If you live in Santa Barbara or the surrounding area, you’re likely no stranger to the thunderous boom that follows late-night rocket launches at Vandenberg Air Force Base. While the noise can be jarring, watching those rockets streak into the night sky is undeniably thrilling. If you’re like me, those launches have probably sparked your […]
The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art is keeping the celebration alive. While the party to honor Judy L. Larson – who retired after 17 years of directing the museum – has concluded, the sizable exhibition, Building A Collection: 2008-2025, continues through Saturday, August 2. Interim Director Chris Rupp has scoured through the 2,500 art objects […]
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John James Audubon’s painting of the American Bald Eagle feasting on a catfish was made in 1828. It was originally engraved for his famous work, The Birds of America, by Robert Havell in London. In 1858 the work was printed in New York by means of chromolithography for the Bien edition. Audubon described the bird plummeting to […]
This iconic image of the extinct Passenger Pigeon was drawn by Alexander Wilson who published eight volumes of American Ornithology in the early years of the of 19th century. During Wilson’s lifetime, there were millions of these birds darkening the sky. Loss of habitat and over-hunting caused their extinction. The last known of the species, a female, died […]
After a nationwide search, UCSB ended up turning to its own backyard to find the new Miller McCune Executive Director of UCSB Arts & Lectures, tapping Meghan Bush, its Associate Director, to step into the role held for 25 years by Celesta Billeci, under whose stewardship A&L became one of the country’s most prominent programs. […]
Coast Village Road is home to artists, merchants, and creatives alike who strive to uphold the spirit of our community. Coast Village Association’s own Beth Sullivan is determined to capture this energy and use it as inspiration for the heartbeat of Coast Village Association’s events. At the start of 2023, Beth was hired as a […]
Marianna Victoria Mashek is a Santa Barbara native, a Santa Barbara High School Don, and studied Studio Art at UCSB. She later studied Arts Administration at Antioch University, worked for the Santa Barbara Arts Council and Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, and Santa Barbara City College. If you detect a theme you’re not mistaken – […]
Dozens of people packed into the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum on May 15 to see Adam Belt’s selections for On the Edge and hear the winners of the Tri-County artist exhibition. “This a very vibrant arts community – you can see all the support that you share for each other,” Belt said. “It was a privilege […]
VADA Talks is an ongoing series of events featuring renowned guests from varied professions as they discuss how art has inspired the work they do. The series was created to support The Visual Art & Design Academy at Santa Barbara High School, which integrates rigorous academic coursework with project-based, career-focused art and design instruction in […]
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If you’ve ever been to a bakery First thing in the morningThe scents are so seductiveWith an endless line now forming. After forty full daysof fasting in the desert The first thing the fiend said –If thou truly be the Son of GodCommand these stonesbe made bread. When Odysseus’ menate the Sun God’s cattleThey were starving at […]
On April 27, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBMNH) will open its Maximus Gallery for a unique nature-art-science-history exhibition to celebrate the gallery’s 30th anniversary and its patrons, Peggy and John Maximus. The exhibit is titled, Drawn from Nature: The Maximus Legacy, curated by Linda Miller, Maximus Gallery Curator. The gallery collection holds […]
On April 20th, William Dalziel is opening his studio (700 E. Mason St.) from 10 am to 4 pm for a public viewing of the Art Heals Project. One hundred and fifty sculptures were made by Oklahoma City and Santa Barbara teens in 1995 as a way to help the healing process of 169 lives […]
The instructions were telling Just write what you think It’s about living not selling Use only blue ink. Be yourself they counsel You’ll increase your chances First thought is best thought There are no wrong answers. Tell us about a timeyou motivated a teamTo achieve a goal that otherscould only dreamDescribe what has beenyour biggest failureWould you relocate for this position […]
Twelve graduating art majors will display their capstone art projects from April 3rd to May 3rd at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. A free public reception opens Twelvefold: Westmont College Graduate Exhibition 2025 on Thursday, April 3, from 4-6 pm. The exhibition offers diverse themes focused on identity, relationships, and place. The artists include […]
