Category Archives: WAV Artists’ Accomplishments

Art & Play – WAV’s 2014 ArtWalk Extravaganza

Posted on July 22, 2014 by admin

Photo top left: Ventura Councilmember, Carl Morehouse, and wife and City Planning Director Janna Minsk, viewed art and got artists’ positive feedback on the WAV live/work experience. Morehouse is an arts and WAV advocate and enjoyed being toured through the … Continue reading →

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WAV’s Paul Lindhard Makes Cover of VCReporter and more.

Posted on July 22, 2014 by admin

Paul Lindhard makes his marks in stone all over town, and is shown here with local crew placing the new Smoker’s Bench in front of SHORE at the WAV.  Paul was Artist of Distinction for this year’s ArtWalk 2014. Read the … Continue reading →

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Public Art at the WAV – Michele Foster & the Kids from Ventura Charter School

Posted on July 11, 2014 by admin

Beauty enhances the Garden Courtyard of the WAV by the contribution of the children of Ventura Charter School, directed by WAV artist Michele Foster. Looks like Michele had a big hand in this piece that now brings Public Art at … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Senior Artists of Distinction

Posted on July 10, 2014 by admin

Visual art exhibit, Better Late Than Never, featured the watercolors of Orpha Woods Foster, wife of renowned philanthropist, E.P. Foster. Sometime during the early 20th century, Orpha joined the popular California landscape artist movement, and produced four historical pieces that … Continue reading →

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Celabrating the Life of Stew Birbrower

Posted on June 20, 2014 by admin

Family, friends and neighbors gathered together at the WAV June 18th to celebrate the life of the well-loved, award-winning commercial director, Stew Birbrower who died at the age of 78. Stew was known for his perennial enthusiasm and encouragement toward … Continue reading →

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Frances Spencer’s Art Gets Around

Posted on August 22, 2013 by admin

A print and a painting by Frances Spencer was juried into the Ventura County Fair, professional arts division, in 2013. This is the third year in a row that her artwork has been exhibited at the Fair. The depicted image is an … Continue reading →

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ArtWalk 2013 at the WAV Expanded

Posted on August 5, 2013 by admin

The WAV enjoyed a new expansion of ArtWalk with Garden St. turning into an EcoFest for the weekend. The Ventura Auto Center generously donated funds to the Ventura ArtWalk, and the City of Ventura made possible the closure of the … Continue reading →

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Kids Say, “No Plastic Bottles Please!”

Posted on May 12, 2013 by admin

Kids’ Arts collaborates with WAV, with a project by WAV artist Nancy DeLucrezia to bring awareness to the negative effects of buying and using plastic bottles. The chalk drawing concept is by Sarah Kalvin. A video produced by Alignment Matrix, Inc., … Continue reading →

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WAV’s Erik Abel “Branches” out to Washington DC in Poster Form

Posted on May 6, 2013 by admin

Erik Abel created the event artwork for the 2013 National Cherry Blossom Festival. 18″x24″ posters as well as t-shirts and more. Read more and see other artwork by Abel at: http://www.abelarts.com/blog/page/2 Erik and Nellie were flown to DC and received a warm spring welcome. … Continue reading →

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WAV’s Matt Hosey at The Mirus Gallery’s “Off the Wall” exhibit in SF

Posted on May 6, 2013 by admin

“Hosey’s pieces strut their uselessness through his keen but unfussy attention to  their details. Their merger of strict geometry with a rough circular-saw attack  suggests a convergence, possibly inevitable from Hosey’s generational vantage  point, of minimalist and post-minimalist aesthetics.” Kenneth … Continue reading →

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