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FISHING FOR THE FUTURE: Santa Barbara Sea Glass & Ocean Arts Festival announces a silent auction on Instagram to Benefit the San
The Santa Barbara Sea Glass & Ocean Arts Festival (SBSGOAF) is having an Instagram silent auction from October 11-18, with 100% of the proceeds going to @sbmaritimemuseum. The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum has been closed for the duration of the pandemic and may not be able to reopen until the end of the year. We wanted to help them out, and we are hoping you will support our efforts. 12 amazing professional artists are transforming wood fish into beautiful original art for you to bid on!
Blissful Boutiques Makers Market
Makers Market is the best outdoor market that Santa Barbara has to offer. Meet the artisans in person. This market offers unique one of a kind items in an outdoor European style setting.
In the Meanwhile…Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art
Part I (March 22 – July 5, 2020): Works on Paper
Preston Morton Gallery
Part II (May 10 – August 30, 2020): Painting & Sculpture
Davidson Gallery
This two-part exhibition highlights recent acquisitions to SBMA’s permanent collection of contemporary art. Featuring over 40 artworks in a variety of media, including painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, and sculpture, the majority of the objects are on view at SBMA for the first time. These include painted works on paper by emerging artists acquired through the recently established Basil Alkazzi Acquisition Fund, as well as significant pieces by internationally recognized artists such as Sterling Ruby, Andrea Bowers, and Nigel Cooke. Tying these artworks together is a distinct sense of individuality, innovative use of materials, and playful ambiguity between traditional artistic genres.
The exhibition is comprised of works from artists in various stages of their careers, ranging from the emerging to the well-established. Artists include: Scott Anderson, Edgar Arceneaux, Elizabeth Bonaventura, Andrea Bowers, Bruce Conner, Nigel Cooke, Miles Coolidge, Petra Cortright, Noah Davis, Wim Delvoye, Jacci Den Hartog, Daniel Douke, Jim Drain, Vernon Fisher, Helen Frankenthaler, Peter Halley, Frederick Hammersley, Zach Harris, Naotaka Hiro, Mustafa Hulusi, Nathan Huff, Jim Isermann, Raffi Kalenderian, Tom Knechtel, Emma Kohlmann, Hew Locke, Eamon Ore-Giron, Carl Ostendarp, Cheryl Pope, Nathlie Provosty, Sterling Ruby, Aaron Siskind, Jeni Spota C., Donald Sultan, Stephanie Washburn, and Jane Wilbraham.
This exhibition is curated by Julie Joyce, Senior Curator, ArtCenter College of Design (and former Curator of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art) with assistance from Rachel Heidenry, Curatorial Assistant, Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
Image: Nathlie Provosty, "Council, Untitled (16-38)" (detail), 2016. Watercolor on paper, diptych. SBMA, Museum purchase with funds provided by The Basil Alkazzi Acquisition Fund, 2018.10.2a,b. © Nathlie Provosty.
Small-Format American Paintings from the Permanent Collection
The Preston Morton Collection, which forms the core of American art at SBMA, was gifted in 1961 upon the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Museum’s founding. In so doing, Preston Morton ensured that SBMA could boast one of the most comprehensive overviews of American art from the 18th to the mid-20th century among mid-sized institutions. The timing of the gift was significant, representing a corrective to the European bias of midcentury canonical modernism and a proud reassertion of home-grown American art.
This selection of small format paintings is a reminder of the breadth of the Museum’s holdings in this area. Oil and brush conjure the illusion of near and far persuasively, from the close perspective of still life, to the life-size proportions of bust portraiture, to sublime expanses of land and sky. Whether within hand’s reach or at an immeasurable distance, both types of visual experience are captured within the confines of a canvas no more than 15 inches in diameter.
Artists represented include William Merritt Chase, Frederic Edwin Church, Jasper Francis Cropsey, Thomas Eakins, Walter Gay, George Inness, George Luks, Jervis McEntee, John Frederick Peto, Levi Wells Prentice, Edward Henry Potthast.
Image: William Merritt Chase, "Children on the Beach" (detail), 1894. Oil on board. SBMA, Bequest of Margaret Mallory.
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Healing and self-care in Mindfulness, Compassion and Nature Connection
Healing and self-care in Mindfulness, Compassion and Nature Connection
Mindful Heart Programs presents: Healing and self-care in Mindfulness, Compassion and Nature Connection with Michael Kearney, MD and Radhule Weininger, PhD
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Cultivating Emotional Balance through Mindfulness with Radhule Weininger, PhD
Cultivating Emotional Balance through Mindfulness with Radhule Weininger, PhD
Mindful Heart Programs presents: “Cultivating Emotional Balance through Mindfulness”withRadhule Weininger, PhD, psychologist and meditation teacher
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Mindful Self-compassion Meditation with Anahita Holden and Hattie Bluestone
Mindful Self-compassion Meditation with Anahita Holden and Hattie Bluestone
Mindful Heart Programs presents: Mindful Self-compassion with Anahita Holden and Hattie Bluestone
RESCHEDULED: Milk Carton Kids
RESCHEDULED: Milk Carton Kids
The Milk Carton Kids has been postponed to Tuesday, September 1, 2020.
All tickets for the original May 20 performance will be honored for the rescheduled show at the Lobero Theatre on September 1.
If you can’t make the rescheduled date, you can request a refund by contacting the Lobero Theatre Box Office at 805.963.0761 or by emailing boxoffice@lobero.org Monday–Friday 10 AM–5 PM, and Saturday noon–5 PM.
Refunds will be available until Tuesday, July 7 at 5 PM. Many of you have generously expressed your support and concern by seeking to forego your ticket refund. If you are in a financial position to do so, we greatly appreciate these offers. Please let the box office staff know that you’ll be donating your ticket to support the Lobero Theatre.
Defying the conventions of melody and harmony is a strategy The Milk Carton Kids have consciously embraced. The Only Ones, finds the GRAMMY Award nominated duo performing a stripped-down acoustic set without a backing band. On The Only Ones, the pair returns to the core of what they are about musically: the duo.
Through soft acoustic guitar picking and deftly accented trombone sighs, Hayley Heynderickx’s music immediately recalls folk music of the ’60s and ’70s mixed with a love of jazz radio. But Heynderickx’s singing—her vocals that range from sultry to operatic—belie a tenacity in her soul.
Life Hacks For Your College Path
Life Hacks For Your College Path
Join AHA! Facilitator Orian Lathrop, MA, AMFT, for a one hour Zoom Webinar to learn all the life hacks you need to know to get to the career you want in an affordable way. Not only will this webinar provide information about how to apply for financial aid and other types of financial assistance but it will also show you some resources to figure out what you want to do. Joining this webinar also could make you eligible to apply for a grant provided by aha! for $1000 for college! (other requirements apply)
Lorenzo Kristov on Solutions News on Friday, September 4th
Lorenzo Kristov on Solutions News on Friday, September 4th
Tune into Solutions News on Friday, September 4th at 5pm on KZSB 1290am to listen to our show with Lorenzo Kristov. Shows are also converted to podcasts for later listening on all podcast streaming services.
Courthouse Docents Announce First Self-Guided Tour
Courthouse Docents Announce First Self-Guided Tour
Labor Day weekend the Santa Barbara Courthouse Docents debut a Self-Guided Walking Tour of the Courthouse exterior.
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Mindfulness Meditation for Lawyers with Attorney Arnold Jaffe
Mindfulness Meditation for Lawyers with Attorney Arnold Jaffe
Mindful Heart Programs presents: Mindfulness Meditation for Lawyers with Attorney Arnold Jaffe
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Pop It Up! Deco Boxes
Coastal Cleanup Month
Coastal Cleanup Month
Coastal Cleanup Month- Let's clean up our neighborhoods every Saturday in September from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm!
Rock Away the Year and Support Local Businesses
Rock Away the Year and Support Local Businesses
Because 2020 has been a little rocky we wanted to Rock the Year Away - and what better way to do that than with comedy, cocktails, and curated packages!