Santa Paula Art Museum — My Home/My Land Community Outreach Project

My Home/My Land Community Outreach Project

Produced in partnership with House Farm Workers! and funded by California Humanities

Art About Agriculture also offers a glimpse into My Home/My Land, a community outreach project presented by the Santa Paula Art Museum in partnership with local nonprofit House Farm Workers! and funded by a grant from California Humanities.

My Home/My Land invites our local farmworker community to contribute their voices and art to the Art About Agricultureexhibition. In recent months, SPAM educators hosted workshops at farmworker housing sites in Ventura, Oxnard, Santa Paula, Fillmore, and Piru. Families shared their connections to the agricultural landscape through art projects designed to capture individual symbolism and meaning.

Gorgeous Gourds (Ages 16+)

Monday, November 14, and Tuesday, November 15, 2022, from 6 PM to 9 PM

$80 per person

See Art About Agriculture on Saturday, then make art with agriculture on Monday. Art About Ag featured artist Mariann Romero will be co-teaching the two-part Gorgeous Gourdscourse at SPAM’s Cole Creativity Center on Monday, November 14, and Tuesday, November 15. Over the course of two evenings, you’ll learn how to shape, paint, carve, and embellish natural, dried gourds to create exhibit-worthy gourd art! All skill levels are welcome. The cost of the two-part course is $80 per person. Space is limited. Advance registration is required.