Coming Up at Studio Channel Islands Art Center

Comedy & Cocktails at Studio Channel Islands Art Center

Grab your friends and head on over to Studio Channel Islands Art Center (SCIAC) for an evening of laughter and fun as L.A. comedian Jason Love and friends headline Comedy & Cocktails, 7:30 p.m., March 29. Tickets are $15 at http://bit.ly/2JjwNA0. Beer and wine available for purchase. SCIAC is located at 2222 E. Ventura Blvd, Camarillo.

Studio Channel Islands Art Center Presents The Illusionist Exhibition

Studio Channel Islands Art Center (SCIAC) will present a unique exhibition, The Illusionist, March 30 through May 18 in the SCIAC Blackboard Gallery located at 2222 E. Ventura Blvd., Camarillo. Curated by accomplished artist and California Lutheran University art professor Michael Pearce as part of The Representational Art Conference (TRAC) 2019, the premier international event focusing on cutting-edge representational art in the 21st century. The gallery will host an opening reception, 4 to 6 p.m., April 6, with many of the artists in attendance, and will feature comments from award-winning science fiction and fantasy artists Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell. Admission is free. The exhibit will feature works by F. Scott Hess, Richard Macdonald, Sandy Yagi, Bryan Larson, Mark Gleason, Conor Walton, Pamela Wilson, Regina Jacobson, Guy Kinnear, Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell, Roger Dean, Vince Natale and others. For more information, visit www.studiochannelislands.org, or call 805-383-1368.

Studio Channel Islands Art Center Presents The NEXT Big Thing
Renowned art critic Mat Gleason to jury fine art of artists from around the country

Studio Channel Islands Art Center (SCIAC) will launch The NEXT Big Thing exhibition with an opening reception 4 to 6 p.m., June 1, at SCIAC’s Blackboard Gallery located at 2222 E. Ventura Blvd., Camarillo. The exhibition will be juried by artist Mat Gleason, an internationally recognized art critic and curator of contemporary art and founder of the controversial Coagula Art Journal. The NEXT Big Thing showcases the contemporary art of exciting emerging artists, as well as nationally exhibited and award-winning artists, in all medium including video, film, performance, sound and installation art. This exhibition will be on display June 1 through July 20. Admission to the opening reception and the gallery is free. Gallery hours are Tues.–Fri., 11 a.m.–5 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m.–3 p.m. For more information, visit www.studiochannelislands.org  or call 805-383-1368.

Artist Studios Open to Public on First Saturdays at Studio Channel Islands Art Center

Camarillo, Calif.– Every first Saturday of the month, Studio Channel Islands Art Center’s artist studios, located at 2222 E. Ventura Blvd., Camarillo, are open to the public, 11 a.m.– 4 p.m. As many as 40 of the area’s very best artists welcome visitors into their studios to watch them create sculptures, paintings and multimedia pieces up-close and personal. Visitors can also enjoy the current exhibition showing at the Blackboard Gallery. Free admission and ample free parking. For information, visit www.studiochannelislands.org or call 805-383-1368.