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Rotating Exhibits—Gallery
The Community Exhibits Program of the Museum was created
in 1997 to allow community organizations to present
exhibitions in the Gallery Room of the Museum. More than fifty exhibits have
been presented by a diverse group of community entities,
including the Santa Paula Historical Society, the Santa
Paula Society of the Arts, the De Colores Art Group, the
Heritage Valley Quilters, the Santa Paula High School Art
and History Departments, and the Santa Paula Women’s History
Project. Men
Quilting: Quits Made by Men
October 16, 2011 -
February 5, 2012
“Men Quilting! Quilts Made by Men” is the theme for the 13th
Annual Heritage Valley Festival of Quilts. The exhibit will
showcase the talents of male quilters from Los Angeles,
Ventura County and to as far north as Morro Bay, California.
This year the quilts on display are proof that designing and
making quilts is not an accomplishment solely of women. Men
were quilting professionally in England more than 200 years
ago. Quilts constructed by English soldiers were prominently
displayed during the 19th and early 20th centuries. In
America there have undoubtedly been men who have quilted,
but who gained no more recognition than did most of the
anonymous women quilters through the years. With the
resurgence of the quilt’s popularity since the 1970’s, there
has been greater notice of the men who quilt. Partly because
of the art quilt movement, where quilts are displayed on
walls instead of hidden in bedrooms; partly because of the
tools of the trade, long arm quilting machines, computer
guided stitch controls, etc.; and partly because of the
internet connecting people of like interests; quilting by
men is becoming a small yet significant part of the quilting
world.
Collecting Curiosities
November 6, 2011 – January
22, 2012
An image to be used on both the home page and the separate
Gallery Room Exhibits page is attached above called
collections invite front. The third image with file name
“pedal car” can also be used on the Gallery Room exhibits
page
On the Gallery Room Exhibits page in addition to the title
and run dates and images the following description can be
used:
The California Oil Museum and the Santa Paula Historical
Society invite you to explore the curious and colorful
collections of your neighbors in its newest exhibit entitled
Collecting Curiosities.
Museums are repositories for collections of priceless
artifacts, but often the objects we consider most valuable
in the world are the unusual ones we collect ourselves or
inherit from family and friends. Now, some of these personal
and singular collections will be on display at the Oil
Museum. The inspiration behind the exhibit is guest curator
and retired Santa Paula Police Lieutenant Carlos Juarez’s
retro lunchbox collection, of which he has collected over
400. For Juarez and many other collectors like him who scour
flea markets and garage sales looking for their next big
find, his collection “inspires memories.”
In organizing the exhibit, Juarez has quickly discovered
that Ventura County residents collect a great many things
including antique pedal cars, Hot Wheels, Cub Scout pinewood
derby cars and model trains. The items will, hopefully,
bring back fond memories of simple childhood fun…times when
you were still of an appropriate age to play with such toys!
The show also looks at how collections are passed from one
generation to the next in the hopes of allowing the special
memories of our families to survive.
The California Oil Museum is also excited to contribute to
the show with never-before-seen items from its own
collection including antique petroliana, an incredible
assemblage of decorated belt buckles donated to the Museum
by collector Garry Greysen, and its most recent acquisition
of a collection of 1930s The Saturday Evening Post
magazines, which were beautifully illustrated by artists
like Norman Rockwell and J.C. Leyendecker.
For all of us, there are some things we just cannot seem to
part with. Take some time to stroll through the memories of
our contributors and see what history has passed down
through the generations. The exhibit will be continuously
evolving during its run time and we would enjoy showcasing
your collectible items…if you can bear to part with them for
a few months!
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