. Admission is free and includes live music, crafts, games, family activities and more!
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Munch feat. Ben Buttner
August 15 @ 11:30 a.m. Munch returns to the Museum of Ventura County on Thursday, August 15, 2019 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with Benjamin Buttner! Admission to the performance and museum is free!
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Focus on the Masters: Ichiro Irie
August 18, 2019 @ 3 p.m. Join us for a Conversation with Ichiro Irie. Ichiro Irie was born in Japan and reared in the Westside of Los Angeles. He is an artist, independent curator and art educator.
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United Nations Special Rapporteur David Kaye
August 26 @ 5:30 p.m. Ferguson Case Orr Paterson LLP (FCOP) will host law professor and United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression David Kaye as featured speaker for its summer Engage & Enlighten event.
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TASTE 2019 Presented by Ventura Chamber of Commerce…
August 29, 2019 @ 5:30 p.m. TASTE features more than 45 restaurants, caterers, breweries, wineries, distilleries and eateries offering small bites and drink samples. Enjoy live music under the stars while networking and making friends!
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Camerata Pacific presents Auerbach & Beethoven
September 8, 2019 @ 3 p.m. Camerata Pacifica programs revolve around a core group of principal musicians. hese artists bring incredible depth, skill and passion to their work–energizing and reenergizing both standard and new repertoire.
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Free Figure Drawing at the Museum
September 10, 2019 @ 6 p.m. This group will draw live, clothed models. Bring your drawing pads, charcoal, pencils, pen & ink, pastels, whatever your favorite medium! Grab a friend and get creative at the museum.
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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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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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Love, What’s It To Ya’: Bronze Sculptures by Lynn Creighton
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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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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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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Music by the Masters
This exhibit showcases the breadth and diversity of the Ojai and Ventura Music Festivals, both of which are celebrating their 73rd and 25th years, respectively. Music by the Masters closes August 18, 2019!
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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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Chumash Gallery
We are making exciting changes to the museum’s time-honored Chumash Gallery. This exhibit has been an integral part of the 3rd and 4th grade curriculum throughout Ventura County schools for more than 40 years.
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On Location in the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore is now open at the Santa Paula Art Museum! “We like to say we’re painting it forward,” says Timothy Kitz, a longtime member of the Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore. For Tim and all of the group’s members, their objective is simple: “We’re painting to preserve the environment and we’re having a lot of fun doing it.” On Location in the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore is an exhibition comprised of the Allied Artists’ most recent works. All of the 72 artworks in the exhibition are for sale. A percentage of artwork sales will be donated towards conservation of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
On Location in the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore will be on view at the Santa Paula Art Museum through November 3, 2019. The Allied Artists will host several talks and painting demonstrations during the run of the show. More information can be found on the events page. Featured artists include Jacquelyn Blue, Liz Blum, Maria Harmony Gratia Bruchmann, Pamela D’Ambrosio, Susan Flanigan, Marian Fortunati, Barbara Freund, Carole Garland, Emily Goldfield, Donna Jean Goldstein, Helen Groenekamp, Diane C. Hines, Annie Hoffman, Russell Hunziker, Kathy Jonokuchi, Virginia Kamhi, Katherine Kean, Timothy Kitz, Pamela LeGrand, Katherine MacQueen, Diane Manson, Linda Melber, Jean Myers, Patricia O’Hearn, Vickie Pellouchoud, Marnie Piuze, Elena Roche, Olive Schroder, Robert Scopinich, Julie Boyd Smith, Bonnie Taylor, Laura Wambsgans, Sharon Weaver, and Joan Horsfall Young.
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Major funding for these programs is made possible by the City of
San Buenaventura, the County of Ventura and private and community donors.
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Museum of Ventura County • 100 East Main St. Ventura, CA 93001 • 805.653.0323
Agriculture Museum • 926 Railroad Ave. Santa Paula, CA 93060 • 805.525.3100
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