It’s no secret that Ventura County is home to some of the most talented individuals, from the artists that paint our favorite murals in the cities, to that booth that sells your favorite homemade soaps at the local farmer’s market. Our love for Ventura artists runs deep. That’s why I’ve made a playlist of some of my favorite songs from some of my favorite Ventura County locals.
Cola Boyy – Penny Girl
Penny Girl is a love letter to the city of Oxnard, with the music video following Cola Boyy and local citizens around the town just having a good time. This song has a feel good vibe to it that can get anyone dancing. Penny Girl is one of the featured tracks off Cola Boy’s first EP Black Boogie Neon.
2. Los Retros – Amtrak
Much like Cola Boyy’s Penny Girl, Amtrak also feels very reminiscent of the city of Oxnard and the song plays like a love story to a lover and the city. The music video also features Maury of Los Retros walking along Oxnard’s train tracks, hence the song title, as well as him in his own bedroom, giving the song a very intimate feel.
3. Rivers Ventura – Lollygaggin’
This song is a tale of melancholic youth. It has a dark and angsty sound with lyrics that describe just that. With lyrics like “I feel my days are draggin’, plain and simply lollygaggin'” it’s evident that the lyrics aren’t so upbeat and lively, which is in direct contrast to the instrumentals despite still having that dark vibe to it.
4. Alyssa – Ugly
This one is special to me, because this song is me! I was 16 when I released this song and it takes listeners through a story of wanting to be with someone my family doesn’t approve of. I’m from Ventura County so I thought it was fitting to add myself onto this playlist.
5. Lootpack – Crate Diggin’
You simply cannot make a Ventura County artists playlist without mentioning the classic Oxnardian rap group the Lootpack. They were a big part of the underground backpack rap scene in the early 90’s and their influence is still seen and heard today. The Lootpack is also where rapper/producer Madlib got some of his early start from. Crate Diggin’ tells the story of finding that perfect sounding sample to flip into a beat. Crate digging refers to searching though crates of vinyl records in search of that perfect sounding loop or sample.
Some of my favorite talents in the world are made in my home, Ventura County. I love that we as a county encourage art and I love that citizens are inspired to make art that everyone can enjoy. I’m always looking for new local artists to check out and discover and to add to my many playlists. I can make this list go on forever, but instead I’ll leave you all with the playlist that started it all.
March is Women’s History month! An opportune time to highlight women for their contributions. So let’s recognize a special woman and spotlight one of the unsung heroes here at Ventura College. It’s my honor to introduce the Art Professor and new Chair of the Department, Sharla Fell. This is Sharla’s first year as Chair and I have to say that she has hit the ground running. A true inspiration, considering Professor Fell has been here for 25 years, as a single mother of two, working her way up at Ventura College. From the beginning as an emergency fill-in then a part time Art instructor to full time, faculty member and the new Chair. Her subjects are as follows; Drawing, Intermediate Drawing, 2D Design, Color Theory, Photoshop, Digital Photography, Design for Multimedia, Intro to Multimedia, Fashion Design and Art Appreciation. In charge now of a team of incredibly talented Art instructors, Sharla’s hard work and dedicated roles have lifted her to a much deserved position as Art Professor and Department Chair.
Sharla has a unique and natural poise, grace and style about her. When I first met her years ago, I instantly thought of Martha Stewart. Oddly enough they are both from the North East part of the U.S. “Beautiful, incredibly beautiful area of rural and farmland. Farms and natural beauty, it was magical. Both my Grandparents were farmers, it was a wonderful place to start,” says Sharla as she began to share her nostalgic birth place and describe her enchanting childhood in Central New York, The Big Lake, Finger Lakes. Years later, during elementary school she, her parents and siblings, all five of them moved to Chicago. “It was a big change from the farmlands but it was also amazing. Because my parents were both minors in music. We took advantage of the things in Chicago like the Arts and Science Museums, and the Planetarium. It was a really amazing place to grow up, the experiences were incredibly rich.” Recalls Sharla.
She grew up submerged in the Arts. Not only were both her parents classical musicians but her Father was an Engineer, Mother an Artist and Art teacher and Grandmother an Opera singer. Sharla’s family life was bursting at the seams with brilliance and creativity. Imagine an environment inventively vibrant, continuous song, music, museum visits, art projects going on in the everyday surroundings of home. In a flourishing community and city of diversity and Art, San Francisco. Her mother even had a ceramics and painting studio in the basement. “It was like forced labor during the holidays, we were all down there pulling screens, printing cards and making Christmas stuff like crazy,” laughed Sharla. Clearly her creative inspiration in the Arts began as early as she can remember.
When I asked her, “when did you know you were an Artist?” she answered quickly, “last year.” Sharla does not lack a witty sense of humor. She is a well balanced, shining example of strength, elegance, persistence and dedication. Not only as a well educated, hard working professional woman but as a compassionate single Mother.
Her upbringing was delightful and things were not always a flowery Hallmark story. Adult life has its challenges for us all. During her 20’s, Sharla began College as a music major. Her Grandmother, the Opera singer, had been training her to sing and perform. There was one little issue though, “ I just couldn’t do it, I had so much stage fright, I couldn’t perform,” professed Sharla. Accordingly she switched in College to Engineering because her Dad was an engineer and she was inherently good at Math.
From a Music major to Engineering with a Minor in Business she found herself in Arizona and decided to take an Art class for a Humanities credit. Sharla recalls next, “of course I thought, I’ve been doing this all my life, this is where I belong, in the Arts, rather than Engineering.” She was around 21 years old, during her B.A. so she had to add more time to her Art degree and pick up classes. This educational journey took her to a few different Junior Colleges, which she thinks highly of. Sharla attended Chicago, New York and Mesa Arizona Junior College. “They served me well, as I’m teaching in one and have a lot of respect and value for JCs,” Sharla stated. She transferred from Mesa Arizona to Arizona State University and finished earning her Associates in the Arts degree.
“Then I decided to get a Bachelors in Business, because everyone says you can’t make money in the Arts,” relived Sharla. So she did the logical thing and took her GMAT and got ready to enroll in the Business schools. She recalls the next pivotal moment, “I was sitting at a Mall in Colorado, watching all the women walk by in their business suits and high pumps … .and my thought was, “I don’t want the job that I’m getting the degree for, I just don’t want the job. I can get the degree, I can get into the school but I don’t want the job.” With that realization, she started applying for MFA programs and just by chance there was a really good one, in textiles, an amazing opportunity and right in her present area. Colorado State, which is where she completed her MA. Not only did Sharla’s continued educational journey encourage her eminent creative soul but throughout Art school she worked as Floral designer to make ends meet. Her life in the Arts was bound to bloom in one way or another.
Thereafter Sharla moved back to California, to the San Francisco Bay area where she married and started a family. While raising one son, she launched into teaching at the accredited Academy of the Arts in San Francisco. Sharla’s eyes brightened when she exclaimed, “it was really fabulous, really fabulous. My classroom looked out over Alcatraz Island, I loved teaching there.” She later left that job when she had her second son and stayed home with them until they were in Kindergarten. A definitive example of a woman’s passion for teaching and loyalty to her family.
Ventura County, Ojai CA. Sharla loved the area and she wanted to be closer to her sister who lived there. In 1997 she and her little boys were drawn to Ojai’s natural beauty, nestled in the valley of the Topatopa mountain range and moved there. She didn’t waste any time looking for a job teaching Art. By 1999 Sharla was suddenly led to an emergency fill-in position at Ventura College which soon developed into a part time job. Within 4 years, a full time position became available but it was a position that would merge between the Art department and the Multimedia department. The job requested an MFA, someone with an Art background and someone with savvy computer skills. But due to lack of computer graphic classes offered when Sharla was in College, she would need to swiftly expand her knowledge of computers, by taking Photoshop and Illustrator classes and learning software, understanding it well enough to teach it. “The whole multimedia position was very difficult for me, I spent endless hours studying manuals and learning software, I just studied nonstop,” professed Sharla. But she was understanding computers more than she ever had before and she was preparing for classes she had never taught, nonetheless she was ready. Sharla recalls a friend and faculty member telling her that she had earned another Masters, in multimedia, on her own throughout the endless nights. “And then in 2004, the whole Multimedia was shut down,” recalls Sharla. A cut back but her resilience and wisdom is a force to be reckoned with, her gained computer knowledge would be of great value as she was still able to move over some of her best Multimedia classes, Web Design, Photoshop, and some Graphic Design, moved over to an Art Class. Courses which are still offered today.
Sharla presently continues to instruct online and in class Art courses as well as her new role as Department Chair. This first year of any new educational position is notorious for being taxing with its endless hours of learning new techniques that are not taught. Yet as you can see from her record, Sharla’s tenacity is unstoppable. I asked her, really how does she manage to juggle multiple projects while meeting the demands and deadlines expected of a Chair? “It’s been challenging to be honest, the administrative kind of work is not what comes naturally, spreadsheets and numbers, it’s not where I live. I’ve avoided excel sheets all these years, I don’t want to deal with them,” Sharla chuckles. She is not alone though, and she is quick to admit her gratitude for her fellow staff. As someone on the outside looking in, I see a genuine team of masterful players, working together, rolling with change, and deeply engaged with guidance and concern for all students.
“I do rely on our incredible faculty members that we have in our department. I personally should do more but we have people that are professional artists, active in workshops and training, keeping up to date with techniques, gallery owners, art historians progressing, publications and illustrating of characters. In a way they are doing this for the Art department… I am riding on the success of our full time faculty,” chuckles Sharla. “These are people that are just doing it because they are amazing. I’m really lucky to be working with such talented amazing people.”
There is real sacrifice, as an Artist to be in this position however Sharla shares the joy she feels when she sees things getting done. “It’s nice seeing some changes, the showcases and some changes in the Galleries. I like having a little bit of the decision making. After being here 25 years, Senior professor now, it’s been wonderful, a great experience and after all these years I get to have the experience of doing things I would have liked to have done.”
Sharla’s personal Art endeavors and artistic goals have fallen by the wayside as can be expected because she is incredibly devoted to her job. “Some of my own personal interests, like singing and artwork have taken a back seat. Actually I got into the Ojai Studio Artists and I only showed for a year and a half or so and then I took a leave of absence for a year. So I can get a handle on the Chair duties. Finally after all these years I have put up a decent website. I was a single Mom for 25 years, so between full time teaching and being a single Mom, I didn’t get much of my own artwork done,” conveys Sharla.
She humbly mentions in her online website bio that she also, “learned to be an artist by teaching others.” It’s exciting to see her website and social media presence getting more notice and rightfully so as her remarkable art designs take you to a place of nature, enchantment and serene beauty. Artwork that depicts layers of color, texture, and various mediums that generate natural images of flowers, birds and insects. Please see for yourself and follow the links below to see her sensational Artwork in mixed media, textiles, print, fabric, pastels and paint.
Sharla lights up when sharing the joys she experiences teaching students. She expressed, “so many things.Watching the light bulbs go on, those aha moments, or seeing the progress they make, from the beginning of the semester to the end. And I don’t mean just in art skills, I mean in confidence, excitement, interest or curiosity. I enjoy giving critiques and the experience of a critique with students. Trying to elicit their response, instincts and their response to their work. It’s way more than whether they can draw or paint, it’s something way bigger than that. Critiques ignite their minds. Also I do remind my students that every single thing you see is a design, unless its nature. Somebody had to draw that before it became reality. So this is a place for design.”
Her fluid teaching style gives students a chance to find their style as well as learn the importance of self discipline and critical thinking. Although she has a curriculum and an outline to follow she likes to let things organically grow and “Let if Morph.” Sharla encourages students to figure things out on their own, listen and apply the instructions. It appears she has found a flourishing balance for her subjects. She does not enable them, or hold their hand and she will give them the grade they deserve. “The hand holding environment is not the way I work. I tell students to do it first on their own. Do what I’ve asked and if you still have questions then ask. And if we need more time on a project, we take it. I will certainly do what I can to help but my philosophy is, you do it first. It’s not a lack of caring, I think probably some of the most important acts of caring is giving our students the ability to find the information themselves and discover something else along the way,” states Sharla.
When it comes to giving advice for students pursuing a life in the Arts, Sharla understands well and shares some words of wisdom. “You gotta want it, and you gotta work hard for it. Like any creative endeavor, that requires a level of talent and something beyond just training. It’s hard to make a living as a musician, artist, novelist, athlete or anything in the arts. I would encourage students to have a backup plan. Museum and Gallery work, sign painting, mural painting and graphic design is always needed, but there are things out there.” Wise words indeed.
In this day and age, there is a common concern regarding Artificial Intelligence. Sharla’s worry in this area is more about what it may do to individual creativity and a student’s ability to learn enough responsibility and accountability. Getting out into the world of deadlines and consequences may become more difficult for the youth. “I believe in showing up, showing up and being ready, being prepared” replies Sharla.
We here at Ventura College we are quite fortunate to have this influence and guidance. Congratulations Sharla in your new position as Chair and thank you for your compassionate and strong leadership. May your future bear more time and opportunities to explore, create and make more of your own artwork, that you and the world can delight in. “I’m starting with more drawing and painting than I used to. No more Graphic Art and I’m going to say it out loud, “ I’m going to see if I can become an Art Instructor on Cruise ships!” In my retirement, for just one season a year, it could be really fun! It’s just a retirement idea,” Sharla announced, as she gazed up with a smile.
There are five movie theaters within 10 miles of Ventura College, but if you’re heading out to see the latest in cinema, the Cinemark Century Ventura, Downtown 10 Theater is hands down, two thumbs up.
The walls leading to the doors are adorned with posters of current and upcoming films with their release dates and lead characters prominently displayed.
Playing now; Poor Things, One Love, and Madame Web
At the front of the building is the classic box office jutting out between the entrance and exit doors. The walls leading to the doors are adorned with posters of current and upcoming films with their release dates and lead characters prominently displayed. Each window of the box office is affixed with a little silver speaker module. It makes you believe you must raise your voice for the person on the other side to understand what you’re saying. Above the office box windows are today’s movie titles and times to choose from, flashing across a screen in red and yellow LED dots that make up the letters and numbers like a 90’s Lite Brite. Inside, the carpet is always a colorful bold, large, print of dark colors. The air is flavored with delicious smells of butter, popcorn, pizza, and hotdogs. You can hear ice clanging into plastic cups, and the click-shh-click, followed by the tiny sound of little bubbles popping from the sugary liquids being dispensed at the colorfully branded soda machines, and the voices of other movie patrons choosing bucket sizes and resolving the amount of butter adequate for them. An employee waits with a scanner to check your tickets and direct you to your theater.
Above the office box windows are today’s movie titles and times to choose from, flashing across a screen in red and yellow LED dots that make up the letters and numbers like a 90’s Lite Brite.
Cinemark Century Ventura Downtown 10 Theater
While everything of the entrance and lobby are still classic the amenities and offerings at this theater put it at the top for locale cinematic entertainment. It is the happy medium of nostalgic experience and new age technology. If you’re the plan-ahead type, or someone who is always just about to be late; you can use the convenient app to order your snacks ahead and grab them on your run down the corridor, Home Alone airport scene style. If you want coffee or adult libations, they have a Starbucks slash bar with its own hours of operation. Popcorn comes in four sizes, five if you count the Kid Pack. For the true popcorn lover and secret menu connoisseurs, there is the unadvertised Pack a Pop which is like a small trash bag in size. The fountain drinks and Icee are self-serve, with a variety of grab and go options of candy and hot items like nachos and hotdogs. Pretzel bites, personal sized pizzas, mozzarella sticks, chicken tenders, and churro bites can all be ordered and are served hot. If you’re looking for a souvenir to commemorate the experience the Downtown Century 10 Theater always has the latest in limited edition popcorn buckets, and cups.
If you’re looking for a souvenir to commemorate the experience the Downtown Century 10 Theater always has the latest in limited edition popcorn buckets, and cups.
Cool popcorn Bucket to commemorate the upcoming Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Movie Release Date March 22, 2024
Once you’ve been dazzled by the atmosphere and ambiance, gather all your goodies and head to your auditorium for the piéce de résistance that sets the Century 10 Theater apart from everything around. All ten of its auditoriums are furnished with Luxury Loungers. Oversized, pillowy, chairs that recline and footrests that literally kick up your feet for ultimate movie watching comfort. Without stadium style seating there is no chance of someone’s head blocking the screen or a child kicking your seat from behind.
As someone who does not live in Ventura, CA this shop was excitingly new to me. It took me around 30minutes to get to the shop and when I first entered I was in shock. I expected the store to be somewhat bigger, but it was a cute local shop size. While in the shop, I found charms, beads, rings, bracelets, necklaces, pins, earrings, crystals, shoe lace jewelry, costume jewelry, and so much more! Upon entry, there were already quite a few people in the store picking out charms for custom necklaces/ bracelets. This is predominately a shop to make custom jewelry.
For example, customers pick their own chains and charms for necklaces or bracelets, when finished, they take it to the front of the store. The employees at the front then ask the order of the charms on the chain and put the jewelry together, which typically takes around less than 15 minutes. However, this depends on how many people have already turned in their jewelry to be assembled before you.
COST 💵
When making a custom bracelet or necklace all charms do not cost the same amount. The pricing for most charms are different they typically range from $6-$15 per charm.
Rings: $5 each, 3 for $10, or 10 for $25
Disney pins: $8 each or 4 for $20
Premade bracelets: $12 each or 2 for $20
Earrings: ranging from $5-$20
Stickers: $2 each, 3 for $5, or 8 for $10
Crystalbottles : $5 each
Permanentjewelry: ranging from $45-$100+
Mysterybags: $5-$15
Chains: ranging from $3-$20
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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
I would have to rate Brooklyn Charm a 3.5/5, due to the fact that there is a humungous variety of all kinds of jewelry. In general, there is so many diverse charms, chains, rings, etc. that you could easily spend 1-2 hours of finding amazing products. The service was great, staff was friendly, and the store was aesthetically pleasing, clean, and organized. This could also be a fun activity to do with friends, family, or even a date! Nonetheless, I think the pricing for most items were too overpriced. People are already paying around $35 if not more for only 5 charms on a necklace or bracelet. I do realize they are a small business in Ventura and they need to make their income, but in my opinion it is too overpriced.
Ted Lasso season 3 has come and gone. Since this was one of our favorite shows at VC Social, Torrey Rodriguez and Ximena Alvear join Nick Norris to discuss the series, ranging from favorite moments to how the show has influenced their actual lives.
We Bridge was a three-day music festival and expo from April 21 – 23, 2023 in Las Vegas to showcase Asian culture through music, art, fashion, beauty, and more! We Bridge acknowledges the growing Asian influence on mainstream pop culture around the world. So, their mission was to connect those creative expressions all into one experience. The We Bridge Expo held hi touch engagements, displayed art by influential Asian artists, showcased fashion, offered food samples, and featured activities as well as retail opportunities. We Bridge even brought in a lineup of highly influential K-pop artists to perform live! I was so fortunate and I am very grateful to have attended the expo and concert on April 22. Here is how my experience went!
Once my cousins and I arrived at the convention center, we were very nervous since we didn’t know what to expect. We registered, got our wristbands, then headed inside the expo. We were greeted with a welcome wall and as we kept walking in there were cardboard cutouts of artists displayed to take photos with. My cousins and I walked straight to the Grammy Museum stage but as soon as we got there, the q&a for the group Oneus, was about to end. We decided to take a look around and found a wall that we could write on. As I was writing on the wall, my cousin told me to move. Turns out that Enhypen, one of my favorite groups, was approaching the wall to write their signatures. It was such an unbelievable moment that I am so grateful to have experienced. After that happened, we were just in complete shock so we stood near the Grammy Museum stage for a while until lining up for GA hi touch. We waited about an hour in GA to see Enhypen on the stage. The group introduced themselves, answered a few questions for the q&a, performed their song “Polaroid Love”, and then prepared for their hi touch engagement. For those of you who don’t know what a hi touch is, it is basically an interaction with the artists to say hi and give them a high five! The hi touch experience itself went by pretty fast. My video of meeting the Enhypen members was less than a minute long. There were a lot of people doing hi touch which made the whole process go by faster. The moment we were anticipating the most was over and so we left to go eat before the concert started. We came back to the expo to look at some of the paintings and when it was almost concert time, we headed to the arena and found our seats. It was pretty cool to have five different artists perform in one night. Performing that night was BE’O, ONEUS, VIVIZ, BAMBAM, and ENHYPEN. It was pretty cool to hear some songs I’ve never heard before live. All I can say for the concert is that it was so exciting, fun, and it made me really happy. Just in case any of you guys were wondering, I paid a total of $242 for this experience and I would pay that much again to do it all over. I am I hope that you enjoyed reading about my experience, I would’ve been more specific but then this story would go on for a while! I’ll leave some links down below if you’re interested in looking at photos from the expo!
Social media is a growing multi-use tool for everyone. Surfers and skaters have been able to capitalize on social media as a way to grow their audience and earn money by promoting brands. It can be tough, for local surfers especially, to get good quality clips showcasing their skills. This is where False Front Media can help. False Front Media records clips of surfers, skaters, and more on a high quality camera and creates video edits for their social media feeds.
Here’s a YouTube video that takes a behind the scenes dive into False Front Media.:
Filmed and edited By Schuyler Arevalo
False Front Media was created by Noah Gilbert, an Oxnard local. Him and his team help create and promote high quality videos on social media, they primarily operate on Instagram and YouTube. My experiences working with False Front Media have been positive. The process no matter the project has always been quick, enjoyable, and productive. Noah Gilbert has great ideas for video creation, once his vision is set and the video starts coming together I’m always able to appreciate the art of putting clips together to make a video a little bit more.
The art shown above is the work of Sunimari Madrigal, a student at Ventura College. The art was made for her small business called The Moon’s Canvas. The art was made on a canvas about 13×9, made up of different art mediums such as paint, gouache, paint markers, and acrylic paint as well. The inspiration for this piece came from the beauty of the land we are lucky to have on Earth and also the beauty of the stars in the Universe.
Below is a video of her showing us how she created their piece.
Ceramics Professor Deanna Pini is a lifelong artist and elegant potter. During our interview, Deanna talked about more than just how she got into ceramics and the joys it beings her, but also about the touching, heart-warming stories she’s see along with the craft.
Deanna got into ceramics when she saw a potter at a local county fair and was mesmerized by how he could take something that was just dirt and earth and turn it into something beautiful. Deanna taught herself ceramics for the first three years: reading books, sitting in on classes and gong into ceramics studio once a week. Deanna had future teachers and fellow potters who helped her think differently about ceramics in ways that only helped her improve.
When Deanna is selling her pottery, she made an agreement with herself: “Any pot that is there, I would be able to give away to someone who really wanted it.” Deanna has held on to this for years and is something she loves to live by. Deanna tells in the interview several touching stories she’s seen through working with the class, fellow potters, and selling her pieces.
One main lesson Deanna has learned from working with clay is “you need to learn to let go, the clay it will do things you don’t expect. You could work so hard, and when it’s drying it could start to crack, or it could go in the kin and the glaze comes out different than you expected. So it’s really a lesson in letting go. It’s not so precious that if you destroy something on the wheel, you can re-wedge it and do it again. I think there’s a real spiritual element to ceramics, unlike some of the other arts.”
One thing that Deanna loves most about ceramics is “the surprises that come along, staying open to a sense of wonder and the people who come along who just wanna talk or ask about the pots or if you could make something special for them.”
The entire 11 minute talk with Professor Deanna Pini is up now on Anchor.fm. Give it a quick listen and hear more about this amazingly talented and genuinely kind professor.
This coming Thursday, April 20, 2023, Ventura College will be hosting an opening of their annual Student Art Show featuring works from students during their year at VC (Fall 22/Spring 23). The event will take place between 6:30pm – 8:30pm, during which attendees will have the opportunity to view the art pieces in the New Media Gallery and Gallery 2 at Ventura College Main Campus.
The following has been taken from the Ventura College Events page:
“This exhibition honors the work of current and recent Ventura College students. The artworks are produced in various media including: painting, drawing, ceramics, design, illustration, and photography. This juried exhibition offers many students the opportunity to have their work viewed outside of the classroom with awards of cash prizes, including the $1,000 Best in Show/President’s Award.”
VC Social had the opportunity to interview Monica Furmanski, the assistant professor of photography. She has been involved with the annual student show since 2007, which was when she first started at Ventura College.
She informed us that the opening event will start with a ceremony that includes awards given to certain participants and a reception to follow. We also asked her some more in depth questions about her past students and her opinion on the show.
Monica Furmanski, Professor at Ventura College
Q: How do you think the Annual Student Art Show benefits the students/college?
Monica: “There are benefits for both the students and the college. For students, it’s an opportunity to exhibit their artwork in a professional gallery space, where people from the community and campus can see their work. Students get to experience what it’s like to exhibit their work and to be a part of the experience. The college benefits by showing off what our students are creating and making in the art department. A lot of what happens in the art department is in the classroom, and when we have a student show the college community gets to see what our creative students are doing. “
Q: Do you have any students that become full-time artists or make a career out of their craft?
Monica: “I do! I have had students go on to study at different universities, specifically in the arts and photography. Other students have gone on to pursue careers in the arts or they are using the skills that they developed at Ventura College to assist them in non-art careers.”
Q: What can viewers expect at the show?
Monica: “Viewers can expect a beautiful collection of art and photography created by our VC students! There will be painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, ceramics…there will be lot of art!”
We want to thank Monica for her time and on behalf of VC Social we wish good luck to those who have entered their artwork into the show and hope their future career in the arts is prosperous.
All works of art will be on display April 20th – May 4th.
You can find more information about the New Media Gallery here.
Check out Ventura College’s various social media to keep up to date on what is happening on campus:
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