Artist DrawingSketches - A Buenaventura Art Association E-Letter
July '09
Buenaventura Art Association 
 Volume 3, Issue 7
Greetings!

Welcome to Buenaventura Art Association's E-Newsletter!  Read about our openings, events and happenings!
Ines Monguio "Telling Stories" at the Buenaventura Gallery
Ines Monguio 
"Telling Stories," a solo exhibit by Inés Monguiό will be at the Buenaventura Gallery from July 21 - August 15, 2009.  A reception for the artist will be held on Saturday, July 25 from 4 - 7 pm.
Each of Monguiό's images is a celebration of the human experience: relationships, loss, change, struggles and victories are all depicted on canvas and paper.  Her medium ranges from acrylic and mixed media to monotype, monoprints with chine collé elements.  Monguiό is adept at weaving her well-balanced abstract and figurative imagery into stories that are part of mankind's universal mythology.
Read more about Monguiό.
Still time to see Susan Guy's exhibit at the Discovery Gallery - runs through August 5 
Susan Guy
Susan Guy's "Local Explorations" exhibit of original paintings will be at the Discovery Gallery from Friday, July 3 to Wednesday, August 4, 2009.
Go outside and take a deep breath, there's a good chance you'll feel better. Take a walk, enjoy a little of mother natures gifts and see how much better you sleep that night. Fresh air: as good for the earth as it is for our bodies, is a mantra echoing in the art works and philosophy's of Guy and her plein air creations.
Read more about Guy.


The Discovery Gallery is located inside the Ventura Visitor's and Convention Bureau at 101 S. California St. in downtown Ventura.
Nancy J. Hodge "Cowgirl/Horse Art at the Harbor Village Gallery
Nancy Hodge 
Nancy Hodge's "Cowgirl/Horse Art" solo show at the Harbor Village Gallery runs from July 22 to August 24, 2009.  Artist Reception is Friday, July 24, 2009 from 5 - 8pm. Wear your Western duds to the reception and you'll be entered to win a Nancy J. Hodge print!

Giddy-up all you cowgirls, tie up your horse at the Ventura Harbor and trot to the Harbor Village Gallery for a collection of original paintings and mixed media images of Nancy Hodge. Motivational Southern dames, mouthy broads and inspirational sisterhood offer up their uplifting messages on original cowgirl-inspired art. The horses they ride are not only a means for transportation around the ranch, but a vehicle representing strength and freedom. The powerful words these horses and women share are Hodge's encouraging offerings to anyone who might not be holding their head as high as they should be.
Read more aboutHodge.
In This Issue
Ines Monguio opening this Saturday
Still time to see Susan Guy's "Local Explorations" at the Discovery Gallery
Nancy Hodge opening this Friday
Call to Artists - CMH exhbits
Lazy Hazy Days of Summer at CMH
Call to Artists
 
The next exhibit at Community Memorial Hospital is "Anything Goes!".  Deadline to enter July 28.
Lazy Hazy Days of Summer at Community Memorial Hospital 
Lazy Hazy Days of Summer 
 
The newest exhibit at Community Memorial Hospital "Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer" will run through Sept. 11, 2009.
 
55 year celebration