The Santa Paula Art Museum will be the repository and exhibition hall for the Santa Paula Art Collection. Containing
over 400 pieces, among its most famous artists are works of the Botkes, both Jesse Arms and Cornelis who lived on their ranch and worked in their studio in a near-by secluded canyon.
Among its represented plein air artists are native son and life-long resident Douglas Shively and a one-time local Robert Clunie. The valuable assemblage represents the accumulation
of award winning entries in the Santa Paula Art Show which began in 1937 or gifted memorials. It remains the oldest juried show in California and the collection is recognized as one
of the finest of its kind in the state. The Santa Paula Art Museum promises to be an exceptional institution with an extraordinary compilation that will be
worthy of interest to all! 
