Arancia String Quartet
The Music Academy of the West’s Arancia Quartet—Miyabi Henriksen, violin; Steven Song, violin; Sheng-Chieh Jason Lan, viola; and Shijie Ma, cello—discuss performing Gabriella Smith’s “Carrot Revolution” Saturday, July 20 in …
Bride Doll Walks Down the Aisle of History
I opened an antique dresser drawer, a stiff, corpse-like doll stared up at 12-year-old me. I reeled back in horror, and never liked dolls from that day. As a twist …
Jennifer Jaqua Art and Antiques
Native of Santa Barbarian Jennifer Jaqua talks about art and antiques. Watch Video
Top Five ‘Dumb’ Restoration Mistakes
I make a habit of seeing the BEST in all objects and hold onto objects that are damaged or need repair. I call these objects “my orphan-things” and it gives …
Architectural Tradition at St Anthony’s Chapel
SM from the St Anthony’s Community asked me to appraise their altar candelabra. This gave me a private moment in that 1927 Chapel. Throughout California in the late 1920s towns …
Art Regrets
Collector and dealer Leslie A. Westbrook and artist Jacqueline Woods talk about their biggest art-related regrets.
Fond Memories of Steiff Toys
Steiff Toys take me back to a little Midwestern redbrick house in 1960s Deerfield Illinois. A burly gentleman who didn’t speak English carried a four-foot-long walrus with a blue bow …
Schütz Rendered East Coast Cityscapes
This Anton Friedrich Josef Schütz etching captures the American spirit of the modern, growing metropolis of New York City in 1926. The work by an artist and founder of the …
SPAMALOT
Director Andrew Eiden, and actors James Baker and Emma-Rose Allen talk about Ojai Art Center Theater‘s production of Spamalot, June 21st – July 21. Watch Video
Lobero Ghostly Square Grand Piano
Silently listening, a 150 year old square grand piano hid in the bowels of the Lobero Theatre. It stood in a coffin-shaped box wedge vertically in a corner, without legs, …