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Westlake Village Art Guild
Founded in 1969
Westlake Village, California
2nd Annual WVAG Paint Off this Sunday-January 26th followed by the 2025 Member Show Awards Ceremony. It all starts at 2:00 PM. You do not want to miss the fun. These events are open to the public and free of charge. Refreshments will be served.
Thousand Oaks Community Gallery 2331 Borchard Rd., A, Newbury Park
To buy artwork in the WVAG Member Show - CLICK HERE
20% of all sales from the Member Show and the Paint Off will help WVAG Members who have lost their homes in the fires.
Upcoming WVAG Events
January 24-25 Workshop with Virginia Kamhi
January 26 from 2-5 PM - The Member Show Awards Presentation and the WVAG Paint Off
January 29 (5-7 PM) Pick up artwork from the Member Show
February 4 - Dinner Demo with Kevin Gleason (sign up by 1/31)
People Sketchers every Thursday from 10-1 PM at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts
You don’t want to miss this!
Paint Off artists from 2024
January 26 - The 2nd Annual WVAG Paint Off
Thousand Oaks Community Gallery
2:00-5:00 PM
There will be 7 amazing artists demonstrating their painting process in 90 minutes. Come and watch, have a glass of wine, and hope that your donation ticket will win a beautiful painting, and help support WVAG members who have lost their homes in the fires.
The demonstrating artists of the 2025 Paint Off will be:
Harvey Cusworth, Bill Perkins, Anette Powers, Beverly Lazor, Jamie Morris,
Helle Urban and Mickey Wasserman
Upcoming Workshop
January 24-25 WVAG Presents a Painting Workshop with Virginia Kamhi
This workshop will be held at the Thousand Oaks Community Gallery - 2331 Borchard Rd., Newbury Park
A graduate of UC Santa Barbara, Kamhi has her M.A. in Fine Art Painting from Academy of Art University. She has studied extensively with many eminent artists, among them Richard McKinley, Albert Handell, Lorenzo Chavez, Jeanne Rosier Smith, Skip Whitcomb, and Gil Dellinger.
Come join us at People Sketchers every Thursday from 10:00 to 1:00. There are live models. It’s a great opportunity to improve your drawing skills. Come on by!
The Artwork of some of WVAG’s Fabulous Volunteers
Daniel Raminfard
Frank Lennartz
Dennis Griffin
Wendy Gordin
Nancy Peloso
Nancy Helm Weeks
Paola Luther
Linda Kidd
Paul Richardson
Craig Morton
Sandy Jacobs
Don Ferre
Diane O'Malley
Rod Seeley
June Seeley
Founded in 1969, the Westlake Village Art Guild is a nonprofit organization in Westlake Village, CA comprised of artists and others who not only admire art but have an interest in promoting art education and appreciation in our community.
What We Do
The Westlake Village Art Guild offers its members opportunities to exhibit their work in competitions and at local venues. Our dinner meetings are open to the public and feature demonstrations by prominent artists or presentations on art-related topics. We publish a newsletter and sponsor workshops. We also promote arts awareness through our annual Open Juried Show, which is open to all local artists.
WVAG is dedicated to promoting the visual arts in our community. Your contributions will help WVAG support deserving visual arts students at the high school and college levels.
WVAG Membership
Membership in the WVAG is open to all adults. Dues are $45 per membership year which begins on July 1 and ends on June 30.
The benefits of Membership include eligibility to participate in the MEMBERS SHOW and outside EXHIBITS plus significant discounts on DINNER/DEMOS, SHOW entry fees, workshops, and much more.