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CAMARILLO--Studio Channel Islands Art Center (SCIART) opens its exhibition Echoes of Nature on June 4 at 11 a.m. with a full day of demonstrations and activities, including fan painting and brush painting demos, folk music and traditional dance in addition to the gallery exhibition of works by contemporary Chinese artists. The festival will take place at SCIART, 2222 E. Ventura Blvd., Camarillo. It is free to attend and appropriate for all ages. There will be food trucks featuring Chinese cuisine for purchase.

Beginning at noon, there will be family-oriented activities including live demos on brush painting and fan painting with supplies available for attendees to enjoy creating their own artworks. At 2 p.m. the Westlake Village Symphony will provide a performance of Chinese folk tunes derived from Yankai Bao’s score book, showcasing authentic traditional Chinese instruments.

At 5 p.m., the Phoenix Family Performing Art Collaborative will be in traditional costumes performing classical Chinese folk dance including the Legend of Sword, a lively dance using swords and tassels. Following the dance performance will be an opening reception for the Echoes of Nature exhibition with many of the artists in attendance.

As part of the reception, at 7 p.m., artist Nan Liu will do a brush painting to live music performed by Haiqiong Deng on the guqim, a traditional Chinese lap instrument.

The exhibition includes a full program of Artist Talks, demonstrations and performances, including the Concert in the Gallery on June 11. Tickets for the concert and other program events are available at https://bit.ly/EchoesofNature. Echoes of Nature will be on display through July 30, 2022. Visit studiochannelislands.org or call 805-383-1368 for full details

Studio Channel Islands is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and preserving the arts in our community, providing unique and diverse artistic encounters for all ages and extraordinary opportunities for artists. Ongoing programs include open studios and arts education classes, diverse Blackboard Gallery exhibitions and performances, cultural festivals and Old Town Camarillo events. Gallery hours are Tues.–Fri., 11 a.m.–5 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Located at 2222 E. Ventura Blvd., Camarillo, CA 93010. For more information, visit www.studiochannelislands.org, or call 805-383-1368. h

On Thursday, June 16, the Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP) will host an Open House to celebrate our new office space in Santa Maria. We invite everyone to join us in celebration, enjoy light refreshments and learn about the many initiatives MICOP operates in our community (including youth programming, community organizing and case management services).

Noon Concerts @ TrinitySB sponsors free chamber music concerts to the downtown Santa Barbara community six times a year providing thirty minutes of mindful midday music.

AMERICAN SOUNDSCAPES

Music for flute, bassoon and piano by

Samuel BARBER,
Leonard BERNSTEIN
Aaron COPLAND
Chick COREA
Melissa MANCHESTER
Damian MONTANO

PATRICIA CLOUD, flute
WILLIAM WOOD, bassoon
EDITH ORLOFF, piano

The Conejo Valley Youth Orchestra presents their Spring Gala Concert at the Kavli Theater: the culmination of a rich season of music and art. CVYO is home to the most talented and accomplished young musicians of our region who have grown and studied together throughout this academic year. All 5 of CVYO’s ensembles perform the great masterworks of music literature with young musicians from grade school to pre-college levels. With works by Haydn, Bizet, Borodin, and Tchaikovsky. Ticket information here: www.cvyo.org.

The Santa Barbara chapter of the national organization Association for Women in Communications presents Summer Networking and Art-Themed Happy Hour at its next meeting, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on June 8. The meeting will be held at the Sullivan Goss located at 11 E. Anapamu, Santa Barbara.

Jumpstart your summer with an art-themed happy hour—an evening of lively conversation, wine, and snacks in the artful galleries of Sullivan Goss. This annual event is a special opportunity to hear what’s happening in Santa Barbara’s art scene and network with members at the same time. Let us know if you’re an artist, and we’ll tag your id with an “ask me about my art” badge.

We hope to see you for this night of socializing and fun! For specifics, visit awcsb.org for details.

Professor Hal Jandorf will prep you with and entertaining talk on what's up in the open-air amphitheater.

Then you'll see what's up through the best telescopes in Ventura County. This is a free event for all ages.

Jennifer Gadberry-Hadrys is the featured speaker at Unity of Ventura, Sunday, May 29. Services are at the Santa Paula Room in the Poinsettia Pavilion (3451 Foothill Rd., Ventura). Services begin at 10:00 a.m. Her topic is: “The Spiritual Importance of Self-Care.” On this last Sunday of May, Mental Health Awareness Month, Jennifer will discuss how self-care is self-alignment, which is essential to tend to our physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.

Jennifer is a licensed Practitioner at Ventura Center for Spiritual Living. Her lessons are presented in a fun and enjoyable style, believing that we are all talking about the same truths, just in different languages.

Music during the service will be provided by Smitty and Juljia, Ojai-based artists known for their uplifting sounds and beautiful vocal harmonies. Unity of Ventura celebrates diversity and honors our Oneness. All lifestyles, faiths, genders and ethnicities are welcome. Following the service is an informal gathering for coffee/tea/snacks on the Poinsettia Pavilion patio with its panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean. For more information, contact Jana Rector at 805-794-5787 or go to www.UnityofVentura.org.

Join other artists for a series of three open model drawing sessions at the Museum of Ventura County: Wednesdays: July 6, July 20, and August 3.

Models will be clothed and nude. Organized by artists Cathy Barroca and Barbara Brown. Chairs and easels will be provided; artists must bring their own supplies, paints not permitted. Note: this is not an instructional class.

This is a great opportunity for artists of all skill levels to work from a live model to develop their life drawing skills. 10-35 participants per class.

About Cathy Barroca: A Ventura County artist and arts educator, she holds an M.F.A. in painting and printmaking from the University of Kansas and has been teaching with the Ventura College Art Department since 1998 and directed the Ventura College Art Galleries from 2001 to 2005. Catherine completed “Portrait of a Neighborhood”, a 100 foot mural in the interior of the Casa de Anza Library in 2001, and is featured in prestigious art collections such as the City of San Buena Ventura, the City of Oxnard, the Ventura County Museum of Art and History and the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence, Kansas. She presented a one-person exhibit of her bas-relief paintings at the Ventura County Museum of Art in 2008 and represented the Museum at the Los Angeles Art Show in 2009. Learn more about her at https://sites.google.com/site/daybarroca/.

About Barbara Brown: Barbara Brown is a California-based artist interested in figurative and landscape work. She is influenced by the Hudson River School, Thomas Moran, Albert Bierstadt, John Singer Sargent, Diego Velasquez, Artemisia Gentileschi, and Lucian Freud. She received her MFA in Painting from Laguna College of Art and Design and has studied at Harvard Business School and the University of California Santa Barbara in Fine Art. Much of her work was destroyed in the Thomas Fire in 2017. Her subsequent series on that cataclysmic event was a part of her recovery. Her work since then has been an integral part of her healing process. Learn more about her at https://www.barbarabrownartist.com.

Representatives from the coalition VC-SAFE (Save Agriculture & Freshwater for Everybody) will present the case for a Yes vote on Measures A and B on the June ballot during an online Community Forum at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 2.
The measures would affirm a decision taken by the Ventura County Board of Supervisors on Nov. 10, 2020, to require thousands of oil wells in the county that were permitted in the 1940s, '50s and '60s to operate under the same environmental rules as permits approved in later years. The older permits allow operators in perpetuity to open any new drilling project at the site simply by filing a $350 zoning clearance similar to a permit issued to build a backyard gazebo or patio deck. Since the 1970s, oil and gas drilling in the county has operated under a stricter set of rules under the California Environmental Quality Act.
The supervisors adopted the 2020 ordinance to end two sets of rules and require new oil and gas drilling projects to comply with environmental quality regulations. The ordinance was paused after the oil industry funded a $1-million referendum drive to send the issue before voters, culminating in Measures A and B.
A yes vote on the measures would affirm the supervisor's action to require future oil and gas projects in the county, including drilling new wells and re-drilling or deepening of existing wells, to operate under current environmental rules. The VC-SAFE coalition says approval of the measures will protect groundwater aquifers with consistent oil and gas permits and modern-day health and safety reviews.
Speaking at the online forum will be Julie Henszey, VC-SAFE Field Director; Merrill Berge, Ventura County open space activist; Eduardo Coyotzi-Zarate, environmental justice advocate; Steve Colome of the Ventura County Air Pollution District Advisory Committee, and Rebecca August, Director of Advocacy at Los Padres Forest Watch.
Topics will include an overview of oil and gas drilling in the county, impacts on local air, water and soil resources, and information on health, safety and the environment.
VC-SAFE is a coalition in Ventura County representing working families, farmers, social justice groups, environmental groups and community members. Organization partners include Food & Water Watch, the Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE), Los Padres Forest Watch, and Patagonia.
The online forum on Zoom is presented by Chalice Community Forum, a program of Chalice Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Conejo Valley. A link to register for the event is available at forum.chaliceuu.org. For information, contact Randall Edwards via e-mail at forum@chaliceuu.org or through the church office at (805) 498-9548.

Grab your significant other, a friend, or a colleague and head downtown for a night out featuring art, wine, and special discounts to Downtown Santa Barbara restaurants and bars. Visit MCASB’s current exhibition This Basic Asymmetry, enjoy a glass of wine, and follow up your night of contemporary culture with dinner and dessert at one of our favorite nearby restaurants! Tickets provide each couple with a curator-led introduction including insights on the current exhibition, 2 glasses of wine, and exciting offers from local Downtown Santa Barbara restaurants and bars. This event is FREE for MCASB CONTEMPORARIES. Tickets are $20 for all other MCASB Membership groups and non-members. Not a member yet? Join the MCASB family now, or register for the event here. Members must register in advance by emailing: engagement@mcasantabarbara.org.