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!

Makers Market is the best outdoor market that Santa Barbara has to offer. Meet the artisans in person. This market offers unique one of a kind items in an outdoor European style setting.

To celebrate our favorite holiday and to raise money for a great cause, Sespe Creek Collective is hosting a 4/20 Limited Edition T-Shirt Design Contest. The winning design will be printed on t-shirts and sold at the Sespe Creek Collective. Proceeds of each sale will help support our pot lifers program. See details at scc.to/contest.

The 5th annual Santa Barbara Jewish Film Festival, organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara, will be held Wednesday, March 11 through Sunday March 15 at The New Vic Theatre, 33 W. Victoria Street, Santa Barbara. 

This Thursday! Join us for an exploration into what works. Let's use our imaginations to construct worlds of cooperation, creativity, and regeneration.
With guest instructor Nicky LaFleur of Lucidity Festivals, we'll make to-scale models of an imaginary, but possible transformational community and build a self-sustaining magical miniature community by working with the forms of reuse materials.

How do you “read” art? Learn to look closely and brush up on your visual literacy skills in our series of monthly one-hour art appreciation meetups. Join a museum professional for an informal conversation about the current exhibition Bloom Projects: Genevieve Gaignard, Outside Looking In and leave equipped with a tool set to unlock the

March 12, 19 Thurs 7 – 9 PM – “Awakening Bodhicitta – How to Open Your Heart and Develop Love and Compassion” – teaching by Dawa Tarchin Phillips

Santa Barbara Rose Society presents Gisele Schoniger of Kellogg Garden Products, who will share tips on how to create the rich soil our roses and other garden plants need in order to thrive.

In an effort to minimize the risk of exposure to COVID-19 in the community, this event has been canceled. Read more about UC Santa Barbara's response to COVID-19 at ucsb.edu/COVID-19-information.

Refunds will be issued for all ticket purchases for this event. If you do not receive a refund by the end of March, please contact the UCSB Associated Students Ticket Office at (805) 893-2064 or ticketoffice@as.ucsb.edu.

Directed by Scott Marcus, the UCSB Music of India Ensemble will present North Indian classical music for sitar and tabla on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 7:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall.

"Three Visions of East Asia: The Prints of Elizabeth Keith, Lilian Miller and Paul Jacoulet"

Dr. Brown has published actively in several areas of Japanese art and on Japanese-style gardens in North America. His talk focuses on Western female artists in Japan in the early 20th century, including Elizabeth Keith, Helen Hyde, Bertha Lum, Lilian Miller, and French, Japan-based woodblock print artist Paul Jacoulet.

Art à la carte, sponsored by the SBMA Women’s Board, is a series of luncheons featuring acclaimed speakers that will inspire new ways of thinking about art, culture, and travel.

Each luncheon and lecture will be held at the historic Santa Barbara Club located at 1105 Chapala Street in downtown Santa Barbara. Proceeds from Art à la carte benefit the Museum’s exhibitions, education, acquisitions, and special projects.

"Three Visions of East Asia: The Prints of Elizabeth Keith, Lilian Miller and Paul Jacoulet"

Dr. Brown has published actively in several areas of Japanese art and on Japanese-style gardens in North America. His talk focuses on Western female artists in Japan in the early 20th century, including Elizabeth Keith, Helen Hyde, Bertha Lum, Lilian Miller, and French, Japan-based woodblock print artist Paul Jacoulet.

Art à la carte, sponsored by the SBMA Women’s Board, is a series of luncheons featuring acclaimed speakers that will inspire new ways of thinking about art, culture, and travel.

Each luncheon and lecture will be held at the historic Santa Barbara Club located at 1105 Chapala Street in downtown Santa Barbara. Proceeds from Art à la carte benefit the Museum’s exhibitions, education, acquisitions, and special projects.