Tag archives: La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts

Hang ‘em High: Art Worth CAW-ing About and a New Museum at Gallery Row
By Steven Libowitz   |   November 25, 2025

Even prisoners locked away in solitary confinement in a tiny 6 by 9 foot cell get almost 55 square feet to themselves. But the 350 artists participating in Ready to Hang get just a single square foot on which to express themselves in the annual community-wide exhibition from the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative in its […]

Let’s Try This Again: LCCCA’s Launch was Stunted, but Mission Remains the Same
By Nick Masuda   |   August 5, 2021

Mike Cregan will be the first to admit that there have been sleepless nights over the past 15 months; that’s what happens when one’s big idea is launched just prior to a global pandemic. Built on the concept of bringing together various artistic communities in one place, lockdowns and health protocols aren’t the easiest obstacles […]

Sweetheart Valentine’s Event
By Steven Libowitz   |   February 6, 2020

The new La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts invites all to share Valentine’s love at the new creative art center where the 24 artists including painters, sculptors, photographers, 3D printers and others occupying three spaces in La Cumbre Mall with studio and gallery spaces, classes, guidance and resources for artists have created special pieces for […]

New Start for Art
By Richard Mineards   |   November 21, 2019

The La Cumbre Center for the Creative Arts using 7,000 sq.ft. of space in formerly empty stores in the sprawling shopping complex has just launched. The new project, with local artists leasing the spaces at a much reduced rent, is the brainchild of businessman Mike Cregan. “I was walking the streets of New York and […]