The Ojai Jail Arts Initiative is a site-specific, multi-disciplinary group exhibition taking place from October 8th to 16th in and around the historic, decommissioned Ojai City Jail in downtown Ojai. Curated by Matt Henriksen, Elizabeth Herring, and Teddy Nava, the week-long exhibition will include new commissions by Brett William Childs, Annette Heully, Vanessa Wallace Gonzales, Hailey Loman, Sarah Mirk, and James Whipple. Connected through their ties to Ojai and Ventura county, the artists have been asked to respond to the jail as a site for investigating hyper-local geography and social historical space, repositioning it as a generative, community space for arts and culture in the Ojai Valley.

Friday, October 7th

Artist Reception and O.J.A.I. opening at the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation, 5:00 - 7:00pm
248 S. Montgomery Street

Saturday, October 15

Ojai Day, all day
Libbey Park

Sunday, October 16

Artist Panel and closing reception at the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation with LUM Magazine. This event will coincide with the California Monuments Consortium Lab at the Ojai Institute. Read more about the lab here, details to follow.

Ian Hughes is a British-born photographer, art director and craftsman. Early experience in theater production informed his sense of light, space and drama. Now based in Ojai, California, he is available for a wide range of creative projects.

Perception & Persistence

OJAI VALLEY MUSEUM | OJAI STUDIO ARTISTS GROUP SHOW

130 W. Ojai Avenue | July 29 - October 10 | Reception: July 29, 5-7 PM

Perception - Ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through
senses. Knowledgeable seeing.

Persistence - Firm or obstinate continuance of course of action in spite of
difficulty or opposition. Like one’s studio practice. Whether you proceed
gleefully or advance in a terrified state. It’s this push/pull of thinking
and making I would appreciate you taking into consideration.

Image: Dorte Bistrup

From Maloof Foundation:

Matters of Gravity presents the work of two Ojai sculptors grappling with gravity in very distinct ways.

Tanya Kovaleski’s dynamically engineered wooden structures arch skyward in gravity-defying angles and curves, all painted in bold colors.

​Martha Moran’s rock stacks deal with mass and balance, rooted to the earth. Her Buddha Beach Maloof installation is an array of small rock stacks, inspired by Buddha Beach in Sedona, Arizona, a vortex spot filled with thousands of stacks.

Photos by Deborah Lyon for Ojai Studio Artists.

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Cover: Russell Crotty