Lisa Casoni's guest appearances

Lisa Casoni

Ojai Institute

Making It! with Terry Wollman

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Ojai: Talk of the Town 

Steve Sprinkel

Reed Fish

Paul Simon

Chris Bailey

Michael McDonald

Josh Groban

Jennifer Lopez

David Letterman

Rhiannon Giddens

Mark Lewis

Quincy Jones

Scott Johnson

Kevin Davis

Al Schmitt

John Legend

OwlTail

Heather Stobo

Porch Gallery hosted the first gallery show opening over two days at the end of June with Shana Mabari's "Constellatio: Planeta: Stella" featuring the work of an artist who went into the stratosphere on a NASA mission with an enormous telescope to observe black holes, quasars and other astronomical phenomenon. The opening was spaced over two days and insured careful social distancing by limiting the number of people in the gallery at any one time. While waiting to enter, patrons could check out the six tables designed by seven local artists as a meditation on the age of social distancing, and what keeping a six-foot distance means for humans being together. This exhibit will be up until July 18th. Heather Stobo and Lisa Casoni opened their gallery nearly 10 years ago, and have shook up the arts scene with their inventive pairings and unexpected and inventive pairings. They have attracted acclaimed conceptual artists to Ojai, including big names like Gary Lang, Ruth Pastine, Andy Moses (son of Ed), Russell Crotty and many others. The two have been together for 20 years and as a couple each bring strengths that reinforce their various enterprises.  We talk about how this exciting exhibit came together, how it felt to sit with it for the months that the gallery was shut and how gratifying it was to host the opening for an audience of people starved for art's meditative presence as well as basic human contact. The one-hour talk went all over the place, but mostly centered on the relationship of Ojai to art and its artists; how the art world may look coming out of  the pandemic, and how Los Angeles is an amazing place for creativity and culture. We did not talk about taimen fishing in Mongolia, the works of Isaiah Berlin or this year's attenuated baseball season. Correction: The painting "Nightwatch" was mentioned by the host. The painter was Rembrandt, not Van Gogh. Doh!

Porch Gallery hosted the first gallery show opening over two days at the end of June with Shana Mabari's "Constellatio: Planeta: Stella" featuring the work of an artist who went into the stratosphere on a NASA mission with an enormous telescope to observe black holes, quasars and other astronomical phenomenon. The opening was spaced over two days and insured careful social distancing by limiting the number of people in the gallery at any one time. While waiting to enter, patrons could check out the six tables designed by seven local artists as a meditation on the age of social distancing, and what keeping a six-foot distance means for humans being together. This exhibit will be up until July 18th. Heather Stobo and Lisa Casoni opened their gallery nearly 10 years ago, and have shook up the arts scene with their inventive pairings and unexpected and inventive pairings. They have attracted acclaimed conceptual artists to Ojai, including big names like Gary Lang, Ruth Pastine, Andy Moses (son of Ed), Russell Crotty and many others. The two have been together for 20 years and as a couple each bring strengths that reinforce their various enterprises.  We talk about how this exciting exhibit came together, how it felt to sit with it for the months that the gallery was shut and how gratifying it was to host the opening for an audience of people starved for art's meditative presence as well as basic human contact. The one-hour talk went all over the place, but mostly centered on the relationship of Ojai to art and its artists; how the art world may look coming out of  the pandemic, and how Los Angeles is an amazing place for creativity and culture. We did not talk about taimen fishing in Mongolia, the works of Isaiah Berlin or this year's attenuated baseball season. Correction: The painting "Nightwatch" was mentioned by the host. The painter was Rembrandt, not Van Gogh. Doh!

The Arts & Ojai With Porch Gallery's Lisa Casoni & Heather Stobo

Lisa Casoni has a sales and marketing background, working for such companies as Coldwell Banker, Giorgio Armani, and Prada. From 2005-2010 she was Communications and Marketing Manager for Claims Resource Services located in Campbell, CA. Lisa moved to Ojai, CA in 2010 and in 2013 she was a co-creator of the Ojai Art Festival. Later that year, with Heather Stobo, she took over management of The Porch Gallery Ojai located in a historic building in downtown Ojai. in 2015, the couple founded Porch Girls Productions to represent emerging and established artists and produce artistic events throughout the Ojai Valley. In addition, Casoni was a Co- Creator and principal Marketing Director of the Ojai Art Festival.

Lisa Casoni - Making It as Communications and Marketing Expert

Lisa Schulte

Lisa Schulte in Conversation with Lisa Casoni

Lisa Casoni of Porch Gallery Ojai and the Ojai Art FestivalI met Lisa Casoni of Porch Gallery Ojai and the Ojai Art Festival a few weeks back and she introduced me to the ideas behind her collaboration on a brand new art festival here in town. We talk about Fallen Fruit of Ojai map which shows where you can find publicly accessible fruit in the downtown neighborhoods. I blogged about that a few days ago and wrote about it as well in the Ojai Valley News. In our interview we talk about Gordon Matta-Clark, who’s body of work inspired the Ojai Art Festival and earned main street Ojai with its very own garbage wall built by Greg at the MOB Shop bike shop. Here’s a video to learn more about Matta Clark from the Whitney Museum.  I enjoyed this interview very much and I think you will too. Lisa is involved in some really great artistic activities, products and services that are revolutionizing the way a festival happens and artists and patrons interact. I add a new sponsor link to my side wall. PACT APPAREL organic underwear, socks and tees. Also be sure to check out and download the Ojai App to your smartphone and stay on Ojai’s cutting edge. Me And Reed Fish got Sideways at Ojai Day on the Ojai App flyer.

Lisa Casoni of Porch Gallery Ojai and the Ojai Art Festival I met Lisa Casoni of <a href="http://porchgalleryojai.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Porch Gallery</a> Ojai and the <a href="http://www.ojaiartfestival.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ojai Art Festival</a> a few weeks back and she introduced me to the ideas behind her collaboration on a brand new art festival here in town. We talk about <a href="http://fallenfruit.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fallen Fruit</a> of Ojai map which shows where you can find publicly accessible fruit in the downtown neighborhoods. I <a href="http://christwilson.com/launching-fallen-fruit-of-ojai-map/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blogged about that</a> a few days ago and wrote about it as well in the <a href="http://ojaivalleynews.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ojai Valley News.</a> In our interview we talk about Gordon Matta-Clark, who’s body of work inspired the Ojai Art Festival and earned main street Ojai with its very own <a href="http://www.ojaiartfestival.com/gordon_matta_clark.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">garbage wall built by Greg</a> at the <a href="http://themobshop.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MOB Shop bike shop</a>. Here’s a video to learn more about Matta Clark from the Whitney Museum. I enjoyed this interview very much and I think you will too. Lisa is involved in some really great artistic activities, products and services that are revolutionizing the way a festival happens and artists and patrons interact. I add a new sponsor link to my side wall. <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=504585&amp;u=867675&amp;m=46290&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PACT APPAREL organic underwear, socks and tees.</a> Also be sure to check out and download the <a href="http://ojaiapp.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ojai App</a> to your smartphone and stay on Ojai’s cutting edge. <a href="http://christwilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/photo-1.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Me And Reed Fish got Sideways at Ojai Day on the Ojai App flyer.

Lisa Casoni of Ojai Art Festival on DLAM  podcast 15