The Lure of Lighthouses & Dancing Waves Photographs by Dan Merkel

SBMM) presents The Lure of Lighthouses & Dancing Waves, an exhibit featuring more than 35 photographs of lighthouses and waves by the renowned and Emmy Award-winning surfing photographer and videographer Dan Merkel. The lighthouse photographs include images of lighthouses from near and far—from Cape Elizabeth and Cape Hatteras on the East Coast and Point Loma and Point Pinos on the West to Portugal and Australia. The images are accompanied by Dan’s breath-taking photos capturing waves throughout the world. Beginning on Thursday, January 26, the exhibit will be on view in SBMM’s Gallery and Munger Theater through August 27, 2023.

Annual Student Show 2023: Opening Reception

Opening Reception for Annual Student Show 2023
FROM: April 20th - May 12th
GALLERY HOURS: Mon- Thurs: 11-5pm, Fri: 11-3pm

Awards and Scholarships Announced: 4:00pm

Woman. Life. Freedom. Public Art Projection

Featuring 30 artworks by anonymous international artists, this large-scale public art projection responds to systemic gender inequity and discrimination in Iran.

Annual Bonsai Show, Sale and Demonstration

The Bonsai Club of Santa Barbara will hold its annual show, sale and demonstrations Saturday and Sunday May 13 and 14 in the Fellowship Hall at Trinity Lutheran Church, 909 La Cumbre Road at the corner of Foothill Road. Admission is free and open to all who may be interested. Saturday and Sunday hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

There will be a professional show of Club Member’s trees in a variety of styles. There will also be a sales area for trees, pots, tools and other related bonsai items, as well as a silent auction for special items. Bonsai demonstrations will be held on both days at 1 p.m.

Club members will be available to answer questions on the art of bonsai and there will be a free bonsai problem clinic. Attendees are welcome to bring in trees for advice. A beginning workshop will be held in early June and attendees can get further information and sign up at the show.

1st Thursday Art Walk

1st Thursday is an evening of art and culture in downtown Santa Barbara

SB Botanic Garden “At the Edge” Exhibit: Stories from the Frontlines the Garden’s Conservation Projects on the Channel Islands

“At the Edge,” a new exhibit now on view at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s Pritzlaff Conservation Center Gallery, goes to the frontlines of the Garden’s conservation work on the Channel Islands to present graphic and photographic stories from two of their ongoing research projects. One section profiles the 30-year-long effort to rescue island mallow, a shrub native only to the Channel Islands, from certain extinction. The other illustrates a study that uses DNA meta-barcoding of the diets of island foxes.

Xicana/o/x Time and Space : Opening Show

Xicana/o/x Time and Space : Opening Show

Curated by: Dr. Thomas A. Carrasco
Opening and Performance: Wednesday, September 6th, 4:00- 6:00pm.

Featuring Chicano Secret Service (Elias Serna, Susan Carrasco and Thomas Carrasco)
Sculptures by Joelle Mendoza

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