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Asandra

Visual Arts: Painting, Printmaking

ASANDRA is a painter and printmaker. She studied at Parsons School of Design in NYC, and was an Art Director at Art & Auction Magazine, NYC, from 1980-85. She has exhibited in NYC, Washington, Florida, Colorado, North Carolina and California. Her work is in the collection of Marriott, and Renaissance Hotels, and The Omni Int’l Resort and Spa, Orlando, FL. Exhibitions include the Fort Lauderdale Art Museum, FL, Andrews Art Museum, NC, and The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum in Santa Barbara, CA. Asandra is included in the groundbreaking book, Miami Contemporary Artists (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2011). She is a member of The Inkspots, a printmaker’s cooperative in Ventura, California, and Santa Barbara Printmakers, Santa Barbara, CA. Since relocating from the East Coast to California in 2011, she has exhibited in over 14 shows including a two-person exhibit at Gallery 525 in Ojai, CA, Coastal Collections, Santa Barbara, CA and Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA.

Mark Azm

Media: Audio, Film, Other, Video; Visual-Sonic Bass Music Therapy

Known throughout Southern California for devotion to the fine broken beat bass music arts. Favorite styles are breaks, drum & bass, dubstep and jungle.

Dane Baylis

Literature: Poetry; Music: Instrumental, Vocal; Theatre: Acting, Technical; Visual Arts: Painting, Photography, Printmaking

DANE FRANCIS BAYLIS was born in South Boston, Massachusetts in 1952. He has traveled extensively through North and Central America, Europe, the Near and Far East while in and out of the military. His first published work appeared in the STONE SOUP ANTHOLOGY, published by Stone Soup Press, Boston, in 1975. He has since appeared in a number of anthologies and journals, most notably, TEN CALIFORNIA POETS, ARTLIFE, RIVERTALK, THE ARCADE POETRY PROJECT, PANGOLIN, VERVE, THE DANCE OF THE IGUANA, ASKEW POETRY JOURNAL, LUMMOX PRESS, THE MEN’S HEARTBREAK ANTHOLOGY, and POETRY IN MOTION PUBLICATIONS. He also served on the editorial committees of RIVERTALK and THE POULTER’S MEASURE. Dane is presently a member of the Ventura Artist’s Union and Editor-In-Chief of DANE BAYLIS PUBLICATIONS where he brings to bear a multi-faceted background in art, photography, music, and prose in the production of his distinctly urban style of poetry. His Irish heritage informs his love of the poetic form and his uncompromising belief that everything tells a story creates a unique voice full of wry compassion and unbending artistry.

Aliza Bejarano

Literature: Poetry; Visual Arts: Painting

My work is born from the idea that Adults are the children they came into the world as; now beings filled with insecurities and temperaments of their past. The Inner Child buried beneath a façade of what the adult believes to be socially acceptable. Like the fate of that child, I may influence the work that I create, but the result of my Mock Resin method is sometimes unpredictable and out of my hands. I build and improvise until the piece seems to make evident that there could be another world away from this one. One in which the Inner Child knows well but the Adult can only see.

David Benders

Crafts: Fiber Art; Media: Audio; Visual Arts: Painting

David Benders Visual Arts: Collage, Fabric, Hand-made books of vintage papers and ephemera. Media: Radio Broadcaster, Writer, Interviewer, Producer, Sound Curator. Ventura, CA. I have been a radio broadcaster for 42 years. I worked at the NPR station in Buffalo, NY, WBFO, as program director and assistant general manager. I enjoy listening, sound, recordings and program presentation. I arrived in Ventura in June, 2014. I am also an artist working in fabric, sewing, collage, vintage papers, ephemera, collectables and souvenirs. I have been a field producer/contributor for NPR (National Public Radio) with recorded live music performances, edited, produced, scripted and interviews for episodes of “Folk Festival, U.S.A.,” “Options,” and “All Things Considered.” • Author/editor: WBFO program highlights & local events list WBFO-L (1993-2003). Listserv online resource. • Author: “On Segues and Other Smooth Transitions” (2008), Buffalo Rising.com • Audio artist, "Artpark: 1974-84" (exhibit) University at Buffalo Art Gallery, “Hobbs and Alberty: Artpark Mobile Ranch.” (interview, recorded music),2010. • Artist, contributor (group exhibit), “LANGUAGE TO COVER A WALL: Visual Poetry Through Its Changing Media.” University at Buffalo (2011) • Author/Contributor/community stakeholder: Letters To The Superintendent, A Community Responds. (2012) Book by Dr. Peggy Brooks-Bertram. Communication makes the world go round. I am communication, facilitator. Connect, communicate, cooperate, collaborate, build community. My purpose, my passion, values -- people are good but we need to be able to navigate the info/idea stream, the info glut. Improve info services because the world is complex, in a fragmented media landscape with many different platforms. Literally we need a sort of literacy literacy. Build our sensitivity to the information ecology: text, sound, visual. These days we lack the cultural pedestal (foundation) on which to build consensus. I invite you to join me in this next adventure.

Megan Bisbee

Crafts: Jewelry; Visual Arts: Painting

I am a recent east coast transplant. I moved to California less than a year ago to attend Pacifica Graduate Institute, following my passion for exploring the psyche through art, movement, meditation, and psychotherapy. In my studio, I make colorful paintings and whimsical found-object sculptures. In each piece I create surreal vignettes by re-contextualizing recognizable imagery, and combining it with exuberant abstraction. I do not pre-plan my artwork. Instead my work guides me through an intuitive, nonlinear process of inspiration, awareness, and integration of newly conscious experience. My creative practices function for me like a psychotherapeutic relationship between therapist and client, or between healer and patient within and shamanic ritual. Psychologist Philip M. Bromberg calls the space where the unconscious and conscious meet the “interface of dissociation” in psychotherapy. Holding this safe space within my studio allows previously unknown parts of my psyche to show up as imagery and emotional experience. The integration of these experiences endows a sense of wholeness that Bromberg calls, “the primary source of healing and growth.” Aesthetically, My works speaks to Surrealist artists Max Ernst and Gorgio D’Cirico, Visionary artists Mati Klarwein and Pablo Amaringo, and contemporary artist Sarah Sze. The contemplative function of my artistic practice along with the visceral and emotional qualities of my imagery, speak most directly to the work of artist Frida Kahlo. The imagery in my work is not representation, rather a journey itself. Lately, I am especially inspired by the Katie Sanford and Carl Jung's use of painting in their individuation processes.

Jason Brock

Media: Audio, Video; Music: Composition, Instrumental, Vocal; Visual Arts: Illustration, Painting, Photography

Composting reality one chord change at a time.

Bonny Butler

Bonny Butler always loved creating art but raising a family had her go in a different direction. Family grown, she returned to art, her first love, first with watercolors and Chinese brush, then onto alcohol inks and encaustic wax. Most currently acrylics and oil pastels. She explores, creates, and relishes the ever-changing outcomes and spontaneity of her mediums. Her whimsical, loose-style paintings, now exhibited around the world, range from blooms and gardens, to expressive landscapes, to abstracts, the occasional portrait of people and pets and most recently her exploration into abstract art. Her art is a technique and process-oriented practice which focuses on colorful expressive imagery. Butler’s objective is to transfer to her audience the joy of creation through a constantly animated wealth of bold colors, shapes and form.

Elizabeth Butterfield

Crafts: Ceramics, Other; Music: Instrumental; Visual Arts: Painting, Sculpture

I have always been interested in some medium of art expression. My current venue includes torn paper art, clay sculpture and floral design. The last is my day employment the others are my night rendezvous. Most start without a pattern. The process is the most challenging but rewarding.

Mary Cacciapaglia

Media: Video; Visual Arts: Other, Painting, Photography, Sculpture; alcohol ink painting

Mary Cacciapaglia is a representational and abstract painter, photographer, sculptor and videographer who strives to find and see what many may miss in everyday life and express what she finds in her art. Please visit SNG Studio Ventura, California. Gallery ∞ shows art of Mary Cacciapaglia, Steve Neill other local artists. All art here are for your viewing pleasure and available for purchase.

Julieanne Case

Literature: Non-Fiction; Visual Arts: Other, Painting, Photography

For many years, cooking and dancing were my means of creative expressions. At a very young age I would lose countless hours painting, using those paint by numbers kits most of the time and I loved it. Family circumstances changed and the painting stopped. I begged my mother to teach me how to cook at the ripe old age of 11. Luckily for many, including myself, she acquiesced and taught me the basics. Although a math major in college, I loved taking classes studying art in various cultures. Western Civilizations was my favorite class. After graduating college, I moved to California. Sometime in my mid 20s, I enrolled in a figure drawing class and found I was quite adept at capturing the essence of the person being drawn. Once again the art stopped. My knowledge of cooking grew and my natural talent for cooking was fed by experimentation and exploration. My dining room table was my palette for many years where I created a visual painting using the table setting and the food to nourish the person and their soul through sight, smells and tastes. I am also a life-long photographer. Things changed again and life brought me back to painting. I learned that I have a natural sense of color, I love mixing my own colors too. I paint in oils. I paint from photos I’ve taken and sometimes I free form, sometimes creating representational abstract. I love large big flowers and many say my paintings remind them of Georgia O’Keefe unplugged. I have studied with Marcia Cummings, a sculptor and painter, with Glen Orbik, a well-known American illustrator, at the California Art Institute, with Bob Moskowitz, Head of the Art Department at Ventura College and an accomplished artist and with Jill Sattler at Santa Barbara City College, a well known abstract painter. I have been commissioned to do oil paintings of dogs and an abstract. I also completed a triptych of digital flower paintings using healing frequencies while creating them. I am doing more abstracts now, studying with Jill Sattler, growing, learning and expanding. My painting is changing and growing. Studying abstracts has really opened me up more. Many of my paintings have an unplanned space theme. They are filled with feelings and are full of light, love and joy. Many are filled with healing frequencies as well. In the last few years, I’ve begun writing and have a blog. It has become another creative outlet for me as well. I would love to heal the world with my paintings and my photos. My dream is that this comes through in my work. Enjoy! Life is to be savored either through taste, feel, smell, dance,visual or sound! Take your pick. I love them all! How about you? Exhibits: Ventura Art Walk August 2003 Ventura Art Walk November 2003 Ventura Art Walk April 2004 Ventura Art Walk August 2004 Ventura Art Walk November 20042004 Ventura County Fair Ventura Art Walk April 2005 Ventura Art Walk August 2005 Ventura Art Walk November 2005 Ventura Art Walk April 2006 Ventura Art Walk August 2007 Ventura Art Walk Solo November 2007 Digital Diversity Show Juried Show October 2007 Buenaventura Art Gallery Juried Show November 2008 Ventura Art Walk April 2008 Buenaventura Art Gallery Juried Show April 2008 Harbor Village Gallery Juried Show January 2009 Artists Union Gallery Juried Show March 2009 CMH Exhibit March 2009 CMH Exhibit June 2009 CMH Exhibit September 2009 Harbor Village Gallery Juried Show July 2009 CMH Exhibit December 2009 Harbor Village Gallery Juried Show January 2010 Buenaventura Gallery Juried Show February 2010 CMH Exhibit March 2010 CMH Exhibit June 2010 Ventura Arts Council Juried Show May 2012 Ventura Comm. College Juried Annual Student Awards Show 2012 Award of Merit in Painting Ventura County Fair 2012 - Honorable Mention from the Fair Board Gallery 28 Exhibit December 2012 WAV Size Matters Show Feb 2013 Gallery 28 Collaboration Show Feb 2013 Gallery 28 Paintings of California Show Mar 2013 VCAC Juried Show March 2013 Gallery 28 Collaboration Show April 2013 VCAC Juried Show “Reflections” April 2013 Ventura Community College Juried Annual Student Awards Show 2013 Gallery 28 Collaboration Show June 2013 See|Exhibition Space , Long Island City, NY July-September Show 2013 VCAC Juried Show “Collaborations” August-October 2013, Honorable Mention Gallery 28 Final Show August-October 2013 VCAC Juried Shows: “Anything Goes” and “Digital Works” May 2014 VCAC Juried Show: “Patterns” July-August 2014, Honorable Mention See|Exhibition Space, New York Times Square, July 24, 2014 Casa Gallery Juried Show in Santa Barbara: “Time” August 2014 VCAC Juried Show: Bigger Is Better Sept 2014 Casa Gallery Juried Show in Santa Barbara: “Returns” September 2014 Casa Gallery Juried Show in Santa Barbara: “Vertical” November 2014

Gabriel Chavez

Drawing/Colored Pencil

My name is Gabriel Chavez, and I currently reside in Ventura, California. My passion has always been in the arts, specifically in drawing and painting. I have originally developed my art through portraiture, and while in college, I utilized colored pencil to make portraits that were photo-based. I continued this and expanded into oil painting, driven by the techniques of the medium and its concepts. A more recent inspiration took place, in which I began to re-access art altogether. After spending a few years diving into metaphysics, I reinformed my paintings with inner vision. Now my primary subjects are abstract, and I focus on the representation of inner reality. I use the traditions of sacred geometry and biomorphic forms which relate to Nature and to the Cosmos at large. Chiaroscuro is also a dominating force in my paintings. Currently, I am working on a new series of abstract paintings that relate to the intimate processes of the Earth and of Life.

Steve Cook

Visual Arts: Painting

Steve Cook is a painter who specializes in painterly photo-realism. He paints both in the studio and plein-air. The subjects of his work range from land and seascapes, surfing culture, old buildings and cars, gardens and the people who live in all these arenas. He has studied with some of the best modern plein-air painters (Ken Auster, John Comer, George Strickland and Ovanes Berberian). The plein air experience has enhanced his comprehension of color and light. He also likes to paint big paintings and often does oil paintings using old surfboards as a canvas. His work has been on display at galleries in Ventura, Santa Barbara and Carpinteria, several local restaurants and surf shops. He also has pieces in many private collections in around the world. His paintings have been featured on wine labels for Discoveries Vineyard and Firestone Vineyard for Foley Family Wines. He has worked extensively with the Ventura Visitors and Convention Bureau, with his paintings featured on many of their promotional materials and national advertisements. He was in Skywest Magazine as their featured cover artist. Also he was a featured artist in Coastal Living Magazine and was featured in Sunset Magazine in September of 2012. Steve's studio is in Pierpont Beach, Ventura and is always open to visitors (call ahead). He is a life-long surfer, a former Peace Corps Volunteer and a graduate of San Diego State University. He and his wife, Carol, have lived in Ventura for almost four decades and truly enjoy being part of the burgeoning art scene in their hometown.

Susan Cook

Visual Arts: Painting

In 1998, long-time resident of the City of Ventura Susan Cook re-entered college. While attending Ventura College with hopes of becoming a landscape designer she found her true passion, painting. Under the tutelage of such remarkable faculty as Hiroko Yoshimoto, Carlisle Cooper and Robert Moskowitz, her formal art education began. She transferred to California State University, Channel Islands and earned her Bachelors Degree in Art, graduating Summa Cum Laude in their first class of 2003. Cook is the proud recipient of numerous awards for her paintings and service to the Ventura arts community that include: the 2011 Mayors Arts Award, Artist in the Community, 2014 1st Place Award Ventura County Arts Council, 1st Place Award 2012 Ventura County Fair, the Barney Dietz Purchase Award and Award of Excellence from the Ventura College Fine Art Department, the Presidential Award from Ventura College Foundation, and the Outstanding Student Award from Ventura College Friends of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited throughout Ventura County including solo exhibitions at Accolades, Fox Fine Jewelry, Jonathan’s at Peirano’s and the Buenaventura Art Gallery. She has participated in group exhibits at 643 Project Space, CSUCI, Affinity Bank, Carnegie Museum, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Artists Union Gallery, Ventura County Arts Council, Ventura College Art Gallery and Ventura Music Festival. Cook currently serves on the Standards Committee for Studio Channel Islands Art Center. She served as a Ventura Public Art Commissioner, as well as board member for Bell Arts Factory, Buenaventura Art Association, and Ventura Music Festival. She is an active member of Focus on the Masters and Studio Channel Islands Art Center. Cook's paintings are inspired by a devotion to nature and evidence an interest in experimentation with the rhythm of figuration and color. She prefers to work from unostentatious imagery that conveys a sense of reality. Her subject matter is in part a reaction to the pressure exerted by an infringing media that we experience everyday, the frantic pace of modern life and also demonstrates a keen interest in the primacy of the painting process. Spontaneous combinations of color and shape reflect the importance that she places on both the structure of the composition and the sensual effect color has on the viewer. The progression of the paintings is a journey through a broad range of emotional, intellectual and technical territories as each evolves with color, losing the original tactile memory and growing in the spirit of the painting. The vibrant colors play interchangeably between background and foreground redefining the elements within the images, obscuring detail, in order to convey a feeling about the moment that will change for each onlooker as he or she brings their own perceptions to the work.

Sarah Flesher

Visual Arts: Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture; Papier Mache

Sarah is originally from West Los Angeles, settling in Ventura some 20 years ago. Sarah is an “Outsider” artist, heavily influenced by primitive Mexican folk art, color, and whimsy. She has won several awards from Ventura College, including the Bernard Dietz award of Excellence. She regularly shows at Stoneworks Studios, C & C Gallery, and her work has also been shown at Bell Arts Factory, Tool Room Galley, Vita Arts Center, The WAV, and Pride Ventura, as well as the Ojai Valley Arts Center and Gallery 525 in Ojai. Her work has also been shown at Tech Studios and Beyond Baroque Gallery in Venice, Ca. Some of her pieces are in the permanent collection of John and Sylvia White, Stoneworks Studios, and the Haberfelde Collection in Pasadena, Ca.

Yvette Franco

Visual Arts: Illustration, Painting, Sculpture

I am a mixed media artist from Ventura, California. After years of trying different mediums, I am the most creative using a variety of material in my process. I use acrylics, watercolors, papers, inks, charcoals, pastels, small hardware, wood, glass and pretty much anything else I find interesting! I typically do not create a piece of art about one specific subject. The materials in front of me often inspire my subject matter. Other times I am influenced by nature, animals, music, movies, people or just everyday life. Much of my work is abstract, colorful and tends to range from a simple watercolor to a more complex mixed media piece. My love of art started at a very young age. I can't remember a time that I wasn't doing something creative, but in a very private way. My art was something I shared with only a few family members and friends. In 2007, I first showed my work in public. That year I won the Ventura College Award of Excellence, first place, in the mixed media category. It was the first time that I showed in a juried exhibition! In 2011, I won first place in a show at the Atrium Gallery for a mixed media piece entitled “Bound by Fear.” In addition, I have shown my work at events in conjunction with the Museum of Ventura County, Red Brick Gallery, Stoneworks Gallery and Ventura Artists Union. I have participated in several street fairs like Art Walk and Paint Ventura. In January 2015, I started an art blog: ymf13.tumblr.com. I've challenged myself to create art every single day for a year: “365 Days Project.”

Scott Gordon

Visual Arts: Painting

SCOTT GORDON 175 S. Ventura Avenue, #208 Ventura, CA 93001 (818) 442-7748 tagore31@yahoo.com EDUCATION 1993 M.A., California State University Northridge - Painting 1987 B.A., California State University Northridge - Art 2-D ONE/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2015 human stain, VITA Art Center, Ventura, CA 2014 Yoella Razil & Scott Gordon: a Collaboration, LA Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2013 incidents and accidents, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX 2009 Scott Gordon: Five Years, Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, TX 2008 In the Shadow of Doubt, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX 2007 Gridsnap, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX 2004 Paperwork, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX 2003 Songs of a Stranger, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX 2001 Gathering Vapors, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX Scott Gordon: small wonders, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX 2000 New Work, Joan Grona Gallery, San Antonio, TX 1999 Scott Gordon, Joan Grona Gallery, San Antonio, TX Scott Gordon, Yukiko Lunday Gallery, Houston, TX 1998 Scott Gordon, Takara Gallery, Houston, TX 1994 Scott Gordon, Space, Los Angeles, CA SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Epoch Internet, Costa Mesa, CA Law Offices of James Elisaer, Los Angeles, CA Commotion Films, Beverly Hills, CA New Age Electronics, Los Angeles, CA Zelle, Hoffman, Voelbel, Mason & Gette, Los Angeles, CA Levene, Neal & Bender, Los Angeles, CA Ark of Refuge Church, Los Angeles, CA European Investments Managements Services, Los Angeles, CA Motion Picture Corporation of America, Los Angeles, CA Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl & Young, Los Angeles, CA Rubin Postaer & Associates, Santa Monica, CA William Simon & Sons LLC, Los Angeles, CA Zelle & Larson LLP, Los Angeles, CA McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK Pacific Strategic Investors, Houston, TX International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction, Fort Worth, TX Vinson & Elkins LLP, Houston, TX Texas State University, San Marcos, TX American General, Houston, TX The Jung Center of Houston, Houston, TX Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, TX

Stephanie Grant

Visual Arts: Painting

I was born in Wales and now live in California having had the good fortune to visit most of Europe and some of America along the way. I find almost everything around me to be an inspiration. I work mostly in pencil and acrylics but I will experiment with any medium to achieve the effects I desire. I love to draw animals, from pets to wildlife. Some of my portraits are quite silly, intended to bring a smile, others have a more serious message. My "Barely There" collection of mixed media works represent a few of the fast disappearing exotic species. I often work with minimal color palette but if I'm in digital mode, anything goes, it all depends on my mood. I think my motto if I had one would be "You're never too old to learn." Some of my designs are now available on pillows, pots, purses and a few other things for the home. All works in this portfolio are owned and copyrighted by me. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from myself is prohibited by law. All rights reserved.

MB Hanrahan

Visual Arts: Painting, Sculpture

I consider myself a pop artist. My paintings and sculptures usually contain popular cultural references — present and past. My ideas are the best art I make — I work in whatever medium is best suited to realize an idea. My finest creations are the products of collaborations. I paint murals for my community, or with my community. A significant portion of my mural work has involved youth, from elementary to college level, in both the design and painting of the mural. I often use collage in making art — creating visual “mash-ups,” pairing or combining an image from one source with an idea or text from another source. The “Holidaze in MBUniverse,” 1996 to the present, are a limited edition photograph series, based on conceptual variations of American holiday cards. Otherwise, my photos tend to be banal observations of my interesting and often hilarious neighborhood, Ventura Avenue in Ventura, CA. I live Art. It is all about Seeing, Listening, Honesty, Serving, and having a good sense of humor. You have an Idea? Let’s talk about making it happen.

Rebecca Heinicke

Visual Arts: Painting

About the Artist Consistent with her own unorthodox and provocative concepts, LA-Based Artist Rebecca Heinicke is looking to inspire emotional equality through her complex Abstract and Expressionist paintings. Rebecca's creative process involves capturing raw feelings that are integrated within a specific emotion or subject and deconstructing them down to the core values. This process enables her to encapsulate the micro-expressions that construct visual emotions and reconfigure them in such a way that the viewer is able to feel the texture of the emotions and delve deep into a sense of empathy for the unfamiliar. Artist Statement: To truly inspire within art, is to create a point of chaos that connects to the viewer in the same moment it is bringing clarity. In order to build that passion within another person, I deconstruct whichever emotion I am conveying and explore it's singular expressions. Every feeling or subject that I want to expose is assembled and held together by minute particles, essentially, woven in between facets that provide texture. This texture is what makes the painting exceptional; it's the aspect that gives empathy to the viewer. By creating a painting that is of substance, passion, and congruency, I am working to uncover emotional equality between individuals that stand worlds apart." Current Series: The Human Collection My latest body of work, The Human Collection, is a carefully curated series of my original paintings, arranged in such a way to reveal the complexities that layer individuals and bring light to the effect of generalizing people based on stereotypes attached to one character trait. Body image, mental health, life traumas, emotional state, all represent a minor piece of what a human is; these unique details are all the world sees instead of the whole picture. I use my work to uncover these layers and display how one factor doesn't define a person in entirety, as well as show the harsh truth of how many masks a person will put on to hide these traits.

Dee2 Henry

Music: Vocal; Visual Arts: Illustration, Painting

I am a local artist, musician, mother of four and wife living in the Ventura area since 2005. I approach each work of art as an opportunity to adventure outside the "lines." Sometimes something as simple as the use of a palette knife instead of a brush, using recycled materials as unique embellishments or simply the use of your negative space can take each piece to a new level. I have also been performing as an honorary guest vocalist in the renowned, local award-winning, Rockabilly band Hard Six. You can see me lending my talents as the "June Carter" in their popular renditions of the songs of Johnny Cash at The Roadshow Revival Festival each year and at many of the local venues all year round.

Pete Ippel

Crafts: Fiber Art; Dance: Other; Folk Art: Other; Media: Audio, Other, Video; Visual Arts: Other, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture

I make art and share ideas by taking the question marks in my life and bending them into exclamation points. I employ an iterative process honed by experience in research, athletics, and art to present complex ideas in compelling ways.For over a decade I have explored and combined traditional art materials with digital techniques demonstrating creative fluency. By moving with ease and grace through a variety of media, I focus on communicating ideas and I gain knowledge in the process.I work intuitively and iteratively when creating art and often apply scientific methodology to my art practice with the rigor of a seasoned athlete.By observing human behavior, asking generative questions, and analyzing information, I experience daily how a disciplined process leads to comprehension of complex data and ideas. I use my artistic sensibility to present my findings in unique and compelling ways.I appreciate the interdisciplinary nature of the artist's life. I aspire to travel, to teach, and to create while extending my exhibition record. Being nourished creatively while partaking in a challenging path is a delight, and I particularly relish learning along the way.Art is the most practical, essential, and exciting field of work in the world today, and I look forward to sharing it with you.PETE IPPELBorn: 1979, Oak Park, ILLives and works in Ventura, CAemail: pete@hypermodern.netweb: http://peteippel.comblog: http://hypermodern.netEDUCATIONSAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, 2002-2004M.F.A., New Genres, 2004Critique seminars: Tony Labat, Paul Kos, Tom Marioni, Trisha Donnelly. Coursework: art theory and history, urban studies, digital interventionCORNELL UNIVERSITY, 1997-2002B.F.A., Combined Media (Photography / Digital Art)Advisor: Marcia LyonsCoursework: Media Arts, Art History, digital music, themed entertainment, architecture, electronic imaging, art practice in traditional media. Thesis exhibition: Priorities: Installation, Audition, and DigitaliaB.A., Psychology (perception, minor concentration: cognitive science)Advisor: Michael SpiveyCoursework: visual, auditory, and tactile perception, computer graphics and animation, visual communication, human computer interaction, sensory systems, independent researchADDITIONAL STUDIESCITY COLLEGE SAN FRANCISCO, 2005-2007Advanced classes in conversational Spanish, culture, and civilizationLANGUAGESNative English, fluent Spanish, basic ItalianSOLO EXHIBITIONSCALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION2013, 50th year Anniversary Celebration, Oxnard, California, USASTONEWORKS STUDIOS, Ventura, California, USA2010, Pete Ippel Art ShowICTHUS GALLERY, San Francisco, California, USA2008, The Fantastic Solution to Global Warming and other ConundrumsICTHUS GALLERY, San Francisco, California, USA2006, Metaphors Be With YouICTHUS GALLERY, San Francisco, California, USA2006, Hypermodern Art ShowEXPERIMENTAL GALLERY, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA2002, Priorities: Installation, Audition, and DigitaliaGROUP EXHIBITIONSWORKING ARTISTS VENTURA, Ventura, California2014, ArtWalk - Art and Play, collaboration with Mobile Arts PlatformSYLVIA WHITE GALLERY, Ventura, California2014, 5x5x5 Performance Art Series Curated by John WhiteSOMARTS CULTURAL CENTER, San Francisco California2014, 100 Performances for the HolePERFORMANCE STUDIES INTERNATIONAL, Stanford University2013, Now Then: Conference 19 – 100 Performances for the Hole, ReduxMUSEUM OF VENTURA COUNTY, Ventura, California2013, Day of the Dead Celebration – Dia de los MuertosSYLVIA WHITE GALLERY, Ventura, California2013, 5x5x5 Performance Art Series Curated by John WhiteVENTURA COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER, Ventura, California2012, The Installation Show – Ventura County Arts CouncilTORRANCE ART MUSEUM, Torrance, California2012, The Subterraneans - The Artists Behind LA's Artist-Run SpacesSYLVIA WHITE GALLERY, Ventura, California2012, 5x5x5 Performance Art Series Curated by John WhitePOINT .B STUDIO, Port Orford, Oregon2011, Art In The Information AgeSOMARTS CULTURAL CENTER, San Francisco California2011, Third Strike: 100 Performances for the HoleTOOL ROOM GALLERY, Ventura, California2011, WAV Artists at the Tool Room at Bell Arts FactorySYLVIA WHITE GALLERY, Ventura, California2011, Be a SaintMUSEUM OF VENTURA COUNTY, Ventura, California2010, Day of the Dead Celebration – Dia de los MuertosVENTURA COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL, Ventura, California2010, Whimsy & DelightSOMARTS CULTURAL CENTER, San Francisco California2010, 100 Performances for the Hole – Take twoART HOUSE CO-OP, Brooklyn, New York2009, The Sketchbook ProjectRADICAL PRACTICES, San Francisco, California2009, The Seduction of Duchamp Live AuctionSHARE FESTIVAL, Turin, Italy2009, Market ForcesGARAGE BIENNALE, San Francisco, California, USA2008, Weather ReconnaissanceGARAGE BIENNALE, San Francisco, California, USA2008, 100 Performances for the HolePACIFIC SCHOOL OF RELIGION, Berkeley, California, USA2005, Art and SpiritualityGARAGE BIENNALE, San Francisco, California, USA2004, Party for BenevolenceANTI – CONTEMPORARY ART FESTIVAL, Kuopio, Finland2004, Yuk Video ScreeningNEW LANGTON ARTS, San Francisco, California, USA2004, The ‘How To’ IntensiveFORT MASON CENTER, San Francisco, California, USA2004, San Francisco Art Institute MFA graduate showPACE DIGITAL GALLERY, New York, NY, 20042004, e Bay--Buy or Sell or BuyYERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS, San Francisco, California, USA2004, PlayshopCELL SPACE, San Francisco, California, USA2003, San Francisco Art Institute Print Show,SAN FRANCISCO BUREAU OF URBAN SECRETS, San Francisco, California, USA2003, Creative CityBOOM TECHNOLOGY FAIR, Cornell University, Ithaca New York, USA2002, Sound Thinking: computer as creative audio toolBOOM TECHNOLOGY FAIR, Cornell University, Ithaca New York, USA2001, Fine Art Applications of 3D InternetTEACHING POSITIONSVENTURA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Ventura, CaliforniaSubstitute teacher, Fall 2014VITA ART CENTER, Ventura, CaliforniaArt instructor, spring 2012SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco, CaliforniaVisiting faculty, Contemporary Practice: Making and Meaning, fall 2010UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY, Berkeley, CaliforniaAcademic Talent Development Program, summer 2008, 2009MARIN SCHOOL OF ART AND TECHNOLOGY, Novato, CaliforniaArt instructor, fall 2004SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco, CaliforniaNASA Space Practicum teaching assistant, spring 2004Video Editing teaching assistant, spring 2004CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, New YorkCornell Adult University, instructor, website design, summer 2002PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIESWORKING ARTISTS VENTURA ARTIST COUNCILChair, 2014COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION (CAA)Member 2009-presentAMERICAN INSTITUTE of GRAPHIC ARTS (AIGA)Member 2012-presentFIRST FRIDAYS VENTURARepresentative, Working Artists Ventura 2010-presentLEONARDO JOURNALLeonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous 2008-2010Manuscript Intern 2004-2005SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTEBoard of Trustees 2003-2004Artech 2003-2004Graduate Council 2002-2003PUBLICATIONSShare Festival. Market Forces. Exhibition catalog, Turin, 2009.Ippel, Peter. “In the Tradition of Apprentice and Master.” Proceedings of The Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, ISSN #: 1539-7300, pages 1094-1100. 2005.Pace Digital Gallery. e Bay - Buy or Sell or Buy. Exhibition catalog, New York, 2004.San Francisco Art Institute. Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition. Exhibition catalog, San Francisco, 2004.LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONSBRAIN INJURY CENTER OF VENTURA COUNTYThe Art Of Recovery, 2014CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITIONThe Art Of Recovery, 2013PETE IPPEL ART STUDIOHow to Maintain Boundaries, Artistic and Otherwise 2013LIBRE GRAPHICS MEETINGTransitional Work Flow For Artists Making The Libre Graphics Leap, 2012LINUXWOCHEN Osterreich-TourPanelist Talk on Art, Free Culture, Open Hardware, and the Politics of Sharing, 2012LINUXWOCHEN Osterreich-TourIntroduction to Qi Hardware Milkymist1 Video Synthesizer, 2012WHAT IS ART? LIVE!Pete Ippel and Allan deSouza interviewed by Tim Sullivan and Chris Corrente, 2011KRON 4, SAN FRANCISCOPete Ippel "Copper Mist" interview by Henry Tenenbaum, 2011LIBRE GRAPHICS MEETINGOpen Mind, Literally: Teaching Free Culture As A Life Goal, Brain Surgery, and a Networked Path to Recovery, 2011S.A.V.E. THIRD THURSDAYOpen Fashion, Fear, Education, and Leverage, September, 2010Maslow's Hierarchy Updated, August, 2010Critical Discourse, Networks, and Hebbian Learning, July, 2010STONE WORKS STUDIOSThe New Folk Tradition: Aesthetic and Community Resonance Between Open Source Graphics and Fiber Arts, 2010LIBRE GRAPHICS MEETINGThe New Folk Tradition: Aesthetic and Community Resonance Between Open Source Graphics and Fiber Arts, 2010CORNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIAExhibition Tour, Amish Abstractions: Quilts From the Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown, 2010UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONDigital Photography, compositional guidelines, and critique, 2010A PLACE OF PEACE, Monday Lecture SeriesAsian brush technique, 2010CORNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIADigital Photography, compositional guidelines, and critique, 2009HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL SCIENCESIn the Tradition of Apprentice and Master, 2005STRETCHER.ORG GREEN ROOM, Mediation on Networks, 2004SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, Alternative Lecture SeriesPsychology, Cognition and their Relationship to Art, 2004SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, Alternative Lecture SeriesA General Theory of Love, 2003BITS ON OUR MIND (Boom) Technology Fair, Cornell University,Sound Thinking: computer as creative audio tool, 2002BITS ON OUR MIND (Boom) Technology Fair, Cornell University,Fine Art Applications of 3D Internet, 2001CORNELL ART DEPARTMENT, lecture and tutorial, electronic imaging in art, 2001INDUSTRY EXPERIENCEFABRICATORZ, San Francisco, CaliforniaDeveloper, 2012-presentPETE IPPEL, Ventura, CaliforniaIndependent Creative Contractor, 1999-presentSAN FRANCISCO BALLET, San Francisco, CaliforniaResidence Manager, 2003-2009UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, San Francisco, CaliforniaAssistant Track and Field / Basketball coach 2005-2009YMCA, PRESIDIO BRANCH, San Francisco, CaliforniaWellness Coach, Group Exercise Instructor, 2005-2007UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHY, Ithaca, New YorkDarkroom Assistant, Photographer, summer 2002SIGNAL INTERACTIVE, Chicago, IllinoisProduction Artist Intern, summer 2000MOTOROLA, INC., Arlington Heights, IllinoisWeb Design Intern, summer 1999PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION, Ithaca, New YorkAssistant to the Director of Collections, 1997-1999HONORSCITY OF VENTURA, CALIFORNIAMayor's Arts Award - Emerging Artist, 2014WORKING ARTISTS VENTURASelected Artist, 2009SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTEStudent Leadership Award, 2004CORNELL UNIVERSITYDean’s list, spring 2001, spring 2002Edith and Walter King Stone Memorial Prize for Promise in Art, 2001National Dean’s List 1998-2001ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTSVarsity track and field, Cornell University 1997-2001Captain, school record holder, high jump 2.15m (7’ 1/2”) 2001State Games of America Champion, high jump 1999, 2001, 2003BIBLIOGRAPHYLindell, Karen. "The art of coping with 9/11: After 9/11, local residents channeled their mixed-up emotions into paintings, songs and sculpture". Ventura County Star. 09/09/11. http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/sep/09/the-art-of-coping/.D'Amore, Nicole. Artistic Touch: “Artist Communicates Ideas Through Conceptual Pieces”. Ventura County Star. 11/16/10 http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/nov/16/artist-communicates-ideas-through-conceptual/.Pompey, Tim. “WAV Artist Inverviews: Pete Ippel”. Ventura Breeze, Vol. 4, No. 2. 11/03/10 http://www.venturabreeze.com/volume4.html.Navaja, Pedro. “Pete Ippel Moves Beyond the Modern”. The Life and Times of Pedro Navaja. 11/02/10http://pedronavaja.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/pete-ippel-moves-beyond-the-modern/.Santos, Dorothy. “Inside the Artist's Studio With Pete Ippel”.Extero/InteroCeptive. 09/30/10http://dorothysantos.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/inside-the-artist%E2%80%99s-studio-with-pete-ippel/.Pizzicarola, Elano. “WAV Artist – Pete Ippel”. 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Amy Jennings

Visual Arts: Painting; Interior Stylist

Amy Jennings has been a lover of nature and all things beautiful since childhood. She would spend endless hours coloring, drawing, painting and making craft projects. Art classes were always her favorite growing up! After getting her Associate's Degree in Interior Design, she worked as an Interior Designer in her hometown of Bakersfield, CA before moving to Santa Barbara to live near the ocean. Always a beach girl at heart, she now resides in Ventura, CA with her husband, CJ, and their dog, Gigi. When she is not busy painting or decorating, she can be found doing something active like playing tennis, hiking, Pilates or riding her cruiser bike near the beach, always with Gigi in the basket.

Anna Karakalou

Visual Arts: Illustration, Painting

I am an artist from Greece, living in Ventura. I work as a Scenic Artist for film and television.

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