The Downtown Center for the Arts is pleased to announce its new exhibition entitled Antarctica: the Artic and Places in Between featuring Ira Meyer. The exhibition runs from December 15, 2007 through January 20, 2008.

Collected worldwide, Ira's photographs have been published in National Geographic's Atlas of Natural America, on the cover of Yosemite National Park's calendar, as the Nature Conservancy's holiday card, as CD and video art, in the Los Angeles Times and a variety of magazines including: ESCAPE, EARTH, Outdoor Photographer, ArtLife and Petersen's Photographic. In November 2005, his work graced the cover of Digital Photographer magazine, in which there was an article about landscape photography based on an interview with him. Ira's work is also a part of the permanent collections of the City of Beverly Hills, as well as the Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard.

Ira Meyer will be present for a reception at the center on Saturday, December 15 th from 5:00pm to 7:30pm.

Downtown Center for the Arts is located at 329 North Fifth Street next to the Carnegie Art Museum in Downtown Oxnard. Downtown Center for the Arts presents Contemporary Fine Art featuring Latino Artists. Hours at the art center are 12 pm - 5 pm, Saturday through Sunday or by appointment. For more information about the exhibition call George J. Sandoval at (805) 798-0830 or visit www.downtowncenterforarts.org.