The Santa Barbara Sea Glass & Ocean Arts Festival (SBSGOAF) is having an Instagram silent auction from October 11-18, with 100% of the proceeds going to @sbmaritimemuseum. The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum has been closed for the duration of the pandemic and may not be able to reopen until the end of the year. We wanted to help them out, and we are hoping you will support our efforts. 12 amazing professional artists are transforming wood fish into beautiful original art for you to bid on!

Hookman by Lauren Yee

Directed & adapted by Michael Bernard

An early play by a rising contemporary playwright, Hookman has been described by some as a “slasher comedy.” Sometimes mysterious, often hilarious, Hookman is a biting story of teen angst and loss.
URL: https://www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu/news/event/747

Event Price: $13-19

UCSB Performing Arts Theater

FEB 15, 2020 / 1PM, 7PM
FEB 18 - 20, 2020 / 8PM
FEB 21 - 22, 2020 / 7PM
FEB 22 – 23, 2020 / 1PM

Santa Barbara artist Sol Hill has an exhibition of Metagraphs in Montecito.

Silo118 and Santa Barbara artist Sol Hill present an exhibition of camera-based work called Metagraphs.

This is the first exhibition organized by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art devoted exclusively to the specific artistic medium of sculpture. The presentation features over 50 objects from the permanent collection, many of which have yet to be exhibited. The selected works of art reveal the impressive historical and geographical breadth of the permanent collection, including Pre-Columbian, Ancient Egyptian, Ancient Greek & Roman, 11th- to 17th-century Southeast Asian, Ancient to 13th-century Chinese, 19th-century African, and 19th- to 21st-century French, English, and American sculpture. An unorthodox juxtaposition of works from such a diverse array of cultures allows for a more global interpretive approach to these works of art. Because the installation is organized thematically (Dance and Music; The Human-Animal; Flight; The Head; The Body), rather than by culture or time period, the unexpected visual proximity of such an eclectic variety of art provokes unexpected trains of thought. This show is guest curated by Gülru Cakmak, Associate Professor of 19th-century European Art at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, at the invitation of Deputy Director and Chief Curator Eik Kahng.

Image: Augusto Escobedo, "Dancing Figures," n.d. Aluminum. SBMA, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Lewin

An 11th-century Chinese painting, "Old Tree, Rock, and Bamboo," recently appeared on public view, and is widely regarded as the only surviving painting by Su Shi (1037–1101), one of the greatest names in Chinese cultural history. A statesman, scholar, poet, writer, calligrapher, and painter, Shu Shi is considered the fountainhead of the so-called “literati” painting tradition that came to dominate much of later Chinese art. This exhibition celebrates the ideals of literati painting as first formulated by Su Shi and his circle of friends, and further developed by succeeding generations of artists and calligraphers. The exhibition includes 12 paintings and calligraphy from the 17th through 19th centuries from the Museum’s permanent collection, supplemented with private loans.

Image: LUO Ping, Chinese, 1733–1799, "Finger Painting of Crane," From “Album of Miscellaneous Subjects” with WANG Feng. Ink and color on paper; album leaf from a set of 12. Anonymous loan.

April: 4, 11, 18, 25
May: 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

Inspired by works of art in the Museum's permanent collection and current exhibitions, students of all skill levels are able to develop and refine both sculptural and functional techniques of ceramics through hand building, throwing, surface decoration, and glazing techniques. This course features small group instruction and individual attention for beginners, while advanced students are welcome to work independently. Drop-in classes available by appointment. Contact Rachael Krieps at rkrieps@sbma.net to inquire.

Suitable for beginners, the classes include both small group instruction and individual attention.

Course includes all materials, firings, and a docent-led tour of the Museum.

Registration Fee: $400 SBMA Members/$485 Non-Members
No fewer than 10 participants required for this class to run.

Come visit our downtown Santa Barbara location and save 25% on everything in stock! In-store sale runs from Friday May 17 thru Monday May 20, 10:30am - 6:30pm.

Inspirational, funny, poignant and moving stories, a free for all of great stories performed by fabulous actors! Please join us on May 19 & 20.

"Ensemble" is the title of a new multimedia installation by Los Angeles-based sound and performance artist, Chris Kallmyer.

Undergraduate clarinetist Min Su Kim will present a recital with pianist Pinshu Yu and flutist Jenna Ku on Sunday, May 26th at 1:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall in the Music Building. The program will include works by Michele Mangani, Francis Poulenc (arr. Millan Sachania), and Franz Danzi. Mr. Kim is a student of UCSB faculty member Paul Bambach.

New Podcast Focuses on Living Long and Joyously

SBPianoBoys return to SOhO Restaurant & Music Club

Undergraduate vocalist Terra Giddens (soprano) will present a recital on Monday, May 20, 2019 at 7:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall in the Music Building. Ms. Giddens is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree and studies with UCSB faculty member Dr. Isabel Bayrakdarian.

The Wildling Museum is sponsoring an art contest with cash prizes! Deadline is Monday, May 20, 2019.

We live in a world of maps and networks. GPS enabled phones allow us to instantly locate ourselves on the earth’s surface, guide us to stores or restaurants, or announce to the world our location through social media. Likewise, programs like Google Earth and desktop Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have revolutionized our engagement with maps, map-making, and have challenged traditional notions of space and place.

The proliferation of GIS technologies and the “spatial turn” in digital humanities has also provided new avenues for challenging assumptions about the representations of past societies, the nature of empire, and the reach of imperial power. Despite their aesthetic beauty, traditional print maps, with clearly delineated static borders, often artificial naming conventions, and fixed viewpoints do not convey the complexity and uncertainty of the past.

Ancient societies and empires were far from static; they were networks of complex interactions and fierce contestation which unfolded in geographic space. This talk demonstrates how the use of new digital methodologies, gazetteers, and Linked Open Data (LOD) resources can be used to model and study these networks, and how new mapping techniques are transforming our understanding of ancient empire. Using the Attalid Kingdom as a guide, this talk examines the theory and practicalities of building an entity-relationship gazetteer and how to align it with LOD resources. It then addresses the construction of networks in desktop software, the impact of networks on cartography, and how new maps and digital models provided unique insights into the study of ancient Greek garrisons. The talk will then end with a brief overview of how Pleiades and other ancient world digital initiatives, including the Pelagios project’s Recogito platform, are developing new tools to enable the research and mapping of ancient networks.

Ryan Horne earned his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina where he had the opportunity to work extensively with the Ancient World Mapping Center. Dr. Horne’s talk will explore how to integrate the study of maps and networks to study the ancient world, using the Hellenistic Attalid kingdom as a model.