“He’s all jacked up, ready to go!” Landscape painter Bill Davidson wasn’t describing an overenthusiastic art student. He was facing a Sierra Nevada black bear that had demolished a student’s cooler, scattered her painting equipment and consumed two caffeinated energy drinks. Missing part of a hind paw and having knocked over the student’s tripod, the […]
The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art presents “Haptic Knowing,” a new exhibition showcasing five artists whose work explores touch not merely as a physical action, but as a form of inquiry and a way of thinking, learning and understanding the world. The exhibition runs through November 7. Derived from the Greek word haptesthai, meaning to […]
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Paintings, photography, sculpture and assemblage populate most of the workspaces for the 2026 Santa Barbara Studio Artists tour that takes place every Labor Day weekend. But it’s a fairly good bet that if you join the 25th anniversary of the self-guided visit to artist studios around town, you won’t see much that resembles what paper […]
Brian Kuhlmann has been a professional photographer for more than 40 years, working in a wide array of fields. His photography has been featured in many advertising campaigns for big-name brands – Coca-Cola, Coors and Corona, just under the letter ‘C’ – splashed across the pages of innumerable publications and hung on the walls of […]
The Channel City Camera Club’s (CCCC) August photography exhibit is on view now through August 31 at the SB Downtown Library during normal business hours. Putting her PR hat back on for the CCCC is Katrina Carl, former head of marketing and communications at the SB Museum of Art. Katrina reached out to me about […]
It’s no accident that dance is at the front of the new oversized magazine promoting the 2026-27 UCSB Arts & Lectures season. After all, among all of the luminous events spread across the arts, entertainment, and spoken word genres, dance has been the sparkling gem in the A&L crown that adorns one of the finest […]
Abstract acrylic painter Josephine Tournier Ingram’s (’00) growing art career eventually collided with domestic life. As demand for her work surged, canvases began taking over her home. “Paintings were spilling into the guest studio,” she says. “And then I discovered spaghetti on one of them.” Realizing her home studio had officially been outgrown, she knew […]
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On Thursday, May 14, I had a one-on-one tour with artist and SB County Arts and Culture Curator, Tom Pazderka, of their latest exhibit titled, Scaling the Walls. The show spans two public spaces, the Channing Peake Gallery and the City Hall Gallery, both on Anacapa Street. As these are located in government buildings, there […]
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About 200 art enthusiasts flowed through the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art and the surrounding umbrella-covered patio for the opening of the Tri-County juried exhibition, Altered Realities, on May 22. The star of the event was Romanian-born Contemporary Artist Nurit Ruckenstein, who won Best of Show, for her colorful acrylic on canvas, Day in the […]
The annual I Madonnari Street Painting Festival returns to the historic Santa Barbara Mission this weekend for its 40th event. Some 40,000 people are expected to drop by not only to witness professional chalk artists labor for three days to create (under our watchful eyes) spectacular drawings on the blacktop plaza. The festival is also […]
Westmont highlights the talent of regional artists in the 2026 Tri-County Juried Exhibition, Altered Realities, from May 21-June 20 in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. Los Angeles-based curator, author and film producer Andi Campognone served as this year’s juror, facing the challenging task of narrowing down 468 entries from 222 regional artists. Ultimately, she […]
It is time for the Art Foundation of Santa Barbara (AFSB) to hold its annual fundraiser for artists and collectors, titled An Artful Affair, on May 31, 4-6:30 pm, at the Santa Barbara Club’s outside garden area. Artists showing their works for sale are Andrea Anderson, Danuta Bennett, Rick Delanty, Manny Lopez, Wyllis Heaton, Chloé […]
Hello Loves! For fashionistas and lovers of art with local history, this is for you. Margaret O’Leary boutique is set to arrive this summer at 1235 Coast Village Road, (formerly the Whistle Club). The woman-founded brand has been in business for over 30 years and is independently owned. Their focus is on “timeless knitwear and […]
