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FIRST FRIDAYS

WAV Studios are open to the public every First Friday of the month, from 6 to 9 pm.
Studio guides are available in the central courtyard in front of the Theater Gallery.               Print Studio Guide

LECTURES AND TALKS

Astrology Round Table - WAV Studio Apartment P303 - 3rd Floor - February 13th and 27th, March 12th and 26th - 7:00 to 8:30 pm

SPECIAL EVENTS

VENTURA MUSIC WEEK

The City of Ventura is putting on its second annual Ventura Music Week.

The WAV is proud to host the following Bands for Friday evening, February 17th at the WAV Theater Gallery

WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES

                        No Workshops scheduled at this time

PREVIOUS EVENTS

Ventura County Storytelling Guild : Tellabration!! - WAV Theater Galley - November 19th - 7:30 to 9:00 pm

Reaping Our Roots
A World of Stories

For as long as we have inhabited the world as humans we have sat together and shared tales to enhance self-reflection and symbolic possibilities of our own lives.

Come hear some of Ventura County's most talented tellers as they share our rich heritage of ancient story and personal experience.

Tellabration is an annual event of the National Storytelling Network in which racon-teurs from around the world come together on the third Saturday in November to share their talent with their communities.

Suitable for ages 12 and older

For more information contact: elaine@embodiedvoicestoryarts.com
805-407-2538

The WAV is Having a Workshop! - WAV Theater Gallery, November 19th from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm.
It’s fun and environmentally conscious.

The WAV is a leader in the arts and sustainability. WAV Artist, Marcelino Jimenez, will head up a workshop for all ages, at the WAV Theater Gallery. There will be instruction on how to make mobiles and sculptures from plastic bottles. Marcelino will demonstrate how to cut, twist and curl your bottles into beautiful pieces of art. Then we’ll decorate the bottles with found objects to enhance your creation.

Marcelino Jimenez has worked in assemblage for many years. He helped develop Santa Barbara’s Art From Scrap, and specializes in teaching children’s workshops.

Ongoing classes planned, $5 donation.

Enjoy an afternoon of creativity and friendship at the WAV.

Bring your favorite decorative art supplies - we'll supply the empty bottles and much more.

View a previous workshop

THE POWER OF GREEN
Ventura City Council Candidate Forum
WAV Theater Gallery - Tuesday, October 4th, 6:00 to 9:00 pm

VCCool teams up with local organizations and businesses to present the Ventura City Council Candidate GREEN FORUM at the WAV Theater Gallery.

This historic Forum focuses on green solutions for Ventura. We recognize that the artificial division between Economy and Environment is obsolete.

It's time to come together and support green jobs, sustainable energy, healthy transportation, efficient homes, a resilient local economy, clean beaches, and a future for our kids and their kids.

At the forum, we will hear what ideas and visions the candidates bring to the table.

The forum will start with a beautiful local slide show, music, and refreshments - a celebration of our amazing home. The Power of Green forum will follow, with prepared as well as audience questions for local candidates.

• 6:00 pm - Mingle and Multi-Media
• 6:30 pm - Fast-Paced Candidate Forum about Green
• 8:30 pm - Meet and Greet

The event is free and open to the public. All eleven dedicated citizens who are campaigning to serve on the Ventura City Council are invited as our Guests of Honor. The Forum Moderator will be WAV artist Vonder Gray.

In addition to VCCool, sponsors are: The WAV, Patagonia, C4 Green Building Council, Surfrider, Kids VS. Global Warming, Ventura Bicycle Union, SOAR, the Environmental Defense Counsel, and more.

VCCool is an active, local, grass-roots organization dedicated to lowering greenhouse gases in Ventura and Ventura County. Our Mission is to address climate change by promoting a green economy and sustainable lifestyle through local community action, education, effective public policy, and an inspiring proactive vision.

VCCool's On-Line Green Candidate Questionnaire Q&A available Sept 26th at www.VCCool.org

Paint Ventura - Open Studios - September 11th - 1:00 to 5:00 pm

The WAV, Working Artists Ventura, is Ventura's new arts community that enhances the local art scene by its sustainable housing and workplace for over 80 artists using a multitude of disciplines. There are painters, sculptors, photographers, musicians, singers, actors, dancers, wood workers, jewelry designers, graphic designers, writers, film makers, assemblage artists and clothing designers; all living and collaborating in the same apartment complex.

WAV studio lofts will be open on September 11th from 1:00 to 5:00 PM to invite visitors to meet the artists and to enjoy viewing visual arts in private studios. From 5:00 to 7:00 PM there will be a lineup of easy listening music at the WAV Theater Gallery located in the central plaza. There will be a lineup of rock bands at the same location from 7:00 to 10:00 PM. The day promises to immerse visitors in the arts of all types and styles.

Come to the central plaza upon arrival to view an enlarged map that will indicate the studios that will be open, and pick up a free individual studio guide to help direct you on the self-guided studio trail. Periodic guided tour times will be posted on the enlarged map, or call 805.653.1174 to arrange a guided tour at your convenience. Open doors mean open studios, and refreshments will be served in the private studios of most artists. Come and be surrounded by arts and artists from around the world, all in one place; the amazing WAV.

Pick up a free Passport to the WAV raffle card in the plaza to participate in a raffle to win art created by WAV artists. Get 10 artists’ signatures on the card and you are eligible to win.

To honor the 10th anniversary of 9/11, WAV will have a Memorial Wall in the Theater/Gallery. We will have some supplies to use to express your feelings or write messages to put on or around the wall.

Visit the WAV official website www.WAVartists.com See photos of the artists on the WAV Artists Page. Download and print a studio guide from the Events Page. The Contact Page shows maps of the WAV location, floor plan of Studios, and the Theater Gallery and Plaza.

JAZZ VOCALIST TONI JANNOTTA BRINGS CONCERT TO THE WAV THEATER GALLERY
May 14 – 8:30 P.M.

International jazz vocalist Toni Jannotta will bring her quintet to the WAV Theater Gallery on May 14, 2011, with two sets beginning at 8:30 p.m.

Joining Toni onstage will be L.A. saxophonist Scheila Gonzalez from Zappa Plays Zappa, local players Kevin Fukagawa on keyboards and Tom Etchart on acoustic bass, and L.A. drummer, Derek Syverud. The concert will feature straight-ahead jazz from ballads to bebop in the vocalese tradition, warm and liquid Latin tunes, as well as original material from Toni’s three vocal jazz CD’s, Just Jazz, Jazz at the Ranch, and Is It Magic?.

Toni, a two-time arts grant recipient, was last seen at the WAV when she presented her performance creation, Voices of the Homeless on the patio last August. The Voices concert combined individuals who had experienced homelessness telling their stories backed by jazz improvisers. It is now being made into a documentary.

For more information on upcoming concerts or Toni’s teaching schedule, please contact Toni at: (805) 512-1505
e-mail: tonij@tonijannotta.com
or visit her website at: www.tonijannotta.com.

The Green Business Ventura Expo
WAV Theater Gallery and Courtyard - Saturday April 23, 10am to 5pm.

Elisha Mistretta, Bianca Martinez, Susan Bardsley, Kendra Gonzales are organizing a community event to introduce a wide variety of local green-businesses who will be on hand to talk about their products and services, why they are good for the planet, and why that is important. There will be on-going presentations, demonstrations, eco-friendly food and drink sampling, prize raffles, and live music. $5 donation admission at the Expo.

The WAV - Working Artists Ventura - is a state-of-the-art community, designed for artists and creative businesses, and is located in the Downtown Cultural District of Ventura. The buildings were designed and built to the highest standard of green building technology and are LEED™ Certified, including recycled building materials, car sharing, water and energy conservation, and renewable power from the sun. This is why the WAV has been chosen to host this event.

Parking: corner of Ventura Ave. and Thompson Blvd and on all side streets. Attendees are encouraged to carpool, walk, bike, or use public transit: www.goldcoasttransit.org and www.goventura.org.

For Expo media, vendor, and general information please contact:
Kendra Gonzales 805.628.3198
email: earthworks_works@yahoo.com.
Find us on Facebook: Green-Business-Ventura-Expo

Come hear a little TRASH TALK
WAV Theater Gallery - Tuesday, April 19, 7:00 to 8:30 pm.

You are invited to spend an entertaining time learning all you ever wanted to know about recycling and reducing waste to save money and the environment.

Christine Wied, Environmental Specialist for the City of Ventura will explain what happens to our trash, go over the common recycling mistakes, how to safely dispose of household hazardous waste and where to take electronic items when they are no longer usable. There will be give-aways and prizes as well as special recycling collection bags for WAV residents who attend to make it even easier to recycle. Let's find ways to have a Greener WAV.

Can you recycle bottle tops and corks and can lids. Can you recycle junk mail?

Do you have to wash out the bottles and cans? These questions and more will be answered at the meeting. Please bring more questions and help us understand how to make a cleaner and better world.