Art on the Moon with Lunar Codex
A time machine to the future, the ultimate anthology, a museum on the moon, a message in a bottle: all these phrases describe the Lunar Codex, a massive contemporary art …
Teen Arts Mentorship Program
John Hood, Kitty Balay, Laura Susan Thomas, and Terra Cobian talk about The Arts Fund Teen Arts Mentorship Program. Watch Video
McKenney Preserved History of Tribal Leaders
What do these faces from the McKenney historical portfolio reveal? We see Native American Chiefs circa 1838 pictured in two wonderful lithographs. JF owns these two portraits of distinguished Native …
Fatback, Life in the Pocket by Eddie Tuduri
Eddie Tuduri, drummer and founder of The Rhythmic Arts Project (TRAP) talks about his new book, Fatback, Life in the Pocket which tells of a lifetime full of notes and …
David Roberts Shaved his Muttonchops to Paint in the Middle East
A client owns a series of works dear to my heart. Scottish artist David Roberts (Edinburgh 1796-1864) painted these landscapes in lithographs. During graduate school at the University of Edinburgh, …
Rod Rolle and Claudia Hoag McGarry
Freelance photographer Rod Rolle talks about the honor he received from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee of Santa Barbara. Then Claudia Hoag McGarry discusses her new play, I Can …
Telephone Company Commemorative Plaques
“Mr Watson, come here, I need you,” Alexander Graham Bell said to his assistant in 1876. The first words heard, and understood, through a telephone wire. Bell summoned his assistant …
The Fabulous T.C. Boyle
T.C. Boyle talks about his latest novel, Blue Skies, with the help of true crime author Deborah Holt Larkin. Watch Video
Nunsense at Ojai ACT
Actors Sindy McKay, Dianne Miller, Brianna Turner, and Assistant Producer Sven Shelgren talk about Nunsense at the Ojai Art Center Theater through July 23.
Close Encounters of the Three Wheeled Kind
I received a call to appraise vintage French Bicycle advertising posters, so I headed to my client’s huge garage in Ojai. Not only did I see wonderful early 1900s lithographic …