May 29th, 2021 | $100/Ticketed Concert in the Evening

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From Taft Gardens & Nature Preserve: Conservation Endowment Fund (CEF) is very proud to launch the first-ever Taft Gardens Art in Nature Residence launched in January 2021. Our first residency is Ojai-based remix artist Cassandra C. Jones. Her work will be on display in the Artist Cottage for an exhibition period in the Spring and early summer.

Working in a historical art studio on the grounds of Taft, Jones has created collage works based on plant specimens that make up the Australian and South African Gardens. The series will culminate as a wallpaper installation and framed works depicting specimens from the natural world infused with the human world.

In collaboration with the Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, This evening fundraiser will have dinner, an artist talk, and a musical performance by Mikael Jorgensen and Isaac Koren of Expandards, in a gorgeous outdoor theatre.

Tickets to the special evening event will be $100 per person and all proceeds will go to support the development of the Art in Nature Program.

20% of proceeds made during the exhibition period will go towards CEF, a 501c3 Non-Profit, steward to the Taft Gardens & Nature Preserve. CEF’s mission is to EDUCATE the public about its environmental heritage, PRESERVE endangered resources, and EXPLORE the relationship of humans to their environment.

READ ASHLEY WOODS HOLLISTER’S REVIEW OF CASSANDRA’S WORK HERE.