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Duane Simshauser

Duane Simshauser

Painter/Mixed Media
Duane Simshauser is a highly acclaimed mixed media artist who began his career in Ventura Couny. A resident of Fillmore, he works in the genre of assemblage, in which he applies paper and various types…

David Singer

David Singer

Clarinetist
David Singer, clarinetist extraordinaire, has performed at the White House and played with Yo Yo Ma at the Spoleto Festival. He is equally comfortable at Moorpark High School, nurturing and encouraging young…

Joe Sohm

Joe Sohm

Photographer
Joseph Sohm’s guiding vision for this collaborative effort is a single question: “How do you photograph democracy?” This question fueled Sohm’s epic…..

Robert G. Smith

Robert G. Smith

Photographer
Robert G. Smith was given advice early in his career to look beyond the lens and to discover his own unique vision. Whether the image reflects the natural landscape or discarded man-made objects, Smith’s…

Douglas Spaulding

Douglas Spaulding

Sculptor
In 1956 Spaulding joined the Department of Defense School System (DoDSS) and moved to Yokohama, Japan to teach History. While in Japan, he continued to be active in amateur theater productions, traveled extensively throughout the Orient, and actively collected Japanese antiques and art. He also developed his own considerable talents as a sculptor, collaborated with local Japanese artists in Yokohama and Tokyo, and staged several exhibitions…

Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend

Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend

Glass/Mixed Media
For Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend, inspiration comes from many sources, both mundane and elegant. Her unconscious doodles find their way from her desk calendar to sheets of glass and are combined with…

Ray Strong

Ray Strong

Painter
“If you want to get to know the land, go and sleep with it.” Ray Strong knew the land. He was a landscape painter, muralist and poet from the time he was just eight years old. Strong was born in Corvallis,…

George Stuart

George Stuart

Historian/Sculptor
Mr. Stuart is a historian with a passion to create. The success of his three dimensional figures are the product of the artist’s exhaustive research…

Tracy Lee Stum

Tracy Lee Stum

Chalk Artist
Internationally recognized and award winning chalk artist, Tracy Lee Stum specializes in spectacular, interactive 3D anamorphic street paintings. Tracy’s mind-blowing 3D images continue to ‘wow’,…

John Suttman

John Suttman

Sculptor
John Suttman is an artist whose work involves unexpected function and the discovery of hidden beauty. A china cabinet threatens to fall over while another seems ready to dance. A chair is poised to join Alice’s tea…

Burns Taft

Burns Taft

Conductor/Musician
Recognized as a gifted musician and respected music educator in Ventura County, Burns Taft was the music director of the Master Chorale of Ventura for over 30 years. His academic credentials include from…

Linda Taylor

Linda Taylor

Printmaker
Is it fair to say that a talented printmaker’s most visible work takes up one side of an old grocery store? Yes, if that print-maker is Linda Taylor who spent many months restoring the mural on the exterior wall…

Cheryl Ann Thomas

Cheryl Ann Thomas

Ceramist
Cheryl Ann Thomas delights in the unexpected and relishes the moment her hand coiled porcelain and stoneware vessels assume a life of their own. Constructing these sculptures is an intimate process involving…

Leslie Thompson

Leslie Thompson

Ceramist
Leslie Thompson Leslie Thompson’s works delight the eye, both for the spontaneity of some pieces and the controlled precision of others. A black and white checkered pattern mimics water overflowing a jug. The…

Susan Tibbles

Susan Tibbles

Assemblage Artist/Illustrator
She has the unique ability to take unassuming objects, merge them with a concept and present a thought-provoking artwork that combines both symbolic and intellectual results as well as an aesthetic experience…

Michael Cullen Todd

Michael Cullen Todd

Sculptor
Michael Cullen Todd’s biography abounds with accolades: Woodrow Wilson and Fulbright Fellowships. Exhibits in major galleries throughout the US. His work is found in prestigious…

Sylvia Torres

Sylvia Torres

Painter/Encaustic Artist
Her artist-grandfather was very stern. He knew all the rules about art and wanted to be sure little Sylvia understood them. Consequently she stayed away from art until an understanding and gifted…

Myra Toth

Myra Toth

Ceramist
Myra Toth is a bit of an alchemist, at home with hundreds of jars filled with chemicals that transform clay into objects of stunning beauty. These playful, imaginative pieces, some aglow with lustrous glazes, remind us…

Christopher Trumbo

Christopher Trumbo

Writer
Christopher Trumbo was a writer whose film credits are impressive. They involved his working with some of the most iconic figures of a particularly complex era of Hollywood history. The lessons…

Jo Ann Turovsky

Jo Ann Turovsky

Harpist
Jo Ann Turovsky is principal harpist with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, the Long Beach and Pasadena symphonies, and is a member of the contemporary music ensemble XTET. She has…

Kent Twitchell

Kent Twitchell

Muralist
In today’s vernacular, you might say that Kent Twitchell’s public art projects have gotten millions of hits. For decades, people have driven by, walked by or simply sat and stared at huge murals…

Elaine Unzicker

Elaine Unzicker

Chain Mail Jeweler
When does jewelry become art? Is important jewelry made only with precious metals and gems? How does jewelry transform the wearer? Elaine Unzicker, a member of the Ojai Studio Artists, holds a Bachelor’s degree…

Linda Vallejo

Linda Vallejo

Painter/Installation Artist
Oil on canvas…found tree fragments…tinker toys…recycled Styrofoam. Add a deeply-held conviction about humanity’s relationship to the world and you enter the world of Linda Vallejo….

Bill Viola

Bill Viola

Video/Installation Artist
Bill Viola is internationally recognized as one of today’s leading artists. In 2011 he was named a Praemium Imperiale Laureate, one of the world’s most prestigious art awards. Another project, two…

Kathleen C. Waggoner

Kathleen C. Waggoner

Ceramist
Kathleen Waggoner shapes the song of woman – searching, triumphant and proud – in clay. It is the exploration and expression of human emotion, of feelings not easily put into words, that drives her work….

Kevin Wallace

Kevin Wallace

Curator/Writer
A funny thing happened to Kevin Wallace on the road to becoming a rock star. He became a curator and a writer and, in July 2007, director of the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts. Along the way, Wallace’s…

James L Webb

James L Webb

Printmaker
Jim Webb has dedicated much of his life to the arts, both in practice of his craft and as a working professional in various capacities. A master printer at Gemini G.E.L. for over ten years, he…