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Seasonal Soirées: Santa Barbara's Evening Couture 1880-1980 December 8, 2023 - April 13, 2024 Our area’s reputation as a tourist destination with its exclusive clientele and luxury hotels coupled with Santa Barbara’s own high society and glittering galas made the city a magnet for the latest in high fashion. Guest curator Sharon Bradford invites you … 
Ages 5-12 Combine materials and techniques to create mixed media pieces that include painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture. Create traditional and unexpected portraits and self-portraits inspired by the Museum’s collections and special exhibitions. Instructors: Nicola Ghersen + Jason Summers Tuesdays, January 9 – February 13 3:30 – 5:30 pm Ridley-Tree Education Center 1600 Santa Barbara …
$180 – $230
In honor of the MLK Federal Holiday and Black History Month photojournalist Santi Visalli has quite a story to tell that is sure to resonate with the public today. He was the photographer hired to document an event with Dr. King back on April 15, 1967. The assignment was from an Italian magazine, based in …
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Beloved by artists across the decades for his fierce, uncompromising dedication to art, John Densmore occupies a rarified space in pop culture. His musicianship landed him in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. His writing consistently earns accolades and has appeared in a range of publications including the Los Angeles Times and Rolling Stone. As his friend …
$5 – $10
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Author Janet Dowling Sands returns to present new insights and little-known episodes of history from the just-published 2nd edition of her popular book On a Mission: The Real Story of the California Missions. The California missions are beloved historical sites, but they tell a far more interesting and important story than one might imagine—one that is linked to global …
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Art Matters Lecture with Joan Kee, Professor of Art History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor How might we think about art and its histories from the perspective of a “global majority”? Spanning North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, Joan Kee looks at the relationships that formed between Black and Asian artists at critical historical junctures—including …
$10 – $15
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Please join us for a performance by renowned flutist and composer Gary Schocker in celebration of the Library’s acquisition of The Gary Schocker Archives. Schocker will perform a selection of original compositions accompanied by pianist Fumi Kuwajima and featuring special guest Gary Woodward. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience an exceptional afternoon of music! This …
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Please join us for a performance by renowned flutist and composer Gary Schocker in celebration of the Library’s acquisition of The Gary Schocker Archives. Schocker will perform a selection of original compositions accompanied by pianist Fumi Kuwajima and featuring special guest Gary Woodward. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience an exceptional afternoon of music! This …
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Join Simon Kerry for a presentation on his new publication, Miss Chase: Santa Barbara's Trailblazer, chronicling the life, prescience, importance and legacy of Pearl Chase and her work in Santa Barbara and beyond. Pearl Chase’s strength of personality, maturity, intelligence and leadership qualities formed the bedrock that enabled her to look outwards and achieve so …
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UCSB Library, Room 1539, the "Fish Bowl" Space is limited. Sign up for the Workshop Light refreshments will be served. Join us for a free art making workshop at the Library in conjunction with UCSB Reads 2024 and the Art, Design, and Architecture (AD&A) Museum's new exhibition "A Box of One's Own: Women Beyond Borders." …
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As part of the Museum’s continuing series of performance and dance, Vanessa Agle Isaac, dancer, choreographer, and Director of the Vanessa Isaac Dance Company, will perform in the Museum galleries with members of her company and musicians from the Santa Barbara Symphony. Symphony musicians include pianist, Natasha Kislenko and associate principal cellist, Jonathan Flaksman. Embodying …
$10 – $15
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Join us for a sensory experience where select art from the SBMA collection inspires music, design, and taste. Midwinter Night’s Dream is a symbol of contemplative beauty and the promise of new beginnings, and the season of winter captures the very essence of the theme—discovery, reflection, wonder, and renewal, making for an immersive and transformative experience. …
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UCSB Library invites you to join a drop-in art activity any time between 11:00am and 7:00pm. Please note, there will be a break from 4:00-5:00pm so participants can attend Kim Yasuda’s Pacific Views: Library Speaker Series talk "Public Art and Campus Placemaking: Recentering the Artist in Communities of Practice." Visiting artist Elena Yu will lead this activity, which …
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UCSB Library is pleased to present Kim Yasuda (Art) in the Pacific Views: Library Speaker Series for Winter 2024.Through her own place-based, public research and teaching, and drawing on the UCSB Reads 2024 book, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross, Yasuda makes a compelling case for the untapped potential of the arts to …
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The California Nature Art Museum is excited to bring the important topic of pollinators to its gallery featuring original art by Ava Roth, Elizabeth Weber, Susan McDonnell, and Cynthia James. The exhibition will be available to the public from March 2, 2024, through September 2, 2024. Each artist brings a unique perspective to their pollinating … |