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Museum of Ventura County — Gobble this up! A New Exhibit & Journal Flashback

by Community Contributor • November 16, 2021 • Comments Off

Arte Para la Gente

The Collected Works of Margaret Garcia

Now – Spring 2022

at the Museum of Ventura County

Arte Para la Gente explores artist Margaret Garcia’s vast body of work that captures and encapsulates culture, family, and urban life. Over the past four decades, Margaret Garcia has been a leader in the L.A. Chicano Art Movement, championing women, community, and those individuals who are marginalized by society. As a teacher and mentor, Margaret has inspired and encouraged artists to challenge their talents. Her students are encouraged to reach into their souls and create art that is authentic to self, and reflects their passion for the subjects they are painting. Many of those artists have emerged and found their unique voices in their artwork. Her most recent works, many shown here for the first time, were painted in Ventura County. Arte Para la Gente is on display at the Museum of Ventura County from November 11, 2021 to Spring 2022.

Sponsored by

Lazer Broadcasting KXLM 102.9 • KLJR 96.7 • KOXR 102.1

and The Port of Hueneme

Women’s Qualities

Now – January 7, 2022

Downtown Ventura

The seven installations that make up Women’s Qualities by New York-based artist Ghada Amer can be viewed throughout historic Downtown Ventura. Women’s Qualities was originally commissioned for Desert X 2021 by Artistic Director Neville Wakefield and Co-curator César García-Alvarez and was installed at Sunnylands Center & Gardens in Rancho Mirage in the Coachella Valley. Click here to find all seven throughout downtown Ventura.

Click here to view them all on Instagram.

The installation is a collaboration between the Museum of Ventura County, the City of Ventura, the Downtown Ventura Partners, and the Ventura Botanical Gardens.

The Carnegie Library of Oxnard, Part 2:

Post-War Growth and Outreach Programs

In this Journal Flashback we continue with the second part of Madeline Miedema’s article on the Oxnard Public Library, published in the Ventura County Historical Society Quarterly, Volume 37, No.2 (Winter 1992). Here Miedema details the continued commitment to children’s services and the challenges faced by the library following World War II. While the immediate post-war years saw a boom, the 1970s brought a dearth in funding. Despite that, the librarians continued to work on providing services to Oxnard’s diverse communities.

The month of November is Native American Heritage Month.

We respectfully acknowledge that we live and work in territories where Indigenous nations and Tribal groups are traditional stewards of the land.

The Museum of Ventura County and the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula sit on the ancestral land of the Chumash people.

Digital Jigsaw Puzzles

For Native American Heritage Month, the puzzles this month will display Chumash artifacts from our Collections!

This image shows a whistle made from deer tibia. One end is broken off and the other has asphaltum with the imprint of a shell that was once adhered there. The whistle was found and taken from a cave in Northwest Ventura County, and then donated to the Museum by W.E. Matthew in 1930. The other two whistles came from John Linebarger in 1933.

Take a moment or two to relax with new online jigsaw puzzles using photographs from the Museum. We have over 100 Digital Jigsaw puzzles for your enjoyment!

Brought to you in part by the

generous support of

Ellen Brokaw and

Al Lowe Construction

Out and Back

Ventura County

Backcountry Adventures

In 2018 our library staff discovered 20 reels of 16mm film showing backwoods scenes from 1920s Ventura County. The film was too fragile to project, but with a grant from the Schwemm Family Foundation, the film was conserved and digitized. It is a one-of-a-kind glimpse

into the backcountry experience

from 100 years ago.

Funding for this project provided by The Schwemm Family Foundation

The Museum of Ventura County and the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula are open Thursday—Sunday from 11am to 5pm.

Admission to both Museums is FREE through the end of the year.

Take a look at our current exhibits below!

Crossing Borders

at the Museum of Ventura County

Crossing Borders features select works from the Museum collection along with works by artists in the community who have immigrated to the US, sometimes as refugees in search of a safe haven, bringing their talent and creative

ideas with them.

America’s Revolution!

George Stuart Historical Figures®

at the Museum of Ventura County

Through his intricately created Historical Figures, George Stuart captures the colorful personalities involved in America’s struggle for independence.

Funding provided by the

Fred W. Smith Gallery Fund

Tomols to Trains:

County Transportation

through the 1900s

at the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula

Tomols to Trains explores how transportation played a role in Ventura County history. Visit the communities that struggled with the changes brought about by new modes of transportation.

See how towns and cities changed, how suburbs grew and how our farms and other industries became part of regional, national, and international economies.

Made possible by the

Heritage Fund at VCCF

Farm to Market

at the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula

An interactive exhibit promoting healthy lifestyles through role-play, the Ag Market is an immersive environment where children and families identify healthy food choices in a market-like atmosphere.

Special thanks to

Santa Paula’s Mayor Carlos Juarez for volunteering his time and

talent in building our

fun-filled indoor market.

2021 Programming at the Agriculture Museum is

Supported by Topa Topa Flywheelers

Admission is free through 2021

at the Museum of Ventura County and the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula

With four locations, MVC serves as the region’s cultural center for the exploration and presentation of history and art. Enjoy exhibits in the galleries, and spend time with family and community in the gardens. Register for live broadcast events where panels and guests discuss fascinating topics and take your questions.

MICOP’s Annual

Health Fair

Saturday, November 20 @ 2-4pm

at The Garden Church/Community Roots Garden, 1801 Joliet Pl, Oxnard, CA 93030

MICOP’s monthly community meetings are a great place to get involved and meet the MICOP staff and community members. Each meeting has a theme where information is shared that is relevant to the indigenous community. Immigration, driver’s licenses, health and education, among other topics, are discussed. Food and diapers are distributed to the community at the meetings.

Volunteer opportunities include packing food bags and helping children with craft activities. MICOP welcomes your participation.