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A Ventura County community has selected a new City Manager.The contract still has to be finalized, but the Moorpark City Council has chosen Troy Brown to…

Join us for The Changing Faces of Ventura County: Women Taking the Lead, a special Museum of Ventura County Zoom program on Wednesday, March 31st from 6:30-8:00 PM. This online program is free but requires advanced registration. In honor of National Women’s History month, the Museum of Ventura County will host a panel discussion with elected leaders from all 10 cities in Ventura County. At no other time in history have so many women held elected office in Ventura County. Currently, in 2021, the County has 23 women elected to serve as supervisors, mayors, and councilmembers. This panel will be moderated by Dr. Trudy Tuttle Arriaga, Associate Dean of Equity and Outreach, Program Director, Oxnard & Main Campus M.A. in Educational Leadership & Distinguished Educator in Residence from California Lutheran University and the recent co-author of Leading While Female. The discussion will provide candid observations by 10 dedicated and passionate civic leaders. City representatives participating include: Councilmember Susan Santangelo, City of Camarillo Councilmember Christina Villasenor, City of Fillmore, Mayor Janice Parvin, City of Moorpark, Mayor Betsy Stix, City of Ojai, Councilmember Vianey Lopez, City of Oxnard, Councilmember Laura Hernandez, City of Port Hueneme, Councilmember Leslie Cornejo, City of Santa Paula, Councilmember Ruth Luevanos, City of Simi Valley, Mayor Claudia Bill-de la Pena, City of Thousand Oaks, Mayor Sofia Rubalcava, City of Ventura. Join us to learn about their motivation to serve their communities, their trials, and triumphs as elected officials, and most importantly their hopes and aspirations for the future. “I am so inspired that in a time of extreme challenges, local women have answered the call to serve and support their communities through elected office,” stated Denise Sindelar, Deputy Director of the Museum of Ventura County. For more information, please email Denise Sindelar at dsindelar@venturamuseum.org.

After having presented with the revolutionary Impressionists in their first couple of solo exhibitions, Paul Cézanne went on to isolate himself in Aix-en-Provence and develop a unique and challenging personal style which would go on to have a major impact on the next few generations of artists.

Radically redefining space, Cézanne developed new ways of depicting space that challenged the traditional role of art being "a window on the world" and tried to address the reality of three-dimensional space being presented on a two-dimensional surface without reliance on illusion.

This lecture will give an overview of his career, the advancements that he made, and the styles that he would inspire. Katherine E. Zoraster is an Art Historian and a Professor of Art History at several local colleges specializing in Western art from the Renaissance to the 20th century. She graduated with a double major in English Literature and Art History from the University of California, Los Angeles. Following her undergraduate degree, she received a Master’s Degree with Distinction in Art History from the California State University at Northridge.
In addition to the courses Katherine teaches for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute through UCLA Extension and California State University at Channel Islands, she also works as an Adjunct Professor of Art History at Moorpark College and an Art History Instructor for the full-time program at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Arts. Katherine also serves as a commissioner for the Burbank Cultural Arts Commission.

Fifty and Better was designed to offer university-level courses (no tests, no homework) taught by experts in the field, and to host social engagement activities for individuals age 50 and older. All are welcome to this one-time lecture.

With Europe being the confirmed center of the art world and steeped in artistic tradition, most American artists journeyed there, specifically to Paris, to study. Seeking more opportunity, freedom, and expertise, many of those artists chose to remain abroad. Prior to there being any structured training in America, some artists, such as Benjamin West, had no other choices to establish themselves than to go and stay overseas. By the late nineteenth century, several of the world's most influential painters were American expatriates. Although not living there permanently, we will look at Samuel Morse - who diligently went to the Louvre every day for over two years to document his choice of masterpieces, and then focus on some of the nineteenth century artists who made their careers and stayed abroad. Among those covered, we will look at James McNeil Whistler, Henry Ossawa Turner, John Singer Sargent and Mary Cassatt. Katherine E. Zoraster, M.A., is an Art Historian and a Professor of Art History at several local colleges specializing in Western art from the Renaissance to the 20th century. She graduated with a double major in English Literature and Art History from the University of California, Los Angeles. Following her undergraduate degree, she received a Master’s Degree with Distinction in Art History from the California State University at Northridge. In addition to the courses Katherine teaches for other lifelong learning programs, she also works as an Adjunct Professor of Art History at Moorpark College and an Art History Instructor for the full-time program at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Arts. Katherine also serves as a commissioner for the Burbank Cultural Arts Commission and volunteers at the Burbank Animal Shelter. In her free time Katherine is an avid runner and travels extensively. Fifty and Better was designed to offer university-level courses and lectures (no tests, no homework) taught by experts in the field, and to host social engagement activities for individuals age 50 and older.

A longtime school employee in Ventura County is accused of stealing thousands of dollars in school lunch money. Ventura County Sheriff’s detectives and…

A nationwide shortage of supplies has closed two of Ventura County COVID-19 test sites.Ventura County Public Health officials say the Moorpark College and…