The Editor Recommends

Anca Colbert, the editor and publisher of ARTS about town recommends a selection of books and films that offer insights into the artistic character, life and mystique of Ojai.
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Coming up : an exciting NEW section on places in and around Ojai 
where you will find MORE interesting art (restaurants+++)
Check out a preview of that section below: "The Farmer and the Cook"
ART and FOOD
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Farmer and the Cook

Steve Sprinkel and wife  Olivia Chase, the famously dynamic duo behind the organic grocery and café Farmer and the Cook, love
to open the ample space of their restaurant
​to invite rotating exhibitions of local, contemporary artists. 

farmerandcook.com

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Books about Ojai Artists

Ojai has a long tradition as a paradise for visual artists.  Starting with renowned potters and ceramicists (Beatrice Wood, Otto and Vivika Heino) in the 40s and continuing in more recent times with painters, printmakers, glass sculptors and photographers, the natural beauty and the light quality of this enchanted valley continues to attract the gifted and productive creatives of the visual world.


Links of Interest about local
art news and history

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The Ojai Quarterly Magazine
The Ojai Valley News
The Ojai Valley Museum's History site

Ojai in Films

Ojai's charm and small town authenticity are photogenic.
There have been as many as 69 movies and television shows filmed with locations in Ojai. Some famous, some less so.
From Frank Capra's legendary "Lost Horizon" (1937) to the popular "Easy A" (2010) the list is long.
We will keep to add selections here for your enjoyment.

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             Ojai History, Art, Architecture and Writers

              This section begins with a few selections, words and images, about what attracts people to Ojai.



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“Topa Topa Bluffs” (detail) pastel on paper by Alberta

“Topa Topa Bluffs” (detail) pastel on paper by Alberta "Bert" Collins, co-founder of the Ojai Studio Artists. Permanent collection of the Ojai Valley Museum of History and Art.