Lompoc & santa ynez valley JULY 2019
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Elverhøj Museum of History & Art
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Joellen Chrones p. 805-588-2261
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Wildling Museum of Art & Nature
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Lompoc Valley Art Association would like to thank Lompoc Valley Flowers and Home Decor for their generosity for the floral decor at the Lompoc Cypress Gallery 25th Anniversary Reception on July 13th. The assistance and expertise of Connie Clancy is greatly appreciated. Please support Lompoc Valley Florist & Home DĂŠcor, located at 1026 North H St., Lompoc, CA 93436 (805) 736-2700
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Cypress Gallery Celebrates 25 Years of Art Message from the LVAA President The Cypress Gallery Artwalk Art Classes (Adult & Kids) Featured Artist Sugarless Treats, non-fattening jewelry & glass Cypress Gallery Lompoc Mural Society Lompoc Theater Project Grossman Gallery Exhibit
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The Lompoc Valley Art Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, supporting the arts within the Lompoc & Santa Ynez Valley through affordable opportunities for artists to show and sell artwork, collaborations with non-profits and businesses on programs and events, investment in higher education for high school art students through scholarships, and a variety of outreach avenues, such as this digital arts magazine, that bring greater awareness to the cultural heart beat of the area.
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Join us as we celebrate our 25th Anniversary of our Cypress Gallery. We have many events planned throughout the month of July. We start with our Featured show, “Expressions.” On Exhibit: June 25 through July 28, 2019 Celebration Reception: Saturday, July 13 • 6-8pm
Cypress Gallery Meet the Artists and enjoy refreshments while you browse the gallery. Over 40 past and present members of the Gallery were given 4x4 inch canvases and were told to do whatever they wanted. Some artists chose to create in their favorite medium while others explored. There are a variety of paintings, drawings, photographs, gourds, fused glass, and so much more! All of the 4x4’s will be offered for $25 each. It is a perfect way to be able to get some special pieces. The Lompoc Valley Arts Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, committed to expanding and supporting access and exposure to the arts in the Lompoc and Santa Ynez Valley. LVAA sponsors arts programs, events, communications, and other efforts that mutually benefit artists, businesses, residents and visitors to our Valley. To learn more about the arts in the Valley, visit our website www.lompocart.org and Like our Facebook page “Cypress Gallery”
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT With the month of July almost half over the Cypress Gallery 25th anniversary celebration looks to be a great success. The display of many small works by several present and past members of the association envisioned by Kathy Badrak creates a very dramatic entry into the gallery. Thanks to members Bill Morson, Ann Thompson, Kathy Badrak, Joellen Chrones and Lynda Schiff for helping make the display so special. We installed over 250 4X4 canvases in the front room of the gallery representing the imagination of many of our members. Each canvas is available for purchase for only $25.00 for which you get original art by one of our talented artists. Many have been sold so come in soon for the best selection; try to make it to our reception on Saturday, July 13th from 6 – 8 p.m. Our 25th Anniversary ribbon cutting by the Chamber of Commerce on July 1st had a huge turnout of gallery members, Chamber staff and members, and the general public. Thank you to Amber Wilson, Chamber President for making the ribbon cutting a success. Besides the gallery celebrating 25 years the Lompoc Valley Art Association has been a Chamber member for 45 years. Another local group I’d like to thank for not only promoting Cypress Gallery, but the Lompoc Valley in general is ExploreLompoc.com. Look for them on Instagram and Facebook at ExploreLompoc. Three of our member artists, also members of the local Mural Association, have recently completed the rehabilitation of the paint on the outside of the gallery. For those not familiar with the gallery, it is painted to represent a small cottage and contains many unique touches that give the building a quaint and intriguing appearance. You have to look closely to pick out painted birds, cats, ladybugs and other critters. Linda Gooch, Vicki Andersen and Ann Thompson did a great job with the restoration. Tom Chrones President Lompoc Valley Art Association
THE CYPRESS GALLERY
119 E. Cypress Ave, Lompoc • Open Tue–Sun, 12-4PM www.lompocvalleyartassociation.com
CYPRESS GALLERY ARTWALK • BY ELIZABETH MONKS HACK Celebrate Art! Small Treasures, Big Events When you visit the Cypress Gallery this month, be prepared to experience delightful, tactile, opulent eye candy! Our front gallery room features “Expressions,”a display of 252 miniature artworks mounted on twenty-one black rectangular boards. Having the appearance of exquisite boxes of chocolates, each one is a little jewel, or delectable petit-four. Gallery artist (and treasurer, historian and publicist) Kathy Badrak initiated an art challenge to gallery members awhile back. Inspired by a public exhibition that presented artwork on a myriad of Post-it Notes, she suggested we all try our hand at making art on a 4” by 4” canvas. The rule was “Anything you want!” and the hope was that we would collectively produce a show of great diversity and creativity. That certainly happened, with some artists getting so enthusiastic over the project they submitted multiples, like a dozen. The paintings are precious in size and generous in creative bounty. Some artists made smaller versions of their own style, while others veered, nay zoomed, away from what they usually produce. The small size seemed to stimulate the right side of the brain and expand boundaries. Some works are three-dimensional, bearing little sculptures, found objects, beading and relief work. Others are realistic: a tiny bird, a single strawberry, a precise landscape. Every type of abstraction is represented – pours, splats, shapes and pattern. A sign on the wall asks that viewers not touch the artworks, because that is exactly what these works stimulate us to instinctively do: touch, feel, explore! Just as you do when looking at jewels, or a box of chocolates!
Linda Gooch, Quiet Beauty
The artworks in the main gallery features works just as colorful and inviting, only larger. My favorite this month is “Quiet Beauty” by Linda Gooch, a square large format, close-up of a pink rose, that draws the viewer into its center. Sensitively rendered in watercolor, it is an object of meditation, a place of calm. Julia Nash has a striking early modernist portrait on display, called “The Melting Gargoyle,” which disrupts conventional notions of color and perspective. The mysterious “Night Stalker” by Mikel Nacarrato depicts a lioness setting out on a twilight hunt in an orange and blue-violet world. Last month our committed gallery members engaged in some significant community outreach. Sonya Cross, a 3rd grade teacher Julie Nash, The Melting Gargoyle from Fillmore Elementary called to ask if the we gave tours. Ms. Badrak answered the phone, and said “YES!” because when opportunity knocks, that is the proper response. She assembled a team of nine, and they prepared a program for over 60 school children, broken into four groups, in which they toured two murals, toured the gallery, learned about art and gallery etiquette, and did a take-home art project in the gazebo. Teachers, we are open for business next year! And it is free.
July marks a “Life Event” for the Cypress Gallery. We are celebrating our 25th anniversary! To prepare for the festivities, artists Linda Gooch, Vicki Andersen and Annie Thompson have Mikel Nacarrato, Night Stalker painstakingly, lovingly restored the picturesque murals on the outside of our building, which had faded over time. The Chamber of Commerce came for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark this milestone. A reception to celebrate the “Expressions” show and the anniversary will take place on Saturday, July 13, to which the public is invited. A children’s art day, and a scarf-dyeing class are also planned later in July. We invite all of you to share in our celebration of creativity this month. Enjoy the amuse-bouches of “Expressions,” shop for gifts and perhaps take home a bona fide treasure. Contact the gallery for information on hours and events. Find us at www.lompocart.org, on Facebook, and at 119 East Cypress Avenue, Lompoc. Phone (805) 737-1129. The Cypress Gallery is operated by the members of the Lompoc Valley Art Association, a 501c(3) non-profit organization, committed to expanding and supporting access and exposure to the arts in the Lompoc and Santa Ynez Valley.
ART CLASSES FORArtKIDS Classes for Kids
Art Class for Kids!
Offered by Lompoc Valley Art Association for our 25th Anniversary of the Cypress Gallery Offered by Lompoc Valley Art Association for
Offered by Lompoc Valley Art Association for
Our 25th Anniversary of the Cypress Gallery
Our 25th Anniversary of the Cypress Gallery
Learn how to make a basic design and create a spectacular picture. Our Guest Artist, John Lettau, will be our instructor. His artwork is called Barn Quilts. It's a popular form of art that's painted on barns in the midwest and has caught on in communities throughout the U.S.
Come join us for “Art at the Cypress Gallery” where kids can let their imaginations soar! We will use a variety of mediums which may include paint, crayons, colored pencils to make animals from paper plates! We will create our own zoo animals! Don’t miss out on the fun!
Saturday, July 20, 2019 Time – Class 1 - 1:00 to 2pm
Class 2 - 2:30 to 3:30pm
Cypress Gallery, 119 E. Cypress
Saturday, July 20, 2019 - 11a to 12pm
Bring Crayons if you have them, all other supplies will be provided
Cypress Gallery, 119 E. Cypress
Cost: We are asking for a 50 cent donation
Bring Crayons or colored pencils
Ages 3 and up
Other Supplies included
Parent or Guardian must stay on the premises
50 cent donation requested Ages 9 and up Parent or Guardian must stay on premises
Sign up at the Cypress Gallery – from Noon to 4pm Tuesday through Sunday - Signups from June 10 to July 15 Class size limited to 15
Students must be registered in advance. We are not able to accommodate walk-ins. Space is limited and fills up quickly. Sign up at the Cypress Gallery – from Noon to 4pm Tuesday through Sunday - Signups from June 10 to July 15 Each class is limited to 15
Art Class for Adults! Offered by Lompoc Valley Art Association for Our 25th Anniversary of the Cypress Gallery
You will be able to create your own 15x60 inch dyed silk scarf. Artist Tonya Schultz, will be our instructor. Her artwork is always bold and full of color.
Saturday, July 27, 2019 Class 1 – 10:00 to 12:00pm Class 2 – 2:00 to 4:00pm
Cypress Gallery, 119 E. Cypress Cost - $25
Ages - 16 and up
All Supplies included Students must be registered and paid in advance. We are not able to accommodate walk-ins. Space is limited and fills up quickly. Sign up at the Cypress Gallery – from Noon to 4pm Tuesday through Sunday - Signups from June 10 to July 15 Each class is limited to 15
CYPRESS GALLERY AUGUST FEATURED ARTIST CHRIS JESZECK JULY 30–AUGUST 25, 2O19 ARTIST RECEPTION: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 • 2-4PM
Chris Jeszeck, Flamenco
Chris Jeszeck, Reflections
The Lompoc Valley Art Association’s Cypress Gallery will be featuring "To Fluidity and Beyond!", an artist show by Chris Jeszeck. The show will be on exhibit from July 30 to August 25, 2019. Chris is practically a California native, having grown up in Southern California. Moving to Lompoc with her husband John and family in 1987 was one of the best decisions of her life. Inspiration for creating art is resplendent in this area of the central coast. “For over 40 years, I've spent as much time as possible learning and experimenting with various forms of art, including drawing and painting. I still can't call a particular style or vision my own, and that's the way I like it. I love being a student, stretching myself to try new techniques and approaches. While I am partial to detail and realism, I also have found myself mesmerized by abstraction. Not much makes me happier than sharpening a new set of colored pencils, squeezing out some luscious smelling oil paints or mixing a home-made medium with acrylics. Unless of course, I'm actually doing something with those supplies! I simply love to put color down on paper or canvas. My studio is truly my happy place, where all worries and concerns fly out the open window. If I have one goal with my art, it would be to make the viewer smile. Whether it be through a humorous addition to a piece of fluid art, a charming pet portrait or simply the use of bright color, I just want to bring a bit of joy to whoever takes the time to look at my work”.There will be a will be an artist’s reception on Sunday August 4 from 2:00 to 4:00p.m. Refreshments will be served. Please come by and check out the show. The Cypress Gallery is at 119 East Cypress Avenue, Lompoc, across from the Museum. The Lompoc Valley Arts Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, committed to expanding and supporting access and exposure to the arts in the Lompoc and Santa Ynez Valley. LVAA sponsors arts programs, events, communications, and other efforts that mutually benefit artists, businesses, residents and visitors to our Valley. To learn more about the arts in the Valley, visit our website www.lompocart.org and Like our Facebook page “Cypress Gallery”
Sugarless Treats, non-fattening jewelry and glass By Joellen Chrones
New floppy bowl can be used for candles or as a candy or nut dish, different sizes and colors available.
Items by Joellen available at the Wilding Museum in Solvang And Cypress Gallery, 119 E. Cypress, Lompoc, Open every day except Monday’s from 12 to 5pm Any questions I can be contacted at 805-588-2261
CYPRESS GALLERY EXHIBITING NOW
Here are a few selections of artwork for show and sale currently at the Cypress Gallery. 119 East Cypress Ave, Lompoc Across from the Museum Gallery hours are Tue. through Sun, 12-5 pm
VC deMille, A Wall or a Bridge, Acrylic $100
Jan Manfrina, Peeking Through the Fence, Watercolor $55
JT Turner, Is This Art Here, Acrylic $1200
Trish Campbell, Mars Beach, Acrylic $195
Tom Heslop, Waiting for the Spring, Watercolor $175
Ed Heintz, North Italy, Acrylic $100
Angie Hamlin, Turtle Dreams, Digital Collage $50
Claudette Carlton, Old Budapest Church, Watercolor $125
Linda Gooch, Overlooking Jalama, Lt. Edition Giclee $325
Rosalea Greenwood, Heart of Gold, Watercolor $70
Vicki Andersen, Lompoc Flower Field, Acrylic $350
Linda Gooch, Evelyn Rose, Gouache $275
Diane Atturio, Old Man of Sedona, Watercolor $225
Bill Morson, Yosemite, Metal Print $150
Neil Andersson, Sunset at River Park, Oil $1200
Mikel Naccarto, Night Stalker, Acrylic $500
Julie Nash, Before and After 1945, Oil $600
Mitra Cline, Gatekeepers, Mixed Media $150
Dee Sudbury, Fruit and Flowers, Acrylic $136
Betsee Talavera, Carizzo Superbloom, Acrylic $2500
Jane Kametani, Flower, Photo $30
Lynda Schiff, Wisteria, Photo on Canvas $65
Debby Fuller, Yellow Hills and Tree, Photo $65
Joellen Chrones, Glassware
Diane Reuter, Old Oak, Mixed Media $65
LOMPOC VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP The latest Allan Hancock College recipient of the LVAA scholarship is artist, Gold Vang. Gold says that she has always been interested in art and has been oil painting for a number of years. The body of her work consists of portraits and the human figure. Recently, she has been experimenting with new painting surfaces such as glass, plexiglass, and granite. Her current project focuses on creating a statue made up of sheets of plexiglass, each sheet with a layer of paint on in. This project was inspired by the contemporary Chinese painter and sculptor, Xia Xiao Wan. She is currently painting an ongoing series titled “Matter Astir”. Her painting, “Vapor” is part of this series which features portraits of women turning into the various states of matter. Please visit Gold Vangs Instagram account to view more of her excellent and intriguing work. https://www.instagram.com/gsv.does.art/
Gold Vang, Vapor
Linda Schiff and Gold Vang
LOMPOC VALLEY MURAL SOCIETY Title: An Artist’s Cottage Year: 1998
Location: 119 East Cypress Avenue Artists: Linda Gooch & Vicki Andersen, Lompoc, CA
Victorian Cottage.
From the Lompoc Valley Art Association’ beginnings, more than forty years ago, the Association members have displayed their artwork for the enjoyment of the community. But until 1994, LVAA members had no permanent location to show their work. In 1994, the old Chamber of Commerce Building at 119 East Cypress Ave. became vacant. LVAA leased the building, renovated the inside, and created the Cypress Gallery. This month marks the Gallery’s twenty-fifth anniversary. It is also the twenty- first anniversary of the transformation of the outside of this “non-descript cinder block building” into a colorful rendition of a
The original idea to paint the whole exterior of the gallery as a Victorian Cottage was from local artist and LVAA
member, Linda Gooch. Fellow LVAA member Vicki Anderson joined Linda, and together they created the wonderful mural of a Victorian Cottage complete with an outside garden of Hollyhocks, Climbing Roses, an artist dog named “Filbert,” a pink flamingo and a playful cat. By 2018 the Victorian Cottage mural had lost much of the original vibrant colors, and in some places, paint was peeling from the walls. Once again, Linda Gooch and Vicki Anderson brought out their paints and brushes and began the meticulous work of restoring the Mural. This time they were joined by artist Ann Thompson, LVAA member and the Mural Curator for the Lompoc Mural Society. Before restoring the mural, the outside of the building had to be sanded, washed, then covered with a special varnish. The difficult part was creating the paint to match the original mural’s colors. After the restoration painting was completed another coat of varnish was applied. Today, after months of strenuous work and painstaking attention to detail, the Victorian Cottage Mural is as colorful and inviting as it was twenty-one years ago.
The three banditos, 2019.
Tom and Bill cleaning the cottage, 2019.
Paints, 2019.
Linda, Vicki, and Ann, 2019. Opposite Page. Top Row: Cypress Gallery, North Wall Cinderblock. 1994 Second Row from Left to Right: Vicki and Linda painting wall, 1994; Vicki and Linda east wall, 1994; Vicki and Linda, 1994 Third Row from Left to Right: Vicki, Linda, and Joyce ribbon cutting; Artists Cottage East Wall, 1994 Fourth Row from Left to Right: North Wall painted, 1994; Artists Cottage, 1994
Master Artists: Artist Linda Gooch creates realistic watercolors and also works with acrylics and colored pencils. Her work has been shown in the Cypress Gallery since 1995, where she has received multiple awards in the juried shows including several Best of Show. Linda has participated in many of the Lompoc Mural Society’s Mural in a Day projects. Linda and Vicki Anderson were the Master Artists for the Mural in a Day titled “The Lighthouse at Point Conception.” Linda’s work can be seen at http//lindagoochfineart.com
Artist Vicki Andersen creates vivid impressionistic paintings using a palette knife as her tool. You can see her work at the Cypress Gallery and the Gallery Los Olivos. In addition to her work on “The Lighthouse at Point Conception” mural, Vicki’s mural work includes the murals “Mission Vieja (Lompoc’s Lost Mission),” the “ Flowers of the Valley” and the “History of Agriculture in the Lompoc Valley”, created with artist Carol Oliveira. Vicki’s work can be seen at https://vickiandersen.com/
Artist Ann Thompson uses acrylics as her medium. Ann is the Lompoc Mural Society’s Curator. She is responsible for the restoration of Lompoc’s Murals to their original state when they have become damaged or weathered due to age. These restorations can take months. Ann was the Master Artist for the Mural “Surf Depot” and “Tragedy at Honda Point”. In addition, Ann has also completed the restoration of two murals, “Domingos Blacksmith Shop” and “Monarchs”. Ann will be the November featured Artist at Cypress Gallery.
Restoring
an historical building is sometimes like participating in an archeological dig. You never know what you’re going to find when you open a forgotten room, examine moldy file boxes, or break down a wall. At the Lompoc Theatre, so many treasures have been found thus far: a 1930’s projector, parts of the original pipe organ, old movie posters hidden in a wall; but none have been more exciting than the trove of Mickey Mouse Club documents that were uncovered last year. Found were the original contract, programs, instructions, and membership cards with magnificent and authentic Disney artwork in a box that was about to be thrown out! Walt Disney’s first Mickey Mouse Club was started in 1930 at a movie theater in Ocean Park, CA by the theater’s owner, Harry Woodin. He was then hired by Disney Studios to open clubs all over the country and Lompoc’s was chartered in 1932, joining the membership that would soon open in over 1400 theaters worldwide. Woodin defined the two primary functions of the club: First, "to provide an easily arranged and inexpensive method of getting and holding the patronage of youngsters at theaters especially since the Great Depression had just started”, and second, "through inspirational, patriotic, and character building activities related to the Club, to aid children in learning good citizenship." Each meeting followed a strict ritual like an adult fraternal order with elected officers, included a Chief Mickey Mouse, Chief Minnie Mouse, two Sergeants-at-Arms, a Song Leader, a Color Bearer and more. The creed was recited that was printed on the membership cards that reads: "I will be a square-shooter in my home, in school, on the playgrounds, wherever I may be. I will be truthful and honorable and strive always to make myself a better and more useful little citizen. I will respect my elders and help the aged, the helpless and children smaller than myself. In short, I will be a good American!" Then all the Club members would respond with the Mickey Mouse Club Pledge: "Mickey Mice do not swear, smoke, cheat or lie." This was usually followed by singing a verse of "America" as an American flag was brought on stage. Eventually the clubs faltered due to the Disney Studios deciding that the concept had gotten too unwieldy to support and there was a growing resentment from the theaters who didn’t have a club. By 1935 no new clubs were being licensed by the studio but some of the clubs stayed active well into the 1950’s when the Mickey Mouse Club television show premiered. Some folks of a certain age fondly remember the show and can sing along with that theme song “M-I-C- see ya real soon!- K-E-Y- Why? Because we like you!-M-O-U-S-E!!” Even after the dissolution of these clubs, some of the promotional material, like masks and balloons, were still available to all movie theaters from RKO, the studio distributing the Mickey Mouse cartoons, to help bring young people into the theater to see Mickey Mouse, who had become a national phenomenon. The Lompoc Theatre plans to proudly display these treasured and historical materials in the lobby of the fully restored theater.
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SOLVANG
The Art of Dress: SATURDAY AUGUST 3 Curator’s Gallery Walk & Talk – 4 pm Last Call Reception – 4:30 to 6 pm
August 10 – November 3, 2019 EYVIND EARLE & JOHN CODY: CROSSING PATHS A new art exhibition, “Crossing Paths” debuts Saturday August 10 at Elverhøj Museum of History and Art. Featured will be artworks by American master Eyvind Earle and new works by sculptor John Cody. These two accomplished artists first crossed paths in Solvang in the late 1960s as their work garnered critical acclaim and collectors came looking for their work at a local gallery. For decades their lives and artistic endeavors intersected, often inspired by a love for art and the local environment.
Cody with lion
Earle’s career has encompassed many different fields. An artist, author and illustrator, by the early 1950s he was working as a background painter for Walt Disney Studios, where he contributed to classic animated feature films. After about 15 years creating animated art, Earle returned to painting full time in 1966 and kept working until the end of his life in 1990. In addition to his watercolors, oils, sculptures, drawings and scratchboards, in 1974 he began making limited edition serigraphs. For a ten year period between 1968-1978 Earle resided in Solvang. He found inspiration in the natural beauty of the area as is evident in the many artworks depicting Santa Ynez Valley and Central Coast locations. The show features a curated selection of local images.
Eyvind Earle, Santa Ynez Foothills
Cody’s work is fueled by a passion for the local environment – or more specifically, the serpentine rock found in our mountains. Internationally known for his sculpture, his artwork is found in public and private collections around the country and been featured in documentary film. After his first one-man show in 1967, he was described by the Los Angeles Times as the “Miracle of Solvang.” That same year, Cody’s sculptures were first exhibited with Earle’s landscapes, a pairing that continued until 2006. “Two separate journeys brought these artists together, spawning a lasting friendship and energizing their work,” said Elverhøj Executive Director Esther Jacobsen Bates. “This creative reunion was driven by Cody’s new body of work. After a 10-year hiatus, he has returned to carving stone with a renewed passion and vision. ” Exhibition programming includes a family sculpting workshop, artist demonstration, family film evening, and gallery talk. “Crossing Paths” remains on display through November 3.
Lynn Hanson
Join us for our next exhibition, Celebrating the National Lands of California, opening Saturday, July 20, 2019 from 3 - 5 p.m. The show presents a range of diverse techniques and subjects, with works highlighting idyllic vistas, as others challenge viewers with topics ranging from environmental impact and endangered species, to the dangerous effects of California wildfires. Of the 57 artists featured in the exhibition, 23 of the artists are local to the Central Coast. RSVP for the opening reception by emailing julie@wildlingmuseum.org. Awards for the top three entries will be announced at the reception. Support for Celebrating the National Lands of California provided by the Wood-Claeyssens Foundation, Tierra Alta Vineyards, and Donors to the Patti Jacquemain Exhibition Fund.
The Wildling Museum of Art and Nature is excited to present its first digital art competition for youth artists! Digital art includes still imagery such as digital photography, drawing, painting and illustration. The entries will be judged for their creativity, skill, and interpretation of the theme: Summer Vacation in Nature. All accepted entries will be displayed on the Wildling Website starting in the Fall of 2019 and select works will be printed by the Wildling Museum and hung on the third floor. There is a cash prize of $100 for first place! All accepted applicants will be invited to attend the award reception on September 7, 2019 from 3 - 5 pm. Visit California’s Only Nature Art Museum!
* Three art galleries * Hands-on activities for all ages * Unique gift shop * Local artists featured * Classes, lectures & film Screenings 805-688-1082 info@wildlingmuseum.org HOURS Weekdays: 11am - 5pm Weekends: 10am - 5pm
Alan Sonneman (left), Ivan Hernandez (top rt), Mariah Reading (bottom rt)
This summer and fall featuring:
Celebrating California’s National Lands Featuring over 60 original artworks of California’s National Parks, Monuments, Seashores and more!
Closed Tuesdays, Major Holidays
ADMISSION Members . . . . . . . . FREE Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5 Kids 17 & Under . . FREE Active Military ID . . FREE 3rd Wed . of Month . FREE
LOS OLIVOS
GALLERY LOS OLIVOS
2920 Grand Ave, Los Olivos • 805-688-7517 • www.gallerylosolivos.com Open daily, 10-5 pm
“SUMMER BLOOM”
Pastel paintings by Kris Buck and Deborah Breedon The Month of July
Kris Buck, Last Light
Both artists will be exhibiting a collection of plein-air and studio paintings of Santa Barbara County landscapes and succulents. Kris and Deborah have received numerous awards and are both members of the The Pastel Society of the West Coast and the Pastel Society of America. JURYING AT GALLERY LOS OLIVOS If you have not visited the gallery in the last year or so, we invite you to come see the new remodeled look and the growing variety of quality art that we now exhibit. Our goal is to continually improve our gallery by inviting exceptional artists to apply for membership. The next jurying for membership is Saturday, November 16. This jurying is for wall art – both contemporary and traditional styles. A confirmed reservation is required, and we encourage interested artists to get in touch soon since we’ll be finalizing the applicant list in mid-October. For information and to apply, go to www.gallerylosolivos.com/jurying.
Fostering a lifelong fascina on with nature
At NatureTrack, a 501c3 nonprofit, our mission is to instill students with the leadership skills, attitudes, and habits for lifelong learning and inspire them to be respectful stewards of our natural world. The NatureTrack Film Festival is a companion event which expands upon our core mission by "igniting passion for nature through film" at all age levels. The NatureTrack Film Festival invites filmmakers from around the world to share their adventures, stories, and documentaries with an appreciative audience. Located in Los Olivos, in the heart of Santa Barbara county (birthplace of Earth Day) we invite you to discover a Film Festival that supports the next generation of empowered nature lovers. Learn more at NatureTrack.org
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NatureTrack FILM FESTIVAL
Igniting Passion for Nature Through Film Films from around the world Exhilarating Adventures • Compelling Stories
Photo by sharply_done
March 20 – 22, 2020 Los Olivos, California
Located in the Santa Ynez Valley, near Santa Barbara
For Sponsor Information:
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BUELLTON
THE CONTENDERS July 27, 2019 Standing Sun LIVE - 92 2nd Street, Buellton Get your tickets here: http://www.standingsunwines.com/72719-The-Contenders_p_705.html I’ve met a lot of people in a lot of places. I’ve gotten to know them for a half a night or half a day. I’ve performed in their towns. Tiny shows, usually, with sparse crowds. I’ve slept, after the shows, on their floors, couches, and in their spare rooms. I’ve pet their dogs, drunk their wine, met their kids, their parents, their neighbors, their roommates, stayed up drinking with them at their colleges, learned about the new floors they planned to put in the kitchen when their kids finally left the house. I’ve heard them take off early for work in the morning and found their penciled notes telling me to help myself to the cereal in the pantry. I’ve been for rides on their boats and tractors, been treated to meals in their kitchens and restaurants. I’ve listened to the songs they write in their spare time and heard about the bands they used to be in before they became teachers or bankers or social workers or UPS drivers.
Often I’ve imagined living their lives — wondering if I could be happy in that house there in Utah or Georgia or Idaho. I’ve meditated with a Shinto priest in a freezing river beneath his shrine at six in the morning wearing a loin cloth and chanting Misogi. That time I didn’t wonder. If I think about it for 20 seconds I can recall the people I’ve gotten to know briefly but intensely in Iowa, Oregon, Arizona, Ohio, Texas, California, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Illinois, Washington, Maryland… time’s up, but there are more. For years I lived a life that led to this kind of fellowship. The life of a troubadour, essentially, in the classic sense. Singing for whoever would listen, whoever would pay enough for gas and offer their hospitality as a bonus. It was the greatest time of my life. Jay Nash, now one half of The Contenders, introduced me to that life. The troubadour’s life. He and I traversed the country together many times in the mid 2000’s. Most of the people I recalled meeting above, I met with Jay. He had been at it longer than I had, and was showing me the ropes. How to put together a livelihood with a guitar and a rental car. How to find healthy food at a truck stop. How to quiet a dive bar crowd. He introduced me to his troubadour friends, many of whom I would come to share rentals cars and couches and guest rooms with in the years that followed. We became friends in a way that’s only possible for people who have driven at least 50,000 miles together. A Platinum friendship. I know all of his songs and most of his secrets. And vice versa. A peculiar perspective developed in me after all those hundreds of days and nights spent getting to know all those different people in all those different places. It’s a perspective shared by Jay Nash and Josh Day and every troubadour I know, and everyone who’s ever spent a lot of time with strangers in intimate settings: I began to take for granted that people everywhere are much more alike than different. It’s not that we don’t come from different backgrounds, have different religious and political beliefs, different skin colors, different financial means, of course we do. But I’ll say it another way: the things that we all have in common are the things we all seem to care the most about, and the things we disagree about… are not. I’ll be the first to point out that insisting our commonalities outweigh our differences always seems vacuous when hollered, as it is so often, by politicians seeking to engender goodwill in a campaign speech or by celebrities peddling hashtags. But after all the years spent getting to know the people we’re talking about, it is the most salient truth I’ve come to know about our country. The Contenders have made an album that only this brand of troubadour’s optimism could have inspired. A tacit assumption, based on experience, that people are generally good and want the same things. But there’s a flip side, and “Laughing with the Reckless” is basically a sad album, as it deftly conveys that unique heartbreak that comes from having allowed oneself to be so hopeful — from being intimately connected to so many different kinds of people, knowing the joyful communion that comes so naturally when we’re together, and confronting the reality of how often and severely we fail to live up to that potential. For a troubadour, observing current American political discourse is like watching two brothers bludgeon each other in a fistfight, or two best friends get divorced. The people screaming at each other these days are not strangers to us. We know them. We’ve slept on their couches. So “Laughing with the Reckless,” with all its infectious rhythms and sublime 2-part harmonies, grew out of those moments that are only possible when people “come together,” a phrase which, crucially, is not used on this album as a platitude. It’s meant literally. When Jay Nash and Josh Day sing, “if we all come together, we can see the light,” they mean actually, physically come together, as they have done with so many people for so long. They mean sit, eat, drink, talk, laugh, brag, embellish, confess, ramble, share, and reveal parts of ourselves we never meant to. The parts we might not even reveal to those who think they know us best, choosing instead to entrust our best secrets to the safekeeping of a stranger. When we do that, we find that our religion, our politics, our grievances almost never come to the forefront of the conversation, no matter how much of each other’s whiskey we drink. Our families, our work, our adolescent missteps, our friends, our sick parents, our hobbies, our songs, our favorite bands, our dreams — these are what are shared, because these, apparently, happily, are what actually define a person. Not many people know what it feels like, I fear, to be in so many strangers’ homes sharing music and stories, food and drink. But the troubadour knows. We do it all the time. And The Contenders mean to let you know it’s real, it gives them hope, and, lately, it breaks their hearts. Doors open 7pm/Show starts 7:30 $15 Standing Room / $20 Reserved Seating Food Truck to be announced soon All Ages Show! Tickets are WILL CALL and will not be mailed.
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