Combine materials and techniques to create mixed media pieces that include painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture. Depictions of birds and trees crossing cultures and time in the Museum’s collections will ignite imaginations and inspire both individual and collaborative creations.

Ages: 5 – 12

Instructors: Nicola Ghersen + Jason Summers

Email communityprograms@sbma.net or call 805.884.6457 for more information.

Location: Ridley-Tree Education Center

$150/6 weeks SBMA Members
$200/6 weeks Non-Members

UCSB Library is pleased to present these works by Johnny Onionseed, MFA candidate in UCSB's Department of Art.

Continuing its celebration of coastal living, the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) is thrilled to present The Peaceful Sea: Paintings by Kevin A. Short, an exhibition featuring more than 30 seascapes and ocean-themed landscapes by the renowned contemporary painter and Santa Barbara native. Thanks to the generous support of Mimi Michaelis, June G. Outhwaite Charitable Trust, Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation, the Wood-Claeyssens Foundation, and American Rivera Bank, the presentation will be on view to the public from August 11 through December 31, 2022.

AHA! is offering after-school programs this Fall in person. Our programs are a fun place for teens to connect and make friends while developing social emotional and leadership skills. Your teen can register by filling out an application at: https://ahasb.org/

We are now enrolling for a variety of after-school programs!

The Good Good Show is a monthly stand up comedy show featuring the best comedians working today!

Become a certified UC Climate Steward and play an active role in the statewide effort to advance rapid and equitable solutions to the climate crisis in your community.

The MARY JANE McCORD Planned Parenthood Annual Book sale begins September 15th and will run until September 25th, 2022 at the Earl Warren Exhibit Hall, Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara’s 23rd Creek Week will take place Saturday, September 17 through Saturday, September 24. Visit SBCreekWeek.com or Facebook.com/SBCreekWeek for the full schedule.

Family-to-Family is a free, eight-session education program for family members of adults living with a mental health disorder and is designed to help family members understand and support their loved one while maintaining their own well-being.

The SLOPOKE Art of the West Show is saddling up to present its 12th annual exhibition on September 23-25, 2022 at Flag Is Up Farms, in Solvang.

Everyone knows how the story goes… “Two households… in fair Verona…a pair of star crossed lovers…” But how does the classic tale take shape in our modern society? This Summer, UCSB Department of Theater/Dance Chair, and Naked Shakes director, Irwin Appel, answers this question as he will present a contemporary adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in UCSB’s Studio Theater.

Girls Inc. of Carpinteria will host its annual fundraiser, An Evening in Bloom: Bloomington 2022, a Janie Austen era affair, honoring Kevin Baird - a longtime supporter of the organization.

A benefit event supporting TRAP, The Rhythmic Arts Project. The band Pockets is a band of studio players and vocalists who combined and individually have graced the albums and CDs of a thousand artists over the years. From TOTO to Madonna, the band Chicago and Elton John, The Beach Boys, the band America, Rick Nelson, and The Stone Canyon Band, to The Captain and Tennille, Brenda Russel, Dave Mason, and Dobie Grey, to Del Shannon, JD Souther, Michael McDonald and, from Marianne Faithful to Oingo Boingo (to mention only a few). The band Pockets has played together and has supported The Rhythmic Arts Project for 25 years.

Coastal Quilters Guild of Santa Barbara and Goleta is once again hosting its biennial Quilt Show, Harvest of Colors, A Members’ Showcase on September 24-25

Come Meet Jack Guerrero, CPA Candidate for CA State Treasurer!

Jack brings a unique combination of public and private sector experience that establishes him as the candidate with both Treasury experience AND a public record of fighting for taxpayers and working people.

An Oktoberfest celebration by Figueroa Mountain Beer

An Oktoberfest celebration by Figueroa Mountain Beer

An Oktoberfest celebration by Figueroa Mountain Beer