The Artist Spotlight Series is back for 2025! Public programming will take place at Namba Performing Arts Space in Downtown Ventura.
Spotlight Talks are meet-the-artist interviews that conclude the formal FOTM documentation process. Each public interview captures the development, achievements, reflections and personal experiences of an artist before a live audience. Attendees have the opportunity to interact with the artists, participate in a question and answer session, and view original work.
After each Spotlight talk artists participate in an intimate AfterGLOW dinner where patrons have the opportunity to socialize and connect with them in a more candid setting. Hosted by FOTM patrons, space is limited.
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Spotlight Series Tickets
General Public
Seniors
FOTM Members
AfterGLOW Fundraiser Tickets
General Public
FOTM Members
Spotlight Talks 2025
A Conversation with Jennifer Wolf
August 24, 2025 from 3:30 to 5:00pm
Focus on the Masters Artist Spotlight with Jennifer Wolf will take place at NAMBA Performing Arts Space. Click button for tickets and RSVP.
We expect this event to sell out.
Please reserve your seats ahead of time.
A Conversation with Stephen Edwards
October 5, 2025 from 3:00 to 4:30pm
Focus on the Masters Artist Spotlight with Stephen Edwards will take place at NAMBA Performing Arts Space. Click button for tickets and RSVP.
We expect this event to sell out.
Please reserve your seats ahead of time.
Upcoming Spotlight Talks
including those postponed during the Covid 19 pandemic
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2020 Spotlight Artists
Gallery Pierpont Elementary School
Pierpont Elementary SchoolThis artwork was created by the 1st grade students of Mrs. Steinhoff and Mrs. Novstrup. Funding Our standard 8-week in-the-classroom residency is $800 (including instructor and supplies). You can “Adopt A Classroom” for $800.00....
Gallery Cruisin’ Cars inspired by Frank Romero
Left: Frank Romero getting ready for his live interview for documentation. Right: Cousin Mary Helen-Chevy Nomad, serigraphCruisin' Cars inspired by painter Frank Romero Frank Romero was a pioneering figure in the Chicano Art Movement, and is best known as a...
Explore, Discover, Create! with Tom Jenkins
Find your ‘Happy Place’ with spinning tops! When Learning To See students learned about Tom Jenkins and got to spin their own tops in school, they said they found their ‘Happy Place’! You can, too!
Explore, Discover, Create with Robert Engel
What do TREES really look like? Artists learn by observing carefully and taking visual notes in their sketchbooks. You can, too. Print out your own Learning To See Trees Sketchbook and go outside!
Explore, Discover, Create with Porfirio Gutierrez
Have you heard of REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE??? You can make a weaving with things you already have in your home right now!
People all over the world, like Zapotec weaver Porfirio Gutierrez, have been respecting their resources since ancient times.
What a great way to honor mother earth!
Steampunk Dada Sponsorship Opportunities!
The Focus on the Masters Arts Archive & Library is pleased to announce Steampunk Dada – A Carnival of Savory Fare, Games & Curiosities. This annual Benefit for Arts Education supports community art enrichment programs, including our award-winning Learning to See Outreach that brings quality arts education to schools and community centers. Major sponsorship deadline May 8, 2020
So thankful to YOU!
Thank you to all of our donors who contributed to FOTM’s very successful year-end matching campaign! Through the generosity of the Jessica & Stanley Prescott Trust and Jordan Laby, contributions before December 31, 2019, were matched one to one.
A Conversation with Katie Van Horne
A Conversation with Katie Van HorneSunday, May 19, 2024 - 3:00PM - 4:30PMKatie Van Horne is a celebrated painter and printmaker of her native California landscape, the human form and animals. She is best known for painting portraits. Her gestural drawing style invite...
A Conversation with Charles Arnoldi
A Conversation with Charles Arnoldi Postponed - Date/Time to be AnnouncedCharles Arnoldi is an abstract painter, sculptor and printmaker. The artist’s boldly graphic and colorful aesthetic employs a wide range of abstract visual language, from hard-edged geometric...
A Conversation with David Furman
A Conversation with David FurmanPostponed - Date/Time to be AnnouncedCeramist David Furman draws inspiration from his personal experiences and the explorations of the world around him. His hyperrealism and trompe l’oeil techniques fool the eye into believing you are...
2019 Spotlight Artists
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