Sharing the history of the Ojai Valley
This essay by Anca Colbert originally appeared in “Ojai Studio Artists – 3 Decades” a book published in 2013. Colbert is an art adviser, curator, writer, and long-time resident of Ojai. It is published here with Colbert’s permission. ©2013 Anca Colbert – All Rights Reserved. This book offers a glimpse into the lives of 60 artists …
This article by Anca Colbert was originally published in the Ojai Valley Guide Magazine – Summer 2019 issue. Colbert is an art adviser, curator, writer, and long-time resident of Ojai. It is published here with Colbert’s permission. ©2019 Anca Colbert – All Rights Reserved. People walking into canvas and paper are in for a surprise. The approach …
This article was published in the Winter 2018 edition of the Ojai Valley Guide magazine. It is reprinted here with their permission. All photographs are copyrighted to their respective creators, as named and credited. The content is copyright to the author. ©2018 Anca Colbert – All Rights Reserved A Place for Potters A rekindled interest in …
Jeff Mann is among the Ojai Studio Artists participating in this year’s OSA group exhibit at the Ojai Valley Museum. In conjunction with the exhibit, we present Ojai Quarterly arts columnist Anca Colbert’s piece on Mann, which ran in the OQ’s Spring 2015 issue: Drawn to Drawing(s): Anca Colbert on Jeff Mann
In conjunction with the museum’s current exhibit, “Fine Portraits, Fine People,” we present Anca Colbert’s recent Ojai Quarterly essay on the art of photographic portraits, which focuses on Ojai’s own Guy Webster. A portrait! What could be more simple and more complex, more obvious and more profound. – Charles Baudelaire, 1859 By Anca Colbert …
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Art and About…a passion for posters The Music Festival’s vibrant illustrated history by Anca Colbert As Libbey Bowl is about to come alive once again with the magic sound of music, we take a look at some of the art posters created for the Ojai Music Festival: as a group, they give us a bird’s …
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ART AND ABOUT … RARA AVIS in our midst by Anca Colbert Everyone wants to understand painting. Why don’t they try to understand the song of the birds? –Pablo Picasso Have you heard the song of the red-winged blackbirds in this valley? Years ago, walking along the soggy shores of Lake Casitas, I discovered where they …
Art and About…. …. The Road to Art Country by Anca Colbert As one leaves the Pacific Ocean to veer from the Pacific Coast Highway to Highway 33 toward Ojai, the eyes catch sight of the sunlight over the hillside on the left. Sometimes just a glimmer of light, other times a bright shimmering over …
Ojai Quarterly Magazine, Winter 2011 Issue ART AND ABOUT… …… of dogs and their artists. By Anca Colbert From large shepherds to small bichons, dogs are a most visible part of life in the Ojai Valley. They seem to have a particularly important place in the physical and emotional geography of artists’ studios. Two famous …
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