Past Exhibitions

Oct. 13, 2016 – Dec. 4, 2016 Porch Gallery Ojai presents JPEG Mountain: New Works by Cassandra C. Jones. Collecting thousands of found digital images, Jones organizes them to create colorful and unexpected collage works that float like botanical drawings on stark white backgrounds. The work reflects the disparate influences in Jones’ life: technology and the natural beauty of the landscape that surrounds her Oj

Sept. 1 – Oct. 10, 2016   Porch Gallery Ojai presents Renewed Inspiration: New Works by Jeffrey Crussell & Pamela Grau. As a creative couple, Crussell and Grau mutually investigate the process of imposing beauty and meaning onto discarded materials. They harmoniously zigzag together, both as artists and partners in life, sharing an interest in aesthetics and a passion for making things. In doing so the

June 18th 5:30 PM – Private Residence Concert with Julia Fordham Los Angeles based renowned singer/songwriter. Farm to Table NYC Chef Prepared Dinner, Curated Cocktails, Local Wine Tastings, Fine Art & Decor Silent Auction. Limited Ticket Event. Tickets available thru the foundation 805-633-9188. Event Produced by Porch Girl Productions and OHI HOME as a benefit for The Carolyn GlasoeBailey Foundation. July

April 14 – May 29, 2016 Whether measuring a fictional rattling of the earth’s core or creating spore-like pods that radiate out of the walls, tables and ceiling of the gallery, both Abarbanel and Adams have the ability to create life-like motion out of static materials. Adams’s pieces from her series “A Certain Period of Time” are created with meticulous hand-drawn lines of varying length and density. As a grou

June 9th – July 3 An exhibition to benefit the Ojai Land Conservancy and Ojai Defense Fund. In her mono-chromatic mono prints Noad seeks the emergent image. Little control is exercised over the plate initially. Only when the paper is pulled from the inked surface of the plate does she extract the completed image from what she sees. The plate itself can be manipulated but she keeps her interference with what is

February 25, 2016 – April 3, 2016 For the past decade, Ramon Ramirez has explored what he describes as the “LA Aesthetic.” His oil paintings feature lush vibrant skies that backdrop silhouetted and muted skylines portraying the rich texture that is created when natural beauty surrounds rough urban sprawl. Palm tress, whether alone or towering above squat architecture, ground Ramirez’s cityscapes in the built-en

Jan. 7, 2016 – Feb. 21, 2016 “Our emotions and thoughts are being affected by both the foods and drugs, as well as the electromagnetic atmosphere surrounding us. Primal needs and fears are manipulated through advertising and media creating false paradigms, obsessions and desires. “The genetically modified food, (GMO) we consume, without our knowledge or consent, is mutating our very DNA. Our thyroid

Jul 21, 2016 – August 21, 2016 To honor Carolyn GlasoeBailey and her passion, Lila Glasoe Francese and Chris Bailey have established the Carolyn GlasoeBailey Foundation, which will be headquartered in Ojai, California where she lived with her family for the past twenty years. The Foundation will focus on the advancement of art and science endeavors. Each year the foundation will select an honoree artist. The Fo

November. 19, 2015 through January. 3, 2016 Featuring works by Bynk Chanuntranont (The Thacher School), Audrey Hernandez (Nordhoff High School), Killian Hu (Oak Grove School), Yi (Daisy) Liu (Besant Hill School) and Misaki Kobayashi (Ojai Valley School). Co-curated with Colly Smith (The Thacher School). Porch Gallery’s second annual student exhibition. Porch Gallery Directors Heather Stobo and Lisa Casoni conce