Call to Artists - Gimme Shelter

Call to Artists -- Gimme Shelter An Open/Juried Exhibit

Jurors: Gauvin
Curator: Phil Taggart
Art Drop Off: Monday May 3rd, 4-7 pm and Tuesday May 4th, 9am - Noon
Link to Entry Form

The show explores all forms of marginalization whether in self, family or society. The creative impulse has often been used in the face of madness, despair and chaos, to make sense of it, to make sense through art. Creativity is idealized while mental illness is demonized, yet the same energy can fuel either. This show is an exploration of extreme states of being in the world.

Show Dates: May 8th thru June 13th
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 8th 6pm to 8pm

“Wet” Erotic Poetry Reading

WET!’ Erotic Poetry Reading Saturday, March 6th at 7pm

Always a full house, this popular companion event raises funds to benefit the Artists Union Gallery.
Well worth the admission: $10 -$20
Hosted by Friday and Marsha de la O •

Desire urges us on deeper
and farther into the coral maze
of the body, dense, tropical
where we cannot tell plant
from animal, mind from body,
prey from predator, swaying
magenta, teal, green-golden
anemones wide open…- from “Wet” by Marge Piercy


Readers:
Holaday Mason, Tree Bernstein, Carol Davis, Virginia Mariposa, Cathryn Andresen, Maggie Westland, Joyce LaMers, TL Cabrera, Chryss Yost, Gabriel LeMay, Patti Sullivan, Doris Vernon, Trish Falin, Ron Alexander, Polly Bee, Kevin Patrick Sullivan, Paul Guthrie,Lois Klein, Elijah Imlay, Shelley Savren, Carol DeCanio, John White, Mariano Zaro, Stephany Prominides, Roe Estep, Patricia Belkowitz, Tim Tipton, John Gentry, Ellen, Florence Weinberger, Jackson Wheeler, Elena Karina Byrne, Morgan Alexander, Kevin Carman

The Vampire Who Makes Us Behave -- Erotic Poetry Reading

Annual Erotic Poetry Reading and Benefit
Saturday, Feb. 21 at 7:00 pm

The Vampire Who Makes Us Behave
…But the Vampire who makes us behave orders us to enjoy ourselves with what she leaves us, or in other words to be more amusing… - Arthur Rimbaud "Anguish"

Admission is $10 - $20 at the door.
Hosts: Friday and Marsha de la O
Benefit with all proceeds going to the Artists’ Union Gallery.

See Lusty ambitions Erotic art and poetry in Ventura by Michael Cicero in VC Reporter for more...

Poets reading include: Chryss Yost, Glenna Luschei, Perie Longo, Tim Tipton, Sarah Maclay, Holaday Mason, Roe Estep, Shelley Savren, Lois Klein, Fiona Spring, Elijah Imlay, Carol Davis, Ellen Reich, Florence Weinberger, Doris Vernon, Virginia Mariposa, Laura Diamond, Mary Kay Rummel, Polly Bee, Tree Bernstein, Paul Guthrie, Maggie Westland, Cathryn Andreson, Patricia Lynn Belkowitz, Marsha de la O, Friday, Phil Taggart, Tim Sheehan, Joyce LaMers, Virginia Mariposa, Kevin Patrick Sullivan, TL Cabrera

First Friday's Ventura -- Gallery Walk

JOIN US for a free self-guided tour of local art galleries, art studios, museums and alternative art venues on the First Friday of every month from 5 - 8 pm.

Participating Galleries and Venues

OUR MISSION is to show why Ventura is California's NEWEST ART CITY! Spend your day relaxing by the beach and your evenings purusing the arts in Ventura.