" To the many Friends and Supporters of the Carnegie Art Museum: Though the Carnegie Art Museum is now closed, your strong and impassioned statements of support did not go away unnoticed or unappreciated..."
August 12, 2019
To the many Friends and Supporters of the Carnegie Art Museum — from the entire Cornerstones Board of Directors, we thank you so much for your strong and impassioned statements of support for the mission of the Carnegie to the Oxnard City Council some weeks ago. Though it is now closed, it did not go away unnoticed or unappreciated.
Now I’d like to look ahead and preview for you what the Cornerstones are working on to keep the art scene alive in downtown Oxnard. We now operate out of the Cornerstones Studio Gallery, the small building facing the park immediately behind the museum, at 329 N. Fifth Street. We have used this space for the past five years to mount small exhibits and to offer workshops and residency opportunities for local artists. All of those activities will continue, now under volunteer management. At the same time, we are working with the City to regain access to the basement only of the Carnegie building, which contains the classroom and workspace that would allow us to continue the very popular family-oriented programs like Family Day and the Children’s Workshops.
Candidly, even with a clear vision of what lies ahead, everything continues to be in flux right now, and will be in the months ahead as we work to get our feet under us in this new day of a volunteer-driven organization. You can help us, and we truly need that help. Go to the “Support” tab on this Website and pick whatever channel of support feels right to you. We need generous financial support, we need an expanded membership base, and we need a larger volunteer corps. In any of those capacities, you will be joining the campaign to keep the visual arts exciting, relevant, and alive in the shadow of the museum we all loved.
Thank you again.
Sincerely,
Steven L. Kinney, President
Cornerstones Board of Directors
August 12, 2019
To the many Friends and Supporters of the Carnegie Art Museum — from the entire Cornerstones Board of Directors, we thank you so much for your strong and impassioned statements of support for the mission of the Carnegie to the Oxnard City Council some weeks ago. Though it is now closed, it did not go away unnoticed or unappreciated.
Now I’d like to look ahead and preview for you what the Cornerstones are working on to keep the art scene alive in downtown Oxnard. We now operate out of the Cornerstones Studio Gallery, the small building facing the park immediately behind the museum, at 329 N. Fifth Street. We have used this space for the past five years to mount small exhibits and to offer workshops and residency opportunities for local artists. All of those activities will continue, now under volunteer management. At the same time, we are working with the City to regain access to the basement only of the Carnegie building, which contains the classroom and workspace that would allow us to continue the very popular family-oriented programs like Family Day and the Children’s Workshops.
Candidly, even with a clear vision of what lies ahead, everything continues to be in flux right now, and will be in the months ahead as we work to get our feet under us in this new day of a volunteer-driven organization. You can help us, and we truly need that help. Go to the “Support” tab on this Website and pick whatever channel of support feels right to you. We need generous financial support, we need an expanded membership base, and we need a larger volunteer corps. In any of those capacities, you will be joining the campaign to keep the visual arts exciting, relevant, and alive in the shadow of the museum we all loved.
Thank you again.
Sincerely,
Steven L. Kinney, President
Cornerstones Board of Directors