The instructor, Jacquelyn Cavish, is a painter in watermedia. She has an MFA degree from UCSB and teaches at Oxnard College. Cavish has won numerous awards and her art is represented in many collections.Cavish has observed that “We all have the capacity to make art,” and with instruction in materials and techniques, the process can be made “more enjoyable by tangible results.”The Ventura Unified School District Adult & Continuing Education program offers a wide variety of classes to the community.“Its goal is to enhance the lives of its students by providing diverse, accessible lifelong learning opportunities,” Cavish noted.The artwork now being exhibited at the Blanchard Community Library represents that of the three weekly painting classes. “The exhibit offers painters the experience of making the final decision on a frame, title and price, as well as seeing their work in the context of a peer group presentation,” said Cavish.For more information on Ventura Unified School District Adult & Continuing Education classes and programs, call 642-5100.If you would like information on the Santa Paula Society of the Arts and the various locations of their galleries, call 525-1140.
Annual art exhibit a mixed media event at BCL
May 23, 2001
Santa Paula News
The Santa Paula Society of the Arts is presenting that art lovers’ favorite, the 6th Annual Ventura Unified School District Adult & Continuing Education (VUSDACE) Art Exhibit at the Blanchard Community Library through June 28.
By Peggy KellySanta Paula TimesThe Santa Paula Society of the Arts is presenting that art lovers’ favorite, the 6th Annual Ventura Unified School District Adult & Continuing Education (VUSDACE) Art Exhibit at the Blanchard Community Library through June 28.According to SPSA President Virginia Gunderson, the SPSA sponsored show is being exhibited on the Shively Memorial Wall.“It’s a mixed show of Jacquelyn Cavish's students’ art,” who take part in her VUSDACE class, which sponsors “free art instruction in a workshop setting and is very popular with the after 55 set,” Gunderson noted.The SPSA exhibit features 16 pieces and is designed to give the “casual and beginning art student experience in competitions. There is nothing more discouraging to an aspiring artist than to be turned away from a competition because they were never instructed in the proper framing and presentation of a piece for judging,” added Gunderson.Exhibit judging was done by Live Oak Fine Arts Gallery proprietor Jennifer Orcutt Heighton: the winners are 1st place, Virginia Gunderson; 2nd place, Robert Matteson, 3rd place Alice Frost; Honorable Mention, Virginia Cook.
