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.

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. 

"The Lincolns of Springfield" chronicles the incredible story of America’s greatest President and his much loved wife, from their first meeting through the end of the Civil War.

Two-Day of more holiday party supplies and decor from the vaults of the Magic Castle Cabaret's owner, Arlene Larsen.

The Arroyo Hondo Preserve is open to the public with reservations on the first and third full weekend of the month, Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Connect to nature and explore the winding trails, creek, shady trees, and the rewarding views on your own or sign up for a docent-led hike offered on open weekend Saturdays at 10am.

In a spectacular tour-de-force Season Opening, The Symphony continues its impactful tradition of performing arts collaboration to create new experiences for the community. More than 150 performers from State Street Ballet, Santa Barbara Choral Society, Quire of Voyces and Sing!, the Music Academy’s children’s chorus join The Symphony on stage in a program that features a new ballet to Gabrielle Fauré’s pensive Pavane, a wildly decadent ode to wine and fertility with Camille Saint-Saëns’ Danse Bacchanale from the opera Samson and Delilah, and concludes with Carl Orff’s beloved and powerful Carmina Burana. This concert is part of the Granada Synergy Series.

Chamber On The Mountain presents
Anita Graef, Cellist with Louise Chan, Pianist

Sunday, October 16, 2022
3:00 pm

Logan House at the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts
8585 Ojai-Santa Paula Rd.
Ojai, CA 93023
Tel: (805) 646-3381

Tickets $30.00 at www.ChamberOnTheMountain.com

Program
Three Preludes for Cello and Piano, G. Gershwin
Cello Sonata No 4, Op. 102, No. 2, L.v. Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 58, Felix Mendelssohn
Five Pieces for Cello and Piano, A. Beach
Sonata in A Major, M. 8, C. Franck

Audience members are invited to stay and meet the artists at an outdoor patio reception following the performance.

UCSB Arts & Lectures presents An Evening with Laird Hamilton on Sunday, October 16th at 7:30 pm at the Arlington Theatre.

Gentle, mindful walk to connect with nature with certified guide Tamara Murray. No outdoor experience needed! Nature connection walks, sometimes referred to as forest bathing, are gentle, mindful walks inspired by the Japanese practice of shinrin yoku and are associated with health and well-being.

The Annual Asian American Neighborhood Festival is back! Come visit El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park on Sunday, October 16th from 11:00am-3:00pm

Sunday, October 16, 2022 - 12pm El Presidio Real, Downtown Santa Barbara

Led by Richard North, ensemble Gamelan Sinar Surya will showcase an ancient style of gamelan from Cirebon, West Java, featuring dynamic drumming, delicate melodies, lively interlocking rhythms and traditional mask dance performed by Noah Malik. Free admission as part of the Annual Asian American Neighborhood Festival.