The Santa Paula Art Museum is the repository and exhibition hall for the famous Santa Paula Art Collection.
The Collection contains over 300 pieces,including works from famous artists such as Jessie Arms and Cornelis Botke.
"Peacocks" by Jessie Arms Botke
The valuable assemblage represents the accumulation of award winning entries in the Santa Paula Art Show which began in 1937.
It remains the oldest juried show in California and the Collection is recognized as one of the finest of its kind in the state. Among the other represented plein air artists are native son and life-long resident Douglas Shively.
"Sycamores and Meadow Mountains" by Douglas Shively