Discover a New Side of Ojai on the Ojai Studio Artists Tour

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A highlight of the Southern California arts calendar, the Ojai Studio Artists tour is back October 12-14 with a three-day “choose-your-own adventure” extravaganza sure to delight collectors, decorators, and the merely curious.

More than 60 artists open their private spaces over the course of the long weekend in a tour that features paintings, sculptures, fiber arts, collage, jewelry, glass, prints, mixed media and all manner of artworks, all experienced in a variety of intimate and idiosyncratic spaces by members of a community-based nonprofit devoted to celebrating Ojai arts.

Ticket holders get a program and map of participating studios, from back yard wonderlands right in town to stone cabins nestled up Sulphur Mountain. Tickets are $20, giving visitors access to all studios over the three-day weekend (and supporting art scholarship programs for high school art students).

The weekend kicks off with an opening reception October 11 from 5-7 p.m. at the Ojai Valley Museum, offering visitors a chance to mingle with participating artists and plan their journey over the three-day weekend. Work by all participating artists is featured in the Museum’s show, Inside/Outside/Flip Side, which is up now and runs til October 14.

Participating artists include…

Jeff Mann, modelmaker of Industrial Light & Magic and Star Wars fame whose intricate, graceful graphite-on-paper works are prized by collectors.

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Sooz Glazebrook, ceramicist whose lustrous and colorful glazes adorn dishware, jewelry, sculpture and more.

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Leslie Clark, master oil painter, jeweler, and world traveler, whose Nomad Foundation supports and celebrates the nomadic people and artwork of the Sahara in Niger, Africa.

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Painter Christopher Noxon, who creates “phantasmagorical landscapes” that have been featured at Sullivan Goss gallery in Santa Barbara.

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Printmaker Linda Taylor opens her workshop.

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Ceramicist Wyatt Amend, who creates lustrous pieces for the home.

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Painter Julie Grist, who creates scenes brimming with character and life.

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Artwork featured on the tour includes…

Emily Brown’s ceramics.

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Marc Whitman’s “Alaska.”

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Mariana Peirano’s “Interconnectedness 2.”

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And Susan Guy’s “Meadow Preserve.”

Purchase tickets now for $20, which grants access to all of the studios over the three-day weekend. It’s a fantastic way to discover a new side of Ojai.

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Sponsored by Ojai Studio Artists.