In conjunction with the current exhibition "Celebrating Nature” presented by the Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore, Allied Artists member (and Exhibit Chair) Virginia Kamhi will demonstrate her pastel process inside the Museum on Saturday, September 20, 2025. The demo will begin at 2 PM and guests will be able to observe and chat with Kamhi as she works. The demonstration is included with regular museum admission, which is $4 for adults, $3 for seniors, and free for SPAM members, students, and children. Reservations are not required.
More About Virginia Kamhi:
A graduate of UC Santa Barbara, Virginia Kamhi has her M.A. in Fine Art Painting from Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She is a member of American Women Artists, Pastel Society of America, Pastel Society of the West Coast, California Art Club, Santa Barbara Art Association, SCAPE, and Westlake Village Art Guild. She serves on the board of the Pastel Society of the Gold Coast, Pastel Society of Southern California, and Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore, for which she is a frequent demo artist.
Kamhi works in a variety of media, but pastels are her passion because of their tactile quality and unique ability to paint the “visual poetry that nourishes her soul.” She loves to hike in the local mountains and observe the complexity of form in the landscape, and the interaction of light and shadow.
“Celebrating Nature” is on view now through November 9, 2025. Click here to learn more.
Header image: “Late Light, Low Tide” by Virginia Kamhi, 2025, Soft pastel on sanded paper, 12 x 24 inches, Available for purchase.