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The
Santa Barbara County Arts Commission offices are located at:
The Santa Barbara County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, 3rd
floor Rotunda Tower • Santa Barbara, CA 93101.
City of Santa Barbara Arts Advisory Committee
Established in 1985, the City of Santa Barbara Arts Advisory Committee
has seven members appointed by the City Council that make recommendations
on cultural arts policy to the City Council. The Arts Advisory
Committee meets monthly on the third Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in the
David Gebhard room of the City Community Development Building,
630 Garden Street.
Arts Advisory Committee members
Visual Art in Public Places Committee
The Visual Art in Public Places Committee (VAPP) is a standing
sub committee of the City Arts Advisory Committee. VAPP provides
essential review for public art projects in the City of Santa Barbara
and is the link between the Arts Advisory Committee and the City's
design review boards (Architectural Board of Review and Historic
Landmarks Commission). Members of VAPP are appointed by the City
Arts Advisory Committee.
VAPP Committee members
County Art in Public Places Committee
The County Art in Public Places Committee (CAPP) is responsible
for the development and implementation of the County Art in
Public Places program and manages the County's Percent for
Art funds. The CAPP Committee oversees the schedule of the
Arts Commission's two galleries – the Betteravia Gallery
in Santa Maria and the Channing Peake Gallery in Santa Barbara.
Members of the CAPP Committee are appointed by the Santa Barbara
County Arts Commission.
CAPP Committee members
Finance/Cultural Development Committee
The Cultural Development Committee, like CAPP, is a standing
subcommittee of the County Arts Commission. Members of this
committee are appointed by the Arts Commission chair and are
responsible for the planning and ongoing administration of
the Commission budget in cooperation with Arts Commission staff.
Finance/Cultural Development
Committee members
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Mission
Statement
Formed in 1977, the Santa Barbara County
Arts Commission is a 15 member County Commission appointed
by the County Board of Supervisors, with three members from
each of the five supervisorial districts who make recommendations
to the Board on cultural arts policy. The Arts Commission serves
as an umbrella for county arts projects, assists communities
in raising funds for art programs and provides technical assistance
and coordination to arts organizations, artists and local government.
The Santa Barbara County Arts Commission is the regional cultural
development agency, a State and Local Partner of the California
Arts Council and manager of the County Percent
for Art Program. The Arts
Commission meets monthly on the second Wednesday of each month,
at 1:30 p.m., at locations throughout the county.
What We Do
The County Arts Commission is involved with numerous city, county
and state-wide initiatives on an ongoing basis. For a list
of key arts commission projects for the 2005-2006 year,
click here
Santa Barbara County Arts Commission
Post Office Box 2369
Santa Barbara, CA 93120
Phone: (805) 568-3990
Fax: (805) 568-3991
Staff
Ginny
Brush, Executive Director - 568-3992
Rita Ferri,
Visual Arts Coord./Curator of Collections-568-3994
Linda
Gardy, Departmental Analyst - 568-3990
Todd Anderson, Arts
Preparator
Bob Debris, Arts Preparator
Lucy O’Brien,
Recorder
Arts Commissioners
1st
District: Mercedes Eichholz, Luis Moreno, Amanda McIntyre
2nd District: Barbara
Burger, Holly Unruh,
Dug Uyesaka
3rd
District: Joan Davidson,
K.C. Thompson
4th District: Karen Evangelista, Brenda
French, Cherie Peake
5th
District: Craig Shafer (Chair), Kitty Balay Genge
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