Continuing its 34-year tradition of calling attention to and supporting preservation of open spaces in the natural world, the Oak Group is proud to hold its fall 2020 show to benefit NatureTrack, whose mission is to instill young students with leadership skills, attitudes, and habits for lifelong learning, and to inspire them to be respectful stewards of our natural world. 

The campaign will operate at the following Santa Barbara County farmers markets on Saturday, November 21 – Thursday, December 31:

Downtown Santa Barbara Market: Saturdays 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - https://www.sbfarmersmarket.org/sb-and-cota
Route 1 Farmers Market, Vandenberg Village: Sundays 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - https://www.facebook.com/route1farmersmarket/
Goleta Market: Sundays 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - https://www.sbfarmersmarket.org/goleta
Oldtown Santa Barbara Market: Tuesdays 2:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. - https://www.sbfarmersmarket.org/sb-downtown
Solvang Market: Wednesdays 2:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - https://www.sbfarmersmarket.org/copy-of-goleta

Find out more at www.sbcfoodaction.org/holidays, or by visiting a local farmers market this holiday season.

SBCFAN connects, aligns, and activates a network of food system actors to develop a robust local food economy, a healthy and just community, and a well-stewarded, resilient foodshed. From our table to yours – stay home, be safe, and eat well.

The Goleta Valley Art Association invites you to their free online 10th Annual Picassos 4 Peanuts Art Show - 2020 Style

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is delighted to announce that Arthur Beaumont: Art of the Sea--an exhibit of 53 paintings chronicling the accomplishments of the US Navy, from the USS Constitution to atomic bomb tests and expeditions to the North and South Poles—will be at the Museum for just six months, the last show on the West Coast before it leaves for the East Coast. Beaumont used Impressionist techniques in painting the stunning images in this exhibit and in capturing the majesty of the oceans and the vessels that sail them.

Gorgeous works of art by The Oak Group and NatureTrack Foundation is beneficiary for The Link Between Man and Nature now through Dec. 31.

Start the New Year...DANCING! World Dance for Humanity invites you to their FREE dance parties on Zoom, NEW YEAR'S EVE and NEW YEAR'S DAY!

PACIFICA GRADUATE INSTITUTE ALUMNI RELATIONS AND PACIFICA GRADUATE INSTITUTE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCE A NEW LIVESTREAM EVENT DURING 9TH ANNUAL GLOBAL “A TOAST HEARD ‘ROUND THE WORLD” DECEMBER 31, 2020

Free classical music concert from your local philharmonic!

Tuesday Evening Online Meditation. 6-7 PM

Engage in formal practice with your sangha! The three pillars of spiritual growth are to study, reflect, and meditate. Opportunities to meditate abound, but the support we give and receive when we come together as a community offers priceless and boundless multipliers to our meditation practice.

Start off the new year by creating loose, gestural drawings of Ganesha, the Hindu deity believed to be the remover of obstacles. Practice 2 to 5-minute sketches, drawing from a photo of SBMA’s 11th-century dancing Ganesha carved from sandstone.

View the inspiration image for this class on the Museum’s online collection here.

Required supplies

Prismacolor ebony pencil
Eraser
Pencil sharpener
Meet your instructor
Tina Villadolid has been a Teaching Artist for the Santa Barbara Museum of Art for over 22 years. Connecting with the people in her community through art has brought her so much joy! Tina loves to paint with oils, sculpt with clay, create installation art, draw portraits with charcoal, and write songs. She is conversational in Spanish, has two grandchildren, is originally from New York City, and lives with her cat, Chappie James, Jr.

Ticket Cost:
Workshop via Zoom: FREE