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Arts About Town, featuring the best things to do in Ojai. Find all Ojai art galleries, Ojai artists, Ojai shops, every other place to go or thing to do in Ojai. Arts About Town includes a map of points of interest around Ojai, calendar of events, and many free things to do in Ojai.
Arts About Town, featuring the best things to do in Ojai. Find all Ojai art galleries, Ojai artists, Ojai shops, every other place to go or thing to do in Ojai. Arts About Town includes a map of points of interest around Ojai, calendar of events, and many free things to do in Ojai.
Arts About Town, featuring the best things to do in Ojai. Find all Ojai art galleries, Ojai artists, Ojai shops, every other place to go or thing to do in Ojai. Arts About Town includes a map of points of interest around Ojai, calendar of events, and many free things to do in Ojai.
October 2014 - Autumn Issue
The first issue of the printed brochure is released. It is free and available at select
restaurants, hotels and other fine locations
all around town
in the Ojai Valley.
​Website launched.
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Cover art
"Topa Topa Bluffs" by Alberta "Bert" Collins


 December 2014 - Winter Issue
The second issue of the
ARTS about town brochure is being distributed to all participating art spaces and a growing
​number of select locations
in the Ojai Valley and beyond.  


Cover art
"Mermaid Teapot" by Beatrice Wood 
February 2015 - Early Spring
The third issue is released
. Distribution
points increased. Brochures run out in 6 weeks. 
Word is getting out about
the new brochure: hotel and restaurant 
guests love to have this free guide.
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Cover Art
"Peter with Red Shirt" by John Nava
 
Arts About Town, featuring the best things to do in Ojai. Find all Ojai art galleries, Ojai artists, Ojai shops, every other place to go or thing to do in Ojai. Arts About Town includes a map of points of interest around Ojai, calendar of events, and many free things to do in Ojai.
April 2015 - Late Spring
The fourth issue releases: 
April-May

The 2,500 copies of the brochures
ran out in 5 weeks.


Cover Art
"Morning Glory" by Dan Schultz


Arts About Town, featuring the best things to do in Ojai. Find all Ojai art galleries, Ojai artists, Ojai shops, every other place to go or thing to do in Ojai. Arts About Town includes a map of points of interest around Ojai, calendar of events, and many free things to do in Ojai.
June 2015 - Summer
The fifth issue ​releases.
The print run doubles to 5,000 copies  in response to growing demand. Publication
cycle goes to every three months.

Cover Art
"Bold and Bright" Quilt by Ojai Charity Quilters


Arts About Town, featuring the best things to do in Ojai. Find all Ojai art galleries, Ojai artists, Ojai shops, every other place to go or thing to do in Ojai. Arts About Town includes a map of points of interest around Ojai, calendar of events, and many free things to do in Ojai.
September 2015 - Autumn
The sixth issue releases:

Distribution expands to locations in the Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Focus on the Ojai Studio Tour and Ojai Art Detour.

 Cover Art
“Taking Off 1” by Kelly Luscombe Bea.

Arts About Town, featuring the best things to do in Ojai. Find all Ojai art galleries, Ojai artists, Ojai shops, every other place to go or thing to do in Ojai. Arts About Town includes a map of points of interest around Ojai, calendar of events, and many free things to do in Ojai.

​December 2015 - Winter
The seventh issue releases.

Cover Art
Lago di Como Italian vintage travel poster, stone lithograph, circa 1900. --- Artisan 18k Gold and Diamond--- Santa Clara Bowl by Margaret Tafoya --- Bird’s Eye View by Dan Schultz.
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Arts About Town, featuring the best things to do in Ojai. Find all Ojai art galleries, Ojai artists, Ojai shops, every other place to go or thing to do in Ojai. Arts About Town includes a map of points of interest around Ojai, calendar of events, and many free things to do in Ojai.
September 2016 - Autumn
The tenth issue releases.

Cover Art
Carmen Abelleira - Pepita and Anatole's Impresario  --- Acrylic At Gallery 525. --- Theodor Gall - Fight Plan cast stainless steel sculpture - Ojai Studio Artists --- Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend - Blessings - leaded-glass window panel. The Jewish Community of Ojai. --- Chinese Lions - sculptures, Late Han Era (25 - 220 CE) - California Auctioneers
Arts About Town, featuring the best things to do in Ojai. Find all Ojai art galleries, Ojai artists, Ojai shops, every other place to go or thing to do in Ojai. Arts About Town includes a map of points of interest around Ojai, calendar of events, and many free things to do in Ojai.
March 2016 - Spring
The eighth issue releases.

 Cover Art

Hummingbird Ceramic pitcher by Lauren Hanson.--- Five Tropical Birds (1954) Oil painting and gold leaf on canvas by Jessie Arms Botke (1883-1971) --- Ray Harding drawing in his studio ---Sea Cups (Detail)  Mixed media, 2014, by Pamela Grau.
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Arts About Town, featuring the best things to do in Ojai. Find all Ojai art galleries, Ojai artists, Ojai shops, every other place to go or thing to do in Ojai. Arts About Town includes a map of points of interest around Ojai, calendar of events, and many free things to do in Ojai.
December 2016 - Winter
The eleventh issue releases.

Cover Art
Hollywood Collects 1970 by Edward Ruscha - Original exhibition poster, the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles. At Gallery 525. --- Susan Cummings Fine Jewelry and Artisan Studio: 18k gold stackable rings with set stones of conflict free Diamonds and Andalusite from Brazil. --- Wild Rose 2016, by Holly H. Woolson, sgraffito mixed media, at OVA Arts. ​
Arts About Town, featuring the best things to do in Ojai. Find all Ojai art galleries, Ojai artists, Ojai shops, every other place to go or thing to do in Ojai. Arts About Town includes a map of points of interest around Ojai, calendar of events, and many free things to do in Ojai.
June 2016 - Summer
The ninth issue releases.

Cover Art
Dan Schultz - Glowing Leaves (detail), Oil on Linen, 2015 --- Marilyn Noad – Out of Saturn, Acrylic on canvas, 2015 --- Jeffrey Crussell – A talk at the Ojai Museum--- Horace Bristol – Windfield and his Rabbit, photograph, 1938, Grapes of Wrath.
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Arts About Town, featuring the best things to do in Ojai. Find all Ojai art galleries, Ojai artists, Ojai shops, every other place to go or thing to do in Ojai. Arts About Town includes a map of points of interest around Ojai, calendar of events, and many free things to do in Ojai.
March 2017 - Spring
The twelfth issue releases.

Cover Art
Bristols by Pete Sims - 72" x 72" acrylic on canvas. At Gallery 525. --- Blessings (detail) by Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend. Jewish Community of Ojai. ---Hillside Orchard by Dan Schultz, Oil on Linen Panel, 2015. At the Dan Schultz Fine Art Gallery and Studio. --- Maya Angelou sculpture by Marsha Brook. At the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts. ​
Arts About Town, featuring the best things to do in Ojai. Find all Ojai art galleries, Ojai artists, Ojai shops, every other place to go or thing to do in Ojai. Arts About Town includes a map of points of interest around Ojai, calendar of events, and many free things to do in Ojai.
June 2017 - Summer
The thirteenth issue releases.
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​​Cover Art
"Washed Ashore" by Mary Neville - Acrylic on canvas, at Gallery 525. - "Grizzly" by David Baker. Archival photographic print on Plexiglass. The Ojai Art Center - "Ojai Patchwork" by Gayel Childress. Mixed Media. Ojai Studio Artists (OSA) 
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Arts About Town, featuring the best things to do in Ojai. Find all Ojai art galleries, Ojai artists, Ojai shops, every other place to go or thing to do in Ojai. Arts About Town includes a map of points of interest around Ojai, calendar of events, and many free things to do in Ojai.
September 2017 - Autumn
The fourteenth issue releases.

​Cover Art
Historic Navajo blanket (circa 1880-90) - At California Auctioneers. In a California Orchard - Archival print (2008) from vintage lithograph (1909) - At Treasures of Ojai. - 14K yellow gold custom diamond ring - Designed by Hallie Katz. At Human Arts Gallery. 
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December 2017 - Winter
The fifteenth issue releases.

​Cover Art
Shino Bowl – Porcelain – by Wyn Matthews. At Firestick Pottery Gallery and Studio. - “Reflection” – Oil on Linen Panel, by Dan Schultz. At Dan Schultz Fine Art Gallery. - “Barn Owl Family” – needle felted wool, soft sculpture, by Borbala Arvai. At OVA Arts.
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Spring 2018
The sixteenth issue releases.

​Cover Art
14K White Gold Ring with old mine diamonds and blue sapphires - Custom design by Hallie Katz.  At Human Arts Gallery.
 Memorial Bouquet (Thomas Fire) - Oil on Canvas by Karen K. Lewis. Included in Ojai Studio Artists’ exhibition “Scorched Souls” at the Ojai Valley Museum of History and Art.

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Summer and Autumn 2018
The seventeenth issue releases.

​Cover Art
Cup of Tea - Oil on Canvas by Ingrid Boulting. Meadow Grove 2017, Oil on Linen Panel by Dan Schultz, at the Dan Schultz Fine Art Gallery and Studio. Twelve Tropical Birds – 1954, Oil painting and gold leaf on canvas by Jessie Arms Botke – Permanent collection of the Ojai Valley Museum of History and Art.
Spring and Summer 2019
The eighteenth issue releases.

Cover Art
Alberto Giacometti, Portrait of James Lord, 1954, pencil on paper. © 2019 Alberto Giacometti Estate / VAGA at ARS, NY / ADAGP, Paris. Giacometti portraits on paper showing at canvas and paper until June 16th.
Sandra Torres, Sake Set, 8oz, slip cast and altered Porcelain, on exhibit in “From the Earth” at the Ojai Valley Museum of History and Art until April 28th.
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