Discover Your Gift Through Artful Self-Expression at the Santa Paula Art Museum
Saturday, July 21, 2018: 2:00pm to 3:00pm. Admission to the talk is included with regular museum admission, which is $4 for adults, $3 for seniors, and free for students and museum members.
SANTA PAULA – There is nothing more beautiful than seeing an artist, creator, citizen in their full sense of self-expression: that moment when their most powerful capacity to give, love, and create is on display. It is what one might call “artful self-expression,” and there is a microcosmic event that brings a pursuit of artful self-expression into tangible form. It happens each year in the Nevada desert in a world covered in playa dust and sparkles: a world called “Burning Man.” Artful self-expression is about identifying the greatest gift that you as an individual can offer to the world and then giving it away. One can share their art in so many ways – a public display or installation, at a gathering of friends and family, or just in a way of being on a daily basis. On Saturday, July 21, 2018, Santa Paula Art Museum docent and Burning Man participant Seana-Marie Sesma will share what the annual Burning Man event has taught her about how one can discover and live their gift. The talk begins at 2pm at the Santa Paula Art Museum. Admission to the talk is included with regular museum admission, which is $4 for adults, $3 for seniors, and free for students and museum members.
The Santa Paula Art Museum is located at 117 N 10th Street in historic downtown Santa Paula. The Museum features rotating exhibitions of vintage and contemporary art, community events, artist talks and demonstrations, a gift shop, and more. Regular museum hours are Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00am to 4:00pm, and Sunday from 12:00pm to 4:00pm. The Museum’s new Cole Creativity Center is located right next door at 123 N 10th Street. The space offers a wide variety of creative programming for children, teens and adults. Hours for the Cole Creativity Center vary according to the current class schedule. For more information, please contact the Museum at (805) 525-5554.
Other Upcoming Events at the Santa Paula Art Museum:
Collage Essentials (Ages 16 and Over)
Date & Time: Thursday, July 19, 2018, from 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Address: Santa Paula Art Museum, 117 N. 10th Street, Santa Paula, CA 93060 / (805) 525-5554
Description of event: This class is definitely not your grandmother’s collage! Equal parts memory, curiosity, experiment and instinct, collage is a fascinating medium with endless potential for creative expression. In an ongoing series, artist Karen Browdy will share the essential skills, tools, techniques and artistic exploration to build a meaningful art practice in collage. Students will apply basic art theories using a variety of collage strategies, and leave each session with their own personal creation. All supplies are provided.
Website for event: https://www.santapaulaartmuseum.org/creativity
Event cost: $35.00 per class
Women Create! (Ages 16 and Over)
Date & Time: Wednesday, August 8, 2018, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Address: Santa Paula Art Museum, 117 N. 10th Street, Santa Paula, CA 93060 / (805) 525-5554
Description of event: Nourish yourself with creativity in the safety and support of our monthly women’s group, “Women Create!” Join artist and creativity coach Mary-Gail King for an ongoing series with art projects, discussions and friendship designed to find your muse and express yourself. Have fun, make art, and bring friends! This is a class for adults aged 16 and over.
Website for event: https://www.santapaulaartmuseum.org/creativity
Event cost: $35.00 per class
Ceramics as Personal Sculpture (Ages 16 and Over)
Date & Time: Saturday, August 11, 2018, from 10:00am to 1:00pm
Address: Santa Paula Art Museum, 117 N. 10th Street, Santa Paula, CA 93060 / (805) 525-5554
Description of event: In concert with her Museum exhibit “Local Clay,” artist and CSUCI professor Marianne McGrath will lead students through techniques and concepts she uses to unlock the unique, expressive potential of highly personalized, small scale ceramic works. Students will work clay and design a small piece to be fired off-site and picked up at the Museum.
Website for event: https://www.santapaulaartmuseum.org/creativity
Event cost: $40.00 per class
Collage Essentials (Ages 16 and Over)
Date & Time: Thursday, August 16, 2018, from 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Address: Santa Paula Art Museum, 117 N. 10th Street, Santa Paula, CA 93060 / (805) 525-5554
Description of event: This class is definitely not your grandmother’s collage! Equal parts memory, curiosity, experiment and instinct, collage is a fascinating medium with endless potential for creative expression. In an ongoing series, artist Karen Browdy will share the essential skills, tools, techniques and artistic exploration to build a meaningful art practice in collage. Students will apply basic art theories using a variety of collage strategies, and leave each session with their own personal creation. All supplies are provided.
Website for event: https://www.santapaulaartmuseum.org/creativity
Event cost: $35.00 per class
Monotypes Using Gelatin Plates (Ages 16 and Over)
Date & Time: Part 1: Friday, August 24, 2018, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm; Part 2: Saturday, August 25, 2018, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Address: Santa Paula Art Museum, 117 N. 10th Street, Santa Paula, CA 93060 / (805) 525-5554
Description of event: Used by seasoned artists yet easy enough for the beginner, monotypes using gelatin prints is a fast, fun, color-filled experience in printmaking. Students will learn to make their own gelatin plate, use a variety of tools to create expressive and spontaneous imagery, and employ water based inks to generate multiple prints to take home. Join artist Gail Herscher to learn this lively process that you can easily do at home. This course must be taken as a two-part series.
Website for event: https://www.santapaulaartmuseum.org/creativity
Event cost: $80.00 for the two-part series