("Morning Hibiscus" by Joe Cibere)

BAA, in partnership with the California Gold Coast Watercolor Society, proudly present their first Open Competition for Watercolor & Aqua Media.


This exhibition is open to professional and amateur artists from Ventura, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles counties. The fee for each piece submitted is $12 for members and $18 for non-members. About the Juror: Joe Cibere's painting style and art demonstrates his love of nature and wilderness. His "abstract realism" paintings integrate strong design and balance with a sense of illusion and have appeared in Watercolor Magazine. He teaches at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village, CA.
Please check the BAA website for the prospectus and entry form.

BAA announces a members-only Call to Artists for a 2010 Art Calendar! The theme is Two Trees.
    DEADLINE for submissions is Friday, Oct. 9, 2009 at 12 noon. Images should be horizontal in format. Submission of your digital image should be 7" high x 9" wide, 72 dpi. If your piece is selected, you'll be asked to send a higher resolution image. Selected artists will receive a number of free calendars. Send submissions to calendar@buenaventuragallery.org.
    The BAA Two Trees 2010 Art Calendar is a fundraising effort, and proceeds will benefit the Annual College Art Student Scholarship Awards and the Buenaventura Art Association.

Advertise in the 2010 Calendar: Advertising space is still available in this calendar. Form is available at the BAA website.
 

Julieanne Case began painting and dancing at a very young age. However, when family circumstances changed the painting stopped, and she redirected her creative impulses into learning to cook under her mother's tutelage.
"My natural talent for cooking was fed by experimentation and exploration. My dining room table was my palette for many years where I created an edible sensory 'painting' - using the table setting and the food to nourish the person and their soul through sight, smell and taste." Dancing has also remained as a life-long pleasure and pasttime.
   After college, Julieanne took a figure drawing class and reawakened her love for art, surprising herself with her skill at capturing the model before her. Then the art door swung closed again until nine years ago when a painting class seemed to be calling her name and she listened. As with cooking, painting seemed to come naturally to her, especially mixing and using color which she describes as "pure joy". She says: "Why did I take that class? Maybe the Universe was calling me. But I'm filled with awe and love when I paint and those emotions are in my paintings along with pure unbridled joy!"
   At times Julieanne paints with a technique called Ho'oponopono which is a clearing and healing technique. She says: "I would love to heal the world with my paintings. And I'm hoping this comes through in my paintings. Enjoy! Life is to be savored either through taste, feel, smell, visual or sound! Take your pick. I love them all! How about you?"
   Julieanne Case works in three mediums: oils, digital fine art and photography.

Ventura County Star Copy Editor Don Scott and Museum of Ventura County Director of Marketing Susan Leeper Gerrard are offering a writing workshop at the Buenaventura Gallery to share their experience and advice about how to increase readers' interest in your vision and artwork: Words as Artist Tools: Brush Up Your Message!. Sun., Nov. 1 and Sun., Nov. 15 at 2 pm. $15 for members and $25 for non-members. To sign up: Scott and Gerrard Workshop


Ink Resist Workshop presented by the Ojai Group of Artists: Kristy Vantrease, Barbara Wiles, Patty Van Dyke, Diane Hanley, and Mary-Gail King on Sunday November 15, 2009, 10am to 3 pm at the Ojai Art Center 113 S. Montgomery St. Ojai. $45 plus a materials fee of $5 For more info or to sign up: www.theojaigroup.com or www.pattyvandyke.com. A materials list and more info will be sent after sign-ups in October. This workshop will be in conjunction with the exhibit Ojai Ink Nov. 7 through Dec. 3, 2009 at the Ojai Art Center.

On Saturday and Sunday, September 26 and 27, Susan Kaufman held a "Mini-Bust" sculpture workshop, attended by Linda Peterson, Janna Valenzuela, Emily Thompson, and Janet Black. It was a day and a half of learning new techniques and materials in 3D, and taking home a "bronzed" mini-bust. Many thanks to Susan for her expert instruction.

In addition to Chris Weber's plein air group, we also have an Ojai group's plein air schedule, and more as we receive information.

Your monthly Artists Sales information is now available online. Go to Info 4 Members at the BAA website at buenaventuragallery.org and then click on Artist Sales. Or follow the link here: Artist Sales

Chris's words were the truth. She took me aside almost two years ago while looking for an Assistant and I am sure these were the days she was looking forward to! Time to paint and sculpt and to be with her growing family. The BAA family was lucky to have Chris at the helm for three successful and valuable years of BAA history. I was VERY lucky to have Chris as a teacher and a guide on how our unique organization operates. We are also very lucky this is just a move to her studio and not to another part of the country. We can  be assured her proximity means she will be still involved with BAA's events, exhibits and the occcational phone call.  

   I'm saving my first official notes as director for the next newsletter, after the board has officially dubbed me with the new title on Thursday. I will leave you to read our 4Members Only newsletter filled with news, events, exhibits and many opportunities to celebrate our creative community and talented members.

See you at the Gallery!

Emily Thompson

The 3D exhibit will be held in conjunction with the Kinetic Sculpture Race. Both competitions are open to non-members.
(Image above, last year's winner by Chuck Estvan.)  More Info ...

 

Studio Channel Islands Art Center Open Exhibition: "New Beginnings"
Studio Channel Islands is pleased to announce that after 12 successful years on the campus of Cal State Channel Islands, our new gallery will open at 2221 Ventura Boulevard, in the heart of Old Town Camarillo, on Friday, October 30th!  The 'grand opening' exhibition, "New Beginnings", is open to all Ventura County artists. You need not be a SCIART member to enter. Artists may bring in up to 3 entries on Monday, October 26th, from 10am - 3:30 pm. The Opening Reception is planned for Friday, October 30th from 5-8 pm. 
   Sylvia White will be the juror for this exhibition.  Please see the Call for Entries form, for deadlines and further details. Exhibit will run from October 30 thru December 5.

Mural Opportunity: Ken Boyle, owner of Lu Ross Beauty Academy, is looking to work with a local artist or students to paint a mural on the side of his building at 470 E. Thompson Blvd. Boyle was inspired by our Mural in a Day project. Contact Ken Boyle at Lu Ross Academy 805-643-5690 x16 or email kboyle@lurossacademy.com

Studio Space for Rent: 12' x 12' studio space available immediately for artist, ceramicist, writer, etc., $200/mo unlimited use, located at Art City, Ventura, CA. For further details call elle-je' freeheart at 805.746.9762 or email ljfreeheart@yahoo.com

Put your work on the walls for sale at a very very busy coffee house! Coffee Cat, 1201 Anacapa, Santa Barbara (across from the Courthouse). Contact Adam Cherry coffeecatart@hotmail.com. Be persistent, email response is reportedly a little sluggish.

PhotoVentura 2009: A Festival of All Things Photographic: Ventura galleries will coordinate their exhibits and events to show fine art photography, photo-art, and multimedia projects in October/November 2009. PhotoVentura 2009 is taking over the Ventura cultural scene with dozens of photo-themed exhibits and events. The PhotoVentura Gallery Crawl, Saturday October 10, 2009 should prove to be a snapshot of success! More info...

Museum of Ventura County "Altars of Memory" plus exhibits and activities for "Día de los Muertos"
   Altars of Memory, created by local community groups, schools and artists, celebrate the lives of the departed October 27 through November 6 at the Museum of Ventura County.
    Visitors to the museum during October may honor a loved one by inscribing a paper memorial butterfly, which will be included in a group installation display during the museum's 9th Annual free Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) Community Celebration on Sunday, November 1 from  11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.


("Calaveras de Juarez", detail, by Maribel Hernandez)
 
The exhibition includes an altar honoring las muertas de Juarez (The Dead Women of Juaréz), by Maribel Hernandez in collaboration with Adriana M. Mendoza. More altars, some created by Ventura school children, include those in honor of fallen soldiers and extinct animals.
   For more information, go to www.venturamuseum.org, or visit 89 S. California St. in Ventura. Free to the public, 11-6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.

Ventura City Council Candidates Arts Forum, October 16, 6:30 pm, Crowne Plaza Ventura Beach in Ventura. What platforms are the newly elected City Council Candidates going to take to promote and protect the image that has been publicly fostered of Ventura as "California's New Art City"? The Advocates for Ventura Arts asks your support in promoting the Ventura City Council Candidates Arts Forum, to help ensure a City Council that understands the importance of the arts to our communities. For more info, see venturaarts.org.

It's new. It's different. It's extraordinary. You are invited to the Boho Coffee Gallery in the heart of the boho district in ventura, the gathering place for artists, writers, musicians, friends and neighbors to meet, sip coffee or tea, debate, discuss, dissect and devour the great mysteries and expressions of art and other fantabulous boho things. Please bring your own cup. Every Wednesday, 9-11:30am "Tea by the Sea" at Bell Arts Factory, 432 N. Ventura Ave.;
Every Friday: 9-11:30 am at "Green Art People" behind the Gallery Car Wash, 140B N. Ventura Ave. Donations accepted. Future plans include evenings of presentations such as spoken word, performance art, invited speakers -- by artists for artists.

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