Art creates community. That’s our mantra at the Santa Paula Art Museum. We believe that art strengthens our community by providing opportunities for self-expression, connection, learning, and joy. Occupying two beautifully renovated, historic buildings in the heart of downtown Santa Paula, California, the Santa Paula Art Museum features rotating exhibitions of historic and contemporary art, art classes for children and adults, Free Family Days, creative community events, a well-curated gift shop, and more.

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

“Douglas Shively and Friends”

A never-before-seen collection of works by historic Santa Paula artist Douglas Shively and friends, including Jessie and Cornelis Botke, Robert Clunie, John Cotton, Lawrence Hinckley, Ralph Holmes, George Demont Otis, Paul Sample, F. Grayson Sayre, and Nell Walker Warner.

On view now thru November 3, 2024

“Gail Pidduck: 8² + 10”

As Santa Paula painter Gail Pidduck approached her 74th birthday, she found herself with a childlike desire to just make art without limitations as to subject or theme. Her only constraint were the dimensions of her paintings: 8-inches squared.

On view now thru January 12, 2025

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Upcoming Events
Free Family Day
Oct 6
Free Family Day
Free Admission Day
Oct 6
Free Admission Day
Free Family Day: Día de los Muertos
Nov 2
Free Family Day: Día de los Muertos
Free Admission Day
Nov 3
Free Admission Day

CLASSES AT SPAM’S COLE CREATIVITY CENTER

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Fine Art Open Studio (Ages 16+)
Fine Art Open Studio (Ages 16+)

Date and Time: Monthly on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (select month)

Cost: $80

Participants must have studio experience. This service is uninstructed. Preregistration required.

Intro to Drawing (Ages 16+)
Intro to Drawing (Ages 16+)

Date and Time: Four consecutive Wednesdays: October 2; October 9; October 16; October 23, 2024, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. each day.

Teaching Artist: Ryan Cole

Cost: $125 per person for all four sessions

Preregistration required

Oil Painting: Pet Portraits (Ages 16+)
Oil Painting: Pet Portraits (Ages 16+)

Date and Time: Four consecutive Saturdays: October 5; October 12; October 19; and October 26, 2024,from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. each day.

Teaching Artist: Jem Morris

Cost: $165 for all four sessions

Preregistration required

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Hand Building - Wednesday Evenings (Ages 16+)
Hand Building - Wednesday Evenings (Ages 16+)

Date and Time: Six consecutive Wednesdays: October 23; October 30; November 6; November 13; November 20; December 4, 2024 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (Skipping Thanksgiving Week)

Teaching Artist: Jynell Dimalanta

Cost: $200 for all six sessions

Preregistration required

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Adventures in Weaving (Ages 16+)
Adventures in Weaving (Ages 16+)
$145.00

Date/Time: Four consecutive Fridays: September 27, October 4, October 11, October 18, 2024, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Teaching Artist: Andi Meyer

Cost: $145 for all four sessions

Preregistration required

Adventures in Felting (Ages 16+)
Adventures in Felting (Ages 16+)
$145.00

Date/Time: 4 consecutive Fridays: November 1; November 8; November 15; November 22, 2024, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Teaching Artist: Andi Meyer

Cost: $145 per person

Preregistration required

Felting Bowls (Ages 16+)
Felting Bowls (Ages 16+)
$40.00

Date/Time: Friday, December 13, 2024, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Teaching Artist: Andi Meyer

Cost: $40 per person

Preregistration required

FOLLOW US

View fullsize Congratulations to artist Gail Pidduck (@gailpidduck), who sold 25 of the 40 paintings in her new exhibit, "8² + 10," during the two-hour premiere reception last weekend! That's definitely a sales record here at the Santa Paula Art Mus
View fullsize We're so excited to be participating in @art_walk_ventura this weekend! ArtWalk is a fun, free, self-guided tour of galleries, studios, and pop-up locations in downtown Ventura on Saturday, September 21, and Sunday, September 22, 2024. Be sure to sto
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View fullsize We are so grateful to our friends and Chumash Tribal Elders Alan Salazar and Joseph Valencia who helped us to present a fun and meaningful Free Family Day event this past weekend! Alan shared Chumash history and stories, and taught families how to cr
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View fullsize In addition to art activities inside SPAM's Cole Creativity Center, Free Family Day on Sunday, September 8, also includes free admission to our current exhibitions! Families can pick up a fun "I Spy" activity at the Museum's front desk and
View fullsize Gail Pidduck's "8² + 10" exhibition opens Saturday, September 14, 2024, with a premiere party from 4 PM to 6 PM! Setting to work on her newest series of paintings in 2023, Pidduck found herself with a childlike desire to "just ma
View fullsize We love our teaching artist @jemfarts and her class starting SATURDAY from 9am-12pm ADVENTURES IN ABSTRACTION Explore different techniques in painting abstraction using a variety of mediums. Foster your inner abstract artist as Jem leads you on a p
View fullsize On WEDNESDAY teaching artist Aaron MacDonald will be teaching a portrait painting class in black and white. Join Aaron as he introduces the principles of value and proportion in portrait painting with oil. All skill levels welcome. Follow the l
View fullsize FREE FIRST SUNDAY is Sunday, September 1, 2024! Visit the Santa Paula Art Museum from 12 PM to 4 PM, and enjoy our current exhibitions, Christopher Noxon’s “Greenbelt” and “Douglas Shively and Friends,” for FREE! Speaki
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View fullsize There are ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT to see artist Christopher Noxon’s “Greenbelt” exhibition at the Santa Paula Art Museum! To mark the end of his solo show, Noxon will be performing a painting demonstration inside the Museum on Saturday

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