This studio tour and artist talk is open to 10 guests $25 per members $30 for nonmembers Students free. Bob is a BAA member and professor emeritus at Pepperdine University where he taught art for many years.

In Bob's Words:
Perceptions: Contradictions and Associations- I'm interested in the juxtaposition of disparate elements to create new meaning. I have long been intrigued by images and shapes which seem to have simple and obvious meanings, but upon further examination prove to have multiple and even contradictory meanings. Utilizing some of the conceptual methods of Dada and Surrealism I have tried to examine the psychological balance between that which is "reasonable" and that which is "irrational." I do not consider myself a Dada or Surrealist artist. I am merely an observer of "THE HUMAN CONDITION" with its myths, dreams, future hopes, flights to freedom, and the balance between positive events and negative actions. My artwork is the result of those observations.

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Debi Nowak-Hawkes
Jewelry Design and Portraiture

Phyllis Solcyk's fine paintings offer soft and attentive details with an exquisite glow of mastery. Her realistic compositions include pristine Tall Ships, Coast Guard Cutters, Tugs, Fishing Boats and Seascapes. Each painting pulls you in for a closer look, revealing carefully crafted details. Solcyk began her art education at the Chouinard Art Institute on scholarship. Shortly after she began work with Disney Studios! Thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Disney she assisted on the films "Lady and the Tramp" and "Sleeping Beauty" among other projects. After Disney she began illustrating for the Aerospace Industry, and her interests turned to science and space.(Click here for more info).

FOTM continues it's Saturday Artists Spotlight Series! You've all heard of their Tuesday Talks, well...same program different channel (location) and new day! Now being held on the Campus of the Brooks Institute in Ventura, at 5301 N. Ventura Ave from 5 - 6:30pm. On March 13, Richard Matzkin: Sculptor, Musician, Therapist and Writer. Richard and his wife Alice dedicate their time and talent to the art of aging, gaining admiration for their love of older subjects. A coffee table book on the subject of their art was published in 2009. Click Here

NAUTICA 2010, an annual, juried, marine contemporary art competition and exhibit is at the Ventura County Maritime Museum thru Mar. 31, 2010.  Maritime Museum, 2731 S. Victoria Avenue, Oxnard CA.

Artist Studios Available: Studio Channel Islands Art Center is moving into the new space at the old Los Primeros School site in Old Town Camarillo. Light and airy classrooms are available to divide up or take as a group. New studio spaces available this summer. Rent starting as low as $128 a month. Contact SCIART at 805-383-1368 or email sciartcenter@verizon.net. This space could go quickly. Artists with a printmaking emphasis who would like to participate in creating a printing workshop, please contact Gretel Compton at 805-443-6513. -- Workshops & Classes: Christine Leong will hold ongoing Chinese Watercolor classes every Tuesday evening from 5-7pm and Friday mornings from 10:30-12:30. Karin Geiger teaches a children's art class. Additional classes offered in weaving, fiber arts, jewelry, mixed media and acrylic painting. All classes are held at the new gallery, 2221 Ventura Blvd., Camarillo, CA. Please call 805-383-1368 for more information on classes, prices and registration, Click here.

Eighth Annual Erotic Exhibit: Wet  This open/juried exhibit is one of our most popular contemporary exhibits. A multi-media look at the sensual and erotic, distilled through the muse and onto the many enticing visual palates of the arts community. San Buenaventura Artists Union Gallery 330 S. California St. Plaza, Ventura, CA. Show Dates: Feb. 13- Mar. 21. 

Museum of Ventura County presents 28 quilt artists from Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties in their show Becoming Art at the Seams: a Juried Exhibition of Art and Contemporary Quilts, March 13-June 20. Opening with a free public reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, March 12. -- Tour Magnificent Canyons of the West. Arizona and Utah are rich in magnificent canyons rivaling the beauty if not the size of the Grand Canyon. Take an adventure through these lesser known "other" canyons with geographer Dennis Napier as your tour director during a three-day motor coach tour June 7-13, 2010, sponsored by the Museum of Ventura County. The tour cost is $1,150 per person for double occupancy (single occupancy $1,450). All reservations must be made through the Museum of Ventura County's Danielle Martell at 805-641-1876, x 305, by a May 7 deadline. For more trip details, visit: www.californiadiscovery.com. -- The Museum of Ventura County is located at 89 S. California Street in Ventura. Open Tuesday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; free admission, except for some events. For information, go to www.venturamuseum.org or (805) 653-0323.