January 18, 2009 VC Star  “Grants will aid projects that aid community” by Alicia Doyle

August 26, 2009 VC Star "Charcoal, ashes from wildfires show their horror by Alicia Doyle

" Fall 2009 Ventura Hillsides Conservancy Outlook "Our local hillsides do burn: An artist alerts us to the dangers"

December 22, 2006   VC Star  “After nurturing student talent, teacher is blooming” by Nicole D’Amore

April 25, 2002   L.A. Times “Campus Art Center Bustling”  by Josef Woodard

October 31, 2002   L.A. Times VC Culture  “Yoshimoto reads colleagues’ faces”

April 30, 1998 L.A. Times  “Artistic Interplay: Conceptual Show Explores the Link Between Visual and Musical Cultures” by Josef Woodard

May 20, 1995 Ventura County Star  “’ Four Seasons’ traces life through portraits” by Kim Gregory

June 15, 1995 Los Angeles Times  “Powerful Impressions Created with Simple, Elegant Structure” by Josef Woodard

‘‘Subtle signs of tranquility”

Los Angeles Times 9/30/04

Though widely varied in media and visual tactics, Hiroko Yoshimoto‘s exhibition “Lines and Signs II” fills the Studio Channel Islands Art Center gallery with an undulating tranquility, mixed with subtle provocations. Among other themes, the longtime Ventura-based artist and Ventura College art teacher correlates the rippling, rhythmic effects of language (“Japanese Alphabet”), music notation (“Mozart Lamp”) and the sea (“Water World”) in ways both sensuous and cerebral. A companion show, “Mentor to Many” is a showcase by her students, including Julia Pinkham, Katherine McGuire and Roxie Ray-Bordelon. –Josef Woodard.

Studio Channel Islands Art Center
79 Daily Drive, Camarillo
October 2004