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BeatoWare and BeatoWear pay homage to Beatrice Wood
~ artist, actress, author, humanitarian, and style icon ~
known to her friends as Beato.
The BeatoWare works on display are the first iteration of BeatoWare created by Chloe Rahimzadeh, Jessica Rae Lugotoff, and Sean Ponder during their internships at the Center. The luster glazes for those works were created by Richard Flores and Tom McMillin, based upon the recipes of Beatrice Wood – written in code and in the collection of the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
BeatoWear is an homage to style icon Beatrice Wood, who famously dressed exclusively in Indian saris for decades, following her visits to India. It’s a little-known fact that Beatrice Wood, and her close friend Rosalind Rajagopal, had a plan in 1930 to become dress designers, opening a business together. When Rosalind’s daughter Radha was born, that plan changed, and Beatrice Wood instead enrolled in her first adult education class at Hollywood High School to learn ceramics. The rest is history.
The first iteration of BeatoWear was created by Eryn Talevich, an Artist and Feminist Anthropologist, during her internship at the Center.
This iteration of BeatoWear is a collaborative project, conceptualized by Maryann Cord and designed by Greta Lovina. Each is a flatteringly one-size fits most, four-in-one, deep-pocketed dress, designed to wear four ways: reversible, front-to-back, and back-to-front. The dresses are one-of-a-kind, handcrafted, wearable works of art, created from up-cycled vintage cotton saris from India. Each has minor character patches and fabric variations distinctive of the vintage saris, making each individually imperfectly perfect.
Maryann Cord is an important part of the Center’s team, presenting regular workshops at the Center. Her ceramic work is in the Permanent Collection of the Ojai Valley Museum.
Greta Lovina is a contemporary textile artist who magically transforms fabric scrap into gorgeous art, combining up-cycled and repurposed materials, and the ancient practice of color dyeing into hand-stitched collage art, luxurious custom clothing, unique wedding dresses, and more. Lovina’s work, including her wearable art, resides in private collections around the world and has been displayed in exhibitions including the Ojai Valley Museum, the Museum of Ventura County, and the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts. She is a member of the prestigious Ojai Studio Artists, a group reserved for artists who possess the highest standards of professional excellence and achievement since 2018.
The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts is Open to the Public
Fri, Sat, & Sun 11:00 am - 5:00 pm.
8585 Ojai-Santa Paula Road, Ojai, CA 93023
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