Visitors of all ages are invited to participate in this hands-on informal workshop with SBMA Teaching Artists. Each month explore a different medium—clay, metal, ink, wood, photography, paper—inspired by works of art in the Museum’s collection or special exhibitions. In June, create your own animal character and setting in watercolor and marker on a line drawing of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi’s color woodblock print "The Bark of a Fox" (1886).
Bring the whole family to enjoy Teaching Artist-led activities in the Museum’s Family Resource Center.
Create a cityscape in oil pastel on bogus paper inspired by Henri Matisse’s Pont Saint-Michel (ca. 1901). Afterward, enjoy the galleries until 8 pm. All free!
Bring the whole family to enjoy Teaching Artist-led activities in the Museum’s Family Resource Center. Draw interior scenes in charcoal on found envelopes inspired by the exhibition "The Private Universe of James Castle: Drawings from the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and James Castle Collection and Archive." Afterward, enjoy the galleries until 8 pm.
All skill levels are invited to experience the tradition of sketching from original works of art in "The Private Universe of James Castle: Drawings from the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and James Castle Collection and Archive." Museum Teaching Artists provide general guidance and all materials.
Bring the whole family to enjoy Teaching Artist-led activities in the Museum’s Family Resource Center. Create a two-dimensional version of Woody De Othello’s "Twice Over" (2023) in organic shapes of brightly-colored construction paper. Afterward, enjoy the galleries until 8 pm.
Family Resource Center
Free
Visitors of all ages are invited to participate in this hands-on informal workshop with SBMA Teaching Artists. Each month explore a different medium—clay, metal, ink, wood, photography, paper—inspired by works of art in the Museum’s collection or special exhibitions. In September, sculpt your favorite animal in air-dry clay, then add color with a watercolor wash inspired by Viola Frey’s "Homage to Dubuffet" (1977–1980).
Family Resource Center
Free
All skill levels are invited to experience the tradition of sketching from original works of art in "The Private Universe of James Castle: Drawings from the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and James Castle Collection and Archive." Museum Teaching Artists provide general guidance and all materials.
Free with Reservation
Join "WARES!" exhibition artist Anthony Sonnenberg for a casual conversation, hands-on demo, and unique opportunity to create with clay and cardboard. Pinch, roll, repurpose, twist, glue, and build cross-cultural crowns with the help of Museum Teaching Artists, and explore the power of ornamentation. Dress for mess.
Combine materials and techniques to create mixed media pieces that include painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture. Depictions of animals crossing cultures and time in the Museum’s collections will ignite imaginations and inspire both individual and collaborative creations.
This six-week, after-school class teaches the basic techniques of throwing pottery at the wheel in a fun and relaxed environment. Students learn to make simple clay forms and experiment with surface decoration and glazing techniques, inspired by depictions of animals crossing cultures and time in the Museum’s collection. All materials and firings are included.
Instructors: Jason Summers and Elena Hancock
Email ehancock@sbma.net or call 805.962.1661 for more information.
The 19th Annual Mesa Artists Studio Tour will take place in Santa Barbara on Sat. and Sun., Nov. 4-5 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For a Tour map and more information about Mesa Artists, please visit
www.sbmesaartists.com
Join Scot Pipkin, Director of Education & Engagement at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, and Museum Teaching Artists for this family-friendly adventure in birdwatching and sketching in Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden. Afterwards, walk to the Museum’s neighboring Ridley-Tree Education Center at McCormick House and create more art inspired by the exhibition Flowers on A River:
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