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
“Joanne Julian: Nature’s Spirits”
From her studio in Oxnard, Joanne Julian draws on her long career in painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture to create realistic images of natural forms that merge and dance with spontaneous brushwork in the Japanese Zen “splashed-ink” style.
On view now thru March 9, 2025
“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
CLASSES AT SPAM’S COLE CREATIVITY CENTER
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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.