Thursday, September 23, 2021

MENAGERIE: ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

 

 

 
 
MENAGERIE: ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL
PREVIEW OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, September 25 from 4-7pm.
$10 for non-members. (Members free)
Masks and social distancing protocols are required.
EXHIBIT DATES: September 25 - November 13, 2021

Animals have long been part of the art story. They’ve been portrayed in religious rituals, as mythical creatures, incarnations of gods and goddesses, symbolically in Christian art or simply as pets. Some of the earliest images known are of animals on the walls of caves more than 40,000 years ago.  
Menagerie: All Creatures Great and Small art exhibit features works by contemporary artists that create real and imaginary animals through sculpture, painting, and drawings.

DAVE SMITH
Drawings: American Homes
Preview Opening Reception, Saturday, September 25
Exhibit Dates: Sept. 25 - Nov. 13, 2021
 
Vita Art Center CoOp Shop
Vita Art Center’s CoOp Shop is a place where local artisans offer carefully-curated handmade and unique local products. Vita Art Center is located on the corner of Ventura’s Taco District (Ventura Avenue)  and historic downtown Ventura (Main St.). 

VITA ART CENTER, 28 WEST MAIN STREET, VENTURA, CA 93001 - 805-644-9214
 

Sunday, September 12, 2021

 
 


 

 

Remembering Mexico:
Mexican Consulate Debuts New Art Exhibitions to Mark Multiple Historic Commemorations
The Mexican Consulate in Oxnard Consulado de México en Oxnard with support from the Port of Hueneme and the Oxnard Performing Arts Center Corporation (OPAC), will celebrate numerous historical commemorations, including Mexican Independence Day, with the opening of two art exhibitions. 
 
Twenty twenty-one marks the Bicentennial of the Consummation of Mexican Independence and 500 years of the historical Memory of Tenochtitlan, the fall of the Aztec empire. On Sept. 15, 2021, the Consulate of Mexico in Oxnard presents two exhibitions of Mexican art that celebrate the past and connect us to the present with contemporary work. One exhibit brings visitors closer to the giants of mid-20th century Mexican Art, including Leopoldo Mendez, Rufino Tamayo, Clemente Orozco, Francisco Toledo, Jose luis Cuevas, Fanny Rabel, and others through the incredible Mexican Print Collection of Gil García and Marti Correa de García from Santa Barbara, California.
 
The Mexican Print Collection was curated by renowned Mexican artist Rafael Perea de la Cabada, who will also be exhibiting his own work in a show called, Cempohualli, an Aztec term for the number 20. There are 20 pieces of Perea’s artwork in the exhibition which explore themes of contemporary Mexican-American culture. Now a resident of Ventura, California, Perea will have a simultaneous exhibition of his series Aguipiente y Serguila / Un México Para Armar at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Mexico), celebrating its 45th anniversary.
 
From images of the Mexican Revolution and agricultural life to abstract works, these exhibits immerse visitors in the diversity and depth that is Mexican culture. 


 
“Mexican Prints” and “Cempohualli” Exhibitions
📍The Mexican Consulate, 3151 W. 5th Street in Oxnard
Sept. 16 - Dec. 18, 2021
On view Monday-Friday
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public