Events around Santa Barbara
With the return of a full-blown Santa Barbara Old Spanish Days Fiesta in 2022 also comes a full-scale “Project Fiesta!”, the annual Santa Barbara Historical Museum exhibition that celebrates the …
Op, Kinetic, and Participatory Art at Mid-Century Art historian Alexander Alberro explores the development of a research-based artistic practice that fused abstract art with mathematics, science, and technology in the …
SBMA and Opera Santa Barbara partner to present a season's sampling of art and music with a pop-up performance in the Museum's galleries. In September, enjoy a repertoire of music …
Art Matters Lecture with Chris Hallett, Ph.D. Professor of Roman Art with the Department of History of Art, University of California, Berkeley Julius Caesar spent a vast amount of money …
Traverse the sand dunes with Central Coast photographer Bob Canepa in the Wildling Museum’s new Valley Oak Gallery exhibition, Dunes: Visions of Light, Sand & Shadow, opening September 10, 2022. …
Parallel Stories with Patricio Ferrari and Forest Gander. Polyglot poet, translator and literary editor Patricio Ferrari, is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, novelist and essayist, Forest Gander in a conversation …
Writers of all levels are invited to participate in this informal exploration of the Museum’s galleries as an impetus to writing. Monthly sessions are led by a visiting writer who …
Parallel Stories Layering, fragments, appropriation, cutting, higher cribbing, collage, and what artist Marshall Brown has called “creative miscegenation,” are all part of the crucible in which familiar themes are recast …
Art Matters Lecture with Jan Tichy Associate Professor, Department of Photography, Art & Technology Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago The artist and educator, Associate Professor …
Bring the whole family to enjoy Teaching Artist-led activities in the Museum’s Family Resource Center. Imagine and design a dream building by collaging your favorite details from structures across the …
The Wildling Museum of Art and Nature is pleased to announce its upcoming 2022 fall exhibition, Wildlife on the Edge: Hilary Baker, on view from October 8, 2022 - March …
VISIT Colleen Gnos' Studio #59 art space during ARTS Obispo/SLO County Arts’ annual Open Studios Art Tour! SEE classic favorites, along with her latest art & surfboards. Check out NEW …
DON’T MISS SEEING glass artist Rod Baker’s fascinating Studio #18 in ARTS Obispo’s annual in-person Open Studios Art Tour! The fun happens Sat-Sun, Oct 9-10 & 16-17, 2021, 10 am-5 …
Exhibition curator and SBMA Curatorial Assistant of Contemporary Art Lauren Karazija will provide a tour of For Opacity,an installation of ten works from the Museum’s permanent collection that offer several approaches …
All skill levels are invited to experience the tradition of sketching from original works of art in current exhibitions. Museum Teaching Artists provide general guidance and all materials.