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Elizabeth Herring: the Conceptual Art of an Ojai Girl
Culture
Elizabeth Herring: the Conceptual Art of an Ojai Girl
Culture

A CalArts MFA student has something to say about her hometown

Culture
Races are Won in Training
Living
Races are Won in Training
Living

Earl Marvin, a senior at Oak Grove School, shares his college essay

Living
Rumpus at the Boyd Center
Opinion, Living, ousd
Rumpus at the Boyd Center
Opinion, Living, ousd

Ojai residents fight out-of-town developers’ plan to turn school property into hotel/spa complex

Opinion, Living, ousd
Pebble Pups
Living
Pebble Pups
Living

A great kids’ program from the Ventura Gem and Mineral Society

Living
Good Cheer
Culture, Living
Good Cheer
Culture, Living

Artist and writer Cassandra C. Jones looks back on her cheerleading career

Culture, Living
The Painted House
Culture
The Painted House
Culture

How one family of artists has sustained experimental community over two generations in a Brave New World of fast commerce and branded humanity

Culture
Stream This: Ojai Creators Online
Culture
Stream This: Ojai Creators Online
Culture

Online offerings from Ojai creatives

Culture
 
 

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Cover photo: Frances and Ducky by Kate Pepper



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Of Practice and Performance
Of Practice and Performance

Exploring Tara Jane O'Neil and Jmy James Kidd's September artist residency at the basic premise gallery

Hiking Santa Cruz Island
Hiking Santa Cruz Island

Worth the trip

Hyperlocal
Hyperlocal

Ojai Community Farmers’ Market is here

Stream This: Ojai Creators Online
Stream This: Ojai Creators Online

Online offerings from Ojai creatives

Wovenlight Films
Wovenlight Films

Keren Nedivi’s creative approach to wedding videography

 
 
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Woah and Wonder
Woah and Wonder

Taft Gardens’ inaugural Art in Nature resident Cassandra C. Jones

The Picnic
The Picnic

A picnic at Taft Gardens and Nature Preserve

Hollyflora
Hollyflora

Floral Artist Holly Vesecky

Golden State of Mind
Golden State of Mind

The story of designer, author, and editor Louise Sandhaus

Ojai Picnic Moments
Ojai Picnic Moments

Sisters team up to create intimate, pandemic-friendly events

Australian Native
Australian Native

A tipsy conversation between Jo O’Connell and Kirsten Stoltmann

Raised Wild
Raised Wild

Jaide Whitman reflects on growing up at Taft

Ojai Spring Hikes
Ojai Spring Hikes

Spring at Taft Gardens

Bottling History
Bottling History

T.W. Hollister & Co. at The Ranch

Sanders & Sons
Sanders & Sons

Ojai’s handmade gelateria

The Hat
The Hat

Style that tells a story from hatmaker Satya Twena

Nature Immersion at Taft
Nature Immersion at Taft

Elena Rios invites Jessica Pregnolato to commune with nature at Taft Garden

Stream This: Ojai Creators Online
Stream This: Ojai Creators Online

Online offerings from Ojai creatives

A New Indian Restaurant You Say?
A New Indian Restaurant You Say?

Jules Weissman has been waiting for this her whole life

Bloom!
Bloom!

Issue Two

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Duo Luto in the Studio
Duo Luto in the Studio

A husband-and-wife ceramics collaboration

Welcome to the Jumble
Welcome to the Jumble

The journey of artist Carmen Abelleira

Wild Style
Wild Style

Local vintage favorite enid and edgar‘s ode to Carmen Abelleira

The Pleiades
The Pleiades

Ojai’s Taj Mahal

Francine Gealer
Francine Gealer

Creating alternate universes and baking the best friggin’ crackers you will ever have

¿Te Gustas?
¿Te Gustas?

Ojai favorite Me Gusta Gourmet Tamales celebrates 25 years

Color Theorist
Color Theorist

Hair color trends and terminology with stylist Emily Stoltz

Stream This: Public Trust
Stream This: Public Trust

A fight for public lands from Patagonia Films

Shop Plant Based
Shop Plant Based

Summer Camp’s plant-focused sister store opens downtown

Marc Alt Photography
Marc Alt Photography

Earthy, rich portraits inspired by California and the Old West

Ojai Winter Hikes
Ojai Winter Hikes

Hiking Piedra Blanca with fashion photographer Ari Abramczyk

Connectivity
Connectivity

Issue One

Ojai X Bridge & Burn
Ojai X Bridge & Burn

Daren Thomas Magee of Real Fun Wow! teams up with Portland clothier to create swell graphic tees