Welcome to the official home page for Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village.

This folk art environment is the single handed work of self taught senior citizen Tressa "Grandma " Prisbrey.
 
Located in Simi Valley California, Bottle Village is lauded by art scholars, The State of California, The National Register of Historic Places and in exhibitions, as a major artistic achievement.
 
Unfortunately, Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village is disintegrating. The 1994 Northridge earthquake struck 8 miles away and badly damaged the Village. We hope this web site will get the word out that help is needed now. Furthermore, it's a wonderful way for you to become educated, enlightened, and entertained by a remarkably inventive everyday woman and her famous creation.
 
Read the amazing history of Bottle Village.
Or scroll down to the map/menu below to select an area to explore.

Recent News:

• Two new video pieces about Bottle Village by the filmmakers Leiv Parton and Amanda Totten have been posted on YouTube. One is a an interview with Joanne Johnson, who is a member of the Preserve Bottle Village commitee. The other is a short video tour of Bottle Village set to the music of Modest Mouse's "The World at Large".
  
  Video #1 (interview)
  Video #2 (tour)




• Check out the new Bottle Village Blog !

2006 archived news