Art Specialist Jennifer Buur advises us that a photo of some of the young artists involved in the Farmers and Merchants art show from Our Lady of Mount Carmel School ran in issue # 25/23 but they were not identified. So, in an effort to correct this unfortunate error, here is another photo, along with […]
The Farmers & Merchants Trust Company office on Santa Barbara Street is fast becoming an art gallery of note. Since opening two years ago manager Frank Tabar has made the company’s conference room available for art students from the city’s various schools to hang their works to be viewed by the public. Frank’s wife, Marika, […]
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The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art kicked off its yearly exhibition featuring tri-county artists by handing out $3,000 in cash awards to winners at the opening reception May 16. Roxanne Sexauer, UC Long Beach professor of art, juried the exhibition, “Body and Soul: Annual Tri-County Juried Exhibition,” selecting paintings, prints, collages, sculptures, watercolors, and photographs […]
Every year for over 20 years, our local community has celebrated outdoor public art at the annual Memorial Day weekend I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival. Here is where one can get grounded, literally, and draw their choice of art with chalks on the pavement in front of the Mission Santa Barbara. The front grass […]
“Ensemble,” the new multimedia installation by Los Angeles-based sound and performance artist Chris Kallmyer, took over the Preston Morton Gallery at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art earlier this month. But this is no static piece of wall candy, and indeed the fun is just beginning. The exhibition, in place until September 15, centers around […]
Artist Inga Guzyte is lucky. She’s been able to turn her three obsessions – skateboarding, art, and woodworking – into a career that is growing step by giant step. “It’s the perfect recipe,” she says. Her current solo show that opens at Sullivan Goss June 6 is one of those giant steps. “Rebels” is both […]
Every three years, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Women’s Board takes on a monumental task of an event called “Off The Wall” to raise funds for the Museum’s acquisitions, exhibitions, and education programs. This year it was under the direction of Leigh Shreves and her committee: Susan Bradley, Leisa Cosentino, Wendy Darling, Paula Farrington, […]
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Multi-talented Scottish actor and performer Alan Cumming brought his highly entertaining show Legal Immigrant to the sold-out Granada, part of the popular UCSB Arts & Lectures program. The almost two-hour intermission-free performance, with a four-member backup band, was a meditation on his ten years as an American citizen and the experiences and change has witnessed […]
To the uninitiated, the Lucidity Festival, which offers its eighth iteration this weekend, might still come off as a haven for hardcore drug users, a three-day escape for spaced-out revelers intent on leaving reality behind. But maybe that mistaken notion will finally be put to rest, as Lucidity was recognized as the world’s best family-friendly […]
It was all about accentuating the negative when Cabana Home, the interior design store, just a tiara’s toss from the Funk Zone, hosted a reception for Santa Barbara artist George Legrady. Legrady, 69, described as a multidisciplinary digital media artist, had 13 of his interesting works, based in Transylvania, Athens, Greece, and Montreal, on display. […]
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Eight graduating art majors will offer their capstone art projects, which span oil painting, photography, serigraphy, sculpture, assemblages, and digital painting from April 4-May 4 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. A free, public opening reception for “OPEN/CLOSE: Westmont Graduate Exhibition” is Thursday, April 4 from 4-6 pm at the museum. “I am most […]
