New Wine Releases, Tasting Room Debut

Be one of the first to taste La Lieff Wines' new releases at the 'soft open' of their new tasting room in the Funk Zone. Lunch is included. No tickets at the door-please reserve your spot on this Meetup page: www.meetup.com/inside-wine-santa-barbara

New Wine Releases, Tasting Room Debut

Be one of the first to taste La Lieff Wines' new releases at the 'soft open' of their new tasting room in the Funk Zone. Lunch is included. No tickets at the door-please reserve your spot on this Meetup page: www.meetup.com/inside-wine-santa-barbara

Studio Sunday

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 August, experiment with mixing a limited palette of paints then creating an abstract composition on black paper, inspired by Fernando de Szyszlo’s "Mar de Lurin" (1989).

Family Resource Center

Free!

Blood Donors Needed at Upcoming Blood Drive!

Blood Drive at St. Raphael's Catholic Church - Sunday, Aug. 14th from 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
$6 pre-paid gift card for all donors redeemable via email as a thank you for your donation!

Death Cafe Santa Barbara

Hello Friends! We get to meet one last time at the Adobe. Future dates and location to be determined. You're invited: Death Cafe Santa Barbara in conjunction with The Center for Successful Aging with Liz Bauer, Lynn Holzman, and Peggy Levine Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2022 Time: 3:30-5 PM Place: Hill-Carrillo Adobe building at 11

Abstraction after Psychology

Suzanne Hudson discusses mid-century abstraction in relation to psychology and projective testing and examines the ways that the use of images in clinical settings conditioned audience encounters with art.

Suzanne Hudson is an art historian and critic based in Los Angeles, where she is Associate Professor of Art History and Fine Arts at the University of Southern California. Hudson’s work has been supported by the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA), Creative Capital | The Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Dedalus Foundation, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, among others. Her writing has appeared in such publications as Parkett, Art Journal, and October. A long-term contributor to Artforum, she also has written numerous essays for international exhibition catalogs and artist monographs. She is the author of books including "Robert Ryman: Used Paint" (MIT, 2009), "Agnes Martin: Night Sea" (Afterall/MIT, 2017), and "Contemporary Painting" (Thames & Hudson, 2021). She is currently at work on "Better for the Making: Art, Therapy, Process," a study of the therapeutic origins of art-making within American modernism.

Free for Members and Students
$5 Non-Members

Third Thursday

Visit SBMA for Third Thursday celebrating the newly-installed iconic portrait bust by artist Awol Erizku, Nefertiti – Miles Davis (Gold), now on view over the Visitor Services desk at the State Street entrance and featuring the following free activities and offerings:

• Free Museum admission, 5 – 8 pm

• Music by DJ Darla Bea on the Front Terrace, 5 – 7:30 pm

• Complimentary docent Ten Talks for Going Global: Abstract Art at Mid-Century at 6 and 6:30 pm

• Teaching Artist-led art activities in the Family Resource Center, 5 – 7 pm

• Free raffle entry for a chance to win a gift bag of artful treasures from the Museum Store

PLUS, enjoy 1/3 off an SBMA Membership during this event only, and receive unlimited annual free admission, invitations to exclusive Member events, and frequent SBMA news and updates.

Please note: Special price $55 (33% off $80) for a new Member joining at the Friend level. Available in person only on August 18, 2022, 5 – 8 pm.

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