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OJAI MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2022
Downtown Ojai Art Tour The City of Ojai has over 40 works of public art represented in four Public Art Tours. This self-guided walking Downtown Tour starts at Cluff Vista Park and goes through Libbey Park, the Arcade Plaza, and onto Matilija Street.
Downtown Tour brochures are available at the Ojai Valley Museum. Docent-led tours available by advance appointment 9a.m. - 10:30 a.m. $10 per person. Contact Ojai City 805-646-5581 x 103. For more information: www.artsojai.org/ downtown-tour
City Public Art Tours by VALERIE FREEMAN, CHRISTINE GOLDEN, COLLEEN MCDOUGAL, AND OJAI CITY ARTS COMMISSION
A: CLUFF VISTA PARK A-1: West End Guardian Spirit: Standing sentinel at the entrance to the park on the west end is a tall basalt column by master stoneworker Paul Lindhard. A-2: Corona de Robles: Under the park’s pergolas, Corona de Robles (Crown of Oaks) oak branches and leaves hand-forged out of stone, copper, and wood, was designed by metal artist Jan Sanchez. A-3: Overlook Circle Fountain: Overlook Circle Fountain by Paul Lindhard symbolizes the sun with an
omphalos stone in the middle of the fountain. A-4: Trail of Discovery: A map displays the impressions of leaves, fossils, reptiles, birds and other animal tracks that can be seen scattered throughout the park. A-5: East End Guardian Spirit: By Paul Lindhard, a basalt column with an onyx cap and fiber-optic lights stands at the end of the park. B: THE OJAI VALLEY MUSEUM COURTYARD B-6: Museum Side Gates: Crafted of hand-forged steel by artist
Doug Lochner, the side gates are a four-panel bi-fold design echoing the “river of life” curves found in the museum’s carved-wood entry doors. B-7: Condor and Youth Soaring for Freedom: A sculpture carved by Carlyle Montgomery from Belgian limestone and red serpentine. Montgomery passed away in 1998 and his artist friends helped complete the piece. B-8: Mountain Dreamer: Ojai artist Dennis Shives conceived the idea of the sleeping brown bear. Roger Embury of Rock & Water Creations manufactured the fiberglass-reinforced concrete sculpture.
