ArtWalk Ventura returns Oct. 6-7, 2018
​11 am-6 pm Saturday & Noon-5 pm Sunday
Special Light+Music performance Saturday night at Mission Park
by DJ Majestic and the LightRiders
​If you love art, you won't want to miss ArtWalk Ventura 2018.
ArtWalk Ventura is a totally fun, virtually free, self-guided tour of dozens of galleries, studios,
pop-up venues and transformed PODS Containers in Ventura's historic Downtown and Westside Cultural District.

We honor our awesome sponsors: City of Ventura, ArtsVentura, PODS Moving & Storage,
Community Memorial Hospital and Downtown Ventura Organization/Partners.

ArtWalk is one of Ventura's signature events, drawing thousands each year.
It is now being run by an all-volunteer group, determined to keep it fresh and festive
and focused on our authentic cultural community.

So, explore our site. Get involved. And, most of all, join us and celebrate Ventura's thriving arts community!

ARTWALK VENTURA 2018
ARTIST OF DISTINCTION: JOHN WHITE

John M. White of Ventura is a painter, sculptor and performance artist. He has been exhibiting publicly for more than 40 years. Culturally, politically and aesthetically influenced by the late '60s, White’s work exemplifies this period of redefinition and experimentation. 
Considered one of the seminal California performance artists, White has staged hundreds of public performances since 1967, and is included in numerous museum collections, including Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum in New York, La Foret Museum in Tokyo, Total Museum in Korea, and others. He is the recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts grants. 
His monthly performance art series 5x5x5 takes place each First Friday in Ventura at the Namba Performing Arts Space, with a summer hiatus.

 ARTWALK VENTURA 2018 GLOBAL ARTIST OF DISTINCTION: BYEOK SONG

Continuing a tradition of bringing exciting, newsworthy artists to Ventura, the ArtWalk team has announced the selection of North Korean artist Byeok Song as the Global Artist for this year’s 25th anniversary event Oct. 6-7 in downtown Ventura and the Westside.  Now residing in Seoul, South Korea, Song was once an official state propaganda artist in North Korea. When famine took the lives of his family, he felt betrayed by his government and escaped to China, where he was captured and transferred to a North Korean prison.  Song endured brutal torture at the hands of the regime he once worked for until he was set free by his captors who thought he would soon die. He survived and eventually made his way to South Korea in 2002.  Today Song is dedicated to promoting freedom and paints acrylic pieces that satirize oppressive regimes worldwide.  His works bring awareness to the imbalance of human rights in North Korea. Here in the United States he is being called the Andy Warhol of South Korea.

BOWL HOP RETURNS.
BUY A BOWL. GET A TREAT.
HELP HOUSE A PERSON.

Buy a beautiful, hand-crafted Bowl Hop bowl during ArtWalk (at the Bowl Hop table) and receive a punch card that allows you to visit participating ArtWalk restaurants during the weekend for a delicious sampling of their cuisines! A Bowl costs $25, with all proceeds benefiting Downtown Ventura's Family Reconnection Program, which helps connect needy individuals with family or an appropriate support network. Special thanks to the talented members of the Ventura County Potters Guild for their generous donations! It takes a village. The Bowl Hop table will be located at the corner of Main Street and South California Street.
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