Greetings from Happy Valley!
I'm writing to bring you up-to-date on upcoming exhibitions, performances and workshops
at the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts.
We will be presenting Transformation, an exhibition featuring artists who have attended workshops at the Center. Participants in our workshops range from college students to senior citizens, from burgeoning artists to professionals exploring new media and techniques.
I am ever-impressed by the works that are created in the workshops, and the
Transformation exhibition is an opportunity to celebrate our educational programming, while making a wide-range of works of art available to the public.
We will be presenting an exhibition of work by Japanese artist Satoshi Fujinuma concurrent with the Transformation exhibition. Fujinuma's enigmatic sculptures reference the natural world and surrealism and share an expansive approach to utilizing wood as an artistic medium.
Read the article about Satoshi Fujinuma
"Biomimetic Explorations
The Enigmatic Sculptures of Satoshi Fujinuma"
by Kevin Wallace
Craft Arts International, No. 86, 2012
View Article (pdf)
The Opening Reception for the Transformation and Satoshi Fujinuma exhibitions will be on Saturday, June 8th from 2-5 pm.
I hope you can attend the Opening Reception, as Satoshi Fujinuma (who will be visiting us from Japan), along with many of the Transformation artists, will be on hand to discuss their work.
If you are unable to attend, or visit the Center while these exhibitions are on display, we will be posting the exhibitions to our website for you to view on-line.
The Happy Valley Cultural Center is pleased to present the inaugural performance of this chamber music series featuring world renowned artists Carol Wincenc, Flute, Heidi Lehwalder, Harp and Artistic Director, and Jill Felber, Flute.
Please visit the Chamber On The Mountain website for more information.
We are pleased to present this acoustic alt-folk duo featuring singer/songwriter Kit Soden and violinist Aliza Thibodeau.
Please click here for additional information.
Liam O'Gallagher was an avant-garde artist and teacher who pushed past the known boundaries of contemporary expression. His work included paintings, poetry, graphic work, short stories, performance pieces, and experiments with sound. He was also integral to the creation of foundations and centers for human growth, progressive thought and the arts - including the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts.
The 4th World is a performance piece featuring three characters navigating a 21st century world. The public is invited to attend its debut as a collaborative, multi-media event on Saturday, August 10th at 7 pm.
From its inception, the Happy Valley Foundation has been committed to education and in this spirit the Center is presenting a number of exciting workshops, and a presentation, in a variety of media. Please take a look at the list and consider coming to Happy Valley for a hands-on experience of the arts.
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Four days of study and investigation of the materials and processes that create the signature Luster Glazes of Beatrice Wood and others will be presented by Myra Toth, ceramic artist and teacher of Ceramics and Glaze Theory for 37 years.
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These workshops, led by Seda Sevada, introduce children to a wide range of media and processes. In many cases the workshops will involve artists-in-residence at the Center, or special guests, providing unique opportunities for expansive experience with the arts.
The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts also presents Children's Art Workshops at venues in Southern California throughout the month. For more information, contact: seda@beatricewood.com.
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Internationally acclaimed artist Hans Weissflog, who will be visiting us from Germany, will offer a PowerPoint presentation, sharing the development of his work and a discussion of recent explorations.
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Graeme Priddle has over twenty years experience in the woodworking field, best known for his sculptural turnings/carvings reflecting his life and environments in Northland, New Zealand. This two-day intensive workshop is for artists who are experienced with working in wood, and will cover a wide range of surface treatments and embellishment possibilities, including carving, texturing, pyrography, coloring, and multi-media approaches.
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This four-day workshop will share information gleaned from a recent twelve-week workshop presented at Harvard by Allison Newsome. The workshop at the Center will share Newsome’s experience with this project and explore Neolithic pre-pottery figurines (5,000.00-3,000.00 BC) as a metaphor and point of departure for clay sculpture.
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If you are unable to attend these exhibitions, performances, events, and workshops, we hope to see you soon and appreciate your continued interest and support of the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts.
Kevin Wallace
Director, Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts
& the Happy Valley Cultural Center
The Center is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 11 - 5 pm. Please call 805-646-3381 or email BeatriceWoodCenter@gmail.com for more information.
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"It seems to me that everyone has a desire to express, which is the soul crying out in song to reach something. It's wonderful to have the opportunity to make a pot, to paint a picture, to design an airplane, to feel that you can go out in a visible, creative way and contribute to life."
~ Beatrice Wood
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The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts is Open to the Public
Fri, Sat, & Sun 11:00 am - 5:00 pm.
8560 Nordhoff Road, (in Upper Ojai), Ojai, CA 93023
805.646.3381
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