Category: Ventura Arts TV

  • Ventura College Art Department

    Artist, Bob Moskowitz, is the Chairman of the Ventura College art department and a teacher since 1978. In this interview with Our Ventura TV host, Petrina Sharp, Moskowitz speaks about the art department, its history, the quality of their students, art in Ventura, as well as some of his own work and background.

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  • The Fight for Immortality

    Peter Arthur speaks about his Science Fiction book, The Fight For Immortality, with Our Ventura TV host, George Alger. Arthur touches upon the big dreams of younger folks and the resurgence of Science Fiction as a genre. He also discusses immortality in general as well as aliens with higher technology.

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  • Performance Art: I Never Meant to be a Masseuse

    In this 3-minute video, Cynthia Waring presents a dramatic performance art piece, which she wrote, based upon her experience as a masseuse for 37 years.

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  • Healing Properties of Performance Art

    Performance Art teacher, Cynthia Waring, discusses memoir-based performance art that comes from one’s own life.

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  • A Photographer’s View Along The West Coast

    Photographer, Chris Ryan, speaks with Our Ventura TV host, George Alger, about El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road), Ventura Pier, Ventura Harbor, the Redwoods of California and Clearwater Lake in Oregon.

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  • Ventura Art & Street Painting Festival

    Barbara Hinton, founder of the Ventura Art & Street Painting Festival, speaks with Our Ventura TV host, Bob Taylor, about the annual fine arts and crafts show and street painting event, which takes place each September at the Ventura Harbor Village.

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  • Music and Art for Youth with Adam Sortomme

    Saint Pierre, Executive Director of the nonprofit organization, Music and Art for Youth, introduces music scholarship recipient, Adam Sortomme. They discuss the Music and Art for Youth program and Sortomme performs an original acoustic song.

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  • Balancing Work and Family

    Author and Entrepreneur, Tracy Repchuk, speaks with Our Ventura TV host, George Alger, about starting and running a business from home and balancing that with a family, including young children.

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  • Community Improvisational Theater

    Tom Mueller, cofounder of the Ventura Improv Company, speaks with Our Ventura TV host, George Alger, about training and nurturing individual talents. Mueller states that “Improv is far too important to leave to the professionals.” He elaborates that Improv is great for team building and that almost anyone can participate in the fun of improvisational theater.

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  • Artwalk Ventura

    Artwalk Ventura is a totally fun, totally free, self-guided tour of dozens of galleries, studios, pop-up venues and transformed storage containers in Ventura’s Westside Cultural District and historic Downtown.

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