Hard 'n' Soft  at Brodin Gallery explores the contested boundary between rigidity and flexibility in contemporary art, bringing together artists who deliberately subvert the expected properties of their materials. Through bronze rendered weightless, stone veiled in delicacy, fiber assuming geometric precision, and paint dissolving solid form, these works challenge the material hierarchies that have long structured art historical discourse.   The exhibition centers on artists

She Persists honors women artists of Ventura County whose creative practices have spanned two decades or more. Presented in recognition of Women’s History Month, She Persists acknowledges the women whose sustained commitment to their craft has shaped the artistic identity of this community. Through works that are thoughtful, experimental, expressive, and rooted in lived experience, the exhibition invites viewers to consider the vital role of women’s perspectives in contempora

An ode to experimentation, skill, performance, risk, and community—The Big Five. This exhibition invites the viewers to step back into the spirit of play, just one more time. Curated by:   Abigail Ogilvy Gallery Artists: Teddy Benfield Pelle Cass Mishael Coggeshall-Burr Luke Forsyth Jen P. Harris Cassandra C. Jones Katharine Konietzko Andrew Leventis Ellie MacGarry Wilhelm Neusser Christopher Noxon Thomas Martinez Pilnik Katrina Sánchez Elspeth Schulze Elizabeth King Stanton

Listen to the Gradient: Gradients in nature have much to tell us about the human experience. The sunset and sunrise demonstrate how light consistently follows darkness and that many good stories come full circle. The soft color variations in the sky at dawn and dusk express how change is inevitable yet unpredictable. Refracting white light through a prism to reveal a spectrum of bright colors proves there is always more than what meets the eye. Gradients also represent depth,

In the Realm of Spiders: An exhibition that examines our complex relationship with spiders and the spectrum of emotions, between fear and wonder, that arachnids and their webs evoke. Through diverse media, including photography, claymation, drawing, and installation, artists will illuminate spiders' remarkable abilities as architects and hunters, the geometry of their web formations, how they express their unique personalities, and their contributions to the human world as pe

September 13-15, 2024 Cassandra C. Jones presents "The Pink of the Moment," a three-day pop-up art show in Ojai, CA, celebrating the color pink in vibrant and unexpected forms. A tight-knit group of local artists will showcase work that challenges traditional associations with the color, highlighting its versatility and power across various mediums and subjects. Inspired by a conversation with the artist Christopher Noxon, who described pink as his "emotional support color,"

This is my collaboration with the local band @radioskies  and @echomagicsound . I contributed one of my recent cut balloon patterns for the cover art, and @dnorsen_design provided the layout. His design comes complete with hidden images that appear through die cuts when you pull the innersleeve out. The Album, entitled "Foats Away," is available from the band's Bandcamp! Radio Skys also has four upcoming shows this month at the Dear Lodge @ojaideerlodge  in Ojai, CA Dates: A

"Digital Pop: Moving Lightly" will electrify the gallery at the Ojai Valley Museum from February 15 to April 7, 2024. This group exhibition offers a glimpse into contemporary art by Ojai Valley locals made with light, digital video, animation, and motion graphics. In July 2022, the museum hosted its first BYOB (Bring your own Beamer/Projector) gathering. BYOB is a worldwide pop-up event model created by Rafaël Rozendaal, a well-known digital artist interested in exploring pro

Kasini House Artshop works with the Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory to produce curated packs of the Collage Artist Trading Cards. Each card is a full colour, 5.5” x 3.5” postcard with rounded corners. An example of an artist’s work is on the front of the card and the artist’s public contact information is on the back. Collage Artist Trading Cards come in packs of 15. You can frame the cards you like as mini-prints; collect and curate your very own exhibition. You can also use

Dates: September 16 - October 18, 2023 Opening Reception: September 16, 4-8pm Featuring: Maria Arroyo, Yasmine Esfandiary, Jade Gordon & Megan Whitmarsh, Abel Guzman, Chad Hagerman, Jane Hollick, Cassandra C. Jones, Sherise Lee, Elena Stonaker, Leonard Wilson I am thrilled to announce the Grand Opening of and Inaugural Exhibition at Abigail Ogilvy’s new Los Angeles gallery. I have been working with their Boston location for many years and am excited to welcome them to th

An Art Exhibition by Joel Fox and Cassandra C. Jones Woohoo! There's a 3-day, pop-up art show called "Weekend Wonder" with two digital artists named Joel Fox and Cassandra C. Jones! It's in an architect's house in Ojai, CA. They will show videos, works on paper, installation art, and cool things made on special machines. Going to the art show, you'll see many things that could surprise you or make you happy. Joel Fox's art is about nature and space. It's magic and will m

Dates: July 20 - August 28, 2022 Opening Reception: August 5th, 5-8pm Featuring: Allison Baker, Holly Harrison, Cassandra C. Jones, Coral Woodbury Abigail Ogilvy Gallery is proud to present SizeMatters , featuring gallery artists Allison Baker, Holly Harrison, Cassandra C. Jones, and Coral Woodbury. These four artists play with scale, quantity, and implicative imagery – sometimes subtle, sometimes overt. SizeMatters is dedicated to the constituents; the parts that make u

December 1, 2021 - January 16, 2022 Opening Reception: December 3rd, 6-8pm Featuring: Clint Baclawski, Teddy Benfield, Pelle Cass, Mishael Coggeshall-Burr, Lisa Foster, Holly Harrison, Lavaughan Jenkins, Cassandra C. Jones, Richard Keen, Katelyn Ledford, Kristina McComb, Susan Murie, Brad Nelson, Wilhelm Neusser, Katrina Sánchez, Haley Wood, Coral Woodbury, and Natalia Wróbel. Abigail Ogilvy Gallery is proud to present the fourth iteration of The Salon Show, a group exhibitio

Saturday May 29th, 2021 Taft Gardens Art Residency Exhibition Opening and Fundraiser Join me to celebrate the culminating exhibition of my Taft Gardens Art-in-Nature Artist Residency. Working in the historical art studio at Taft, I have created a collage series based on the plant specimens of the South African and Australian Gardens. In collaboration with the Abigail Ogilvy Gallery , the studio will become an exhibition space showing multiple wallpaper installations and

I am excited to announce that I will be the very first Artist in Residence at a magical place called Taft Gardens & Nature Preserve. It is a vast botanical garden filled with cactus, succulents, and exotic plants tucked up in the mountains on the outskirts of Ojai, CA. The Artist Residency Program will launch in January 2021. I will be working in a newly renovated and historic Studio, at the center of the property, from January to March to develop a series of collage works i

I was recently commissioned to create the artwork for two large, permanent tile murals for the Paseo Nuevo Mall in Santa Barbara, CA. The project is entitled "Love Letters" and is a collaboration with Pacific Retail and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santa Barbara. About the Project: "Love Letters", by Cassandra C. Jones, is a site-specific tile mural located at the North Court Entrance, on the Parking Level, at the Paseo Nuevo Mall in Santa Barbara. Based on the history

Postponed due to Covis-19. Hopefully we will reschedule when it is safe to do so. Los Angeles - a bright and guilty place , Orson Welles Welles perfectly captures the contrasting colors of Los Angeles; a metropolis built on optimism and glamour, where dreams become reality, while recognizing the darker side of the city’s landscape. The “city of angels” is an illusion of fantasies, fuelled by Hollywood, creating a feeling of endless possibilities and opportunities, while t

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon. To celebrate the 50th anniversary, the MFAH presents Shooting the Moon: Photographs from the Museum’s Collection 50 Years after Apollo 11 . The exhibition features images that range from documentary photographs of NASA’s mission to the moon, to fanciful pictures that include a 19th-century portrait of a man in a costume adorned with the sun, moon, and stars. Among the notable works on view are Ansel Adams’s Moonrise, Hernand

I am teaching a one week Photoshop summer intensive, in Ojai, CA, for junior high students and up. July 8-12, 2019

I am reading a new piece entitled "Good Cheer" for a live story telling performance at Kim Maxwell Studios, which is also home of the Townie