Cross Pollination
Cross Pollination, a mixed media art exhibit at Studio Channel Islands Art Center in Old Town Camarillo, will open March 3 with a reception and award ceremony from 4 to 6 p.m. The exhibit will feature works by 15 artists who have crossed several art techniques and mediums to create something fresh and beautiful. Guests are invited to hear the artists talk about their work at the reception. Moorpark College studio art professor Cynthia Minet will select the winning pieces. Participating artists include BJ Fan, Blossom Friel, Karin Geiger,...
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March 18, 3PM, at the Gallery For the third time, Studio Channel Islands will host “100 for $100″, our most popular fundraiser! Buy a ticket and choose from 100 pieces of original art, valued at a minimum of $100 and in many cases much higher! Art Patrons may purchase a $100 ticket for the event which will guarantee that they will go home with a piece of art. Each $100 Art Patron ticket provides for a single admission to the event, refreshments, live music and, of course, the drawing of the art pieces. There will be four groups of...
read moreNew Resident Artists
Studio Channel Islands welcomes Susan Gerrard, Barbara Pickles and Paulo Ruvalcaba as new Artists-in-Residence. Susan works in ceramics. She and oil painter Paulo will join Shelly Moore in Studio A4. Photographer Barbara Pickles will move into A1 and share studio space with Candace Biggerstaff. These three new artists bring the total number of resident artists to 39! We have only two additional studio spaces available. If you want to join our group of amazingly talented artists and immerse yourself in creative energy, apply now to become an...
read moreValentine Sale and Workshops
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a gift from the Studio Channel Islands Art Center Gallery Store. Enjoy complimentary chocolate and champagne as you browse our unique selection of items made by local artists. Unleash your inner artist as you create your own Valentine in one of two workshops being offered. Sale Days are February 10th from 1pm – 3 pm and February 11th from 10 am – 3pm Workshops Origami Gift Box and Card February 10th 10am – 3pm Instructor: Tomi Lto Levin Cost: $24 Call NOW to reserve your place in class! Paper Heart...
read more“CROSS-POLLINATION: New Use of Materials for New Ideas”
Exhibit Dates: March 1 – March 31, 2012 Artists’ Reception and Awards: Saturday, March 3rd, 4pm – 6pm “CROSS-POLLINATION: New Use of Materials for New Ideas” is open to all mixed media. We welcome the utilization of multiple art-making systems and/or multiple media – i.e.: printmaking systems integrated with painting; 3-D sculpture integrated with 2-D graphics. The idea is that one system could influence/inform another creative system. We encourage artists to break out of their standard approach of using only one medium and...
read moreMembership Drive
Its the time of year for everyone to renew their Studio membership. Others are joining us for the first time. Our annual membership runs the calendar year starting each January. As a non-profit organization, Studio Channel Islands thats you for being a part of our family though your membership and financial support. We have come a long way in the past twelve years and look forward to many more years serving the community that make us the unique hub we have become in Ventura County. Studio Channel Islands provides world class art exhibitions,...
read moreFirst Saturday – Open Studios
Welcome to 2012. Saturday January 7th will be our first Open Studio Tour for the year. This is a unique opportunity to stop in to see artists in their working studios. Come before noon, and pick up something for dinner at the Farmer’s market too! Studio Hours are 10 to 4. 2222 Ventura Blvd Old Town Camarillo, CA 93010 See ya...
read moreArtists Marketplace and Open Studios
This holiday season, Studio Channel Islands Art Center in Old Town Camarillo opened its doors to shoppers who were fed up with fighting crowds and waiting in lines at department stores. The Artists’ Holiday Marketplace on Dec. 2nd and 3rd offered guests a chance to browse hundreds of unique handmade gifts in a relaxing, old-world environment. Bright star lanterns and strings of lights decorated the space between the artists’ studios. Shoppers enjoyed authentic German bratwurst, apple strudel and Christmas cookies. Live music filled...
read moreARTISTS’ HOLIDAY MARKETPLACE FEATURES 50 ARTISTS
Festive event features live music, festive food and family fun. Original photographs, beautiful bronze sculptures, unique paintings, charming jewelry and other works of art will be available for sale at the Artist’s Holiday Marketplace and Open Studios event on Friday evening, Dec. 2, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. in conjunction with Camarillo’s annual tree lighting ceremony and all day Saturday, Dec. 3, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Studio Channel Islands Art Center located at 2222 Ventura Boulevard Old Town Camarillo. On Friday evening the...
read moreGerd Koch’s Private Guided Tour to Santa Barbara Museum of Art
“Picasso and Braque: The Cubist Experiment, 1910-1912” November 17, 9:30 to 5pm Gerd Koch will lead a group of ten guests to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. This is the first exhibition to unite some of the paintings and nearly all of the prints created by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque during these two exhilarating years of their artistic dialogue. The day will start with a guided tour by a Santa Barbara Museum of Art docent. Afterwards, Gerd Koch will discuss and answer questions. The group will also view some of the paintings on...
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