Press

“…Heather and Lisa are deeply embedded in the community and make sure that art is prominently featured in the daily life of Ojai. Their keen eye and enthusiasm make the gallery an essential stop on your visit…” Read More

Art critic Shana Nys Dambrot highlighted the Porch Gallery Ojai and artist Jeff Mann in her White Hot Magazine article “Report from Avant-Garde Ojai” Click here to read full article

Writer Amber Turpin spent a weekend experiencing the artful side Of Ojai, including the Porch Gallery Ojai and our line of Rock the Glass Glassware. Click here to read the full article

In her Vogue article, “Vogue’s Guide to Ojai: The Shangri-La of California” Rachel Marlowe calls out artists Tanja Rector, Patrick Haemmerlein, and Guy Webster as she describes the Porch Gallery as “the place to be on Sunday mornings.” Click here to read the full article.

Anca Colbert’s article in the Ojai Quarterly magazine is an insightful look into artist Jeff Mann’s imagination and style. Colbert aptly describes his work as “The phantasmagorical drawings of Jeff Mann create strange, shifting scenes playing mischief with the natural world. Jeff’s drawings have us guessing and questioning our perception, as the eye follows lines from reality to illusion, and back.

In her Artbound article, “Strokes of Genius and Gratitude: The Calligraphy of Souun Takeda“, Journalist Meher McArthur profiles Porch Gallery artist, Souun Takeda, and the process of creating his body of work for our exhibit “Balance“. Click here to read full article.

Juri Koll captures our exhibition by artist Takeda Souun beautifully. “The paintings have a story to tell, about an artist expressing his gratitude for the inspiration he found in Ojai. (The works) have an exquisite confidence, a flourish that is a result of years of practice, the kind that creates an amazing riff happen on a guitar by Jimi Hendrix, an improvised solo on a harmonica by Toots Thielemans or a pia

New York Times writer Peter Haldeman intros his article “Ojai’s Golden Hour” with the Porch Gallery’s Sunday morning coffee  gathering. The “jazz piano player” mentioned in the article is the incredibly talented musician/composer Dave Palmer, Dave Palmer Music who often plays on Sunday’s. Click here to read the full article.

Bill Warner’s article in the Ojai Visitor’s Guide chronicles the history of the John Montgomery House, the home of the Porch Gallery, and details how the Gallery both honors and expands on the tradition of the Ojai landmark. Download Article