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Week of Events
Winter After-School Multimedia Class
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
Winter After-School Multimedia Class
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
Whales Are Superheroes! Saving the Planet One CO2 Molecule at a Time: Student Art Exhibit
In November and December 2021, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) staff worked with students from Laguna Blanca Middle School, Peabody Charter, Santa Barbara Charter, and Santa Ynez Elementary School to teach them about the importance of whales to the environment and to create whale-inspired artwork to coincide with the museum’s newest exhibit, Whales Are Superheroes! The result of those efforts is on display in SBMM’s new student art exhibit, Whales are Superheroes! Saving the Planet One CO2 Molecule at a Time, opening on April 14, 2022, and on display through July 31, 2022.
The Wonder of Whales: Two Artists’ Perspectives
As part of its multi-faceted celebration of whales this spring and summer, the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum announces the April 14 opening of its newest art exhibit, The Wonder of Whales: Two Artists’ Perspectives, which features whale paintings by two local artists, John Baran and Kelly Clause. Thanks to the generous support of Chevron, Dreier Family, Emmett Foundation, Mimi Michaelis, Hank and Mari Mitchel, June G. Outhwaite Foundation, and Wood-Claeyssens Foundation, the exhibit will be open to the public from April 14-July 31, 2022. Although their subjects are often similar, each artist brings his or her unique perspective, technique, style, and medium to the work in this exhibit.
From Discard to Discord
UCSB Library is pleased to present these works by Johnny Onionseed, MFA candidate in UCSB's Department of Art.
Free Workshops with Braille Institute in August
Braille Institute is a non-profit organization whose mission is to positively transform the lives of those with vision loss. We offer a broad range of free programs, classes and services serving thousands of students of all ages helping to demonstrate that vision rehabilitation is a beginning, not an end.
We serve the community from seven centers, and hundreds of community outreach locations throughout Southern California, and lead popular national programs like Braille Challenge and Cane Quest. Our staff and volunteers understand losing your vision can be scary, but we believe it is not the end of independence, but a new way of living.
A variety of free classes, workshops and support groups are available to help you or a loved one stay active, remain independent and enjoy connections with others.
Sign up for individual events, workshops, and seminars – free and open to everyone. Register online or call us at (805) 682-6222 Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 5:00pm.
Heal the Ocean Bracelet Fundraiser
Deep Blue Sea Arts & Gifts is donating a portion of purchase proceeds to "Heal the Ocean" and a free bracelet the whole month of August.
Monday Milonga at Santa Barbara Once in a New Moon – Leo Edition
Monday Milonga at Santa Barbara Once in a New Moon – Leo Edition
Tango Dance Party!
The Santa Barbara Tango community invites you to their Monthly Monday Milonga.
**New Location** Carrillo Rec Center.
MONDAY Aug 1, from 7:30 onwards
DISTRICT ELECTIONS: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
DISTRICT ELECTIONS: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
The League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara and the City of Carpinteria are co-sponsoring a Voter Education Forum on Tuesday, Aug. 2 at 6pm to discuss the move to electing candidates by district instead of at large in the cities of Santa Barbara, Goleta and Carpinteria and the county’s school districts.
The Forum, which was initiated by the City of Carpinteria, will be a 90-minute hybrid (via Zoom and in-person) panel discussion at Carpinteria City Hall, 5775 Carpinteria Avenue Carpinteria, and via Zoom. It will also be livestreamed on the League’s Facebook page.
The mayors of Carpinteria, Goleta, and Santa Barbara have confirmed their participation: Wade Nomura of Carpinteria, Paula Perotte of Goleta, and Randy Rowse of Santa Barbara. Dr. Susan Salcido, the newly reelected Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools, will join them on the panel. Chris Carson, Past President of the League of Women Voters of the United States, will moderate and discuss the California Voting Rights Act.
Telescope Tuesday
Carpinteria Schools Job Fair: $2,000 Signing Bonuses
Carpinteria Schools Job Fair: $2,000 Signing Bonuses
Carpinteria Schools Job Fair Offers Rewarding Career Opportunities and $2,000 Signing Bonuses - Save the Date: Tuesday, August 2, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., at Carpinteria Unified School District / Open Positions — Instructional Assistants, Bus Drivers, Custodians & Food Service Employees
DIGS! Celebración de los Dignatarios
DIGS! Celebración de los Dignatarios
DIGS is back at the Santa Barbara Zoo in 2022. Featuring small bites, premium bars, and local breweries and wineries. this will be an upscale, all-inclusive catered event.
Joan Miró in Time and Space
Joan Miró in Time and Space
This lecture will review some works—paintings, objects, sculptures—by the great Catalan artist Joan Miró. Charles Palermo will offer readings of works in the hope of showing how Miró implies movement and scale in his works. The result is fictional worlds with their own sense of time and place, which nevertheless stand right before us.
Free for Students and Museum Circle Members
$10 SBMA Members
$15 Non-Members
Family 1st Thursday
Family 1st Thursday
Bring the whole family to enjoy Teaching Artist-led activities in the Museum’s Family Resource Center. Play with patterns of repeated shapes by creating a print in white ink on boldly-hued paper, inspired by Bridget Riley’s "Annul" (1965). Afterward, enjoy the galleries until 8 pm.
Free!
“We Got the Beat”: A Celebration of Music
“We Got the Beat”: A Celebration of Music
State Street Ballet Academy presents a variety of new dance works choreographed to celebrate the many wonderful instruments that make music. This performance is the culmination of SSBA’s two week Junior Intensive Camp.
The Historical Parade (El Desfile Histórico)
The Historical Parade (El Desfile Histórico)
The Fiesta Historical Parade is unique to Santa Barbara and features floats depicting episodes from the history of the state and city
Dine in a flower farm! Field to Vase Dinner Series Coming to the Central Coast
Dine in a flower farm! Field to Vase Dinner Series Coming to the Central Coast
The Field to Vase dinner series, hosted by Certified American Grown, brings its second stop of 2022 to the beautiful Central Coast of California in Arroyo Grande. The dinner will take place amongst the flowers at Ocean Breeze Farms on Saturday, August 6, 2022.
The Blasters with special guest Dave Alvin
The Blasters with special guest Dave Alvin
EARL MINNIS PRESENTS and Lobero LIVE present The Blasters with special guest Dave Alvin on Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 7:30 PM With a sound that ignores the lines between Rock & Roll, Country, Blues, and Rockabilly, The Blasters carry on a hard-won legacy as one of the most recognizable and credible bands in American Music. Fronted by Phil Alvin's powerful vocals, the band follows through with spontaneity, power, and grit – making this rare 40th Anniversary Concert an experience not to be missed.
https://www.lobero.org/events/the-blasters/
$49 - $106
Open Weekend at Arroyo Hondo
Open Weekend at Arroyo Hondo
The Arroyo Hondo Preserve is open to the public on the first and third full weekends of each month, advanced reservations required. An abundance of native plants and mule deer, foxes, hawks, and other wildlife can be seen throughout the preserve, making for a family friendly adventure or a peaceful solo hike. Explore the trails and enjoy the sun-drenched vistas or stay cool along the shady creek at this historic nature preserve.
Mesa Harmony Garden Presents: Fruit-Tree Summer Pruning
Mesa Harmony Garden Presents: Fruit-Tree Summer Pruning
Mesa Harmony Garden Presents:
Fruit-Tree Summer Pruning
Practical Tips and Hands-On Experience
Join Larry and Russ in the garden for an in-depth immersion in this essential part of the tree-care calendar, and get…
Practical tips on how summer pruning can limit the size of plants plus encourage production.
Hands-on practical experience in teams led by experienced pruners.
Come prepared to work in the orchard, and to help us with our annual pruning. Bring your own gloves and pruners if you have them, don’t worry if you don’t!
Carpinteria Arts & Crafts Faire
Carpinteria Arts & Crafts Faire
The Carpinteria Arts & Crafts Faire will be held on Saturday August 6th from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. in the courtyard of the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center at 865 Linden Ave. Carpinteria. Featured ceramics artist Deb Jorgensen will be showing her functional pieces of unique pottery. Local artists will be presenting their work