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Museum of Ventura County update for June 5 — Concert at the Ag Friday + Munch Returns, First Friday and more!

by Community Contributor • June 5, 2019 • Comments Off

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Actual Reality opening reception this past Saturday. The turnout was fantastic!

If you didn’t have the opportunity to see Carlos Grasso and Peter Fox’s exhibit, be sure to visit the Museum this week! Actual Reality challenges the viewer to experience what is real and not real through a series of tangible, three-dimensional art (plus a whole immersive room experience) that is intended to stimulate and provoke an appreciation for reality.

In support of the exhibit Women Beyond Borders, The Rubicon Theatre hosted a Community Box Making event at the Museum over the weekend. Visitors had the opportunity to design and create their very own boxes, using a variety of supplied crafts and trinkets.

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. The exhibit has been extended a few weeks to July 14, 2019!

MUNCH returns to the Museum of Ventura County on Thursday, June 20, 2019 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.! The Ventura Artist Union Jam Band will be performing and boxed lunches will be available for purchase from Desserts to Die For.

Pack a lunch and join us in the Museum’s Courtyard or Plaza every 3rd Thursday of the month for live music. Museum admission is free during this time, so you can also explore

the galleries.

The Agriculture Museum is thrilled to announce the upcoming exhibits In the Fields of the North / En los Campos del Norte andFarming Youth. Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, June 15 from 12 p.m. to

2 p.m. at the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula.

In the Fields of the North / En los Campos del Norte features the photojournalist David Bacon’s evocative, powerful photographs alongside moving oral narratives from migrant farm workers. The exhibition, fully translated into both English and Spanish, gives viewers a reality check on the food they eat and the lives of the people who

harvest it.

Photographer, journalist, and activist David Bacon has spent over three decades documenting the lives of migrant workers, building upon his previous work as a union organizer. The exhibition is based upon the book of the same name, recently published by University of California Press.

As Kent Wong, Director of the UCLA Labor Center, writes, “Bacon captures the humanity of workers who work each day in demanding physical labor, in the hot sun, and for poverty wages. This is one of the few publications that captures the authentic stories of California farm workers, through their own voices and with the images of their living and working conditions.”

David Sousa and the Zydeco Mudbugs at the Ag!

Fri. Jun 7, 2019 @ 7:00 p.m. David Sousa & the Zydeco Mudbugs brings the heat of Zydeco to Santa Paula through the use of single row and triple row diatonic accordions with songs in both Louisiana French and English. Tickets available at the door!

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Free Figure Drawing at the Museum

June 11 @ 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. It’s FREE!

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10th Annual CSU Channel Islands Alumni & Friends Mixer…

June 13 @ 5:30 p.m. Join CSUSI Alumni at the 10th Annual Wine and Beer Tasting Experience! Enjoy tastings from Cass Winery, Ancient Peaks Winery, Institution Ale, and Leashless Brewing Company, plus delicious appetizers and a raffle.

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Focus on the Masters: Carlos Grasso

June 16 @ 3 p.m. In support of the new exhibit Actual Reality, featuring the work of Carlos Grasso and Peter Fox, As an apprentice to FOTM documented master artist David Leffel, Carlos honed his skills in realism and life drawing.

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Member Appreciation Day at The Ag

June 22 @ 9 a.m. Members of the Museum of Ventura County—Join us at the Agriculture Museum in historic downtown Santa Paula for Member Appreciation Day! Bring the entire family or a friend for a morning of fun, education and exploration.

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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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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 73 rd and 25 th years, respectively.

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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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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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Santa Paula’s Treasured Architecture at the Ag Museum

While by no means a complete list of the amazing historic homes in the community, Santa Paula Treasured Architecture is a snapshot of the sophisticated and varied architectural styles that reflect the taste and influences of Santa Paula’s past.

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Women Beyond Borders

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Recent and Seldom Seen is open June 9—June 23, 2019 at the Carnegie Art Museum. Celebrating recent gifts of art and infrequently shown works in the permanent collection by a two week exhibit due to pending transitions, showcasing recent gifts of art and infrequently exhibited masterworks of paintings, prints and photographs.

Works of art from artists Richard Amend, Linda Arreola, Karl Benjamin, Michael Bowen, Christine Brennan, Gary Brewer, Douglas Busch, Lucien Clergue, Darryl J. Curran, William Dampier, Omar D’ Leon, Michael Dvortcsak, David Flury, Gronk, Daniel Gonzalez, Roberto Gutierrez, Olguin Tapia H., Lyla Marshall Harcoff, George Hurrell, Joanne Julian, Emil Jean Kosa Jr., Kim Kosai, Frank Lennartz, Jose Lozano, Ben Messick, John Millei, Kenda North, Robert Olszewski, Eric Orr, Daniel Pinkham, Julia Pinkham, Frank Romero, Arnold Schifrin, Mira Schor, Robert Von Sternberg, Einar and Jamex de la Torre, and Robert William Wilson will be on display.