A warm thank you to the Ojai Valley News @ojaivalleynews and Mimi Walker for covering the Taft Gardens Art in Nature Residency, 2025/26 Season.
The 6th Annual Art in Nature Exhibition Openings and Annual Fundraiser is coming up!
🌿 Tickets go on sale May 6th at 9am.
🌿 Evening Fundraiser & Exhibition Openings are on Saturday, June 6th, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
🌿 Free Daytime Exhibition Openings
Monday, June 8th, 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Article Mentions:
Cassandra C. Jones @jpegmountain
Jaide Whitman @jaidaemae
Alicia Morris Soto @alislala
Summer van Houten @summervanhouten
Rodrigo Ormachea @rormache
Hugo Ormachea @ormacheajewelry
Russell Crotty @russellcrottystudio
Tom Pazderka @tompazderka
Emily Thomas MaHarry @em_thomas_maharry
Carol Shaw-Sutton @carolshawsutton
Photos by Mikael Jorgensen @mikaeljorgensen
Hi Everyone!
1) Sharing the cool article about @taftgardens that came out in the Ojai Valley News yesterday (May 1st).
2) New website!
3) VERY IMPORTANT! If you joined my email list, I transferred platforms which is glitchy. I sent an email yesterday. If you did not receive one, please check your junk mail. If you didn’t get one, please let me know. Thx for checking!
4) Just for fun, this bubbled up from the archive. Love these two. Today they are amazing parents!
Thanks for reading. Go outside and play :D
Field notes from a trip up north.
Life. Beauty. Everywhere.
Pretty darn grateful.
Especially for you💗 Steve, Olivia, Elizabeth, Vina and Maria
#ecofarm #mountmadonnacenter #centralcoast #santacruzmountains #pauseforpeace
Almost a third of the way through my residency @taftgardens . Messy blobs with markers meets swampy frog haven. Very grateful for today’s #natureimmersion with @elenarios.innernature . Feeling nourished by the seen and unseen each day. This experience has been exponentially more than I imagined. Lovely humans, exquisite container, tremendous privilege ✨🙏✨
#solsticespecial #shineyourlight✨ #taftartistinresidence #wellnessbeginswithwonder
The residency continues.
A narrative has emerged after two months
Of permission to do things badly
I have no chosen media
I have no chosen format
I love showing up plunking down then starting then stopping
No composition no completion
No idea more important than what actually happens
Just take it as it comes knowing
Inevitably something eventually will.
Thanks Jill, for love and supplies!
#ojaicreates #taftgardensandnaturepreserve #taftartistinresidence #permissiontodothingsbadly #wellnessbeginswithwonder #findyourflow #markershit #littleinfinitieseverywhere #trustemergence
Extended Field Botany Class with Lanny: Creek silt dancing to a native song, thanking plants🌿
Field sketches: Chaparral Mallow & California Black Walnut
It’s been almost a year of cruising around with Lanny Kaufer, asking: “Hey, Lanny, what’s that?” What began as a 6-month class will continue into another year, at our request. The good news is, he loves it as much as we do, so he will start another group up in January. It’s a natural way to learn (no pun intended), just hanging out with someone talking about what they know and love, right in your own backyard. It’s more than learning to identify a plant, it’s also a deepening connection with place, and a satisfying way to start a Monday morning. Interested in joining the next class? Contact @ojaiherbal
#ojainatives #herbwalkswithlanny #chaparralmallow #blackwalnut #wellnessbeginswithwonder #happymonday #pencilandpaper
Three weeks into my research residency at Taft Gardens — sketching, listening, and learning from the land and the crits. A broken-winged California Sister caught in self-reflection✨❤️✨
#taftgardens #artistresidency #ojaiartist #naturebasedart #creativeprocess #fieldnotes #chispapark
@sukhaojai is now open and #chispapark cloth toddler books and coloring placemats are for sale in our little boutique!
#wellnessbeginswithwonder #fivesenses #fiveelements #librosenespañol #paraniños
