Lompoc & SYVArts - October 2020 by Lompoc Valley Art Association

Lompoc & santa ynez valley October 2020

THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS NatureTrack

The Cypress Gallery - LVAA 119 E Cypress Ave, Lompoc p. 805-737-1129 www.lompocart.org

Fostering a lifelong fascina on with nature

PO Box 953, Los Olivos p. 805-886-2047 sue@naturetrack.org www.naturetrack.org

Gallery Los Olivos

Standing Sun Winery

Lompoc Mural Society

Sugarless Treats, non-fattening jewelry and glass

2920 Grand Ave, Los Olivos p. 805-688-7517 gallerylosolivos@gmail.com www.gallerylosolivos.com

PO Box 2813, Lompoc p. 805-733-4282 www.lompocmurals.com

Lompoc Theater Project p. 805-380-6777 info@lompoctheatre.org

Vicki Andersen

www.vickiandersen.com

Neil Andersson

92 2nd St - Unit D, Buellton p. 805-904-8072 john@standingsunwines.com www.standingsunwines.com

Joellen Chrones p. 805-588-2261

Wildling Museum of Art & Nature 1511-B Mission Dr, Solvang p. 805-688-1082 info@wildlingmuseum.org www.wildlingmuseum.org

T&T Local Artisans Enterprise p. 805-680-8911 laegallery@gmail.com

www.neilandersson.com

The Lompoc Valley Art Association is closely monitoring the outbreak of corona virus and have as our top priority the health and safety of our visitors to the Cypress Gallery, artists, and our community. We are taking steps to comply with all mandates from our health officials. Please check our Facebook page often as things are changing swiftly. We will post updates in regards to our events and exhibits as they unveil.

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We are proud to count non-profit organizations and businesses as community partner members. Together, we advocate for each other, local artists, and collaborate on projects to create an enriching environment for the Arts Community within Lompoc and the Santa Ynez Valley.

Wildling Reopening Soon! Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re excited to share that the Wildling Museum will reopen to members by appointment only beginning Wednesday, October 28, 2020. Current members mayFeatured scheduleArtist: appointments toCarlton visit the museum October Claudette Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lompoc Valley Art Association Please contact Julie Mock at: julie@wildlingmuseum.org.

Lompoc Art Hunt

full of special tributes, beautiful art, and fun bidding wars on great live auction items. Most importantly, help us raise funds that will be DOUBLED by board member Kate Godfrey, up to $15,000! No cost to attend, just register online in advance! Visit: Fostering a lifelong fascination with nature www.wildlingmuseum.org/news/virtual-anniversary

NatureTrack

The Wildling Museum will reopen to the public on Saturday, November 7, 2020. Public walk-in hours will be Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Wildling Museum is following public health guidelines as advised by the CDC and County of Santa Barbara to ensure the safety of visitors and staff. Please review our current museum policies and procedures prior to planning your visit at: www.wildlingmuseum.org/visit

Enjoy perusing one-of-a-kind art, jewelry, wine, lodgLompoc Mural Society

Gallery Los Olivos

ing, and more as we count down to our anniversary fundraiser. Silent auction bidding will be open online from October 9 - 16, closing at 5 p.m. on event day.

Wildling Museum of Art & Nature

SOLVANG

LOMPOC Lompoc Mural Society Cypress Gallery Lompoc Art Hunt

Then, grab a glass of something delicious and join our first ever online fundraising event on Friday, October 16, 2020, 5 - 6 p.m.! Help us celebrate 20 years of art and nature and join emcee and auctioneer Jim Nye as he guides us through a lively event

Wildling Museum of Art & Nature LOS OLIVOS Gallery Los Olivos NatureTrack & NatureTrack Film Festival

ON THE COVER

Rosalea Greenwood Member of the Lompoc Valley Art Association. All Artwork and Photos shown remain the sole property of the artist. No reproductions are permitted without express permission from the Lompoc Valley Art Association and/or the artist.

Lompoc Valley Art Association 119 E. Cypress Ave Lompoc, CA 93436 805.737.1129

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.

LOMPOC MURAL SOCIETY www.lompocmurals.com BY KAREN OSLAND

History of Medicine

Title: History of Medicine in the Lompoc Valley Year: 2005

Location: 1515 East Ocean Avenue Master Artist: David Blodgett, South Bend, IN Description: The 120-foot mural depicts the history of medicine in the Lompoc Valley. The mural contains portraits of individuals who played in the development and operation of Lompoc’s medical community. This mural was a project of the Lompoc Mural Society, Lompoc Hospital Foundation and the Lompoc Healthcare District. In an interview with the Lompoc Record, Jim Raggio, then CEO of the Hospital District said, “It is our intent to employ the power of art to communicate the fascinating story of the birth and development of the medical community in the Lompoc Valley. A mural communicating this is extremely important for many reasons, but the foremost is the debt of gratitude that we all owe to those who brought the healing power of medicine and treatment to the Valley.” (Lompoc Record 2001) David Blodgett, of South Bend Indiana, was the Master Artist commissioned to create the Mural. He and his wife Linda had painted over 160 murals reflecting the history of many communities located across the United States. It was the first mural Blodgett painted in Lompoc for the Mural Society. In 2010 Blodgett acted as master artist for the Mural-ina-Day project in Art Alley, depicting the history of Moore’s Department Store and in 2012 he was the Master Artist for the mural in a day titled “Thanks for Caring” that celebrated non- profit agencies in Lompoc. The mural was originally mounted on the wall that led to the entrance of the old Lompoc Hospital at 508 East Hickory Ave. The wall was 150 long and 8 to 10 feet high. The renderings and the panels had to be designed to be visible below the roof overhang and between the roof support columns. It also had to be painted on exterior grade, removable panels. The panels had to be removable because at that time it was planned to renovate the hospital to comply with current earthquake safety standards.

LLC and Lompoc Foundation

David Blodgett, Lisa Blodgett and other family members painted the mural on 8ft by 10ft panels at the Blodgett home in Indiana. The panels were then shipped to Lompoc and with the help of local volunteers the 60 -pound panels were mounted on the hospital wall.

Chumash Panel

Chumash, Rafael Solares. By Leon Cessac

La Purisima Mission

Before painting the panels, David created a full- scale color rendering of proposed mural. According to David,” The trick of these pieces with long formats is to make each element interesting to a viewer standing 10 feet away but also have a unified composition for the viewer 100 feet away.” In 2006, the Lompoc Hospital Board of Directors proposed to build a new hospital at 1515 East Ocean Ave and to fund the construction with a Bond measure. This was approved by Lompoc voters and the new hospital was completed in 2010. In March of that year the Mural was reinstalled at new Lompoc Medical Center. By 2020 the colors on the mural had become very faded. Lompoc Mural Society Curator, Ann Thompson, began the major restoration effort in August. By October 1st she had completed work on the first three panels of Her work is being funded by the Hospital Foundation. Stop by and watch the magic happen. “The original colors are all coming back!” The History of Medicine in the Lompoc Valley begins with the first people to make their homes in the Lompoc Valley, the Chumash people. The Chumash have lived in the Santa Barbara region for at least thirteen thousand years. The physical environment within their homeland contains a diverse topography and a variety of plant communities. The Chumash developed a complex social, political, and economic organization to adapt to this physical environment. There was an extensive trade network between Chumash villages and also between the Chumash and neighboring populations. Within a traditional Chumash community were numerous specialists such as Healers, Religious Leaders, Political Leaders and the singers and dancers who performed in the important public religious ceremonies. There were also Craft Specialists. Those people who made such items as baskets, nets, stone tools, wooden bowls and Olivella shell bead money. ‘Alalxiyepsh or ‘alaxiypes were the general terms for a curing doctor. The doctor could be a man or a woman. This

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Heiges and buggy

Buena Vista

Celite and woman's auxiliary

person was a master in the use of the herbs and the curing ceremonies necessary to heal a person. The person chosen to represent a Chumash Healer in the mural was Rafael Solares. It is from a photo taken by Leon de Cessac in 1878. Rafael was born in the Santa Ynez Valley in 1822. His parents were from the Village of Soxtonokmu’, located near Los Olivos. Rafael was orphaned when he was three years old and was raised in the Samala Chumash Community near the Santa Ines Mission. As an adult, Rafael served the community as a Shaman Bear Dancer Leader, Alcalde (Mayor) of Santa de Cota 1856, Chief of the Santa Ynez Indians 1875, and as a Consultant working with linguists and anthropologists to preserve Smala language and culture, 1878-1889. He also “became a caretaker of the Mission; airing the vestments, decorating the altar and cleaning an sweeping the Mission. He sang the Gregorian chant at High Mass and played the Spanish flute in the Mission Choir”. (Information on Rafael Solares is from a brochure written and produced by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians.) Healing At La Purisima Mission During most of the Mission era (1769-1835) there was only one physician between the San Diego Mission and Carmel, and he was in Monterey. The Mission Fathers were not trained in the healing arts and would have to have been selftaught. When needed they sought out traditional healers, both Indian and Spanish (curanderas and curanderos). At the Missions they did have infirmaries for the very ill. They were used in times of epidemics.

Woman's auxiliary, Lompoc Hospital, and Camp Cook

At La Purisima Mission medical practice was a mix of Chumash healing practices and Spanish /Mexican healing practices. Home remedies were used for most illness. Treatment was based on folklore and practical experience. Teas, ointments poultices were made from local herbs. Midwife (Partera) is listed as an occupation for women in baptismal records. Apparently, there was someone acting as a midwife at most births whether it was an occupation or not. La Purisima also had two infirmaries, one for women and one for men. Two Chumash men are listed as serving as enfermeros (male nurses) at La Purisima Mission: Secundino Malihuit was born about 1776 at the Village of ‘Onomyo (Gaviota) was and baptized at La Purisima Mission in 1795 at age 19. He was an important member of the Chumash Community at the Mission and served as a Godfather at numerous baptisms. He was a witness at marriages and was an Enfermero throughout his life at the Mission. He died at Santa Cruz Mission in 1824. Gregorio Alexo Saputinunahuit was born about 1788 and was baptized in 1796. He was from the Village of Sisolop, near Point Conception. He served as Godparent, a witness at marriages and was an Enfermero during his adult life at the Mission. He died in 1844 during the Smallpox Epidemic. There is only one Enfermera (female nurse) listed in the records for La Purisima Mission. She is Senora Guadalupe Briones. She was born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico in 1763. She came to Alta California probably in 1774 to join her father Vincente Briones. He was garrisoned at Mission San Luis Obispo. Her older brother Marcos was already with him. In 1781 she married Juan Maria Olivera, a soldier and they had twelve children. The last child was born five months after Juan Maria was killed in an accident in 1801. Guadalupe Briones was hired on November 20, 1817, as the Enfermera at La Purisima Mission. Her salary was five dollars a month and maintenance (Engelhardt 1986:41.) Other than the knowledge that comes with age and having the experience of rising twelve children, there is no record that she had any medical training. However, one of her sons, Secundino, was a soldado assigned to La Purisima Mission. Also, at this time, several of her daughters were married to soldados who were stationed at the Santa Barbara Presidio and members of her husband’s family were also living there. It is possible that Guadalupe was Enfermera only until 1828 as her son Secundino dies that year. His wife and children then moved to the Presidio. Guadalupe Briones Death Record states that she died on 19 May 1847 at the Santa Barbara Presidio. She would have been eighty-three years old. Buena Vista Sanitarium - Lompoc’s first hospital. Buena Vista Sanitarium opened in 1909. It was located at the home of Mrs. H. C. Ball at the NW corner of Maple Ave. and north K St. The Ball Home was leased by Dr. M. S. Kelliher. The Sanitarium was “State of the Art” for the time period. According to a Lompoc Journal Article, “Dr. Kelliher says the Buena View Sanitarium, for that is the name for the Lompoc institution, will be fitted with special baths, X-ray and other electrical appliances, and be fully equipped to take care of medical, surgical and maternity cases. Other physicians will be free to bring their cases to the hospital for treatment. Certificates allowing to holders reduced rates at the hospital for one year, and redeemable after that time, have been sold to raise a portion of the funds.” (Lompoc Journal 1909)

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Anne, birthday. Hospital restoration.

Anne. Hospital restoration.

Heiges

Buena Vista Hospital was taken over by the Lompoc Valley Hospital Association in 1910. The goal of the Board of Directors was to “erect and maintain a hospital and to establish a training school.” However, this hospital had to close in 1911 due to lack of financial support by local townspeople. There were a number of Maternity Homes in Lompoc from 1920 to 1943. Some of them also functioned as small sanitariums in Lompoc. Nellie H. Sperber added an operating room to her Maternity home at 131 S. F St. It was the Sperber Sanitarium until the Lompoc Hospital opened in 1943. All of the Sanitariums and Maternity homes were licensed and inspected by the State. Doctors who made House Calls Lompoc has been fortunate to have had at least one resident “Family Doctor” since its founding in 1875. The first “Horse and Buggy Doctor “was a Dr Childs, then Dr Harry Dimock who came to Lompoc in 1876. He was joined by Dr Saunders. In 1911 Dr Laurence Heiges Sr. came to Lompoc with his two sons and wife, Margaret. He had an office in the Rudolph House on East Ocean and also made house calls. His son, Larry, joined his practice in 1938. Dr Heiges Sr. continued to practice until 1946. In 1923 Dr Heiges and Dr Kelliher were the two Doctors who took great personal risks attending to the medical needs of the sailors trapped in the shipwrecks at Honda Point. Hospitals Buena Vista Sanitorium is considered to be Lompoc’s first hospital. The second hospital in the Valley area was at Johns Manville (Imerys) mining operation in Miguelito Canyon. The hospital was built to serve the Company employees and those family members who lived in Company Housing in the canyon. It was staffed by Lompoc Doctors who worked there on a part time basis. It was in operation until the early 1960’s. The third Lompoc Hospital was Lompoc’s first community hospital. It opened in 1943. It was run by a non -profit corporation. It was the first hospital in the Lompoc Healthcare District, one of the first districts of its kind in California. It was originally located at 508 East Hickory Avenue. In 2010 a new hospital was constructed at 1515 East Ocean Ave. The new medical center has three words placed on its main entrance facade: Compassion, Caring and Community. Public Health Nurse Louise Fisher Mollath came to Lompoc in 1937. She had majored in Public Health at Berkeley and was required to do four months of field work. There was a job open in Santa Barbara County and she wanted to see Southern California. She had an office with another nurse office in the Memorial Building. Louise was responsible for all the children in eight country schools and the Lompoc High School, the other nurse was responsible for the schools in town. Louise’s jurisdiction covered the valley from the city limits west to Surf, south to Honda and Miguelito, then out to San Julian, Jalama, and Cojo. Louise was the local Public Health Nurse for over thirty years. She is credited with establishing the Northern Santa

Mural at Medical Center

Barbara County Blood Bank Units in 1960. An excellent example of her dedication to the community is shown by the fact she had special phone line brought into her home to ensure that emergencies for blood were met in a timely way. After her retirement, Louise remained active in the Lompoc Community giving both her time and money. During her lifetime she either donated to or left endowments to support the Lompoc Police Department, Fire Department, Lompoc Valley Historical Society, Cabrillo High School Aquarium, Lompoc Pops Orchestra, and Lompoc Mural Society. In January 2000, Louise was named Lompoc Woman of the Century in recognition of her numerous contributions to the Lompoc Valley. Louise died May 28th, 2006. She was ninety -eight years old. Volunteers Lompoc Hospital Woman’s Auxiliary, a non-profit organization, was founded in 1944 by Louise Mollath. It held its first meeting on Aug. 22, 1944 at the home of hospital superintendent Josephine Lacey. In 1962, Auxiliary members founded the hospital Gift Shop, as a way to raise funds for needs at the hospital. According to the Lompoc Valley Medical Centers web page” Sales of items from the store help the Auxiliary purchase local newspapers for patients and residents of the hospital and Comprehensive Care Center; beauty supplies for residents of the CCC and helped establish the Life Alert program. Other donations throughout the years included an infant mannequin for CPR training and a birthing chair. The Auxiliary also contributes to the Lompoc Hospital District Foundation, for its special projects. Auxiliary volunteers donate about 2,500 hours every year to the hospital.” Lompoc Hospital District Foundation was organized in 1990. Membership is currently over 3,500 people, with a Foundation Board of Trustees with almost 100 members. The Foundation provides financial support for capital improvements and equipment purchases for Lompoc Valley Medical Center and the Comprehensive Care Center. It also offers free, educational health-related lectures for the community. All members are volunteers. References Cohen-Williams, Anita G. and Jack Williams 2001 Tried and Tested! Medical care and Malpractice in the healing arts among the settlers of Monterey: 1770-1835. In California Mission Studies Association, Volume 18, No 1 Summer 2001 Engelhardt, Zephyrin Fr. 1986. Mission La Concepcion Purisima. McNally & Loftin, Santa Barbara, CA. Farris Glenn and John R. Johnson 1999 Prominent Indian Families at Mission La Purisima Concepcion as Identified in Baptismal, Marriage, and Burial Records. California Mission Studies Association, Occasional Paper Number 3, December 1999 Lompoc Journal. April 3, 1909

Lompoc Journal April 23, 1910 Lompoc Journal Sept. 1911 Lompoc Record July 17, 2001 The Early California Population Project (ECPP) Database of Baptism, Marriage, and Burial Records from California Missions CA. https://researchguides.huntington.org/ Payeras, Mariano, Fr. 1995 Writings of Mariano Payeras. Translated and edited by Donald Cutter. Bellerophon Books, Santa Barbara CA Walker, Phillip L. and Travis Hudson 1993 Chumash Healing, Changing Health and Medical Practices in an American Indian Society. Malki Museum Press. Banning California

THE CYPRESS GALLERY

119 E. Cypress Ave, Lompoc • Open Tue–Sun, 12-4PM www.lompocvalleyartassociation.com

PLACE OF REFUGE • A WALK THROUGH THE CYPRESS BY ELIZABETH MONKS HACK Summer began and ended with a sigh this year, all of its hoped-for joys put on hold for most of us. The air is unhealthy again and the virus is still a threat. Uncertainty looms large. Where can one go to find respite from anxiety, a little joy, some peace? Fortunately for us our local artists have continued to work throughout the season, producing if not a vaccine, a least an antidote to the current malaise. So much of the art displayed in the Cypress Gallery this month offers us a sense of calm and a fair share of joie de vivre.

Claudette Carlton, Pound Puppy

Featured artist Claudette Carlton delivers a show of gentle watercolors of subjects intended to delight. Carlton had enjoyed drawing for pleasure throughout her teaching career, and only discovered the joy of painting upon her retirement. Her works display a sensitivity to facial expressions found not only in her portraits of people but also of animals. “Pound Puppy” and “Buffalo Love” bring us up close and personal to the animal kingdom. Carlton also has the ability to orchestrate a variety of textures when the subject calls for it. In “Facing the Storm,” she meets the challenge of a a great wave rising from a tumultuous sea, observed by a pelican protected by its rugged feathers. Ms. Carlton tells us she thought at the outset of her painting career that “maybe this ‘ol granny could follow in the footsteps of Grandma Moses!” She has placed a rocking chair draped with a shawl in the corner of the gallery; a lovely touch to a lovely show.

The submissions of our gallery photographers this month present us with the beautiful, vibrant world we long to be a part of again. Lynda Schiff displays two uplifting images of air in “Soar” and “Glow.” Tom Chrones has caught a heron for us with his camera in “Blu,” a soft image of a hunting animal, with its fierce eye and open beak. Bill Morson’s photographs are beyond vivid, their colors and textures shaping for us the world as it is, but that we rarely take time to truly see. His “Central Coast Oak” is a timely, haunting image of a lone tree in silhouette against a fiery red-orange sky. Diane Atturio shows a group of watercolors mounted on small panels, each of a different native plant. She has skillfully captured the essence of these beautiful treasures – poppies, Dudlea, and Live Oak – using a softness of texture and light. Across the room Vicki Andersen takes the opposite approach, which to me is the wonder of human artistry; the ability to tailor our creativity as an individual response to our mutual environment. Andersen’s acrylic paintings of landscapes and floral abundance are created with vigorous brush strokes and dynamic color. Enjoy her “Jalama Sunset.”

Bill Morson, Central Coast Oak

The Cypress Gallery is operated by 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. Find us online at lompocart.org Facebook/CypressGallery and our eZine at issuu.com/santaynezvalleyarts

CYPRESS GALLERY EXHIBITING NOW

Here are a few selections of artwork for show and sale currently at the Cypress Gallery.

Bill Morson

Carol Kemp

Chris Jeszeck

Claudette Carlton

Dee Sudbury

Joellen Chrones

Julie Nash

Kathy Badrak

Kristine Kelly

Lee Hill

Neil Andersson

Rosalea Greenwood

Tammy Evans

Tom Chrones

Toni Zybell

Vicki Andersen

Lynda Schiff, Top of the Morning. Photo $125

Joellen Chrones

Sugarless Treats, non-fattening jewelry, glass And more

Joellenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work is available when The Wildling Museum in Solvang opens,

The Cypress Gallery, 119 East Cypress Avenue, Lompoc (open now Sat. 10 to 4 and Sun. 1 to 4). Joellen and Toni Zybell will be the featured artists for November, so stop in and check out the varied items these artists are making, great Christmas gift ideas available. T & T Gallery in Los Alamos. (open Wed. through Sun. 11 to 6). Or contact me to order and ship. Items are one of a kind. If you have a question about any of my work, contact me directly at 805-733-2801 or 805-5882261.

Vicki Andersen vickiandersen.com My work can be seen at:

Cypress Gallery, 119 E. Cypress Ave., Lompoc, CA Gallery Los Olivos, 2920 Grand Ave., Los Olivos, CA Alexander& Wayne/Arthur Earl wine tasting rooms, 2922 Grand Ave., LosOlivos, CA My studio by appointment -(805)588-3459 Follow me on:

Instagram - @vickiangelo Facebook - @VickiAndersenArt

“Uuniquely Yours”

Gifts for you and yours handmade by Toni Zybell and Joellen Chrones We have an eclectic collection of items such as Jewelry, Glass Items, Felted Pieces, and Wood Art. The display will be at

the Cypress Gallery

Oct. 30 to Nov. 29.

Gallery hours are Saturday 10am to 4pm and Sunday 1pm to 4pm (hours subject to change)..

Will show by appointment call Joellen at 805-733-2801 or 805-588-2261 if I am available.

NEIL ANDERSSON

"Sunlit Hill II" oil on linen 16" x 18"

paintings and drawings

neilandersson.com gallerylosolivos.com lompocart.org

jeffreymoosegallery.com americanartco.com

DON'T MISS OUT ON THE GREAT LOMPOC ART HUNT! OCTOBER 28–30, 2020

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Art Hunt is Happening!

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Lompoc Valley Art Association is sponsoring a community event October 28 through October 30, 2020. . We are pleased to have Lompoc High School students this year to help us hide the art. We invite the community to “find” over 200 pieces of artwork that will be “hidden” throughout the community of Lompoc. Participants can keep the artwork that they find. Social media will be used to give people clues as to where the art pieces can be found. The event will consist of 3 days of finding the art. This event is open everyone and to all ages. The event is free. Guidelines – Open to everyone – all ages. Participants are not limited to the number of art pieces they can find and keep. A picture of each artwork and a clue as to where it can be found will be posted to the Cypress Gallery Facebook event page Lompoc Art Hunt. Different pics of art work will be “hidden” throughout the 3 days of the event. Keep checking back during each day for new clues! They will not be hidden in private residences and each art work will be in plain sight. Each art work will have a tag stating “I’m Yours” Find your art and post back in the Facebook Art Hunt event that you found it! Association, Cypress Gallery showcases the art of over 30 well-known local artists. Art lovers will find a variety of fine art in the Gallery: watercolors, oils, acrylics, pastels, mixed media, photography, ceramics, jewelry, souvenirs, and great gift ideas. Prices are very reasonable and one of the artists is always available to assist you. 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

Wildling Reopening Soon! Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re excited to share that the Wildling Museum will reopen to members by appointment only beginning Wednesday, October 28, 2020. Current members may schedule appointments to visit the museum Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please contact Julie Mock at: julie@wildlingmuseum.org. The Wildling Museum will reopen to the public on Saturday, November 7, 2020. Public walk-in hours will be Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Wildling Museum is following public health guidelines as advised by the CDC and County of Santa Barbara to ensure the safety of visitors and staff. Please review our current museum policies and procedures prior to planning your visit at: www.wildlingmuseum.org/visit

Celebrate our 20th Anniversary - Virtually! If you are not yet registered to join us for our 20th Anniversary Virtual Fundraiser on Friday, October 16th, be sure to sign up! Silent auction bidding begins Friday, October 9th! Enjoy perusing one-of-a-kind art, jewelry, wine, lodging, and more as we count down to our anniversary fundraiser. Silent auction bidding will be open online from October 9 - 16, closing at 5 p.m. on event day. Then, grab a glass of something delicious and join our first ever online fundraising event on Friday, October 16, 2020, 5 - 6 p.m.! Help us celebrate 20 years of art and nature and join emcee and auctioneer Jim Nye as he guides us through a lively event

GALLERY LOS OLIVOS

Since 2011 NatureTrack has made

learning outside, where science literally comes alive, a reality for teachers and their students throughout Santa Barbara County. This Los Olivos based 501(c)3 nonprofit was providing 1/2-day field trips to K-12 students at NO COST to schools. Then COVID-19 hit and the world as we know it changed, but the mission of NatureTrack has not.

NatureTrack has pivoted operations from field to film and continues to foster a lifelong fascination with nature through the use of virtual hikes and activities that motivate kids to get outside, when and where it's safe, to explore nature in their own "backyard". We all have been "Called-to-Action" these last few months; NatureTrack is no exception. When future generations look back at 2020 they will find our commitment to the students and the environment never waivered.

I didn't know nature could be that FUN!!! 3rd grader, Los Berros Elementary

Your donation today, will help us "track" by film or field into tomorrow! By the way, come "track" with us; volunteer and enjoy nature like never before.

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Detail: Bill Morson