Santa Paula Art Museum — Can’t Wait to See You Soon!

Our final Art to the Rescue newsletter before the Museum reopens!

Art projects and resources to inspire you and your family

All Natural Tie-Dye

We are beyond excited that Ventura County has given museums the green light to reopen! Our staff are busy working to ensure that the Santa Paula Art Museum will continue to be a safe space for all of our visitors and volunteers, and we will announce our official reopening date very soon.

We hope you’ve enjoyed the Museum’s “Art to the Rescue” curated resources and stay-at-home art project ideas over the past 12 weeks. We thought we’d conclude with a few sunny activities to try this summer like all natural tie-dying, which is eco-friendly and very in right now!

Art To-Go Bags Giveaway

Friday, June 19, 2020, at 10:00 a.m.

Thanks to sponsors Brianne McGrath and Kai and John Blanchard, the Museum will be giving away more Art To-Go Bags on Friday, June 19! The bags containing supplies and instructions for fun art projects to do at home will be available via a drive-thru only pick up in the parking lot behind the Santa Paula Art Museum starting at 10:00 a.m. (while supplies last – limit 5 bags per family). Please enter the parking lot from 10th street and follow the posted signs and directions from staff.

Interested in supporting the Museum’s education department? Contact us or donate today.

Online & Free: Family HeART Time – Art Stories and Movement with Miss Stephanie

Four Mondays: June 15, June 22, June 29, and July 6, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Gather the whole family together for an interactive art and movement class led by SPAM teaching artist Stefanie Ortiz. Together you’ll explore art by sharing ideas and stories about the artworks currently on display at the Museum. Then Miss Stephanie will get you moving by using the shapes and movements seen in our exhibits as inspiration. Preregistration via Zoom is required.

Self-Portrait by Gabriel Islas, 2018, oil. Collection of the artist.

Online & Free: Live Demo with Painter Gabriel Islas

Thursday, June 11, 2020, at 12:00 p.m.

Join Santa Paula Art Museum teaching artist Gabriel Islas for a live, online demonstration of the topics he will teach in his upcoming Landscapes in Oil: Essential Skills class. Gabriel with stream live from his studio as he paints and explains the focus of each of the 4 class modules included in his course. Participants can follow along, ask questions, or simply enjoy watching a masterful oil painter at work!

Preregistration is not required. To join the live demo via Zoom, just click on this link at the time of the meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87246646457. The demo will also be streamed live on the Museum’s Facebook page. To save your spot in Gabriel’s upcoming class (date and time TBD), click here.

Online & Free: The Art of Moving Yoga Classes

Tuesdays in June: June 16, June 23, and June 30, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Join instructor Robin Briceno online for virtual yoga and movement classes streamed live from the Museum and inspired by the art currently on exhibit. The classes will feature gentle Hatha yoga poses accessible for beginners and all levels of experience, followed by a guided art activity to untether your intrinsic creative flow. Grab a yoga mat if you have one, plus some paper, pens, pencil, markers or crayons. Preregistration via Zoom is required.

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