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Museum of Ventura County — NEW FEATURES! MVC Insider + Stories From COVID-19

by Community Contributor • May 28, 2020 • Comments Off

A MESSAGE TO THE

MVC COMMUNITY

The Museum is very pleased to be able to share with you one of our newest programs – MVC Insider (see below). This series of weekly videos will offer viewers a unique, in-depth glimpse behind the scenes at the Museum.

This week, The Smith-Hobson Family Collections Manager Renee Tallent takes us into the Object Collections Department to learn about mining in Ventura County. Renee comes to MVC from the Galveston Historical Foundation in Galveston, Texas where she served as Collections Manager, managing the art and artifacts for over five historic sites and museums.

The Museum is very lucky to have her, as you can see from our first episode of MVC Insider, and we’re sending a note to Texas that they can’t have her back!

Deya Terrafranca, Research Library and Archives Director

MVC INSIDER

Behind The Scenes

at the Museum of Ventura County

Be sure to join us on Facebook Live Friday, May 29th at 10 am for our second installment of MVC Insider, where we’ll explore the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula with museum educators Bob Cromwell and Steven Krystek. There might even be a sing-a-long…

STORIES FROM COVID-19

The Quarantine Collage Challenge

In this segment, find out how Venturans

Carolyn Mullin and Rafael Perea de la Cabada

creatively battle the challenges of quarantine and give

back to their community at the same time.

VIRTUAL EXHIBIT

3rd Annual Ventura Unified School District Art Exhibit

“Whale” by Celia Medina, 5th grader at Atlas

Ventura is a city where art and artists are supported and celebrated by our wonderful community, even in the most challenging of times.

The 3rd Annual VUSD Student Online Art Show seeks to bring our community together to recognize and celebrate the creative talents of our children who represent our city’s ongoing

hope and spirit.

TELL YOUR STORY

The 19th: Votes for Women

MVC is working to create an exhibit about Ventura County and the suffrage movement. To create this exhibit, we’d like to hear from you. What is your first or most vivid memory of voting? Why do you vote? Do you think voting is important? Share your stories, thoughts, “I voted” stickers, or family voting recollections with the museum. Have pictures? We want those too! Share your family photos and stories as well, featuring voting or suffrage protest.

Photograph credit: Cornell University – PJ Mode Collection of Persuasive Cartography

MUSEUM QUIZLET

Get Art Smart Part 2 – Murals of Ventura County

The word mural originates from the Latin word “murus”, meaning wall. Today, we can define mural art as any piece of artwork painted or applied directly onto a wall, ceiling, or other larger permanent surfaces, flat, concave or convex, to be precise.

In this quizlet we’ll cover a brief history of murals in general and then focus on the local murals in Ventura County.

Please include your name and contact information at the end of the quiz and we’ll place your name in a weekly drawing for a $50 gift certificate to a local Ventura County establishment of your choice!

Support MVC

If you are able, please consider making a gift

or becoming a member to ensure

a healthy, sustainable, and resilient MVC.

Now more than ever,

your support matters.

Thank you.

DISCOVER EVEN MORE

COMMUNITY INFO HUB

TRACKING COVID-19 IN VENTURA COUNTY

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS !

Museum of Ventura County Business Club members are community leaders who are committed to the region’s history, art, and stories. MVC thanks our current

Business Club Members

for their support:

Aera Energy

California Oaks Property Management

California Resources Corporation

E.J. Harrison & Sons Corporation

Haas Automation

Leavens Ranches

Limoneira

Pierpont Racquet Club

TOLD Corporation

Ventura County Credit Union