The Artist Spotlight Series is presented at Namba Performing Arts Space in Downtown Ventura.
Spotlight Talks are live, public interviews that mark the culmination of Focus on the Masters’ formal documentation process. Each conversation explores an artist’s creative journey—highlighting their development, achievements, reflections, and personal experiences—before a live audience. Attendees are invited to engage directly with the artist through a moderated question-and-answer session and to view original works.
Following each Spotlight Talk, the featured artist participates in an intimate AfterGLOW Dinner, offering patrons a rare opportunity for deeper conversation and connection in a relaxed, candid setting. Hosted by FOTM patrons, space for the AfterGLOW Dinner is limited.
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Spotlight Series Tickets
General Public
Seniors
FOTM Members
AfterGLOW Fundraiser Tickets
General Public
FOTM Members
Spotlight Talks 2025
A Conversation with Stephen Edwards
October 5, 2025 from 3:00 to 4:30pm
Focus on the Masters Artist Spotlight with Stephen Edwards will take place at NAMBA Performing Arts Space. Click button for tickets and RSVP.
We expect this event to sell out.
Please reserve your seats ahead of time.
Upcoming Spotlight Talks
including those postponed during the Covid 19 pandemic
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2020 Spotlight Artists
Neal Barr
Photographer
You’ve seen his work in glossy magazines. Beautiful faces. Couturier fashion. Nameless models or super-celebrities. Since his studio opened in NYC 1962, Neal Barr’s back-story tells you that whoever…
Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Alan and Marilyn Bergman are American lyricists and songwriters. The pair have been married since 1958 and have written the music and lyrics for numerous celebrated television shows, films, and stage musicals. They have earned numerous awards…
Barry Berkus
Architect
Barry Berkus (1935 – 2012) Which came first, the architect or the collector? How does art influence architecture? Should a home be designed from the outside in, or the inside out? Barry Berkus was a Santa…
Emily Bernstein
Clarinetist
Emily Bernstein (1959 – 2005) At the time of her death, Emily Bernstein was the principal clarinetist of the Los Angeles Opera. She also played first chair with the Pasadena Symphony under the direction of Jorge Mester
Daniel Black
Conductor
Daniel was a student of Miguel del Aguila during the summers of 1997-1999. He is on the brink of a brilliant career. He is fluent in Russian and, in addition to beginning a doctorate program at Northwestern…
David Blackburn
Woodworker
In David Blackburn’s own words, “wood art is the tree that never dies.” David’s pathway to exquisite woodworking has not been a straight line. It began as child’s play and grew through a tour in Viet Nam,…
Kitty Botke
Kitty BotkePrintmaker Image supplied by the artist Kitty Botke followed in her famous grandparents’ footsteps by pursuing a career in the visual arts. A graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara with a degree in printmaking, Kitty has worked as graphic...
Pierre Boulez
Composer/Conductor
(1925 – 2016) The French conductor and experimental composer Pierre Boulez was known for his carefully crafted, complex compositions, including Pli selon pli, a portrait of the poet Stephane Mallarme for…
Hilary Brace
Charcoal Painter
Hilary Brace creates other-worldly meteorological landscapes that envelop the viewer. The ethereal, expertly drafted work conjures all the senses. One might, at first, perceive them as photographs, when, in fact, they are charcoal on Mylar (polyester film) drawings.
Christine Brennan
Painter
Often dreamlike and enigmatic, Christine Brennan’s work features a host of symbolic and allegorical references. Brennan’s images draw from the unconscious leading the viewer into richly-lit narratives that…
2019 Spotlight Artists
2020 Spotlight Artists
Neal Barr
Photographer
You’ve seen his work in glossy magazines. Beautiful faces. Couturier fashion. Nameless models or super-celebrities. Since his studio opened in NYC 1962, Neal Barr’s back-story tells you that whoever…
Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Alan and Marilyn Bergman are American lyricists and songwriters. The pair have been married since 1958 and have written the music and lyrics for numerous celebrated television shows, films, and stage musicals. They have earned numerous awards…
Barry Berkus
Architect
Barry Berkus (1935 – 2012) Which came first, the architect or the collector? How does art influence architecture? Should a home be designed from the outside in, or the inside out? Barry Berkus was a Santa…
Emily Bernstein
Clarinetist
Emily Bernstein (1959 – 2005) At the time of her death, Emily Bernstein was the principal clarinetist of the Los Angeles Opera. She also played first chair with the Pasadena Symphony under the direction of Jorge Mester
Daniel Black
Conductor
Daniel was a student of Miguel del Aguila during the summers of 1997-1999. He is on the brink of a brilliant career. He is fluent in Russian and, in addition to beginning a doctorate program at Northwestern…
David Blackburn
Woodworker
In David Blackburn’s own words, “wood art is the tree that never dies.” David’s pathway to exquisite woodworking has not been a straight line. It began as child’s play and grew through a tour in Viet Nam,…
Kitty Botke
Kitty BotkePrintmaker Image supplied by the artist Kitty Botke followed in her famous grandparents’ footsteps by pursuing a career in the visual arts. A graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara with a degree in printmaking, Kitty has worked as graphic...
Pierre Boulez
Composer/Conductor
(1925 – 2016) The French conductor and experimental composer Pierre Boulez was known for his carefully crafted, complex compositions, including Pli selon pli, a portrait of the poet Stephane Mallarme for…
Hilary Brace
Charcoal Painter
Hilary Brace creates other-worldly meteorological landscapes that envelop the viewer. The ethereal, expertly drafted work conjures all the senses. One might, at first, perceive them as photographs, when, in fact, they are charcoal on Mylar (polyester film) drawings.
Christine Brennan
Painter
Often dreamlike and enigmatic, Christine Brennan’s work features a host of symbolic and allegorical references. Brennan’s images draw from the unconscious leading the viewer into richly-lit narratives that…
2019 Spotlight Artists
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