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Museum of Ventura County — New Exhibit ‘Finding the Light’ Now Open, upcoming events

by Community Contributor • January 25, 2023 • Comments Off

Andrea Vargas, The Trestle

Finding the Light:

Works from MVC’s

Permanent Collection

Now Open

at the Museum of Ventura County

Finding the Light explores how artists use light not only to influence shape and color, but also to impart deep meaning. The exhibit, featuring works by renowned and diverse regional artists including Guy Webster, Andrea Vargas, Henry Chapman Ford, and Susan Petty, is the first exhibit installed in the new Esther and Thomas Wachtell Family Gallery.

This gallery has been created through a generous endowment from the Esther and Thomas Wachtell Family Fund and is designed to showcase the Museum of Ventura County’s permanent collection.

Learn more about Finding the Light here.

Finding the Light is supported through the gifts

of the Bonita McFarland Fund and Suzanne Chadwick.

Behind the Curtain

George Stuart Historical Figures®

Closing Soon!

Last Chance February 5, 2023

The Behind the Curtain: An Insider’s Look at The George Stuart Historical Figures® exhibit offers visitors the opportunity to investigate each of George Stuart’s figures closely so that they can decide if they’re works of art, historical objects, or something else entirely. The current set of Figures, featuring Abraham Lincoln, Queen Elizabeth I and many others will be rotated out for new Figures soon. Learn more about the exhibit here.

Funding provided by the

Fred W. Smith Gallery Fund

Reading by California Poet Laureate

Lee Herrick

Sunday, February 12, 2023

11AM—12:30PM

@ The Agriculture Museum

Free Admission

Join us at the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula on Sunday, February 12, 2023 from 11am—12:30pm for a special poetry reading and Q&A with the newly appointed California Poet Laureate, Lee Herrick. A former Fresno Poet Laureate (2015-17), Lee Herrick is the author of three books of poems: Scar and Flower, Gardening Secrets of the Dead, and This Many Miles from Desire.

Squatters, Scandals, and Surfing: History of Rincon

Saturday, February 25, 2023

3PM—4:30PM

@ Museum of Ventura County

Free Admission

Join us at the Museum of Ventura County on Saturday, February 25, 2023 from 3—4:30PM for a discussion with authors Stephen Bates and Vincent Burns. Their book, Rincon Point, uncovers the history of this famous and storied surf spot. Admission is free. Copies of Images of America: Rincon Point by Stephen Bates and Vincent Burns will be available for purchase.

Alan Salazar

and Mona Lewis

Book Launch

“Coyote Rescues Hawk:

A Chumash Story”

Saturday, March 4, 2023

2PM—4PM

@ Museum of Ventura County

Children’s Garden

Free Admission

Join us at the Museum of Ventura County on Saturday, March 4 from 2—4pm in the Children’s Garden for a special book launch and reading by Alan Salazar and Mona Lewis. Books will be available for purchase. Admission is free!

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 now FREE.

All That Glitters

Is Not Gold

A surprising history of the 1920s and Prohibition in Ventura County. As population and wealth boomed, creativity flourished – but so did a tide of repression and exclusion. This exhibit tells the local story of the jazz age through our collections and archives.

This exhibit made possible in part by the generous support of:

The John Hammer Family,

The Heritage Fund at VCCF,

The DeArkland Family, and

Chrisman Estate Co.

Chromatic:

The Museum in Six Colors

MVC’s permanent collection, amassed over 100 years, ranges from everyday items belonging to real people who lived and worked in the county, to rarities and precious works of art. Each object has a story to tell, and this exhibit opens the door to those stories.

This exhibit made possible in part by the generous support of:

and Pierpont Racquet Club

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’s 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.

Learn more here.

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.

Learn more about what the

Agriculture Museum has to offer here.

Special thanks to

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

talent in building our

fun-filled indoor market

Watch our latest video series, Behind the Curtain: George Stuart Historical Figures®. A new episode drops every Tuesday @ 12pm through January 31, 2023.