Tag archives: Beyond Conversation

Music Through Conversation and Art
By Steven Libowitz   |   August 4, 2026

No introduction to speak of. No words of explanation from the musicians. No mentioning which paintings or sculptures inspired them to choose their piece(s) to perform. Just a few words from the Music Academy staff before and after the first of three events in the galleries of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, dubbed, with […]

Artist Awol Erizku and Music Academy Fellows
By Joanne A Calitri   |   August 8, 2023

It has long been part of the Renaissance salons and Waldorf art schools to pair art and music as a cultural learning experience. On Sunday, July 23, the galleries at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) were abuzz with guests set to do just that, to meet multidisciplinary artist Awol Erizku (Ethopian, b. 1988), […]