11th Biennial Ontario Open Art Exhibition
May 6 – August 15, 2021
Closing Reception: Saturday, August 7, 2021
5:00 PM-7:00 PM
Since 2001, hundreds of artists of all ages have participated in this exhibition. Visitors have enjoyed viewing two-dimensional and three-dimensional artwork with a wide range of subject matter and technique. The Ontario Open features both established and emerging contemporary artists who use a variety of media such as oil, acrylic, clay, metal, fiber, textile, photography, ink, graphite and more.
Juror: Kathryn Ervin is a Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts at California State University San Bernardino. She is a graduate of Wayne State University and Illinois State University. She teaches courses in Directing, Acting, Creative Drama and African American Theatre and Film and Culture. She is a director and has directed drama’s comedies and musicals.
Recent work includes; ROWING TO AMERICA, IN THE HEIGHTS, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, and INVISIBLE a play based on The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison and HG Wells. Her original production of the hip hop opera KEEP HEDZ RINGIN’ by Rickerby Hinds was a finalist at the KCACTF in Utah and presented as part of the NYC Hip Hop Theatre Festival in 2002. She is the author with Ethel Pitts Walker of An African American Scenebook. She is a consultant and past president and received a Life Time Member Award for the Black Theatre Network. She is a member of the California Educational Theatre Association. The Association for Theatre in Higher Education and The California Arts Project. She was recently inducted as a fellow in the Kennedy Center American Theatre College of Fellows.
Juror, Kathryn Ervin, had a difficult time choosing the winners and we extend our congratulations to these amazing artists; First Place is Pechez Sepehri, Tatiana Counting Her Chicks, Second Place is Annie Toliver, Lady Day’s Lyrics, Third Place is Mary Hughes, Living in Multiple Realities in the Present, Honorable Mentions are Frank Carillo for Hungarian Horntail, Rick Cummings for Aluminum Dreams, Patricia Jessup-Woodlin for Ancestral Reclamation, Viktoria Romanova for First Date and City Council Liason Awards, A.G. Castaneda for West and Linda Garcia-Dahle for Wind Chime/Glowing Tree.
Sharron Algozer, Counterpoint Series, No. 1, 2019
Bill Anderson, Coastal Sunset, 2021
Bill Anderson, Norway, 2020
Laura Barnes, Spellbound, 2019
Lisa Cabrera, El Sol, 2019
Lisa Cabrera, El Viento, 2019
Steven Cahill, Street Performer, Jackson Square, New Orleans, LA
Steven Cahill, Superbowl at Sea, Gulf of Mexico #1, 2020
Frank Carrillo, Hungarian Horntail, 2020
Frank Carrillo, Margarita, 2021
Cindy Cannarozzi, Four Color Reactive Floral, 2021
Cindy Cannarozzi, The Wedding Bowl, 2020
A.G. Castaneda, Outlaw, 2020
A.G. Castaneda, West, 2019
Janet Lea Castro, Koi Pond Buddies, 2020
Karen Clark, All That Corn, 2020
Emily Coffin, Upside Down Beauty
Rick Cummings, On the Road Again, 2021
Rick Cummings, Aluminum Dreams, 2021
Chick Curtis, Secret Garden #3, 2020
Chick Curtis, Red Sneakers, 2020
Tom Cypert, The Hills Have Lines, 2021
Tom Cypert, Sleep Tight, 2019
Bryce Darrow, Kelly, 2021
Bryce Darrow, Faux Fur, 2021
Rebecca David, The Squeeze, 2019
Rebecca David, One Leaf, 2021
Rhoda Dizon, Waikiki Beach, 2020
Rhoda Dizon, Lanikai Beach Kailua, 2021
Marion Draayer, Mr. T, 2020
Marion Draayer, When Can I Get Out?!! COVID Quarantine, 2020
Tom Fontanes, COVID-19, 2020
Tom Fontanes, Ask Not, 2020
John Egan, Sat Alight, 2020
John Egan, A Gust in Two, 2021
Christina Frausto, Life Is a Three-Ring Circus, 2020
Christina Frausto, The Chaos of the Mind, 2020
Debbie Fuentes, Out for a Waddle, 2020
Tony Gangitano, The Empress, 2020
Linda Garcia-Dahle, Sunny Afternoon Retreat, 2019
Linda Garcia-Dahle, Wind Chime/Glowing Tree, 2020
Dawn Geider, Shoes and Shadows, 2021
Dawn Geider, On the March, 2020
Michael Graves, USPS 91761, 2020
Michael Graves, Vince’s Spaghetti, 2020
Mark Hendrickson, Golden Flight, 2019
Jessus Hernandez, CAMPO GRANDE TUNNEL, 2019
Jessus Hernandez, Metrohenge, 2019
Kat Hopkins, Birth, Ceramics, 2020
Mary Hughes, Living in Multiple Realities in the Present, 2021
Robert Jacka, Life in Balance, 2020
Patricia Jessup-Woodlin, Ancestral Reclamation, 2020
Patricia Jessup-Woodlin, Sheltered in Place, 2020
Sherwin Junio, Lyman, 2019
Jessica King, Proud Boy Ranch, 2020
Jessica King, Settling Into My Lines, 2019
Keith Klingonsmith, The Voyagers, 2020
Keith Klingonsmith, Venus, 2020
Leah Knecht, America the Beautiful, 2020
Chris Kueng, Button Down Giraffe, 2021
Chris Kueng, When Piet Met Jeff, 2021
Guadalupe Lutz, Raku Tile, 2019
Guadalupe Lutz, Green Plate, 2019
Susan Mach, Kikapu Fupi, 2021
Susan Mach, Kikapu, 2019
Christine Maitlen, Harmony, 2020
Christine Maitlen, Risen!, 2021
Maria Victoria Manrique, Detached, 2021
Richard May III, A Mother’s Love for her Daughter, A Daughter’s Love for Her Mother, 2021
Richard May III, The King’s Kiss, 2021
Hector Meza, Se’, 2020
Hector Meza, Russio, 2019
Brenna Monson, Ocean, 2021
Brenna Monson, Untitled, 2021
Martha Moreno, Imaginary Cat, 2021
Jazmin Muro, Deck of Cards, 2021
Garrett Mullenaux, Dia De Skull Muertos, 2021
Katherine Muñiz, Fly Free!!! A Mixed Media Interpretation of The Goldfinch, 2021
Katherine Muñiz, Switched!!! Cummuté!!!, 2020
Torry Nerheim, Traveling South, 2021
Torry Nerheim, Day at the Beach, 2021
Veronica Olmos, Colorful Heritage, 2020
Michelle Packnett, Gemini, 2021
Michelle Packnett, Virgo, 2021
Lindsay Payment, The Art of Self Love, 2021
Lindsay Payment, I Talk to the Sky, 2021
Tony Radcliffe, Glass Ceiling, 2021
Tony Radcliffe, Metallic Fusion, 2020
Abed Ragasa, Bungad (Entrance), 2020
Pascal Rane, Dreaming of Better Days, 2021
Pascal Rane, Red-Headed Stranger, 2020
Esther Reeves, Intermezzo, 2021
Viktoria Romanova, First Date, 2019
Viktoria Romanova, Still Life with a Snake, 2020
Debra Saude, Forces of Nature, 2020
Pechez Sepehri, Tatiana Counting Her Chicks, 2020
Pechez Sepehri, Rodeo Clown, 2020
Kruti Shah, Buddha II, 2019
Kruti Shah, Frida Kahlo, 2019
Robert Soffian, Lost Boat, 2021
Robert Soffian, Rain Gods, 2021
Carmen Teal, Disconnected, 2019
Carmen Teal, Enigmatic, 2021
Linda Ternoir, Ma’at & Thoth, 2019
Linda Ternoir, Hello, 2019
Monica Thaller, Every Trick in the Book, 2021
Steve Thomas, Botanical, Claremont CA, 2021
Steve Thomas, Botanical, San Marino CA, 2021
Karla Thomas, Ready for Picking, 2021
Karla Thomas, An Abundance of Fruit, 2021
Annie Toliver, Lady Day’s Lyrics, 2019
Annie Toliver, Blooming Blossoms, 2019
Brett Tondreau, Spiral Tenmoku, 2019
David Andrew Torres, Madness In Bloom, 2019
David Andrew Torres, Emotions, 2019
Kat Trevino, Flower Snake, 2020
Kat Trevino, Fallout, 2020
Therese Verner, Are You My Mother, 2021
Therese Verner, Torch Girl Stomps the Wall and Reunites Families, 2019
Glenn Waggner, The Sunday Morning Radio Shows Were the Best, 2021
Glenn Waggner, Mine, 2021
Jerry Weems, Driving While Black, 2021
Jerry Weems, Lady Holding Newborn, 2020
Artrice Weems, Queen, 2021
Artrice Weems, One Eye, 2020
Gina Williams, Haint Blue-Black Gullah Geechee, 2021
Gina Williams, Confusion, 2019
Ontario is and has always been a vibrant outlet for the artistic community. It nurtures the creative spirit and provides a positive energy for the enrichment of those that choose to absorb its beauty.