Santa Paula Art Museum — This One Is for the Ladies

Art creates community.

1. Untitled by Alberta Fins, oil; 2. Untitled by Carlisle Cooper, oil; 3. Selfieby Lis Schwitters, cyanotype; 4. Yoko by Gail Pidduck, oil. Collection of the Santa Paula Art Museum.

It’s Women’s History Month and Arts Education Month!

March is Women’s History Month as well as Arts Education Month here in California. Considering how much the Santa Paula Art Museum has learned and benefited from women creatives, we think the two celebrations coincide perfectly. Thank you to all of the amazing women who support the Museum; that includes our women artists, docents, donors, teachers, board members, and our all female staff.

Scroll down to see all of the ways that we are honoring women artists this month and in the year ahead. We are also looking forward to announcing the Museum’s reopening date in the coming weeks!*

*The Santa Paula Art Museum remains temporarily closed to the general public in accordance with COVID restrictions. Please call or email the Museum to make a private viewing appointment.

Clockwise from top: Anette Power; Shannon Celia; and Rima Muna.

Meet Our Currently Featured Female Artists

The Museum’s current exhibitions include solo shows by artists Anette Power and Shannon Celia and a dual show featuring painter Rima Muna. All of our exhibits can currently be enjoyed online and will be on display when the Museum reopens. All of the artists’ works are available for purchase.

$5 Take-Home Craft Kit: Book Sculptures

Available for pick up Monday, March 15 to Friday, March 19, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day

The Museum’s monthly $5.00 take-home craft kits are brought to you by teaching artist Mariann Romero, and our March kit is on sale now! Turn a pre-loved book into an interesting piece of art with our fun book sculpture project. The at-home art kit comes complete with a book, design templates, special papers and extras to make your own sculpture (just add your own glue and scissors). The cost of each kit is just $5.00 and includes a link to a video tutorial that will walk you through the project. Kits must be purchased 24 hours in advance of pick up.

Group IV, The Ten Largest, No. 3, Youth (detail) by Hilma af Klint, 1907, Collection of the Moderna Museet, Stockholm.

Art To-Go Bags Giveaway:Women Artists

Saturday, March 20, 2021, at 10:00 a.m.

The Museum will be giving away free Art To-Go Bags on Saturday, March 20, at 10:00 a.m. The bags will be available via a drive-thru only pick up in the parking lot behind the Museum (while supplies last). This month’s free art bag celebrates Women’s History Month with projects inspired by women artists Anette Power, Yayoi Kusama, Ruth Asawa, and Hilma af Klint. Each bag contains supplies and instructions to help kids create their own light study painting, 3D dotted world, wire sculpture, and large abstract painting.

The Museum’s free, monthly Art To-Go Bags are made possible by our sponsors: The Smith-Hobson Foundation, Ventura County Community Foundation, Brianne McGrath, Rotary Club of Santa Paula, Kai and John Blanchard, Fran and Jim Christiansen, Patti Fallini, Kathy Good, Laurence Holmer, Willa and Earl McPhail, Michael Pulliam, Santa Paula VFW Post #2043, and Dorcas Thille.

Eucalyptus at Malibu by Erin Hanson, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches. To be featured and available for purchase in Erin Hanson: Colors of Californiaopening May 1, 2021.

Become a Member and Support More Women Artists

We are excited to announce that our 2021 exhibitions will include Erin Hanson: Colors of California opening May 1, 2021; Making Waves: A Solo Exhibit by Michelle Jung opening June 5, 2021; Vistas, Varmints and Vagabonds: The PAC6 Paints the Wild Westopening July 31, 2021; and the ever-popular Art About Agriculture opening November 13, 2021. Click here to learn more. Become a member today and receive free regular admission to all of our upcoming exhibits.