Tag archives: gilded gala

The Society Edit’s Style, Swoosh, and Savor September
By Joanne A Calitri   |   September 15, 2026

Hello Loves! September starts directing our attention to the upcoming holiday season. Indeed yes, summer feels long over, kiddos are back in school, and the stores are adding sections of holiday decor and gift ideas weekly. If it’s fashion you crave, Montecito is now the second home to Viva O Sol, an on-trend fashion boutique […]

SB Museum of Art’s 2nd Annual Gilded Gala
By Joanne A Calitri   |   March 17, 2026

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) held its second annual Gilded Gala on Saturday, February 28, at Rosewood Miramar Beach. Proceeds from the event support the museum’s commitment to art, education, and community. Guests arrived in elegantly fashionable black-tie and formal attire. The reception featured a formal step-and-repeat area with a Getty Images photographer, […]

Second Annual SB Museum of Art Gilded Gala Preview
By Joanne A Calitri   |   August 19, 2025

To all my art-society followers, in the words of Hunter S. Thompson, it is time to buy that golden ticket and take the ride to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s 2nd Annual Gilded Gala scheduled for February 28, 2026, which as you read this, is close to selling out (say no to #fomo). Do […]

1st Annual Gilded Gala for the SB Museum of Art
By Joanne A Calitri   |   March 18, 2025

In what will turn out to be setting the bar for galas in our town, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s 1st Annual Gilded Gala Fundraiser was held on Friday, February 28 at none other than the Rosewood Miramar Beach. The gala’s mission is to raise funds for the SBMA’s “…dawn of a new era, […]

SBMA Board of Trustees Announces 1st Gilded Gala Event
By Joanne A Calitri   |   January 14, 2025

In a most elegant fashion, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Board of Trustees will hold their 1st Gilded Gala black-tie fundraiser at the Rosewood Miramar Beach on Saturday, March 1. Society Invites is here with all the finer details of this signature “black-tie with a glimmer of gold” gala funding event, as I interviewed […]