“Clarence Mattei: Portrait of a Community” at Historical Museum
Son of Mattei’s Tavern Founder Created Images of Luminaries, Including a President, Santa Barbara Residents, and Visitors …
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Santa Barbara Historical Museum 136 East De La Guerra Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
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1st Thursday Art Walk
Downtown Santa Barbara1st Thursday is an evening of art and culture in downtown Santa Barbara. On the first Thursday of each month, participating galleries and venues offer free access to visual and …
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Pop-Up Opera
Santa Barbara Museum Of Art 1130 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesSBMA and Opera Santa Barbara partner to present a season’s sampling of art and music with pop-up performances in the Museum’s galleries, inspired by SBMA’s collection and special exhibitions or …
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Reimagining the Museum
Santa Barbara Museum Of Art 1130 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesArt Matters Lecture with Jan-Lodewijk Grootaers, Ph.D., Independent Curator Museums have undergone serious scrutiny in recent decades, opening the door to a re-evaluation of their priorities, practices, and roles. Concerns …
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Family 1st Thursday
Santa Barbara Museum Of Art 1130 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesBring the whole family to enjoy Teaching Artist-led activities in the Museum’s Family Resource Center. Collage a bird and flower detail from Utagawa Hiroshige’s color woodblock print Bullfinch (Uso) and Japanese …
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February 1st Thursday at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum
Santa Barbara Historical Museum 136 East De La Guerra Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesThe Lobero Golden Eagle flies again! Join us the evening of February 2 at the Museum to view a short film, which tells the saga of the Lobero Golden Eagle. …
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Free-for-All
Santa Barbara Museum Of Art 1130 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesThe Santa Barbara Museum of Art is participating in SoCal Museums’ 2023 Free-for-All event by offering free admission all day on February 5. On Free-for-All, over 30 museums in Southern …
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Sketching in the Galleries
Santa Barbara Museum Of Art 1130 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesAll 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. Free with …
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Couples
Santa Barbara Museum Of Art 1130 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesParallel Stories with Rachel Cusk, Siemon Scamell-Katz, and Andrew Winer Inspired by the artistic collaboration of Ed Kienholz and Nancy Reddin Kienholz and the SBMA exhibition Scenes from a Marriage: Ed & …
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Transformation: Personal Stories of Change, Acceptance, and Evolution
Santa Barbara Museum Of Art 1130 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesThis free concert features student composers, performers, and writers from a workshop led by Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and composer Ted Nash who joins them on stage. Responding in part to artist …
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Studio Sunday
Santa Barbara Museum Of Art 1130 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesVisitors of all ages are invited to participate in this hands-on informal workshop with SBMA Teaching Artists. Each month explore a different medium—clay, metal, ink, wood, photography, paper—inspired by works …
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Writing in the Galleries
Santa Barbara Museum Of Art 1130 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesWriters 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 …
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Jim Beckwourth, a Legend of the American West
DANA Adobe & Cultural Center 671 S. Oakglen Avenue, NipomoJoin us for our monthly Sunday Speaker at DANA Adobe & Cultural Center, this month we will be hosting local DANA docent Helen Daurio- Dubois. She will be presenting on …
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Catalyst Quartet – Chamber Music Concert
Santa Barbara Museum Of Art 1130 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesSBMA is excited to welcome the Catalyst Quartet back for their 7th performance. Hailed by The New York Times at its Carnegie Hall debut as “invariably energetic and finely burnished… playing with …
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G. James Daichendt Lecture: Street Art Now: WRTMA
Westmont College: The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art 955 La Paz Rd, Montecito, CA, United StatesPlease join us Thursday night, February 23 at 4:30 pm, for a lecture at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of art, hosted by G. James Daichendt. G. James Daichendt is an …
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