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.

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.

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.

DramaDogs, A Theater Company presents
Collected Stories by Donald Margulies and Directed by Ken Gilbert. Featuring Felicia Hall & E. Bonnie Lewis. Playing September 30 – October 8. Collected Stories explores the complicated issue of story ownership. This intelligent and engaging play asks questions about consent, appropriation, and the ethics of taking artistic license. For tickets and information, visit www.centerstagetheater.org or call 805-963-0408.

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

Fifty exciting works of photographic art are on display at the Goleta Library in October, 2022. 

Art Matters Lecture with Jan Tichy
Associate Professor, Department of Photography, Art & Technology Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

The artist and educator, Associate Professor at SAIC, Jan Tichy shares his work and research on the writer and photographer Lucia Moholy and discusses the place of contemporary art within historical research and preservation.

Bring the whole family to enjoy Teaching Artist-led activities in the Museum’s Family Resource Center. Imagine and design a dream building by collaging your favorite details from structures across the globe inspired by The Architecture of Collage: Marshall Brown. Afterward, enjoy the galleries until 8 pm.

Free!

Gregg Hart and Mike Stoker will be asked a list of questions and provided equal time to answer in the Candidate Forum for 37th Assembly District on October 6th @ 6pm.

UCSB Arts & Lectures presents DakhaBrakha on Thursday, October 6th at 8:00 pm at The Granada Theatre.

Blood Drive at Deckers - Thursday, Oct. 6th 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. T-shirt for all donors!