The Ojai Art Center (OAC) has eight branches -- each offering their featured performances and events -- and hosts a series of classes and special events such as Art in the Park and The Blues Festival. Our mission, since we opened our doors in 1939, has been to support and advance the interest of the arts within our community.
Please feel free to come down and enjoy all we have to offer. We encourage you to consider becoming a member which will bring you the satisfaction of supporting the arts on a local level as well as providing you discounts on theatre productions, discounts on activity fees, art purchases, events and our monthly newsletter.
Please feel free to come down and enjoy all we have to offer. We encourage you to consider becoming a member which will bring you the satisfaction of supporting the arts on a local level as well as providing you discounts on theatre productions, discounts on activity fees, art purchases, events and our monthly newsletter.
Current Events at the O.A.C
The Music Branch Presents:
Chamber Music Concert
Sunday, September 18th, 3:00 p.m.
The Ojai Art Center presents an exciting, unique program of music for voice, piano, and oboe, written over the centuries from Bach to Judith Vander, a contemporary Ojai composer.
This concert will premiere Vander’s most recent work, Darwin Cantata, with a libretto made entirely of quotes from Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. The music of the Cantata is inspired by Bach cantatas. The program also includes movements from cantatas by Bach and Handel, as well as settings by Vander of poems by Shakespeare and William Blake. The musicians performing the concert are all superb professional artists of the area: Patricia Lathrop-McPherson, soprano; Kathleen McVicker, mezzo soprano; Bryan Lane, tenor; Andrew Petracca, bass; accompanied by Helen Farson, pianist, and Louis Grace, oboist. More info...
This concert will premiere Vander’s most recent work, Darwin Cantata, with a libretto made entirely of quotes from Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. The music of the Cantata is inspired by Bach cantatas. The program also includes movements from cantatas by Bach and Handel, as well as settings by Vander of poems by Shakespeare and William Blake. The musicians performing the concert are all superb professional artists of the area: Patricia Lathrop-McPherson, soprano; Kathleen McVicker, mezzo soprano; Bryan Lane, tenor; Andrew Petracca, bass; accompanied by Helen Farson, pianist, and Louis Grace, oboist. More info...
The Art Branch Presents:
July 1st - August 30th
Featured Artists:
Bert Collins & Jannene Behl
Richard Franklin & Ruty Levy (in the showcases)
July 1st - August 30th
Featured Artists:
Bert Collins & Jannene Behl
Richard Franklin & Ruty Levy (in the showcases)
Bert Collins, one of the movers and shakers of the Ojai art scene has been painting since the mid 1950s. She has exhibited in many galleries in LA as well as in Sausalito. She helped form the Ojai Studio Artists, the Ojai Art Commission, and the Ventura County Pastel Artists, currently known as the Ventura County Creative Artists. Her work has won numerous awards. More information...
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Jannene Behl is also an award-winning artist, well known for her landscapes. She has been a member of many art organizations including the Ventura Pastel Artists, SCAPE in Santa Barbara, the Westlake Art Guild, California Pastel Association, American Impressionism Society, Ojai Studio Artists and the California Art Club. Both Collins and Behl are well known teachers in Ojai and have mentored many up-and-coming artists. More information...
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Coming Soon...
The Great Art Theft... Where Great Art is a Steal
Exhibit: September 3rd - 25th
Gala: Sunday, September 25th at 4:00 p.m.
The Great Art Theft returns September 25th. This wildly popular annual event raises funds for much needed renovations. The profits from previous years have paid to refurbish the original maple floor in the gallery, paint and re-carpet the gallery walls, add new lights in the gallery and showcases, a new heating and air-conditioning system, solar installations, and a new floor and paint in the Raymund Room. And yet there is more to be done. We’re hoping to put a new roof on the Raymund Room.
At the Great Art Theft (Where great art is a steal) local artists have donated paintings, sculptures, jewelry, ceramics and much more to be on display starting Sept.3. Come view the art, pick your favorite(s) and buy a ticket. For the mere price of $100, you can own an original piece of art donated by these artists (art valued at much more than the price of a ticket.) When you buy a ticket, your name is put in a basket and drawn one by one at the gala on Sunday, Sept. 25. The party starts at 4 p.m. Tickets will go on sale September 3rd online or at the Art Center. 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Refreshments will be available. Don’t miss an opportunity to own a beautiful piece of art at a great price – a real “steal.”
At the Great Art Theft (Where great art is a steal) local artists have donated paintings, sculptures, jewelry, ceramics and much more to be on display starting Sept.3. Come view the art, pick your favorite(s) and buy a ticket. For the mere price of $100, you can own an original piece of art donated by these artists (art valued at much more than the price of a ticket.) When you buy a ticket, your name is put in a basket and drawn one by one at the gala on Sunday, Sept. 25. The party starts at 4 p.m. Tickets will go on sale September 3rd online or at the Art Center. 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Refreshments will be available. Don’t miss an opportunity to own a beautiful piece of art at a great price – a real “steal.”
Become an Art Center Member
Become an Art Center Member and support the arts in Ojai:
- Individual Membership: $50
- Family Membership: $65 (Family membership includes 2 children under 18 years of age.)
- Student Membership: $30
- Senior Membership: $35
- Business Membership: $275 (Includes 4 individual memberships, events listed on OAC site, monthly newsletter link, social media support, facilities rental discounts, marketing materials distributed at Art in the park and OAC calendar.)
The Ojai Art Center is located at:
113 So. Montgomery St.
Ojai, CA 93023
805-646-0117 Email
OAC Hours:
Tuesday - Friday 10 am - 4 pm
Saturday & Sunday Noon - 4 pm
Closed Mondays
Mailing address P.O. Box 331, Ojai CA 93024
113 So. Montgomery St.
Ojai, CA 93023
805-646-0117 Email
OAC Hours:
Tuesday - Friday 10 am - 4 pm
Saturday & Sunday Noon - 4 pm
Closed Mondays
Mailing address P.O. Box 331, Ojai CA 93024
