Fall Update
Since September 12, 2023 when the City Manager, Alex Nguyen, submitted a proposal to the Community Services, Public Safety, Housing and Development Committee for the Carnegie and the Permanent Collection that did not include reopening the Carnegie as an art museum, we have been working diligently to counter that action.
The Carnegie Art Cornerstones completed two rounds of a survey gathering community input. We have three board members who are now also part of the Save Oxnard’s Art Committee. When the City hired a contractor to evaluate the collection and research methods for selling some of the art, we pushed back on the potential sale. We understand and support that certain cultural artifacts donated to the collection in the early 20th century need to be returned to their respective groups while we work to protect the art.
We have had the opportunity to check on the conditions for the storage of the art and are pleased that things look good.
The committee has had numerous meetings with the Mayor and City Council members over the past year educating them on the cultural, educational and financial importance of access to the art for Oxnard and the larger Southern California region, citing our survey results as a show of community support.
Following November’s election, we will need to educate the incoming council members and garner their support. This next year will be crucial.
We are awaiting the City’s release of the report of the evaluation of the collection which is now projected to be in the spring.
The Carnegie Art Cornerstones completed two rounds of a survey gathering community input. We have three board members who are now also part of the Save Oxnard’s Art Committee. When the City hired a contractor to evaluate the collection and research methods for selling some of the art, we pushed back on the potential sale. We understand and support that certain cultural artifacts donated to the collection in the early 20th century need to be returned to their respective groups while we work to protect the art.
We have had the opportunity to check on the conditions for the storage of the art and are pleased that things look good.
The committee has had numerous meetings with the Mayor and City Council members over the past year educating them on the cultural, educational and financial importance of access to the art for Oxnard and the larger Southern California region, citing our survey results as a show of community support.
Following November’s election, we will need to educate the incoming council members and garner their support. This next year will be crucial.
We are awaiting the City’s release of the report of the evaluation of the collection which is now projected to be in the spring.
