Although the sense of smell has long been marginalized in the Western aesthetic tradition, contemporary artists have been experimenting with olfactory materials that act on breathers on a visceral level, entering and biochemically transforming their bodies, minds, and moods. Focusing on artwork by Peter De Cupere, Boris Raux, Anicka Yi, Renée Stout, and Tanaïs, this talk considers three ways of framing scent as a medium of environmental knowledge and intimacy: as a vehicle for communicating environmental toxicity, as an intoxicating and intimate form of human and more-than-human communication, and as a way of making public "smellscapes" more breathable and meaningful for people and communities whose olfactory experience has been attenuated by Western projects of deodorization and olfactory consumption.

Mary Craig Auditorium

Free Students and Museum Circle Members
$10 Non-Members
$15 Non-Members

Purchase tickets at https://tickets.sbma.net/event-detail/art-matters-2022-07-07/

MCASB is delighted to invite you to a conversation between Wade Nomura, Mayor of Carpinteria, and Adam Jahnke, Multimedia Artist. As part of Adam Jahnke’s contribution to the Community Classroom, this conversation will explore Mr. Nomura’s history and contribution to our region, the founding of Nomura Racing, and Santa Barbara’s cycling history.

Enjoy Happy Hour with art, music, and friends at Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara during Curated Cocktails -- a popular culture and libations series, presented in conjunction with Downtown Santa Barbara’s monthly 1st Thursdays.

Santa Barbara Improv is super pleased to announce a very special summer improv show for you: UNQUESTED: The Improvised Epic.

UNQUESTED is a fabulous tale of improvised fantasy adventure, a la Neverending Story, Princess Bride, and Labyrinth. Each show is unique and created from audience suggestions.

UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Hot Fun in the Summertime: American Graffiti, on Friday, July 8th at the County Courthouse Sunken Garden at 8:30 p.m.

Acclaimed Los Angeles-based artist Janna Ireland discusses her multi-faceted practice that includes intriguing staged tableaux of family life and an extensive and ongoing photographic interpretation of the architecture of Paul R. Williams, the renowned 20th-century Black architect who designed many of Southern California’s iconic buildings. Janna Ireland’s three photographs of Paul R. Williams’s Hillside Memorial Park are now on view in the SBMA exhibition, The Lens of Architecture.

Mary Craig Auditorium

Free

Monthly Public Star Party at SBMNH

Littlest Little Farm Summer sessions ENROLLING NOW!

Teens: learn regenerative farming skills in a fun, supportive, caring community!

PROGRAM DETAILS:
Teens meet each Saturday from 10:00 am–1:00 pm for five (July) or four (Aug) consecutive weeks.
Each Saturday, teens will work in groups of eight with two AHA! facilitators.
Teens who fulfill their LLF contract will receive either a stipend of $20 per workday OR 15 (July) or 12 (August) Community Service hours.
Limited spots are available. First come, first served!

The Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara is delighted to announce the return of their weekend walking tours beginning Saturday July 9, 2022 and Sunday July 10, 2022 at 10:00 am.

In his fourth summer as SBMA artist-in-residence, Grammy Award-winning musician and composer Ted Nash shares insight and experience with a selection of Santa Barbara City College students and fellow musicians culminating in a free concert. This workshop focuses on using improvisation to guide the composition process and is inspired by works from the Museum’s contemporary art collection and the Going Global: Abstract Art at Mid-Century exhibition, which explores the universal language of abstraction.

Front Terrace

Free!

JUSTICE AND ENGAGEMENT SUMMER SERIES - Hosted at Trinity Episcopal Church. Sunday July 10 -  Economic Challenges