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.

The UC Santa Barbara Wildfire Prevention and Policy Lecture Series is excited to host a speaker event on October 14th, 2022 from 4:30 - 5:30 PM: Why have humans lost control of wildfire in the western United States? 
Our guest speaker is Park Williams, a hydroclimatologist in the Department of Geography at UCLA. 

Teens are invited to join us every Friday to jam out and play their favorite songs together. JAMS is a safe space for kids to meet new people, get creative, and maybe even meet some new band mates! Bring your own instrument, or borrow one of ours! Pre-teens welcome from 6-7pm, Older teens are welcome from 7-9!

Join Creating 805 and Jack Dyer, Founder and CEO at Topa Topa, for a conversation around creativity and entrepreneurship.