Carnegie Art Museum
in partnership with
Carnegie Art Museum Cornerstones
Annual Accomplishments Overview FY2017-18
Fund Raising Programs
Highlights:
Hosted Fund Raising Events (20)
Annual Appeal Campaign (pre-empted by region’s focus on charity for Thomas Fire victims)
Admission Donations = $4,635
Membership Donations= $10,300
Home is Where the heART is private collection fund raiser (2) = $2473
2017 Fiesta Noche de Recuerdos & Fiesta Art Sale = $14,282
Fiesta proceeds after expenses= $8210
Fiesta proceeds support breakout to causes:
Education & Exhibit Programs= $6693
Poetry At the Carnegie-The Jackson Wheeler Series= $1517
Total of Grants, Donations, Events & Related Revenue Raised= $53,889 (2.2% ↑)
Grants= $8520
Donations= $35,837
Program Related Revenue= $9532
Collections Development
Art Donations to the Permanent Collection: (27)
David Flury, Chicano Angel, acrylic on canvas, 2006
Gayel Childress, A Silent Scream From a Broken Heart, oil on board
Frank Romero, Uptown, serigraph print (1/120 edition)
Frank Romero, Untitled, Self Help Graphics print
Frank Romero, The Death of Ruben Salazar, 1986, serigraph print
Frank Romero, Boot, oil on paper
Frank Romero, Cactus, serigraph print on paper
Frank Romero, Cactus, serigraph print on paper
Frank Romero, Sunflowers, acrylic on paper
Joanne Julian, SBark, ink, pigment and metallic paint on paper, 2017
Doug Shoemaker, Mission Cypress, watercolor on paper, 2016
Gail Faulkner, Lilly Buds, watercolor on paper, 2016
Linda Arreola, Untitled #38, acrylic on wood panel, 2017
Barbara Fitzgerald, Untitled, watercolor on silk, 2000
Ricardo Palavecino, Flatiron, color photograph/digital print, 2015
Ricardo Palavecino, Perseverance, color photograph/digital print, 2015
Robert von Sternberg, Silvas Oil Company, Ventura, color photograph/digital print, 2012
Robert von Sternberg, Malibu Rivera Motel, Malibu, color photograph/digital print, 2009
Robert von Sternberg, Courthouse, Santa Barbara, color photograph/digital print, 2012
Robert von Sternberg, Glove, Rice Road Oxnard, color photograph/digital print, A/P, 2017
Darryl Curran, Bird, Flower Box, Eucalyptus Leaves (Doris Series),color scanogram: Nash Editions Iris inkjet print, 2001
Darryl Curran, 5 Squash Blossoms, color scanogram: Nash Editions Iris inkjet print, 1995
Darryl Curran, 5 Backyard Seascape (Chaise), in-camera 3 color separations black/white negatives 1981, archival pigment print 2018
Darryl Curran, Stolen Moment v.2 (3), Van Dyke brown print on Arches paper, 1976
Abel Alejandre, Saint Sebastian, ink on paper woodblock print, 2017.
Michael Bowen, The Lion, oil on canvas, 1995
Estimated Current Value= $43,450
In-Kind Exhibit & Program Support
Gallery Talk TRAMAR-a DAB ART Film on Dominga Opazo
by Director, Yessíca Torres and filmographer Cameron Hurdus est. value= $ 400
Exhibit Catalog: Linda Arreola/The Avalanche and The Silence Series est. value= $3000
2017 Fiesta Noche de Recuerdos In-Kind Sponsors est. value= $1500
2017 Fiesta Art & Nichos Sales In-Kind Artwork contributions value= $3776
Home is Where the heART is In-Kind contributions est. value= $ 800
Return Shipping of Art for Art’s Sake: Selections from the est. value= $3000
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
Estimated In-Kind Donations Value= $12,476
Museum Membership Program
185 memberships representing a minimum of 380 individuals
Special Events, Membership & Development Events
Exhibit Openings and Artist Receptions (13) (44% ↑)
Major Fund Raiser- 2nd Annual Fiesta Noche de Recuerdos
2017 Fiesta Noche de Recuerdos Art Sale Fund Raiser (2)
Home Is Where the HeART is/Mona Neuhaus Fund Raiser
Home is Where the HeART is/Stephanie Elise Fund Raiser
CAM Members Tours (2):
Behind the Scenes/Silver Circle Members LA Trip- to Kelly Reemstem’s Studio at The Brewery and Marciano Foundation, Los Angeles
Behind the Scenes/Silver Circle Members Tour- of Karen Kitchel’s Studio, Ventura
Exhibitions
Organized, installed and hosted 23 exhibits (28% ↑) showing a minimum of 975 artworks
@ Carnegie Art Museum
June 11-August 20, 2017
Soluble Power- contemporary approaches in the watercolor medium by 6 SoCal artists Gary Brewer,
Gail Faulkner, Joanne Julian, Mona Neuhaus, Paul Pitsker and Doug Shoemaker
California Watercolor/The Collection- watercolors emblematic of the medium’s 20th century
“California Style”
September 10-November 19, 2017
The Avalanche and The Silence/New Works by Linda Arreola-a California Community Foundation 2017 Fellowship Award Winner showing her latest series of sleek, geometric paintings exploring the duality between states of tumultuousness and serenity. Reception sponsored by The Arts
Collaborative.
Collecting/California Latino Art, highpoints in the permanent collection by Frank Romero, Gronk, David Flury and others. Inspired by Getty’s Pacific Standard Time Collaboration: LA/LA exploring artistic connections between L.A. and Latin America.
October 7, 2017-November 5, 2017
Fiesta Noche de Recuerdos Día de Los Muertos Altar- assemblage display including fund-raising Nichos in remembrance of the late Oxnard poet and art collector Jackson Wheeler
October 14–February 5, 2018 (extended)
2017 Fiesta Art Sale Fundraiser Exhibits (2)- affordable art donated by 25 SoCal & VC artists
including Linda Arreola, Hiroko Yoshimoto, Ramon Ramirez, Donna Barna, Joanne Julian, and Ryo
December 10, 2017-February 18, 2018
Expressions of Life: Ricardo Palavecino- over 40 portrait photographs from the photographer /filmmaker’s documentary series (noted for documentary of LA’s Homeboys Industries)
Face Up: portraiture from the permanent collection
March 11-May 27, 2018
Black & White & In Between: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation-
exploring 108 artworks created with a limited color palette. Curated by Billie Milam Weisman, Foundation Director. Exhibit funding generously provided by the Frederick R. Weisman Art
Foundation. Children’s Exhibit Education Programs also made possible by a gift from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
June 17-August 19, 2018
California Artists from the Mullin Automotive Museum Collection-including paintings and prints by Charles Arnoldi, Sigrid Burton, Laddie John Dill and Hank Pitcher.
The California Terrain- selections from the permanent collection spotlighting California landscape paintings from plein air painter Paul Lauritz to modernist Jan Stussy.
Selections/The Collection-abstract prints in the permanent collection including by Lita Albuquerque and Charles Arnoldi.
@ CAM Studio Gallery
Continued studio art environment programming, educational activities, creation of art contacts for artists, students, the Museum and the Downtown and became host base for The Oxnard Plain Collective.
June 30-August 27, 2017
Cycle of Life/Porfirio Gutierrez- the master weaver in the Zapotecan tradition, developed his Tejedor del Tiempo project of teaching weaving to the local community so new generations carry on their
Oaxacan cultural traditions accompanied by an exhibit of his weavings and displays of 3 classes of student sampler weavings. Supported by a grant from the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) in collaboration with the Ventura County Art Council (VCAC), Carnegie Art Museum
Cornerstones and the Mixteco Indigenous Community Organizing Project (MICOP).
August 30- September 20, 2017
Selections/The Collection-California Latino artworks
September 22- November 19, 2017
Hand Drawn: The Art of Dave Velasquez – portrait, motorcycle and auto drawings by the El Rio artist and new publication release
December 2017- January 12, 2018
Selections/The Collection
January 19-22, 2018
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme National Fine Arts Competition-prelimi- nary local exhibit
January 28- March 28, 2018
Dominga Opazo-Fiber Art Series-the guest studio artist’s prelude exhibit of large scale copper and fiber wall hangings woven with yarns derived from her native country of Chile
April 6- May 20, 2018
Dominga Opazo/Primal Matter –intaglio with liquid copper/gold prints inspired by fabric patterns and a large scale, double wall installation of copper linked and pattern burnt recycled cardboard
produced during artist’s studioship
June 7-July 29, 2018
The Oxnard Plain Collective-a group showing of photo and lens-based art by the collective, includ- ing Jaime Bailon (guest studio artist/zine- maker), Amy Elkins, Brian Paumier, Hugo Castillo, Jack Adams, Joseph Ipatzi, Mark Giorgione, Nathan Asplund, Rob Ipatzi, Shamsi Luna and Vanessa
Wallace
Guest Artist Studioships at CAM Studio Gallery
Hosted 5 Studioships (66%↑) by area artists: Porfirio Gutierrez, Dave Velasquez, Dominga Opazo, Jaime Bailon and Vanessa Wallace-Gonzales
January 25- May 31, 2018 (on-going with varied schedule)
The Oxnard Plain Collective – launch of the lens-based art collective of studying, post-grad and emerging artists with roots primarily in the Oxnard and El Rio region using CAM Studio Gallery as its base for critiques, production, skill sharing and exhibits. Guided by founding artist Jaime Bailon (El Rio) and mentored by artist/lead photographer Brian Paumier (Oxnard), this program also intersects with the CAM Studioship program.
CAM Studio Gallery Events (18)
Exhibit Openings and Artist Receptions (5)
Food Truck Night Open Houses (3)
Studio Artists led Workshops (6)
The Oxnard Plain Collective Art Critique sessions (4)
Guest Studio Artists’ and The Oxnard Plain Collective’s demonstrations and participation in
college/school tours and Family Days
Poetry At the Carnegie-The Jackson Wheeler Series
Organized by Phil Taggart Ventura County Poet Laureate to continue the spirit of the Arcade Poetry Series established by late poet Jackson Wheeler (d. 2017). Hosted by Marsha de la O and supported by Poets & Writers, CAM Cornerstones and private donors.
Guest Poetry Readings (6 evening presentations) by published poets: January 13-Friday Gretchen and liz gonzalez; February 10- Veronica Reyes and Ellen Reich; March 24- William Mohr and
Vincent Mowrey; April 14- Patty Syeburn and Dian Sousa; May 12- Kim Young and Sara Borjas; and June 23- Laura-Anne Bosselaar and Mary Ann McFadden.
New Adjunct Student Program- a high school/college student is selected to do a reading of one of their poems at each Poetry at the Carnegie;and student admission is free.
Education Programs
School Tours (68)- grades 1-12 exhibit tours with students from private schools and public school districts including Oxnard, Rio, Ocean View, Hueneme, Pleasant Valley and Oak Park. Also, hosted a day-long tour & workshop with Pacific High Art Academy Students (Teacher Debra Erdmann) winding up in a student pop-up exhibit.
Offsite Programs (6)- ART Smart in Your Classroom and Artist Encounters in the Classroom
(elementary & middle school)
College & Group Tours (22)- with classes from Oxnard College and Cal State University Channel
Islands, Oxnard Adult Education, Pt. Hueneme Youth Center, PAL, City Corp, Home
Schools and adult groups.
Family Days (quarterly/4)- themed as “Watercolor”, “Dia de los Muertos”, “Black & White Art” and
“California Landscape”
Art Labs-(2) summer workshops for ages 5+ with an adult collaborator
Building Blocks & Advanced Building Blocks (13)- 3-session art classes for ages 7-17
Plaza Park Farmer’s Market Art Booth (4)- both outreach and art project class serving 80 children outdoors per Market Day
Adult Art Workshops: “Nicho” Workshop (teen/adult); “Dusk Photograph Workshop” (2) with
Larry Lytle, faculty at CSUCI; “Zapotecan Weaving” Workshops (12) with Porfirio Gutierrez; ”Beginning Weaving Workshop” (6) with Kristyn Shinn (teen/adult)
In the Studio (3)-CAM Studio art workshops (teen/adult) taught by guest artists such as silkscreening
CAM Book Club (monthly/12)- Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney- July 20,2017; Swing Time by Zadie Smith – Aug 17; A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara- Sept 21; Randy Lopez Goes Home by Rudolfo Anaya- October 19; The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah-
November 16; December holiday meeting; Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah – Jan 18, 2018; Ruby by Cynthia Bond- Feb 15; The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman – Mar 15; Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward – Apr 19; Pachinko by Min Jin Lee – May 17; and The Photographer's Wife by Suzanne Joinson- Jun 21
Storytelling Workshop-Yours Truly (8 week session/adults) with Ann Buxie host of Tales By The Sea in Malibu culminating (9/9/18) in a Public Telling presentation.
Gallery Talks (4) – by artists Linda Arreola, Ricardo Palavecino, Jaime Bailon/Brian Paumier (Meet & Greet) and Dominga Opazo/Yessíca Torres/Cameron Hurdus for TRAMAR-a DAB ART Film Showing
Total of 11 on-going Programs having 46 individual sessions plus 81 Tours & classroom visits= 127 individual Ed presentations
Outreach/Visibility Raising (served 2040 area residents)
Outreach Ed Presentations at:
Rio del Valle Career Day
CSUCI Art 102 classes/Leslie Lloyd, Faculty
Sister City Committee Museum Tour
Community Outreach/Art Booth/Display at:
Oxnard Multi-Cultural Festival
Earth Day
Monsanto Wellness Fair
Plaza Park Farmer’s Market Art Booth (4)
Oxnard Recreation Community Resources Fair
Oxnard Revival Center’s “My Community First” Resources Fair
Collaborations
Creative Workshops by the Museum Education Department at the Oxnard Public Library
Boys & Girls Club of Oxnard & Port Hueneme- Judging assistance and Reception hosting for Local Entry Winners of B&GC National Art Contest
City of Oxnard Water Department Children’s Calendar Art Competition Display & Reception
Farmer’s Market Art Booth at Plaza Park (4) summer art projects developed and implemented by Museum Education Department with support in part by Oxnard Downtowners
PAL Art Workshops sponsored by and in collaboration with the Oxnard Police Department
Casa Mia CSUCI Art Student Capstone Project- photographic portrait projections on to Carnegie Bldg. to build awareness for Mercy Housing during Food Truck Night (5/3/19)
Tejedor del Tiempo Project-Porfirio Gutierrez’ traditional weaving workshops in collaboration with the Ventura County Art Council (VCAC) and the Mixteco Indigenous Community
Organizing Project (MICOP)
United Day of Caring- corporate employees undertake a volunteer project at & for the Museum.
Promotion
Highlights
4025 Press Releases/announcements distributed
34,914 readers of weekly Museum Enewsletter announcements
7793 viewers of postings on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
101,997 unique visitors to Museum website
3200 distribution of ed/event flyers and bilingual bookmarks
6400 USPS Mailed announcements of exhibit openings and fund raising events
VC Reporter- 1 article on Farmer’s Market Art Booth, 2 ads and weekly listings 2 spotlights
(distribution of 33,000 per issue)
Happenings- 2 workshop listings (distribution 30,000 per)
ArtScene- 10 listings and 10 full pages ads (distribution 15,000 per via 450 galleries/museum sites)
VC Star’s Timeout- 2 exhibit spotlights & weekly listings (distribution 46,000 per)
Boys & Girls Clubs of Pt. Hueneme & Oxnard Annual Report- 1 article inclusion (distribution 3000)
Oxnard Recreation Guide- 4 spotlight listings (distribution 10,000 per)
Visual Art Source on-line publication- 10 listings (viewership 30,000 per)
Total Audience Outreach Promotion= 898,304
Carnegie Art Museum Cornerstones
Annual Accomplishments Overview FY2016-17
FY2017-18
Statistics Summary
Total Visitorship
Total Visitors Directly Served @ Museum & CAM Studio
13,342 (27.6% up)
Total Visitorship On-line
enewsletter, website and social media viewers
112,700 (413% up)
Total Exhibits
23 (27.7% up)
On-Going Programs
22 (10% up)
Education Program Service to Schools
96 Tours and In-Classroom Presentations (18.5% up)
Education Classes & Events
38
Community Outreach Booth Event Presentations
13 (2036 participants)
Special Events, Membership & Development Events
20 (25% up)
Correspondence and Website Visitors
147,051 (38% up)
Total Community Engagement
all service= 128,090 (.5% up)
Total Promotional Outreach
via press, ad listings, correspondence and publication coverage
898,304 (89% up)
primary geographic scope - Southern California
in partnership with
Carnegie Art Museum Cornerstones
Annual Accomplishments Overview FY2017-18
Fund Raising Programs
Highlights:
Hosted Fund Raising Events (20)
Annual Appeal Campaign (pre-empted by region’s focus on charity for Thomas Fire victims)
Admission Donations = $4,635
Membership Donations= $10,300
Home is Where the heART is private collection fund raiser (2) = $2473
2017 Fiesta Noche de Recuerdos & Fiesta Art Sale = $14,282
Fiesta proceeds after expenses= $8210
Fiesta proceeds support breakout to causes:
Education & Exhibit Programs= $6693
Poetry At the Carnegie-The Jackson Wheeler Series= $1517
Total of Grants, Donations, Events & Related Revenue Raised= $53,889 (2.2% ↑)
Grants= $8520
Donations= $35,837
Program Related Revenue= $9532
Collections Development
Art Donations to the Permanent Collection: (27)
David Flury, Chicano Angel, acrylic on canvas, 2006
Gayel Childress, A Silent Scream From a Broken Heart, oil on board
Frank Romero, Uptown, serigraph print (1/120 edition)
Frank Romero, Untitled, Self Help Graphics print
Frank Romero, The Death of Ruben Salazar, 1986, serigraph print
Frank Romero, Boot, oil on paper
Frank Romero, Cactus, serigraph print on paper
Frank Romero, Cactus, serigraph print on paper
Frank Romero, Sunflowers, acrylic on paper
Joanne Julian, SBark, ink, pigment and metallic paint on paper, 2017
Doug Shoemaker, Mission Cypress, watercolor on paper, 2016
Gail Faulkner, Lilly Buds, watercolor on paper, 2016
Linda Arreola, Untitled #38, acrylic on wood panel, 2017
Barbara Fitzgerald, Untitled, watercolor on silk, 2000
Ricardo Palavecino, Flatiron, color photograph/digital print, 2015
Ricardo Palavecino, Perseverance, color photograph/digital print, 2015
Robert von Sternberg, Silvas Oil Company, Ventura, color photograph/digital print, 2012
Robert von Sternberg, Malibu Rivera Motel, Malibu, color photograph/digital print, 2009
Robert von Sternberg, Courthouse, Santa Barbara, color photograph/digital print, 2012
Robert von Sternberg, Glove, Rice Road Oxnard, color photograph/digital print, A/P, 2017
Darryl Curran, Bird, Flower Box, Eucalyptus Leaves (Doris Series),color scanogram: Nash Editions Iris inkjet print, 2001
Darryl Curran, 5 Squash Blossoms, color scanogram: Nash Editions Iris inkjet print, 1995
Darryl Curran, 5 Backyard Seascape (Chaise), in-camera 3 color separations black/white negatives 1981, archival pigment print 2018
Darryl Curran, Stolen Moment v.2 (3), Van Dyke brown print on Arches paper, 1976
Abel Alejandre, Saint Sebastian, ink on paper woodblock print, 2017.
Michael Bowen, The Lion, oil on canvas, 1995
Estimated Current Value= $43,450
In-Kind Exhibit & Program Support
Gallery Talk TRAMAR-a DAB ART Film on Dominga Opazo
by Director, Yessíca Torres and filmographer Cameron Hurdus est. value= $ 400
Exhibit Catalog: Linda Arreola/The Avalanche and The Silence Series est. value= $3000
2017 Fiesta Noche de Recuerdos In-Kind Sponsors est. value= $1500
2017 Fiesta Art & Nichos Sales In-Kind Artwork contributions value= $3776
Home is Where the heART is In-Kind contributions est. value= $ 800
Return Shipping of Art for Art’s Sake: Selections from the est. value= $3000
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
Estimated In-Kind Donations Value= $12,476
Museum Membership Program
185 memberships representing a minimum of 380 individuals
Special Events, Membership & Development Events
Exhibit Openings and Artist Receptions (13) (44% ↑)
Major Fund Raiser- 2nd Annual Fiesta Noche de Recuerdos
2017 Fiesta Noche de Recuerdos Art Sale Fund Raiser (2)
Home Is Where the HeART is/Mona Neuhaus Fund Raiser
Home is Where the HeART is/Stephanie Elise Fund Raiser
CAM Members Tours (2):
Behind the Scenes/Silver Circle Members LA Trip- to Kelly Reemstem’s Studio at The Brewery and Marciano Foundation, Los Angeles
Behind the Scenes/Silver Circle Members Tour- of Karen Kitchel’s Studio, Ventura
Exhibitions
Organized, installed and hosted 23 exhibits (28% ↑) showing a minimum of 975 artworks
@ Carnegie Art Museum
June 11-August 20, 2017
Soluble Power- contemporary approaches in the watercolor medium by 6 SoCal artists Gary Brewer,
Gail Faulkner, Joanne Julian, Mona Neuhaus, Paul Pitsker and Doug Shoemaker
California Watercolor/The Collection- watercolors emblematic of the medium’s 20th century
“California Style”
September 10-November 19, 2017
The Avalanche and The Silence/New Works by Linda Arreola-a California Community Foundation 2017 Fellowship Award Winner showing her latest series of sleek, geometric paintings exploring the duality between states of tumultuousness and serenity. Reception sponsored by The Arts
Collaborative.
Collecting/California Latino Art, highpoints in the permanent collection by Frank Romero, Gronk, David Flury and others. Inspired by Getty’s Pacific Standard Time Collaboration: LA/LA exploring artistic connections between L.A. and Latin America.
October 7, 2017-November 5, 2017
Fiesta Noche de Recuerdos Día de Los Muertos Altar- assemblage display including fund-raising Nichos in remembrance of the late Oxnard poet and art collector Jackson Wheeler
October 14–February 5, 2018 (extended)
2017 Fiesta Art Sale Fundraiser Exhibits (2)- affordable art donated by 25 SoCal & VC artists
including Linda Arreola, Hiroko Yoshimoto, Ramon Ramirez, Donna Barna, Joanne Julian, and Ryo
December 10, 2017-February 18, 2018
Expressions of Life: Ricardo Palavecino- over 40 portrait photographs from the photographer /filmmaker’s documentary series (noted for documentary of LA’s Homeboys Industries)
Face Up: portraiture from the permanent collection
March 11-May 27, 2018
Black & White & In Between: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation-
exploring 108 artworks created with a limited color palette. Curated by Billie Milam Weisman, Foundation Director. Exhibit funding generously provided by the Frederick R. Weisman Art
Foundation. Children’s Exhibit Education Programs also made possible by a gift from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
June 17-August 19, 2018
California Artists from the Mullin Automotive Museum Collection-including paintings and prints by Charles Arnoldi, Sigrid Burton, Laddie John Dill and Hank Pitcher.
The California Terrain- selections from the permanent collection spotlighting California landscape paintings from plein air painter Paul Lauritz to modernist Jan Stussy.
Selections/The Collection-abstract prints in the permanent collection including by Lita Albuquerque and Charles Arnoldi.
@ CAM Studio Gallery
Continued studio art environment programming, educational activities, creation of art contacts for artists, students, the Museum and the Downtown and became host base for The Oxnard Plain Collective.
June 30-August 27, 2017
Cycle of Life/Porfirio Gutierrez- the master weaver in the Zapotecan tradition, developed his Tejedor del Tiempo project of teaching weaving to the local community so new generations carry on their
Oaxacan cultural traditions accompanied by an exhibit of his weavings and displays of 3 classes of student sampler weavings. Supported by a grant from the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) in collaboration with the Ventura County Art Council (VCAC), Carnegie Art Museum
Cornerstones and the Mixteco Indigenous Community Organizing Project (MICOP).
August 30- September 20, 2017
Selections/The Collection-California Latino artworks
September 22- November 19, 2017
Hand Drawn: The Art of Dave Velasquez – portrait, motorcycle and auto drawings by the El Rio artist and new publication release
December 2017- January 12, 2018
Selections/The Collection
January 19-22, 2018
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme National Fine Arts Competition-prelimi- nary local exhibit
January 28- March 28, 2018
Dominga Opazo-Fiber Art Series-the guest studio artist’s prelude exhibit of large scale copper and fiber wall hangings woven with yarns derived from her native country of Chile
April 6- May 20, 2018
Dominga Opazo/Primal Matter –intaglio with liquid copper/gold prints inspired by fabric patterns and a large scale, double wall installation of copper linked and pattern burnt recycled cardboard
produced during artist’s studioship
June 7-July 29, 2018
The Oxnard Plain Collective-a group showing of photo and lens-based art by the collective, includ- ing Jaime Bailon (guest studio artist/zine- maker), Amy Elkins, Brian Paumier, Hugo Castillo, Jack Adams, Joseph Ipatzi, Mark Giorgione, Nathan Asplund, Rob Ipatzi, Shamsi Luna and Vanessa
Wallace
Guest Artist Studioships at CAM Studio Gallery
Hosted 5 Studioships (66%↑) by area artists: Porfirio Gutierrez, Dave Velasquez, Dominga Opazo, Jaime Bailon and Vanessa Wallace-Gonzales
January 25- May 31, 2018 (on-going with varied schedule)
The Oxnard Plain Collective – launch of the lens-based art collective of studying, post-grad and emerging artists with roots primarily in the Oxnard and El Rio region using CAM Studio Gallery as its base for critiques, production, skill sharing and exhibits. Guided by founding artist Jaime Bailon (El Rio) and mentored by artist/lead photographer Brian Paumier (Oxnard), this program also intersects with the CAM Studioship program.
CAM Studio Gallery Events (18)
Exhibit Openings and Artist Receptions (5)
Food Truck Night Open Houses (3)
Studio Artists led Workshops (6)
The Oxnard Plain Collective Art Critique sessions (4)
Guest Studio Artists’ and The Oxnard Plain Collective’s demonstrations and participation in
college/school tours and Family Days
Poetry At the Carnegie-The Jackson Wheeler Series
Organized by Phil Taggart Ventura County Poet Laureate to continue the spirit of the Arcade Poetry Series established by late poet Jackson Wheeler (d. 2017). Hosted by Marsha de la O and supported by Poets & Writers, CAM Cornerstones and private donors.
Guest Poetry Readings (6 evening presentations) by published poets: January 13-Friday Gretchen and liz gonzalez; February 10- Veronica Reyes and Ellen Reich; March 24- William Mohr and
Vincent Mowrey; April 14- Patty Syeburn and Dian Sousa; May 12- Kim Young and Sara Borjas; and June 23- Laura-Anne Bosselaar and Mary Ann McFadden.
New Adjunct Student Program- a high school/college student is selected to do a reading of one of their poems at each Poetry at the Carnegie;and student admission is free.
Education Programs
School Tours (68)- grades 1-12 exhibit tours with students from private schools and public school districts including Oxnard, Rio, Ocean View, Hueneme, Pleasant Valley and Oak Park. Also, hosted a day-long tour & workshop with Pacific High Art Academy Students (Teacher Debra Erdmann) winding up in a student pop-up exhibit.
Offsite Programs (6)- ART Smart in Your Classroom and Artist Encounters in the Classroom
(elementary & middle school)
College & Group Tours (22)- with classes from Oxnard College and Cal State University Channel
Islands, Oxnard Adult Education, Pt. Hueneme Youth Center, PAL, City Corp, Home
Schools and adult groups.
Family Days (quarterly/4)- themed as “Watercolor”, “Dia de los Muertos”, “Black & White Art” and
“California Landscape”
Art Labs-(2) summer workshops for ages 5+ with an adult collaborator
Building Blocks & Advanced Building Blocks (13)- 3-session art classes for ages 7-17
Plaza Park Farmer’s Market Art Booth (4)- both outreach and art project class serving 80 children outdoors per Market Day
Adult Art Workshops: “Nicho” Workshop (teen/adult); “Dusk Photograph Workshop” (2) with
Larry Lytle, faculty at CSUCI; “Zapotecan Weaving” Workshops (12) with Porfirio Gutierrez; ”Beginning Weaving Workshop” (6) with Kristyn Shinn (teen/adult)
In the Studio (3)-CAM Studio art workshops (teen/adult) taught by guest artists such as silkscreening
CAM Book Club (monthly/12)- Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney- July 20,2017; Swing Time by Zadie Smith – Aug 17; A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara- Sept 21; Randy Lopez Goes Home by Rudolfo Anaya- October 19; The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah-
November 16; December holiday meeting; Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah – Jan 18, 2018; Ruby by Cynthia Bond- Feb 15; The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman – Mar 15; Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward – Apr 19; Pachinko by Min Jin Lee – May 17; and The Photographer's Wife by Suzanne Joinson- Jun 21
Storytelling Workshop-Yours Truly (8 week session/adults) with Ann Buxie host of Tales By The Sea in Malibu culminating (9/9/18) in a Public Telling presentation.
Gallery Talks (4) – by artists Linda Arreola, Ricardo Palavecino, Jaime Bailon/Brian Paumier (Meet & Greet) and Dominga Opazo/Yessíca Torres/Cameron Hurdus for TRAMAR-a DAB ART Film Showing
Total of 11 on-going Programs having 46 individual sessions plus 81 Tours & classroom visits= 127 individual Ed presentations
Outreach/Visibility Raising (served 2040 area residents)
Outreach Ed Presentations at:
Rio del Valle Career Day
CSUCI Art 102 classes/Leslie Lloyd, Faculty
Sister City Committee Museum Tour
Community Outreach/Art Booth/Display at:
Oxnard Multi-Cultural Festival
Earth Day
Monsanto Wellness Fair
Plaza Park Farmer’s Market Art Booth (4)
Oxnard Recreation Community Resources Fair
Oxnard Revival Center’s “My Community First” Resources Fair
Collaborations
Creative Workshops by the Museum Education Department at the Oxnard Public Library
Boys & Girls Club of Oxnard & Port Hueneme- Judging assistance and Reception hosting for Local Entry Winners of B&GC National Art Contest
City of Oxnard Water Department Children’s Calendar Art Competition Display & Reception
Farmer’s Market Art Booth at Plaza Park (4) summer art projects developed and implemented by Museum Education Department with support in part by Oxnard Downtowners
PAL Art Workshops sponsored by and in collaboration with the Oxnard Police Department
Casa Mia CSUCI Art Student Capstone Project- photographic portrait projections on to Carnegie Bldg. to build awareness for Mercy Housing during Food Truck Night (5/3/19)
Tejedor del Tiempo Project-Porfirio Gutierrez’ traditional weaving workshops in collaboration with the Ventura County Art Council (VCAC) and the Mixteco Indigenous Community
Organizing Project (MICOP)
United Day of Caring- corporate employees undertake a volunteer project at & for the Museum.
Promotion
Highlights
4025 Press Releases/announcements distributed
34,914 readers of weekly Museum Enewsletter announcements
7793 viewers of postings on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
101,997 unique visitors to Museum website
3200 distribution of ed/event flyers and bilingual bookmarks
6400 USPS Mailed announcements of exhibit openings and fund raising events
VC Reporter- 1 article on Farmer’s Market Art Booth, 2 ads and weekly listings 2 spotlights
(distribution of 33,000 per issue)
Happenings- 2 workshop listings (distribution 30,000 per)
ArtScene- 10 listings and 10 full pages ads (distribution 15,000 per via 450 galleries/museum sites)
VC Star’s Timeout- 2 exhibit spotlights & weekly listings (distribution 46,000 per)
Boys & Girls Clubs of Pt. Hueneme & Oxnard Annual Report- 1 article inclusion (distribution 3000)
Oxnard Recreation Guide- 4 spotlight listings (distribution 10,000 per)
Visual Art Source on-line publication- 10 listings (viewership 30,000 per)
Total Audience Outreach Promotion= 898,304
Carnegie Art Museum Cornerstones
Annual Accomplishments Overview FY2016-17
FY2017-18
Statistics Summary
Total Visitorship
Total Visitors Directly Served @ Museum & CAM Studio
13,342 (27.6% up)
Total Visitorship On-line
enewsletter, website and social media viewers
112,700 (413% up)
Total Exhibits
23 (27.7% up)
On-Going Programs
22 (10% up)
Education Program Service to Schools
96 Tours and In-Classroom Presentations (18.5% up)
Education Classes & Events
38
Community Outreach Booth Event Presentations
13 (2036 participants)
Special Events, Membership & Development Events
20 (25% up)
Correspondence and Website Visitors
147,051 (38% up)
Total Community Engagement
all service= 128,090 (.5% up)
Total Promotional Outreach
via press, ad listings, correspondence and publication coverage
898,304 (89% up)
primary geographic scope - Southern California
