Focus on the Masters: Erika Lizée

Erika Lizée, artist and professor at Moorpark College, also serves as the director of that campus’s art gallery. As such, she arranges talks with exhibiting artists about their life histories and the way their art has progressed. This month we will turn the tables on Erika. We will listen to her as Donna Granata interviews this young, perceptive artist whose work reflects, in her words, an ever-shifting and nebulous boundary between what is known and unknown. Her installations combine acrylic paint with Duralar, a polyester film, and grow from a life-long appreciation for nature in its myriad forms. Working from the premise that gallery walls can serve as symbolic thresholds between life and death, between what is known and unknown, she constructs installations that encourage us to question our own relationship not only to her work, but to the world beyond. Join us.

RSVP at www.FocusOnTheMasters.com or 805.653.2501

To learn about Erika Lizée, visit www.ErikaLizee.com
Image: Eternally Searching (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13…) by Erika Lizée, 2017, installation, acrylic on duralar (detail) 8’ x 69’x 3’

Special invitation to Educators & Students:
The Artist Spotlight is open to students attending as a class assignment free of charge. FOTM is happy to assist with tracking attendance and sign-in sheets. Reservations required.

To RSVP visit www.FocusOnTheMasters.com or call 805.653.2501.

Sponsored by Ventura County Community Foundation
Ongoing Sponsors: Dennis Mitchell at I Capelli Salon, Michelle Rein at Passion Flowers, Laurie Peterson Graphics & Museum of Ventura County

AfterGLOW Fundraising Event:
Join us for a celebratory dinner at the Ventura home of Delia Gorey & Larry Manson, immediately following the program. Paid reservations are required prior to April 22. $30 FOTM members, $40 Non-members. Maps will be given to paid guests at the interview.