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 from around the globe, inspired by SBMA’s current exhibition Going Global: Abstract Art at Mid-Century. Free!

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 on building projects in the late 50s and early 40s BC, constructing an extension to the Roman Forum, a great Basilica in the Forum itself, …

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. The public is invited to attend a fall reception on Sunday, October 9 from 3 – 5 p.m The unique terrain of the Oceano Dunes …

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 about poetry, translation, the loss of linguistic diversity, and the lyric passion of pure sound. $5 SBMA Members $10 Non-Members

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 begins with a conversation and prompt, partially inspired by works on view. Participants write on their own, then reconvene to share and comment on each …

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 in art and literature. Is the resulting cross-disciplinary mashup an homage to what is left, what is kept, and what is removed? Award-winning and New …

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 at SAIC, Jan Tichy shares his work and research on the writer and photographer Lucia Moholy and discusses the place of contemporary art within historical …

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 globe inspired by The Architecture of Collage: Marshall Brown. Afterward, enjoy the galleries until 8 pm.

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 6, 2023. The public is invited to attend an opening reception on Sunday, October 9 from 3 – 5 p.m. at the Wildling Museum. Wildlife …

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 pm at Central Coast Glass Blowing and Fusing: 1279 2nd St, Baywood Park- Los Osos CA. Guests will enjoy exploring Rod’s studio, Glass Gallery & …

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 to seeing and recognizing the aspects of self that are difficult to grasp and describe.

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.

Visit SBMA for Third Thursday featuring the following free activities and offerings: • Free Museum admission, 5 – 8 pm • Music on the Front Terrace, 5 – 7:30 pm • Complimentary docent Ten Talks for current exhibitions at 6 and 6:30 pm • Teaching Artist-led art activities in the Family Resource Center, 5 – …